People often look down on the idea of play. If you tell someone they are playing, they might take offense. “I’m not playing,” they will say with pride, as though play belongs only to children and has no place in…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
How Can We Come Out from Weakness and Reach the Goal?
When we seem to be on the verge of reaching the goal, surprisingly we experience weakness. We start feeling tired and questioning why even bother going the distance, that what was previously a lofty aspiration now feels pointless. This is…
How Do I Stop Regretting Past Decisions?
We should not look back into the past. We should not gnaw at ourselves or reproach ourselves for certain actions, nor at the same time praise ourselves for our deeds. In other words, we should not try to strike a…
Do Many People Feel Like They Aren’t Really Living but Only Existing?
Life is nothing more than a moment. We tend to think of life as a long journey stretching across years and decades, but in reality, all we ever possess is the present moment. The question is not how many moments…
What Is Important for Growth, Praise or Criticism?
One of the most important tasks in life is self-correction. We enter this world not merely to exist, achieve, or accumulate experiences, but to gradually discover and correct our inner shortcomings. Yet this is far more difficult than it sounds.…
If Everything in Life Is Predetermined, Does That Mean We Can’t Change Anything?
One of the fundamental principles of Kabbalah is that reality unfolds according to a comprehensive and purposeful plan. Everything that happens around us, whether in society, nature, history, or even the vast movements of the universe, takes place within this…
What Is the Current Public Perception of Israel, and How Can It Be Improved?
In the end, we will all become one collective, “as one man with one heart,” connected in heart and soul, mutually responsible for one another in the fullest sense. This is written in ancient sources, and it has sustained us…
Why Do People Blame Others and Not Themselves?
This is actually humanity’s central psychological barrier. Everyone instinctively feels that the problem is outside of them. We naturally justify ourselves, because this is how the ego works. The ego here is defined as our innate desire to enjoy for…
Why Your Goals Might Feel Hollow and Meaningless
Humanity is going through a very deep internal transition, even if outwardly it still looks the same. For generations, we were driven by clear motivations, such as to study, achieve, build careers, earn more, and succeed materialistically. These goals came…
Is Our Perception of Reality Limited By Our Human Senses?
We are used to perceiving reality through our five senses, and it seems to us that without them, we are limited, lacking, cut off from life. But from a deeper perspective, what we call “seeing,” “hearing,” or “feeling” through the…
Why Was the Torah Given?
What was the condition for receiving the Torah? Why was the Torah given? The Torah was given only for one purpose: to reach connection between us at the level of “love your neighbor as yourself.” Within that love between people,…
Why Does Every Problem Feel Like the Exact Same Problem?
When we try to understand what stands before us in life, what all the events, pressures, and situations really are, we usually see a chaotic world full of wars, crises, personal struggles, and uncertainty. However, from a deeper perspective, there…