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,…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
How Do You Benefit from Social Intelligence?
By developingĀ social intelligence, we come to view our complete connection to each other and to all the lower degrees of natureāthe inanimate, vegetative, and animate. We see how we need to help each other, and togetherāall of us, all of…
What Are Some Examples of Animals That Demonstrate a High Level of Social or Emotional Intelligence?
All animals are instinctively socially intelligent. That is, they know how to behave with each other instinctively in a way that is good for themselves and for the environment. The animal kingdom has a built-in intelligence that makes animals act…
What Are Some Good Daily Habits to Increase One’s Social Intelligence?
Social intelligence requires constantly balancing mind and heart, increasing and growing them both in the direction of the benefit of others. This emergence from ourselves toward others leads us to start feeling other people, which is key to truly achieving…
Why Is Social Intelligence Important?
It seems to us that intelligence is cold, sterile, and unemotional, but our nature is ultimately a desire to enjoy. If we thus have the ability to optimally connect with others in order to enjoy life and to also bring…
Are We Recycling Today Because We’re More Aware of Our Influence on Nature?
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 stateāat…
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…