New Life 251 – The Influence Of The Residential Environment On A Person, Part 1
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Nitzah Mazoz

What impact does the living environment have on shaping our personality? What has changed in community life during the development of humanity? Why is it important to bring back our connection to the community?

We used to live in clans, communities, tribes, and villages. We were close to each other. In the previous generation, children from the neighborhood played together in the yard, learned from each other, and went to classes together. There were no computers or other technologies; a child mostly learned from books and friends. There was no loneliness.

Today there is a lack of family, yard, community, and even the state. Everything now is universal, so the community has been destroyed. With the loss of community, the sense of mutual responsibility and mutual help was also lost.

The world is becoming global and integral; it is suddenly closing in on us. Interdependence is choking us. Community life is the future of a world that has become a small village. There is lots of loneliness and despair. The desire for warm connection—connection to the same yard and community—is no longer satisfied. In the new neighborhoods, no one knows his neighbors or says hello in the elevator.

We need to build community life in a particular neighborhood and explore the impact on the quality of life. We used to be able to choose the distance that we lived from one another. Today we are all crowded tightly. Walls don’t help. Children do not have a yard to enjoy as in the past. Adults do not have a community, and this is a great need. The physical area we live in affects us and each place has its own spirit.

We are very much affected by our environment and can’t resist its influence on us. Today a good environment is needed.
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From KabTV’s “New Life 251 – The Influence Of The Residential Environment On A Person, Part 1,” 11/13/13
This summary was written and edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman

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