There is a popular narrative today about human overpopulation being a problem—that it increases global warming, climate change and disease, to name a few. However, in actuality, the more human population, the less suffering we each individually endure. Moreover, we…
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘋𝘰 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘕𝘰 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘨? Nature consists of two forces: giving and receiving, plus and minus, positive and negative. We each also play host to these forces. They exist on all levels of…
In the early 1970s, when I first asked for permission to immigrate to Israel, the Soviet authorities denied my request. In those days, I was not alone. Many soviet Jews who sought to leave the Soviet Union were refused and…
Our future depends on understanding who we are, where we are, where we are headed, and how we can align ourselves with the laws guiding our development. When we do so, we will find ourselves living in a harmonious and…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to pause the judicial reform in order to give time for negotiation with its opposers will achieve nothing. The struggle is not about this or that law, or about how to appoint judges to Israel’s…
Freedom means that you overcome your egoistic nature—the desire to receive pleasure—and by doing so, come closer to the altruistic laws of nature. Based on the Daily Kabbalah Lesson with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on March 29, 2023. Written/edited by…
According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, the state of slavery in Egypt means that we are under the complete control of the desire to enjoy for self-benefit alone, or in other words, the human ego. From such a state, we…
Amid the painful rifts in Israeli society, in a period of mass protests, strikes and sharp divisions, today my student asked me: What prayer can we raise in such a situation? We can only raise a prayer for unity above division. It…
It seems to me that children were happier in the past when people lived simpler lives. Family and social connections filled our lives, and we were closer to our parents, neighbors and people in general. Today, we live in a…
Even though there is a joint statement between five of the world’s most powerful nations—the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and France—that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” we still see that these same nations…
I received this question from my student who mentioned a project of a company that is working to bring back the dodo—a large flightless bird that became extinct about 350 years ago—with the help of gene editing. The bird had…
Israeli startup, SpotitEarly, uses dogs to detect cancer in people with their sense of smell. The process involves giving patients a mask into which they breathe for a few minutes. The mask is then taken to a laboratory where dogs…