Question: There is a Jewish parable about a man who one day visited a sage and began to complain: “Everything is bad for me: I lost my job, my wife is sick, my daughter still can’t get married, and my son doesn’t want to study. What should I do?” The sage said: “There is an old remedy. You need to take a lot of pieces of paper, write on them ‘All this will pass,’ and put the pieces of paper in every room. The visitor did not understand what it was said, and left. But since the sage said it, he did as he was told. After a couple of years, this visitor returned to the sage happy. “How grateful I am to you! I found a great job, my wife recovered, my daughter got married, my son finished his studies and is perfectly settled. Everything is fine! Thank you very much”! Then he added: “I just wanted to ask: those pieces of paper that I put in the house in the rooms, can they be removed already?” “Why remove them? ” said the sage, “let them lie down for now.” That is, this too will pass.

It was also written on King Solomon’s ring: “Everything passes.” What kind of wisdom is this? What kind of words are these that turn everything, all the grief goes away? What is it?

Answer: It is a different way of looking at the world. No more than that. Nothing changes. Only the view of a person changes.

Comment: Nevertheless, he said that everything was fine with him, and everything settled.

My Response: Yes, his attitude to life, to the world, and his outlook has changed, and therefore everything has settled down.

Question: What advice can be given to humanity and man, when he is not well here, today?

Answer: There is nothing that is wrong today. Today, everything is fine already.

Question: Is this what they call “everything passes”?

Answer: Yes. Absolutely everything is in a good state, and don’t invent bad states yourself.

Question: And if I feel bad at all?

Answer: There is no such thing as bad. It is what you are drawing for yourself.

Question: Don’t you believe that there are such terrible states when a person feels bad? Well, bad!

Answer: Actually, it is not a bad thing. There is nothing wrong.

Comment: It is not easy for a person to convince himself of this.

My Response: There is no need to be convinced. You just must accept it and that is it.

Question: What does it mean to put notes in all the rooms and that everything will pass?

Answer: It is to remind yourself because every minute you must come back to such a state that everything passes.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 12/15/22

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