Dr. Michael Laitman To Change the World – Change Man

Where’s the Magic that Makes Life Good

Over the past weeks, a strange story has been running through media outlets from the Wall Street Journal to the New York Post and other news outlets in the US, the UK, and Europe, that Scotland is set to officially

A Systemic Problem of Depression Requires a Systemic Solution

Depression has been a growing problem throughout the industrialized world for several decades, but it has skyrocketed since the onset of the pandemic. Death rates from substance abuse, suicide, and gun violence have skyrocketed, anxiety has become a major problem,

How can love be defined spiritually?

Spiritual love is a state where we view humanity as a single united whole, which we love. It is because, through such an attitude to a common unified image of humanity, we discover revelation of—and adhesion to—the Creator. The Creator

Anti-Work Movement Should Be Pro-Purpose

Over the past year, the anti-work movement, which began in 2013, has been gaining traction. Last year, it grew from 700,000 people to 1.6 million. However, its slogan, “Unemployment for all, not just the rich!” will not create a better

Others’ Disabilities Are an Opportunity for Us to Rise

Not long ago, there was a story in the press about a disabled twelve-year-old boy whose class went on a hiking trip. The boy thought he’d have to miss the excursion and was very sad about it, but his classmates

How do I love others as myself?

We know what we want to receive for ourselves. That should be the same as what we want to give to others. We should thus remember that loving others first and foremost means treating others as we treat ourselves. Of

When will the world become disease free?

It is impossible to rid ourselves of disease without correcting our egoistic attitudes to each other. Diseases are demonstrations of our inner egoistic attitudes toward each other, which are our very nature that we cannot escape. In other words, diseases

Joint Statement on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races Is Empty Words

On January 3, the US, China, Russia, the UK, and France signed a statement that they will “consider the avoidance of war between Nuclear-Weapon States and the reduction of strategic risks as our foremost responsibilities.” The powers agreed that “a

What is the biggest problem of our current school system?

The current school system has no objective to develop people into human beings, in the complete sense of the term. In Hebrew, the word for “human” (“Adam”) comes from the word for “similar” (“Domeh”), and a human is considered one

A Purposeless Life Is No Life At All

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. A student of mine watched the film Life Overtakes Me, which tells the story of refugee children in Sweden who withdraw into a coma-like

Only One Bad Thing about “Good Riddance Day”

For the past fifteen years, every December 28, New Yorkers have been burning their past year’s woes on “Good Riddance Day” in Times Square. People write down their most embarrassing moments, biggest failures, worst regrets, and throw their notes into

A Letter to a Viewer Who Discovered that Everything Is a Lie

Valentine, a frequent viewer of my shows with filmmaker Semion Vinokur, wrote him that lately, he has come to feel that everything is a lie: The government is lying, his bosses are lying, the media is lying, and there is