Dr. Michael Laitman To Change the World – Change Man

What is the relationship between soul and body?

We live in the body in order to develop the soul until the soul becomes independent of the body. In other words, by starting on the animate level of existence, we develop the soul and rise to the human or…

The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Most Intelligent Species Does the Most Harm

Humans are the most intelligent species on the planet. Why then are we also the most injurious to ourselves, to all other species, and to the planet we live on? How come our superior intellect concocts plans that are supposed…

No Way to Unscramble Scrambled Eggs

On March 8, 2009, during the financial crisis that became known as the Great Recession, then Wachovia Corp. economist Mark Vitner described the world’s jumbled economies quite aptly: “It’s like trying to unscramble scrambled eggs. It just can’t be done…

Which factors make a country resilient?

A country’s resilience depends on each country’s character and the kind of resilience that they would like to achieve. Everyone has different inner conditions and characters. For instance, we cannot compare a nation from the north with a nation from…

Unleash the Granny Power

A story by Rachel Nuwer published on BBC Future describes a unique, successful, and inexpensive way to tackle depression in Zimbabwe. With only twelve psychiatrists for a population of sixteen million, even the few who can afford treatment are rarely…

How did the universe begin?

Everything started with the desire to bestow. The desire to bestow is the basis of creation. In that desire, an opposite desire began to appear, the desire to receive, which is the beginning of creation. The desire to receive exists…

Instead of Shooting DARTs at Asteroids, We Should Aim for Our Hearts

A student told me about a story he had read in The New York Times. According to the story, NASA launched a spacecraft with a mission to smash into an asteroid to see if it could “nudge it into a…

What should we change? But what are we changing?

We should change our inner attitude to each other: from our inborn egoistic attitude that prioritizes self-benefit over benefiting others, to a new altruistic nature that prioritizes benefiting others over self-benefit. Doing so leads us to balance with the altruistic…

Overcoming Conflicts in Relationships – A Solution that Really Works (and no one wants)

Every relationship goes through conflicts. They are unpleasant, but inescapable. Overcoming conflict is necessary to deepen and strengthen a relationship. You can trust that a relationship will last only if it has overcome several conflicts. The problem is that because…

How can I, as an individual, save our environment?

If we want to save our environment, then we need to change only one thing: our attitudes to each other. Our development has reached a state where forces of separation are expanding throughout humanity. Likewise, we are coming closer to…

Does evil exist?

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, evil is the revelation of a person’s egoistic attitude to others. We are made of desires to enjoy, and this desire develops through different levels: from individual desires of food, sex and family, to…

Why are so many people dying taking photographs and selfies?

They mostly fail to realize the risk in what they are doing at the time of the photograph or selfie. Showing ourselves off to others in risky situations gives us very powerful feelings of being special and standing out among…