The Creator’s quality is called “light,” and it is a purely altruistic force. This light imprinted itself in the desire to receive, which is the quality of the creation, and it made an identical desire that wants to receive all…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What is the spiritual meaning of receiving the Torah?
Receiving the Torah means that a special force becomes revealed that helps us rise above our ego and align ourselves with the spiritual force of love, bestowal and connection. If we wish to receive the Torah, then we must study…
What is anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is hatred for the spiritual gene that exists in part of the people in this world. We all bear inside us an egoistic desire to receive, the ego, but inside the ego is a spark that draws us to…
How many dimensions exist?
We live in an egoistic dimension, the quality of reception, where we have self-aimed desires and needs that we constantly try to fulfill. Around us is a hidden dimension of an opposite quality: bestowal. While living in this quality of…
What are individual consciousness and collective consciousness, and how are they different from each other?
According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, defining individual consciousness and collective consciousness depends on transforming our inborn natural qualities into a new mode of perceiving reality. Those who transform their perception of reality into one that is above the inborn…
What is the real essence (true self) of the person? How can we differentiate it with the personality? Can you explain more about essence? How do we see the essence of a person?
Nature divides into four levels: inanimate, vegetative, animate and human. We currently belong to the animate level, because like animals, we engage in maintaining our body and earthly life. Animals, however, instinctively provide for themselves. We, on the other hand,…
Where does the prohibition against mentioning the name of God in Judaism come from?
According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, “prohibition” means “impossible.” The inability to pronounce the name of God is because it is impossible to realize God in language. On the contrary, it can be realized only within the person’s desire for…
How can I learn to give without expecting anything in return?
Giving to someone and helping them without expecting anything in return is indeed incredibly difficult, and even impossible. While doing whatever deed of giving or helping that you are doing, if you think that by doing so you insert a…
How do we improve spiritual health?
Spiritual health is a state where we positively connect among each other in order to draw closer to spirituality, i.e., to a state where we are united with a common intention to love and care for each other. It is…
What does Amalek mean in the Bible?
Amalek is a quality that is very close to us. It appears to be absolutely evil, a disturbance that needs to be destroyed, and not only destroyed, but it is written that even its memory should be erased. However, nothing…
What is a good solution to the worldwide drug addiction problem?
Behind every drug addict are unanswered questions about the meaning and purpose of life. We are all born, live and die against our will, and we thus all question the meaning and purpose of our lives. Drug addiction emerges as…
What life lesson did your first love teach you?
Our first love gives us a wonderful feeling, totally overwhelming us and making us feel alive. However, most of us don’t end up marrying our first love. It is as if we are tricked into receiving a divine taste, which…