Dr. Michael Laitman To Change the World – Change Man

Why do we exist?

Many people ask about why we exist, and it leads us to change our lives in one way or another. I have personally delved very deep into this question. At university, I studied bio-cybernetics, the human body’s systems, thinking that

Silence is Golden

I spent countless hours conversing with my teacher, Rav Baruch Shalom Ashlag (RABASH). For the most part, we spoke when we were alone during our daily morning walks or during our frequent two-day trips to Tiberias. I once asked him

What is depression?

Depression is an outcome of unsatisfied desires. We are composed of several desires. If these desires are fulfilled, we feel happy. If they are partially fulfilled, we feel partial dissatisfaction, a state that we live in, and which we have

What is education?

  Education—i.e. the correct form of education and not how education is currently about skills and knowledge acquisition—is our integration in a particular social environment that gives us a line of action and a direction toward a future state. We

Can We Rise Above Ourselves?

We’re living through such tense times that it seems as though we’re sitting on a bomb about to go off. We’re arguing over Covid, politics, race, and gender. It seems like there is nothing we can agree on. Worse yet,

Haiti – a Testimony to Humanity’s Apathy

Nearly three months ago, on August 14, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. According to UN official data, more than 2,200 people died from the earthquake itself, more than 12,000 were injured, while 65 health facilities were damaged or destroyed.

Are humans meant for change or to remain static?

Human nature is a desire to enjoy, and the more this desire grows, the more egoistic it becomes. That is, the desire to enjoy beyond its necessities for food, sex and family starts becoming a desire to enjoy at the

What is self realization?

We exist in a collective, closed and integral system. How, then, can we use this system so that it will give us maximal strength, thoughts and desires—all of the means where, if we use them correctly, with the aim of

The Climate Waits for No One

Thirty years ago, a friend of mine got into the green energy business and tried to pull me into it. I asked him what for, it isn’t serious. He said, “You have no idea how much money is being poured

What helpful things should be taught to children?

The most helpful thing that should be taught to children is an attitude and approach to life in order to make a human being out of the person. Children have no life philosophy, no clear attitude toward life, and they

The False Greatness of the Great

A cinematographer friend of mine told me that judging by today’s films, TV series, and social media posts, people are mostly busy with the most mundane “events” in people’s lives, such as eating, showering, and even defecating. When we look

Glasgow Climate Change Conference Changes Nothing

As the world prepares for the 2021 Glasgow Climate Change Conference, more and more data indicate that human efforts, assuming there have been efforts, have been insufficient, at best. While world leaders spread declarations galore about curbing emissions of greenhouse