What is humanity’s fundamental ailment? The problem is that we do not know how to distinguish between good and evil correctly. We naturally define “good” as whatever gives us pleasure and as “evil” whatever causes us pain. Yet this does…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What Does It Mean to Create the Creator?
What does nature want from us? Ultimately, it wants only one thing: for us to become good and kind. But what does it mean to be good? It cannot simply mean pleasing the egoistic desires of everyone around us. In…
Does Technological Progress Always Mean Civilizational Progress?
For generations, humanity has regarded technological development as progress. We build increasingly sophisticated machines, establish universities and research institutions, develop medicine and industry, and award our highest honors to scientific discoveries. However, we rarely stop to ask a more fundamental…
Is Technology Making Us Less Happy?
Humanity constantly invents new technologies in the hope of making life easier, freer, safer, and more comfortable. We free ourselves from wires, increase our mobility, accumulate knowledge, develop new sources of energy, and create devices that previous generations could not…
Why We Should Not Be Afraid to Admit Our Egoistic Nature?
People are often fascinated by those who openly say what everyone else is afraid to admit. When someone declares that vanity drives them, that they care primarily about their own opinion, or that they use others for their own benefit,…
How Can I Live a Relaxing Life Without Fear of the Future?
We spend an enormous amount of our lives worrying about what will happen next. We worry about our health, our family, our livelihood, and countless situations that might never even occur. We constantly try to arrange the future according to…
How Does Israel View Its Enemies?
First, it is worth noting that the desire to rebel exists solely among human beings. There is no such phenomenon in the animal world. There are struggles that establish hierarchy, determine who is stronger, and create order, but nature manages…
What Is the Meaning of the Hebrew Month Elul?
Behind the Jewish calendar and each of the Jewish holidays lies a deep inner meaning that plays out at the level of the desires and thoughts within a person who makes spiritual progress. Each calendar date symbolizes a stage in…
What Is the Most Important Thing about Education?
One of the fundamental principles of education is that a person learns only where his heart desires. This does not mean that education should simply follow a child’s existing interests. Instead, it means that the role of education is to…
Can Natural Forces Influence Our Ultimate Fates, or Are We Solely Responsible for Our Destinies?
Does nature have a plan for us and, if so, how can we discover where it is leading us? The answer is that nature is guiding each and every one of us to the realization that we have the ability…
How Can Hatred Grow into Love?
Moving from hatred to love might seem impossible. How can a person who clearly hates today suddenly come to love tomorrow? It seems unrealistic, even fantastical. Yet such a transformation is entirely possible because we already live in states that…
What Does It Mean for Israel to Be a Light to the Nations?
Parents do not need someone to obligate them to do good things for their children or to provide them with a list of rules. Love leads them to constantly seek ways to benefit, help, and support their children. It was…