You can only help someone who is ready to be helped. When a person is suffering, their perception of the world is clouded by their pain, rendering them deaf and blind to anything beyond it. In such a state, no…
Dr. Michael Laitman
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Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag, the most renowned Kabbalist of our times who received the name “Baal HaSulam” from his monumental “Sulam” (“Ladder”) commentary on The Book of Zohar, provides the following definition of the wisdom of Kabbalah: This wisdom is no more…
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In the 1960s, various experiments of Martin Seligman showed how dogs conditioned to associate a sound with an unavoidable electric shock stopped trying to escape, even when presented with an easy way out—a very low fence that they could easily…
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One of my students brought me this question, mentioning how scientists have often asked people who know they are about to die this very question: “What would you change in your life?” At such a point, when many people reflect…
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The spiritual meaning of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is that it represents a crucial pause in the inner battle for becoming as loving, giving, and united to one another through such qualities as the laws of nature themselves—a “rest…
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One of my students read me the following excerpt from 15th Century diplomat and author Niccolò Machiavelli, in order to clarify aspects of human nature and leadership. If you are chosen as king, and the crown turns out to be big, then…
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One of my students raised this question via the following quote by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec: “If an animal were to kill intentionally, it would have been a human act.” In other words, animals kill instinctively for the sake of fulfilling…
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Moses’ journey is first and foremost a lesson in devotion to the Creator’s will. He led the people of Israel as commanded, fulfilling every directive with unwavering faith. Yet, as they reached the border of the Land of Israel, the…
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One of my students recently read to me a quote by Anton Chekhov and asked my opinion on it, since he believed that its ideas held similarity to ideas in the wisdom of Kabbalah. “I was no more than 26…
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We are in a transitional era marked by a shift from a hibernating state to an aspiration for harmony, balance, and peace with the laws of nature, i.e., to the discovery of life’s meaning. The discovery of life’s meaning is…
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Humanity has a unique role in the natural world. Unlike other creatures, we have the capacity to complete the great big ecological sphere we are parts of. Yet, our current behavior disrupts the delicate balance of the ecosystem, creating harm…
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In our times, humanity has drifted far from the natural balance that governs living systems. When a wolf hunts, it takes only what it needs to sustain itself. It does not hoard, exploit, or disrupt the delicate harmony of its…
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