Calmness and harmony, as they are usually understood, are actually not good states for a person advancing spiritually. Although the ultimate purpose of creation leads toward harmony, for a person who is already directed toward the higher goal, a state…
In the spiritual world there is no such thing as constant speed, and certainly no rest. In our world, we are used to thinking in terms of rest and motion: something can stand still, something can move, something can move…
In the past, a woman would feel when she was ovulating, whether she had become pregnant, and even which week of pregnancy she was in. Today, without instruments and medical tests, it is hard to tell, and many difficulties also…
Why do contagious diseases exist in the first place? Why do bacteria become resistant to medicine? Will we ever find something that cures all such problems at their root? The integral approach to education, which views the human being, society,…
We live in a state of reason, meaning inside our senses, intellect, and desire where our desire is composed of intellect and emotion, mind and heart. We live and feel reality in such qualities, and what we feel is called…
The formula for change is that I change, and my change equates to the world changing. But the deeper question immediately arises—who or what changes me? This is done so that I gradually come to recognize that I am under…
People all over the world regularly take aim at one another with words. Some do it openly and crudely, others more cleverly and slowly, through rumors, hints, and subtle humiliation, so as not to become a visible enemy. This comes…
The family of the future is built not on constant effort to “construct” something, but on companionship. It is a relationship in which a husband and wife feel one another very sensitively. When we feel that we can do something…
Real happiness emerges together with real connection between people. But what is “real connection between people”? When we speak about real connection between people, it is not enough that we each come with our own “piece of clay” and say,…
Cowardice is usually considered a negative trait, yet this attitude is superficial. Cowardice is a very strong and very human feeling. Moreover, it serves to protect us from harming ourselves, from harming others, and from acting recklessly. I do not…
When a person says, “I made a wrong decision,” the first question I ask is, “How do you know it was wrong?” We only think that we know this after the fact, after we have already acted and seen the…
Q: Why do Jews write from right to left?Hebrew is written from right to left because the right side is considered the spiritual side or “the right one,” while the left is not. There is a spiritual root in nature,…