There will be no more big innovations in humanity. The era of great discoveries is behind us. The next major innovation will take place solely through self-transformation, i.e., by working on ourselves to transform our egoistic selves—where we want to…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What is gratitude?
One of my students asked me, as a kabbalist, what is gratitude according to the wisdom of Kabbalah? Kabbalah is a serious wisdom, and so when it discusses gratitude, it means spiritual gratitude. What, then, is spiritual gratitude? Spiritual gratitude…
What is morality?
Morality is a clear realization of the principle, “Love your friend as yourself,” i.e., a state of absolute positive connection above the ego, where we perceive and sense a completely different reality to the one we feel in our inborn…
Is there such a thing as a “law of love”?
Love is a law of nature. Everything is born and lives through love. However, hatred is necessary for love to exist because love needs to become established over another property, otherwise we would have no sense of it. There are…
Why do some people abuse children? Is there some psychological reason for this?
It is due to the human ego, which is the nature of every person and holds us back from relating to others as to ourselves. Some people find themselves harming others—whether children, the elderly, or others whom they perceive as…
Does multiculturalism work?
Multiculturalism is necessary at a certain period of human development, but when we further develop, it will drift away. We need to reach a state where we understand that we need to simply be human beings, as alike as possible,…
How do you experience time?
Time does not exist. It is like we live in a black hole where there is no time, and we each live out our own bubble. In that bubble, we feel our own time, and we imagine that there is…
What is evil?
Evil is a thought that is completely aimed at benefiting oneself alone. Such a thought also acts to the detriment of others because thinking how to benefit ourselves alone while living in an interdependent and interconnected society means that we…
What is a dreidel and what symbolism does it have?
A dreidel is a spinning top, which has an inscription of Hebrew letters around the sides. The letters signify, “a great miracle happened here.” Spinning a dreidel is one of the Hanukkah customs. The dreidel is spun in order to…
What is the Menorah and what does it symbolize?
The Menorah (lamp) symbolizes the manifestation of the spiritual light, i.e., the quality of bestowal, which illuminates in the souls, i.e., in the human ego that has become corrected with an intention to bestow. A Menorah is physically hard to make because it is…
What are some Hanukkah symbols and meanings? Candle, Oil and Wick
The Candle, the Oil and the Wick It is known that the candles cannot burn until three conditions are met 1) the candle, which is the vessel in which the oil is placed; 2) the oil; 3) the wick (a…
Why did Hanukkah start?
To understand why Hanukkah started, we need to first understand that the Jewish holidays describe special stages in our spiritual development, and also, that the Torah in general only discusses our spiritual development. As such, Hanukkah is hardly mentioned in…