The Torah is everything that we discover when we go beyond this world, when we exit this world. After all of our searching and inquiry in this world, when we come to break through the shell of this world and…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Why Is It Said “Do Not Rejoice When Your Enemy Falls”?
It is said “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls” because your enemy is there to push you to correct yourself, to rise above your egoistic self-aimed desires and draw closer to balance with the integral laws of nature. Your…
What Is the Meaning of the Saying, “Love Those Who Rebuke and Hate Those Who Praise”?
It might sound like masochism, but it is not. The one who rebukes helps us by cutting at our ego, which lets the light in. “Light” here means the quality of love, bestowal, and connection dwelling in nature, or in…
Why Is It Said That “Evil Speech Kills Three: The Speaker, the Listener, and the One Spoken Of”?
It is because if we speak ill of someone, we speak against the very force that created and sustains us all. There is nothing but this force. So, by engaging in slander, we thus harm the system of connection, the…
What Role Does Financial Independence Play in Maintaining a Healthy Marriage?
Today, in the U.S., one in five Americans hides a bank account or credit card from their spouse. It raises the question as to whether this growing trend toward independence in relationships is positive or negative. Independence, when rooted correctly, is indeed…
Can One Person Really Change the World?
We constantly think about changing the world. But this is, in fact, the ultimate expression of our egoism, our inborn desire to enjoy for self-benefit alone. We think that if we replace media outlets, overthrow governments, or fire bosses, the…
What Does Real Independence Mean?
Today, the word “independence” is everywhere in reference to independent countries, republics, and the media. We hear it from all sides of conflicts, from the right and the left, from individuals and nations alike. Independence has become a universal ideal.…
Would You Forgive Someone Who Committed a Large-Scale Genocide But Wanted to Genuinely Change?
In Rwanda in 1994, nearly 800,000 people were brutally killed, mostly from the Tutsi minority, over the course of just one hundred days. Today, the same people who committed these horrific acts live among their victims. Journalist Philip Gourevitch described how Rwanda…
Is It Possible to Have a Truly Altruistic Act, or Are All Acts Motivated by Self-Interest Ultimately?
Oscar Wilde is attributed to having once said, “The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously—and have somebody find out.” I would underline, “somebody find out,” because our ego always seeks recognition. Is our world…
What Does Humanity Need to Become for Peace?
In order for humanity to live in peace, we must feel the need to live by the laws of nature, integral laws of interconnectedness and interdependence. Right now, humanity has no desire for such a life. The current reality is…
How Has the Relationship Changed Between Children and Their Parents?
Today, more than ever, we see how elderly people are being increasingly abandoned. In many cases, their children do not care about them and do not even call. Children today are feeling less and less connection to their parents. Their…
How Do Our Attitudes Toward Others Affect the Way They Behave Toward Us?
First, it is a strict law in nature that our attitude toward others determines their attitude toward us. It seems very strange, but if we try to make an effort, then we will gradually see that the world depends only…