When humanity finds itself surrounded by confusion and darkness, we naturally ask: Why does the Creator not give us even a small ray of light? Why does He not show us clearly where to go? According to the wisdom of…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
How Do I Become Closer to the Creator?
What does it mean to come closer to the Creator? We usually imagine closeness in terms of distance. But the Creator is not somewhere far away from us. Drawing closer to the Creator means acquiring His quality of bestowal and…
How Do We Differentiate Between Good and Evil?
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…
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,…
What Gives You the Strength to Continue in Life?
A person can seemingly have everything necessary for life, such as food, a home, money, and security, and nevertheless wake up feeling like they have no strength and nothing to live for. Where does this feeling come from? We usually…
What Do You Feel When You Ask God for Something and He Doesn’t Answer Your Request?
Why do we sometimes ask the Creator for help and receive no answer? The answer depends on what we are truly asking for. Suppose I have a habit of stealing. I have been caught many times, punished, beaten, perhaps even…
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…