Recent research shows that mothers’ engagements with smartphones and magazines are harmful to mother-child communication, which in turn harms the child’s development. In the research, mothers using their phones to engage with social media, and also mothers reading magazines, spent up to…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Will Israel let Iran go nuclear?
Recently, Israel has been discussing an attack on Iran, and the Iranians are not holding their tongues either. They published a map with targets in Israel, stating that they can hit any place in Israel, and that all it takes…
Why are children not left out of wars and conflicts?
Shahid, a 10-year-old living in a refugee camp in Syria, was interviewed and asked what she wished for herself this upcoming year, to which she replied, “A tent, to have a tent.” This broadcast on Arab social media deeply shocked…
I want to explore my mind but cannot have recreational drugs. What is a good alternative?
The potion of life. According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, taking the potion of life means filling ourselves with high spirits so that our perspective of the future becomes so appealing that we start receiving from nature a fulfillment that is…
How did a perfect God create flawed human beings?
We have been given a perception and sensation of reality as being flawed—that human nature is a terrible and deficient desire to enjoy for self-benefit, which is opposite to the perfection of the Creator’s attitude of absolute love and bestowal—in…
Is winning the lottery a blessing or a curse?
Margaret Loughrey, 56, from Strabane in Northern Ireland, was found dead in her home. In 2013, she won 27 million pounds in the lottery, acquired real estate, bought a house, a pub and opened a recreation center for residents of…
How can someone find a sense of meaning from suffering?
When we—by our actions, by our way of life—will cause such suffering that we will be unable to turn away from it, it will make us think about the meaning of the suffering, or in other words, about the meaning…
What is love?
Love is our most exalted connection with everything outside of us, which harmonizes us with nature and its laws. Love is a means to become like nature, which is a quality of love, bestowal and connection. It exists outside of…
How do societies change, and what are the major forces of change?
Our nature is to enjoy, to receive pleasure, and our desire to enjoy constantly grows. As a result of its development, it demands new and different fulfillment time and again. Likewise, the more the desire to enjoy grows, the more…
Is pride evil?
Pride is a key expression of our egoistic nature, where we want to feel that we are above other people. Pride is given to us in order to realize the extent to which we are indeed egoistic, that we think…
Why are the Olympics used as a political stage?
We have no need for the Olympic Games anymore because they have become a place where we pit man against man and country against country. They are no longer games of connection, but competition has become like war. This is…
What is the spiritual meaning of the color white?
First, white is not a color because it does not absorb anything. A color absorbs something, but the concept of white is that it receives nothing from the outside. Therefore, white is felt as nonexistent. White is seemingly transparent. It…