How Do People Influence?

We live in one big system. Even merely on a physical level, when we interact and talk to each other, we influence this system. The issue is that most of our connections are often harmful, destructive and selfish. Instead of helping each other be positive and useful parts of the system, we usually bring about problems.

When we share goodness with others, it comes back to us. Many people fail to realize this. When we think badly about others, we attract negativity to ourselves. We become part of a negative element within the system, and that negative influence passes through us to affect others.

Some people might seem successful through enacting themselves in such a way, i.e., by building their individual success at the expense of others, but they actually bring harm and detriment to the world, which eventually returns to them as well. To understand how this works, we need to feel the complete system that we are all parts of, even if only a little bit.

If we consider the idea that we are parts of a big system, and we are each a conduit of information and feelings, we can then learn about the universe and the world we live in. Many scientists have studied this phenomenon at different levels—biological, geological and zoological—from Vernadsky to today. Humanity, however, is ruining what it has been given. We harm the world physically and spiritually, messing up its goodness, health and perfection.

If we understood what we were doing and the immense amount of influence we have on each other, then we would stay quiet and only share thoughts, words, desires and examples that lead to the goal of uniting humanity in a positive way.

Based on KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Effective Wisdom Transfer” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on December 28, 2011. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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