One of my students recently asked me whether patience could be learned after mentioning the following quote: “I asked God to grant me patience. God said, No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn’t granted, it is learned.” –…
Dr. Michael Laitman
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What Are the Signs That Someone Is Deeply Unconscious, Spiritually?
In our lives, we are indeed spiritually unconscious. That is, we live on a spiritual level, but we lack its sensation. This situation is similar to newborn babies who become registered in state records, and who have several people already…
What Is Spiritual Love and How Is it Expressed?
Spiritual love is our awareness and attentiveness of our closeness to the Creator, or in other words, to the positive force of love and bestowal dwelling in nature, according to the extent in which our intention to love resembles the…
In One Sentence, What Does it Mean to Follow the Torah?
To follow the Torah means to continually draw closer to others, little by little. Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Semion Vinokur on July 1, 2024. Posted on Facebook, LinkedIn Newsletter, Medium,…
What Are the Peculiarities That Make for a True Leader?
A true leader should feel as if they do everything in order to set a correct example for their people, a “correct example” being that of “love your neighbor as yourself.” In the future, at a time after we evolve…
Does Every Problem Have a Solution?
One of my students recently asked me this question in relation to the following quote: “We call a situation hopeless when we don’t like the way out.” – Jerzy Stanisław Lec The author here states that there is always a…
Love Is the Goal of Human Development
Our entire life, history and evolution is to transition from unfounded hatred, which is our inborn egoistic nature, i.e., a quality of wishing to enjoy ourselves at the expense of others, and to achieve the love of others. In order…
What Is the First Step Toward a Harmonious and Peaceful Society?
The preliminary stage on a path of development toward a harmonious and peaceful society is realizing the evil of our egoistic nature. I think that we are in this stage right now. That is, the various confrontations, crises and wars…
What Do You Do When You Feel Sad?
I never feel sad. I do not let sadness develop in me. I do so by keeping myself occupied, but even if I did nothing at all, I would still not be sad. Not letting this feeling develop in us…
Can We Consciously Apply to Our Lives the Adaptation Process We Undergo Unconsciously as Newborns, Infants and Toddlers?
When we enter the world, both this corporeal world and the spiritual world, we undergo a period of adaptation where we accumulate initial knowledge with which we further develop. In both cases, it is a completely natural process. If we…
Rabbi Akiva’s Laughter: A Testament of Hope in Times of Despair
Rabbi Akiva is known to have laughed upon witnessing the destruction of the Temple. Why did he laugh? It is because he grasped the unfolding of a necessary process leading to a far greater future state. The ruin of the…
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Tisha B’Av: A Call to Unity in the People of Israel’s Final Exile
As we approach Tisha B’Av, the day commemorating the ruin of the Holy Temple and the shattering of our unity as a single entity, we face existential threats and witness a growing trend of Israelis wanting to leave the country.…
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