Our awareness of our influence on nature has not grown. We recycle more today because we make much more garbage. We thus have no choice. Otherwise, we would bury ourselves under the garbage we generate. So we reach a state—at…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
How Can We Take Only What We Need from Nature?
Nature has inherently built balance into all living things. Every creature, from a wolf to a bird, takes only what it needs to survive, no more and no less. But where are we, human beings, in this picture? We have…
How Can We Care for Our Planet Without Contributing to Its Destruction?
We need to live according to our basic needs, like any animal. Living like any animal means that we live solely in order to meet our survival needs, and by doing so, we do not seek to fill ourselves with…
Should We View Ourselves as Nature’s Rulers, or Just as Created Beings That Are Equals among Equals?
We have to reach a stage where we are like a wise and good-hearted mother toward her children. That is, the mother is a dominant figure in her family, and she exercises a great amount of control, but she does…
How Do Humans Affect and Participate in the Ecosystem?
We have to complete ecology and this one big integral sphere we are parts of by developing our understanding of nature as global and integral, and that we likewise should relate to each other and nature in a global and…
How Do You Protect Yourself from All Forms of Harm?
We can protect ourselves from harm when we connect integrally among each other in human society, as well as with the still, vegetative, and animate levels of nature. We will then be completely protected from harm, and we will reach…
What Should a Person Receive From Their Community?
First of all, a person should receive mental and personal security. People should know that they have food on the table today and the next day, a roof over their head, a place for their family, and that they can…
What Qualities Do We Need to Reinvent Ourselves and Live in Harmony With Nature?
We lack the qualities to reinvent ourselves by ourselves. What are these qualities? They are the feeling of how we cause an imbalance in society, among closer and broader circles, through to the whole of nature and the universe. Where…
U.S. Election Day: A Choice with Global Consequences
In relation to the U.S. elections, one of my students asked me about the kind of result it would affect on the future of Israel and the world. Its outcome can indeed influence our situation. There is a major difference…
Why Is it Important to Develop Friendly Relationships With Each Other and Nature?
We need to create friendly relations among each other and with the nature surrounding us, i.e., on the vegetative and animate levels. It is because we all belong to the same planet and we thus need to examine how we…
Why Is Only Positive Thinking Not Enough?
There is a positive thinking approach to life that encourages people to always view the positive side of life and turn a blind eye to the negative. Such an approach might help people to a certain extent, but we should…
Will Global Interdependence Lead to More or Less Conflict in the Future?
Increasing global interdependence is a key outcome of our evolution into an integral system, which is round like a ball. Our growing global interdependence will increasingly show us that if we fail to upgrade our relationships from egoistic to altruistic,…