Human nature is a desire to enjoy and it divides into a few levels: individual desires for food, sex and family; social desires for money, honor, control and knowledge; and a tiny desire for spirituality. Our soul is where we…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What are major spiritual awakening symptoms?
We have been evolving over thousands of years, and at a certain point, we start awakening to questions about the meaning and purpose of our lives. They are the first awakening that we receive toward spirituality, and they become our…
What is the connection between body and soul, and who is controlling who?
Body and soul have no connection. The soul exists in and of itself, and the spiritual world reveals to us only if we attain a soul. By attaining a soul, we start sensing a new reality outside the narrowness of…
How can we achieve spiritual maturity?
A spiritually mature person is one who ceases to pursue self-aimed enjoyment, and in its place, seeks love, bestowal and positive connection to others. Similarly, in our corporeal lives, as children, all we know is how to receive self-aimed enjoyment,…
Can we have spiritual awakening without knowing or preparing for it?
We exist within an absolute and eternal force of nature, which exists above time, space, motion and everything that we can possibly imagine to ourselves. This force created an empty space within itself, and that empty space is where we…
How do you feel about the universe?
The universe appears to be enormous, but it is in fact minuscule in comparison to the world that we can discover if we rise above the limits imposed on us by our inborn egoistic nature. If we break free from…
How can you end suffering in life?
We first need to understand the source of suffering in life, and then we can implement a method to end it. In order to understand the source of suffering, the wisdom of Kabbalah explains a key interaction between two fundamental…
How do you understand the way that your spirituality has been part of your life?
People on the spiritual path feel that their daily lives, everything they experience, fits in with this path. For instance, if you work in an office for eight-to-ten hours a day, you understand that it is part of your spiritual…
How do people discover true love?
We first need to understand that we have no idea what true love is. Until we reach true love, we interpret love in all kinds of corporeal and egoistic ways, i.e., where we primarily benefit ourselves from whatever we picture…
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Is nationalism racism?
Nationalism and racism share the same root. They both stem from an event that we study in the wisdom of Kabbalah called “the shattering of the common system of Adam HaRishon,” where we broke off from feeling that we all belong to a…
What do you believe will be the next big innovations in humanity?
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…
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…