In ancient Babylon, Abraham led a group of people to realize the principle of uniting as one, which the Torah and other sources noted as the most important commandment, i.e., to love your neighbor as yourself. It is a commandment…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
What Would Happen if Humankind United?
If humanity united positively like one big family, we would then see a whole new reality unfold, one of happiness, well-being, confidence, harmony and peace both in human society and between humanity and nature. We can somewhat liken it to…
What Are the Benefits of Social Cohesion?
Social cohesion and sparing ourselves from myriad crises are codependent. How does it work? We live in a system of laws that govern relationships between closeness and separation on physical and biological scales. While living within these laws, the human…
What Are Three Innovations That You Would Like to See in Society?
The first innovation is that we all begin to attain the fact that we belong to a single system, to one family. The second is the spreading of the awareness of our good future depending on positive human connections, without…
What Is the Most Important Thing in This Rapidly Changing World?
Today, we have entered a new era of very intensive human development. Contrary to what we might think, it is not defined by technological or social development, but rather spiritual. We are on the brink of needing to understand that…
Do You Think There Could Ever Be a Perfect Harmony Between Humans and Nature, or Will They Always Be in Conflict with One Another?
On nature’s behalf, humanity is a single integral system. Our ego, which makes us each wish for self-benefit at the expense of others, divides us into different parts and groups. However, our evolution is driving us to a point where…
Where Is the Soul?
Everybody has an egoistic desire that makes us each wish to receive for self-benefit alone. We are connected to everyone with this desire, whether or not we see, feel or identify that it is the case. We are interconnected similarly…
What Is the Root of Our Soul?
The root of our soul is our place in the spiritual system of connection with everyone. That is, we are all connected spiritually “as one man with one heart” and the root of our soul is our connection with all…
What Is the Difference Between an Egoistic Reward and an Altruistic Reward?
An egoistic reward is in the person, whereas an altruistic reward is in the society. Based on the Daily Kabbalah Lesson on July 15, 2024. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Posted on Facebook, LinkedIn Newsletter, Medium, Twitter…
Why Can’t We Solve the Problem of Inequality?
According to Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), the solution to inequality is reaching a state where we each give as much as we can and receive as much as we need. How can this state come about? In Baal HaSulam’s…
We Actually Bestow to Each Other Unconsciously and Unwillingly
“Now, too, we are giving and are not receiving, both because we are not taking the surplus we produce to the grave, and 2) because if a day’s exertion awards half a day’s pleasure, it is bestowal. And since by…
What Is the Definition of a Correction in Kabbalah?
In Kabbalah, a correction is a change of the intention—from an intention to receive to an intention to give—upon the desire to enjoy, which is our nature. We undergo such a correction, the setting up of the intention to give or…