What is happiness, and should we focus on making others happy, or ourselves first? This reminds me of a well-known parable about an old man who fished every day by the river. One day, he caught a goldfish that promised…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What Do You Do Whenever You Feel Hated?
When I feel hated, I look at why I caused such a reaction. In other words, I think about why I triggered it. If I find the reason, then I need to correct myself. “Correcting myself” means improving myself so…
Have You Ever Experienced True Fear?
I do not think that I have faced “true fear,” but I have experienced fear of death and fear of failure. They are not what I would call the highest or most primal forms of fear. When it comes to…
Can Our brains Communicate With the Brains of People in our Surroundings Without Us Realizing?
Scientists have discovered that when people spend significant time together, their brain activity can become remarkably similar—sometimes nearly identical. In such cases, the two brains begin to function in synchrony. For example, after two weeks of watching the same movies, reading the…
The New Antisemitism: How Israel Became the Latest Target of Growing Jew Hatred
History shows that the world’s biggest transformations and crises have always been accompanied by the rise of antisemitism. Jews have continuously been viewed as the root of all evil and have been the scapegoats for blame in a staggering array…
The Rising Tide of Antisemitism: A Call for Unity Before It’s Too Late
I cannot view the current wave of antisemitism heedlessly. During the last decade I’ve warned through media articles and books about the threat of a potential new Holocaust on American soil or Europe, in light of the growing anti-Jewish sentiment…
What Are Some Good Quotes about the Importance of Jewish Unity?
11 Quotes about the Importance of Unity and Love among the Jewish People “‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Everything that you would like others to do for you, do them for your brothers.” – Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Shoftim, “Rules of Mourning.” “Our nation’s…
Aguda Achat: Rising Above Differences to Create Lasting Harmony
“Our nation’s success depends only on brotherly love, on connecting as one family.” – Rabbi Shmuel David Luzzatto When we are united as one, there can be nothing but peace and wholeness. The aspiration for oneness, to become Aguda Achat (one bundle)…
What Is the Meaning of Baal HaSulam’s Nigun “La Menatzeach al Shoshanim”?
The Nigun “La Menatzeach al Shoshanim (To the Leader upon Lilies)” is based on the text of King David’s Psalm 45: My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a…
What Is Social Intelligence?
Social intelligence is the ability to feel and understand, in mind and heart, how I can best serve and benefit society. Based on the video “How Can You Become Socially Intelligent?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Written/edited by students of…
How Can You Become Socially Intelligent?
We can become socially intelligent by exercising attitudes of support, encouragement, and care toward others. For instance, if we approach someone, we should think about how we can help them. When we see someone weaker than us in some way,…
How Do You Benefit from Social Intelligence?
By developing social intelligence, we come to view our complete connection to each other and to all the lower degrees of nature—the inanimate, vegetative, and animate. We see how we need to help each other, and together—all of us, all of…