As a consumerist society, we are headed to a state where we will see that humanity becomes increasingly devoid of meaning. We do not need over 90 percent of what we keep ourselves busy with. All the while, nature also…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
How can I connect myself with the spiritual world?
We connect with the spiritual world by rising above our ego. What is the ego? It is our inborn nature that desires to enjoy at the expense of others and nature. Rising above this nature means bestowing good onto others,…
Who is a spiritual person?
A person with spiritual attainment is one who starts feeling the upper reality of love, bestowal and connection, and who lives in that reality. It is a person who rises to a level of connection with the reality beyond everything…
Why can’t I feel God?
We do not feel God because our quality is different to His. However, we can feel God by equalizing with His quality. What is God’s quality? It is a quality of love, bestowal and connection. Our qualities are reception, hatred…
How can one be close to God?
The wisdom of Kabbalah states that we exist within God, which is a higher force of love, bestowal and connection. We are inside this force, but do not feel it. Instead, we feel only ourselves. What we perceive as the world is…
What is the real essence of spirituality? How does it change one’s life in the best possible way?
Our inborn human nature is a desire to receive for personal benefit alone. It is written, “The inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth” (Genesis 8:21). By nature, we wish to grab, steal and kill for our own…
What is the meaning of attaining spirituality or spiritual satisfaction?
Attaining spirituality means attaining a new intention that operates for the benefit of others. Such attainment gives us the ability to feel the world that is outside of us and independent of us. In other words, it lets us feel…
How close are we to the end of the world?
Since the Russia-Ukraine conflict started, more and more people are becoming depressed, feeling like they are at a dead end. There is talk about a third world war, which could be nuclear. Prices are rising, and more and more people…
What is the culture of consumption?
The culture of consumption is first and foremost in the human mind, that we do not care about what is going on as long as we get what we think is good right now. We need to understand that our…
Why hasn’t COVID-19 ended yet?
COVID-19 has not ended yet because we still have not responded properly to the virus. How were we supposed to respond? We were supposed to connect with each other, i.e. to come closer together and become a bit more humane…
What causes mental illness?
Egoistic human nature—the incomplete and broken self-centered desire—is the cause of all problems, including mental illness. It functions with a significant fault by trying to satiate itself at the expense of others. By doing so, it devours both itself and…
Is any human really free?
We have no free choice at our current level of existence. Decisions are made, either consciously or subconsciously, somewhere in our subconscious based on certain instincts, habits and social influences. And even if we accidentally choose something, it is also…