In the News (from Reuters): “Park plays high-pitch tone to discourage vandals”

A Tokyo park has started playing a high-pitched tone at night that only young people can hear to help drive away teenagers who keep vandalizing the toilets and other facilities.

My comment: It is known that before the age of 20, a person can hear the higher frequencies of the audio-frequency range. However, without showing them the method for the correction of egoism, we are using what amounts to military tactics against our children!

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Recently I had a meeting with Joshua Zeman, an American film producer and director.

Joshua Zeman is a native New Yorker who has co-produced five feature films in recent years, most notably, The Station Agent, which won the 2003 Sundance Audience and Screenwriting Award. He was the producer of Mysterious Skin, which was nominated for a 2006 Spirit Award. His film, Choking Man, won the IFP Gotham Award.

He is a partner in the production company Ghost Robot and a fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Initiative. In 2002 he wrote and produced Members Only – a documentary on the history of organized crime in New York.

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A person always thinks that he is right. He expects that only good things are going to happen to him, and never the bad. Today all of humanity looks at life this way. The world is suffering through one crisis after another, more and more problems befall us, but no one stops to consider that perhaps there is a purpose to it all. Everyone thinks that all of these events are accidental.

In other words, we are not learning from our experience. We are not cognizant that we are the reason for these events.

In our current state this problem is revealed more and more acutely: from this point forward, the only way we can progress is by uniting together as one.

And this is possible only by drawing the Upper Force—the Creator. That is why it is so important to disseminate the knowledge of how to utilize this upper force of Nature. Only then will every person be able to learn about good in what first appears to be bad.

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Recently I had a meeting with John St. Augustine, a famous American radio talk-show personality, author, and motivational speaker.

John St. Augustine is one of today’s most influential radio personalities. His daily radio show was created to make sure people all over the world have access to information that would not only entertain but also inspire them to a greater life experience.

Thousands of listeners tune in daily to hear John’s views on world events and his conversations with today’s leaders and heroes. John’s talent behind the microphone has led to numerous broadcasting awards, including three “Best Talk Host” awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, and his on-stage presence has made him one of the most powerful speakers in America.

Since the inception of his program in 1997, he has recorded over 7500 shows and interviewed over 5000 people from all walks of life. He has communicated his messages of human potential to over one million people.

In 2006 John became a producer of Oprah & Friends for XM Satellite Radio, having created a program entitled, “Powerthoughts for Living an Uncommon Life.” He is the author of Living an Uncommon Life: Essential Lessons from 21 Extraordinary People (Hampton Roads, October, 2006).

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Artūras Zuokas, the former mayor of Vilnius and current leader of the Liberal Union, has proposed to penalize politicians for using the word “crisis” in their public speeches.

“Today the main crisis lies in the heads of government politicians and bureaucrats. The crisis is proof positive of our own helplessness and hopelessness. That is why we must change the term ‘crisis’ to ‘challenge.’”

My Comment: He is absolutely right – it is a challenge for us, to our egoism and reason. We must understand the reason for this “challenge” and remove it by correcting our connection with Nature and expressing it in our attitude toward one another. The crisis or the “challenge” is a demonstration of our imbalance with the general law of Nature, of which we are integral parts and with which we must act in complete accord and harmony.

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Research has shown that the achievement of such goals as wealth, beauty and fame actually makes people less happy. These factors do not promote the overall life satisfaction. Happiness can only be achieved if a person grows as an individual, maintains strong relationships with their loved ones and benefits his society.

Researchers noticed that gratification of desires is not always beneficial for one’s psychological health or emotional well being. Those who achieve material benefits quickly are more likely to experience negative emotions, such as shame and anger, and ailments such as headaches, stomach aches, and lethargy.

At the same time, people who have aspired to spiritual goals are more physically fit, feel more positive, keep strong social relationships with their close ones and experience less stress.

My Comment: Even egoism wins from one’s aspiration toward spiritual fulfillment!

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In the News (from The Science Daily ): “Only A Small Minority Of Children Are Carefree And Many Are Bored, UK Study Finds” A UK study into children’s happiness and safety co-authored by a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire has revealed that only 11 percent of children surveyed are carefree and free from worry. It also emerged that 72 per cent of those surveyed cited boredom as the cause of their unhappiness.

Robert Hart from Intuitive Media added: “The children have told us that boredom is the biggest downer, along with adults who expect too much of them and having to work too hard. Children want more freedom to play, relax, pursue their hobbies and be creative.”

My Comment: If we create a friendly world for our children, our future generation, and stop treating them as though they need to be equipped for a tough life ahead, then they will be happy!

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A question I received: Can Kabbalah logically explain the connection between a particular blow and the lack of connection between people?

My Answer: As a consequence of the Egyptian plagues, Pharaoh’s sages concluded that the plagues had come from the Creator, telling Pharaoh: “It’s the Creator’s hand!” And although Pharaoh stubbornly contended: “Who is the Creator that I should listen to Him?” as a result of the blows, he gave in and freed his slaves.

Pharaoh is the egoism created by the Creator. The plagues are the suffering that is caused by our egoism, thereby revealing it. Because of the blows, we begin to hate our egoism and realize that the blows come from the Creator and are sent specifically so that we will desire to escape from Egypt and Pharaoh’s (egoism’s) rule over us.  We come to realize that our nature is not our own, but rather a force outside ourselves that has control over us.

By receiving blows caused by our egoism and aspiring to something higher through the “Moshe” in us, the Creator is revealed, and we see that the blows come from Him. Otherwise, we would come to hate Him.

A person should go through the process of developing hatred for his egoism,  tearing away from and parting with it, while coming closer to the quality of bestowal.  We are seeing that now is  the time when humanity is going through these very stages of development.

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In the News (from e! Science News): “History of hyperactivity off-base, says researcher” Matthew Smith [a Canadian researcher] says many today assert that hyperactivity is a universal phenomenon, and say evidence of hyperactivity can be seen in historical figures such as Mozart or Einstein. Smith argues that hyperactivity, as we understand it is rooted in social, cultural, political and economic changes of the last half century.

My Comment: Kabbalah explains that the increased activity of children is caused by humanity’s growing egoism, and this is now the norm. What we must change are the educational norms and systems, so they will be in line with egoistic growth.

Kabbalah gives us knowledge about human nature, which is egoistic, and thus allows us to develop the correct approach to the problems of growth and maturation, in children and adults alike.

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The state of affairs in the modern world shows that everyone and everything is interconnected. The world has become integral and because of this, the actions made by every person are but a result of the entire world’s influence on him. The behavior of each individual will not be corrected until we correct society.

The conclusion to be made from this is that we can’t blame bankers, politicians, terrorists, or anyone else for their behavior, because we are the ones who brought about the situation in the world!  We are accomplices to everything that is happening, because each one of us is necessarily a part of the universal mechanism. Each person is to blame, and each receives the punishment he is due.

There is no difference between the benefit of the individual and of the entire society – they are the same. We are all part of a closed system, where we all share a common feeling, as members of a family. We are all interconnected, and ignorance of the laws governing our closed system does not protect us from the punishment for breaking these laws.

You can’t be righteous if there is sin in the world, because you are a part of the world. Everyone is to receive what is due him. From now on, no one will be able to win at the expense of others who lose.

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