Masks are a very interesting phenomenon in this pandemic. Common health guidelines consistent worldwide include keeping our distance from each other, maintaining personal hygiene and wearing masks, and masks in particular serve mostly in order to stop our spreading the…
In the U.S., anti-Semitism was commonly considered as emanating from the far-right, yet today, it is tilted more to the left. However, the phenomenon of anti-Semitism itself is beyond political affiliation, and in the future, I expect both sides to…
There is a saying that “the whole world was created for the person” (Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag, “Introduction to the Book of Zohar”). It means that we are ultimately responsible for the whole world, i.e., for all humanity. The question then…
The cause of the coronavirus is fundamentally the human ego, i.e., the desire to enjoy at the expense of others, and our lack of desire to rise above the ego and positively connect with others. What are viruses? Viruses are…
The longer we endure the coronavirus pandemic, the more we undergo changes that have a major impact on our future. At the beginning of the outbreak, many thought that COVID-19 was going to be over in a matter of weeks.…
The purpose of life is to attain the highest and most exalted state that nature prepared for us: to ascend above our inborn egoistic selves and gain a clear understanding, perception and sensation of why we—and nature on all of…
Our universe is a thought. Our world is a thought. We live in thought. Our perception constantly develops, and the more it transforms, the more changes we observe in the world. It is very significant to note that we can…
Altruism is egoism’s opposite, and egoism is self-centeredness, or a desire to enjoy at the expense of others. Altruism is thus giving from oneself to others, to what is outside of us—humanity and nature. Egoism is an inward direction—a desire…
Top Jewish values are those that originally united us as a Jewish people. They are values initially established by Abraham and his group, who became known as “the people of Israel,” around 3,800 years ago. Abraham set the foundation for…
The human brain is a computer-like memory device. It is situated not in our head, but in the field surrounding us, which we connect to. The human brain functions as an instrument that connects with the greater field of collective…
There is no need to colonize Mars. I recently posted that the Earth can supply for many more billions of people than we currently inhabit, and that the difference between experiencing life on Earth as unpleasant versus feeling it as bliss is…
The most prominent positive aspect of the coronavirus is that it forced us to contemplate how we live, and seek new and improved connections in society. It slowed down the consumerist train we were riding, and gave us the space…