One of my students raised this topic in relation to a quote from Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning: “No one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.” There is a universal law…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
How Can Painful Experiences Be Spiritual Learning Experiences?
When we live with a purpose, everything around us becomes part of the path toward that purpose. We do not ignore reality, but on the contrary, we perceive every event, person, and difficulty as a condition arranged by the upper…
Why Has Antisemitism Lasted for Thousands of Years?
As the forces wishing for Israel’s downfall become more demanding and sophisticated, new threats emerge over past ones. Indeed, antisemitism is nothing new. An inner hatred toward Jews runs through the pages of history, and each time it assumes a…
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Can a Bad Relationship Cause Mental Illness?
Pressures, pains, doctors. Maybe the tests show nothing unusual, but the distress continues. Therapists, psychologists, medications. Sometimes there is some relief, but not a solution. Work is hard, family is hard, life is hard everywhere. Why has this epidemic come…
How Much of a Person’s Life Is Governed By Chance?
Nothing in life happens by chance. We are all connected by invisible threads of our spiritual roots. Every interaction and every separation is predetermined within the system of the common soul. When your soul must meet another for its correction,…
What Does it Mean to Live Life Fully?
To live life fully means to remain young in spirit. Youth is not about age. It is about aspiration. You can live two hundred years and still be young if you are constantly striving forward. My teacher, Kabbalist Baruch Shalom…
What Is True Friendship?
True friendship requires inner work. There is no such thing as a friend without flaws. When you look at another and see their shortcomings, you are in fact looking into a mirror: their flaws are yours. The world around us…
What Is Behind the World?
Behind everything that happens in the world is the upper light, i.e., an upper force of love and bestowal. Even where we perceive darkness, we must polish ourselves and not the world, until that very darkness begins to shine. Every…
Is Emotional Pain a Common Aspect in All Relationships?
It is impossible for relationships between people to exist only on good terms. True connection is always built upon the ruins of what was destroyed. Only through experiencing both ascent and descent, joy and pain, can a person truly value…
How Can We Combat Antisemitism Coming from Both Extreme Left and Far Right?
According to the principle that half of a disease’s cure is in its correct diagnosis, combating antisemitism first requires accurately understanding antisemitism’s deep- seated cause. The cause of antisemitism is rooted within the Jewish people’s lack of acknowledgement of their…
Have You Always Felt Like You Couldn’t Feel a Sense of Belonging Anywhere You Went in This World?
When we look at humanity through the eyes of the upper governance, we see that there is no fixed place assigned to a person. A person can be placed anywhere in the world, and with time, adapt to it and…
How Does Pain Work?
Where does the sensation of pain come from? What is its role? What is the difference between today’s pains and those felt in the past? Can we do anything to ensure there will be less pain tomorrow? The basic substance…