Believing in God or the Creator means following the law of “love your neighbor as yourself,” in order to resemble God’s quality, that of pure love and bestowal. Many people think that believing in God means that they believe that…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
How Do You Know if You Are Getting Closer to God or Not?
How do we examine ourselves to check whether or not we are coming closer to God? Also, what do we examine ourselves in relation to? In our world, we were given the ability to feel our egoistic attitude to others,…
What Is the Definition of “Getting Closer to God”?
Loving our neighbor and loving God are one and the same. God is the general force of nature, a single force of love and bestowal. Noting the equivalent value of God and nature, Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) describes that in Gematria,…
What Is God? Who Is God?
God is the nature we exist in, a force of love and bestowal. Kabbalists write about it, “There is none else besides Him,” due to it being the single force within which we exist, and this force wants us to…
What Is the Best Way to Transcend Space and Time?
First, we should understand that our corporeal life exists within the limits of time, space, and motion. If we rise above these parameters, which is possible, we then experience complete freedom. How, then, can we transcend these parameters? Newton’s physics…
What Will We Want in the Future?
We are developing to a state where we will want to fill our lives with the highest and most sublime meaning that we could possibly find. Having such meaning fill our lives means feeling whole with what we have, with…
How Do Work Relationships Impact Your Life?
In today’s fast-paced, competitive world, the idea of developing balanced relationships—especially in the workplace—might seem idealistic. However, such relationships are essential for creating a harmonious and fulfilling life. Imagine a work environment where the focus shifts from outshining others to…
What Should We Hold onto and Let Go of in Our Shift to an Interdependent World?
We should hold onto actions that benefit everyone, and let go of our past egoistic relationships, where we each seek to benefit ourselves at others’ expense. Doing so requires connection-enriching learning and mutual support. That is, we should try relating…
How Is Ego a Global Threat?
On one hand, we live in a period where we need to undergo a fateful transformation from our inborn egoistic attitudes to upgraded, altruistic ones. On the other hand, we lack the qualities to implement such a change. In order…
How Is Social Closeness Tied to Sparing Ourselves from Disease?
They are interdependent. How? It is because we are in a system of laws and forces that guide our relations. They are forces of closeness and separation on all levels of our existence: physical, biological, and beyond. We exist within…
How Should We View All Human Beings?
If we had a perception of humanity as a single family, then we would experience a whole new and complete level of happiness, well-being, health, safety, confidence, harmony, and peace throughout human society, between people, countries, and nations, and also…
Will We Ever Live in a World Where Every Human Is Treated Equally Around the World?
In nature’s view, humanity is one integral system. We, however, divide ourselves into different parts, such as countries and nations, due to our ego. We will have to rise above our ego and construct ourselves into one system. Whether or…