Many people ask about why we exist, and it leads us to change our lives in one way or another. I have personally delved very deep into this question. At university, I studied bio-cybernetics, the human body’s systems, thinking that…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What is depression?
Depression is an outcome of unsatisfied desires. We are composed of several desires. If these desires are fulfilled, we feel happy. If they are partially fulfilled, we feel partial dissatisfaction, a state that we live in, and which we have…
What is education?
Education—i.e. the correct form of education and not how education is currently about skills and knowledge acquisition—is our integration in a particular social environment that gives us a line of action and a direction toward a future state. We…
Are humans meant for change or to remain static?
Human nature is a desire to enjoy, and the more this desire grows, the more egoistic it becomes. That is, the desire to enjoy beyond its necessities for food, sex and family starts becoming a desire to enjoy at the…
What is self realization?
We exist in a collective, closed and integral system. How, then, can we use this system so that it will give us maximal strength, thoughts and desires—all of the means where, if we use them correctly, with the aim of…
What helpful things should be taught to children?
The most helpful thing that should be taught to children is an attitude and approach to life in order to make a human being out of the person. Children have no life philosophy, no clear attitude toward life, and they…
How do I love my neighbor as myself when I don’t love myself?
Human nature is completely self-serving and egoistic. We thus cannot but love ourselves. Even if we hate ourselves, for instance even if we wish to commit suicide, it still emerges from a self-serving calculation. Egoism is at the basis of…
Why do some people think Jews are running the world?
It comes from the fact that the method for the world’s correction resides in the Jewish people, and this method eventually has to spread globally, so that everybody uses this method and brings the world to a harmonious, peaceful and…
Is there any crisis in education? If so, what is it?
The crisis in education is that it is, on one hand, the world’s main problem, and on the other hand, it is not seen as the world’s main problem and is mostly neglected. How is education the world’s main problem?…
What can we learn from paralympians?
We can learn from paralympians that we can overcome any obstacles and live a full life, and even win. We also need to learn from them that we should have a goal, and overcome any difficulties in order to achieve…
What are some good ways to reconcile family conflicts?
First of all, accept family conflicts as normal, good and normative. If we have no conflicts, then there is something wrong with our relationships. Discord is an integral part of a relationship. When we say that “love will cover all…
What is the meaning of life and why are we here?
The meaning of life is to change our nature from receiving to giving, from hatred to love, from rejecting others to drawing closer to them. When we undergo this transformation, we will feel a completely different existence, a reverse world.…