Objective means having no self, national or even global interest, but that we direct ourselves solely at the purpose of the higher nature. We should constantly calibrate ourselves to be objective, i.e. to be free of whatever we feel at…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Should I size up people when I meet them?
When we meet someone, we hold two images within: One is our impression of the person we meet, and the other is our own image. We then start comparing how much our thoughts, desires and expectations meet what we want…
What are your thoughts on those who aspire to be perfect?
Perfection differs for everybody. For one person, Schwarzenegger represents perfection, while for another, Einstein does it for them, and of course, the list goes on and on for more and more people. It is all subjective. There is no perfection…
What is the perfect life?
Life is perfect. The myriad dreams we each have of a perfect life are detached from what a perfect life actually is, and our problem is that we fail to understand what a perfect life is. To start with, we…
Why do people pretend their lives are perfect on social media?
We want to feel proud and better than other people, that they will envy us. Our egoistic human nature prioritizes self-benefit over benefiting others, making us want to see ourselves in a better position than others. We thus want to…
Where does the need for perfection come from?
It comes from within us, from our nature, which is a desire to enjoy. There are six kinds of criteria to what we wish to enjoy. Three concern the body, which are food, sex and family, and three concern our…
Why does God exist or not exist?
God does not exist. What exists is nature with its eternal laws. In the wisdom of Kabbalah, the primary fundamental force of nature is called “the Creator,” because nature creates all life, including us. We exist in nature as its…
Do Jewish people have a common genetic background?
No. However, they have a predisposition to universal unification in order to attain connection with the upper force. That is the reason for their leaving ancient Babylon. Their common genetic background exists in their descendants, which are souls, and the…
How well is Israel fighting against terrorism?
After a terrorist attack during Israel’s Independence Day this year, where people were axed down and murdered by two terrorists, there was a general sense of fear throughout the country, and it prompted one of my students to ask me…
What is a fully-realized human being?
A fully-realized human being is one who develops and attains the degree called “human” through one’s efforts. There are four degrees in nature: still, vegetative, animate and human. The lives we are born and raised into are still not…
What’s the point of fighting wars anyway? Why don’t we just negotiate things?
I very much hope that in the current Russia-Ukraine war, we will learn that there is no point in fighting anymore. The wars where we detach from the other side, and kill and bomb them with brute physical force, and…
Can American and Israeli Jews stay together?
A recent survey of US and Israeli Jewish millennials conducted by the American Jewish Committee shows that roughly a quarter of the respondents in the US have been forced to hide their Jewishness due to the anti-Israel climate, which also made roughly…