In the News (CONT.ws): “Right now in the world economy the ideal conditions for a large collapse have been created, large injections into the economy and negative rates work against all the rules. Only one question remains, when…

“There are two options, everything will blow away slowly or abruptly and painfully.

“In the first case the markets will slowly slide down, and investors will lose their savings. …

“But for the sharp decline, there are reasons galore. …

“The the threat of the collapse of the European Union has dramatically increased. It is worth monitoring the elections in France and again in Italy. For there have recently become more popular proponents of exit from the EU. …

“Currency war is another danger for the modern economy. China is slowly and surely devalue the yuan, thus exporting deflation.

“In fact, China is currently the main threat for the United States. … Therefore, it is important for America to reduce China’s economic role. The output of production has already begun. In the long term it can be a real trade war. It can also impose sanctions against China. …

“Do not forget about the various military conflicts.

“Initially under the economy laid a time bomb, it is negative interest rates, and sooner or later it will explode.

“In a very interesting and challenging times we live in! Change is inevitable, and it is only a matter of time.

My Comment: There are two ways to balance the system: the bad way and the good. In any case, the world must take on the form of one system that resembles all of nature. The development of the system will bring the world to mutual cooperation whether by force or willingly by the recognition of the need to develop integrally.

We are at the point of decision—which way will the world continue to develop to its full purpose of unity.

The law of nature is relentless, but man can make itself a reasonable component of its implementation- and thus achieve the inevitable future state in a good way.
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Question: The European crisis suggests that the era of the great European civilization is over and a new time has begun. How do you see the state of the future Europe and its place in the world?

Answer: I don’t see a genuine development toward freedom, equality, and all these beautiful slogans of the French Revolution in Europe. Of course, we can’t deny the contribution of European civilization to the development of the world. However, we must understand that all these achievements were purely material, within the framework of this world and based on human egoism.

Therefore, beautiful gilding on our egoism, the fashion for democracy and freedom, in fact has changed nothing in a person. Proof of this is how Hitler was able to turn civilized Europeans into savages in an instant.

If he acted smarter, instead of conquering countries, joined them to his idea, he would have turned all of Europe into his ally. Also, it was very easy for him to conquer Europe, almost without resistance. This shows that the image of the “enlightened European,” famous for its special high culture, compared to the rest of the world is only the external sign for which there is no internal content.

The cultural image and good manners didn’t prevent Germans from killing people and descending to the animal level. From this it is clear that people will remain forever barbarians in their egoism. The more they develop in it, the worse they will become, but they will learn to hide their egoistic intentions and be hypocrites, the way good politicians do.

If humanity doesn’t take from the people of Israel their internal idea, the wisdom of Kabbalah, about connection and unity above egoism, it won’t have any future. In the meantime, humanity has limited itself only to the outer side of this idea, perceived in a distorted form, and so it developed. Evolution, nevertheless, will push us to unity, but through suffering, and Europe will have to implement this path.

Since European egoism is very big and much more developed than in other countries and continents, Europe must first implement this method. And if it doesn’t implement it, it will suffer more than other parts of the Earth. I am not very optimistic about the future of Europe.

Kabbalah offers a method that allows to put into practice the beautiful ideals of the French Revolution that so far remain just slogans in Europe and don’t affect the inner essence of a person. Everybody dreams about unity, equality, and brotherhood; they used to talk about it in Russia and Europe, but were unable to implement it. Only the wisdom of Kabbalah offers this opportunity.

Therefore it is revealed now, to the extent that Europe immerses into despair because of its impotence and inability to realize their ideals. And this happens at a time when new, completely alien ideals of the dark times of medieval savagery come to Europe.

Therefore it is being revealed now as Europe embraces the despair of its impotence and inability to realize its ideals. And this, at a time when Europe comes to a new, completely alien ideals to the dark times of medieval savagery.

The wisdom of Kabbalah has the force to implement in practice the equality and freedom that Europeans are so proud of. After all, it knows how to attract the upper force of nature.

Question: Are we being called back to religion?

Answer: This method has nothing to do with religion. It is about the ability to use the force of unity that is hidden in nature. Kabbalah allows to reveal this force and to use it in order to unite.
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From KabTV’s “A New Life” 8/18/16

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Comment: In a meeting held between representatives of Germany, France, and Italy on the island of Ventotene in the Terranean Sea, the Italian prime Minister Matheo Ranzi asked what should be done in order to attain unity in Europe, not just superficially but for real.

He is convinced that it is possible to revive Europe if the EU were based not only on the economy, but also on ideals.

Answer: This is indeed a good question, but they don’t have the means to attain unity. I’m not referring to financial means but to the lack of knowledge and understanding of how to do it. The fact that such questions come up indicates that they require a solution, and this is already a big breakthrough because when I met with a delegate of the EU a couple of years ago and explained to him for an hour and a half how they can overcome the crisis they are in, he wrote everything down and said “no one will go for it.”

Even back then I said that sooner or later the EU would fall apart and that they must introduce an educational process for the citizens as soon as possible. Otherwise the only solution they will have regarding the issue of the EU will be Nazism, and they will choose this way unless Israel unites and teaches them a different kind of unity. There is no other way! If we don’t do it, both Nazism and fundamentalist Islam in Europe will turn first against the Jews.

These are not my ideas but the truth that the wisdom of Kabbalah brings us.  It is better if people discover it by studying Kabbalah, and God forbid, not from life.

Question: Is the lack of unity between Israel the reason for all the problems?

Answer: Certainly, the lack of unity between Israel is the only reason for all the problems in the world, not only in humanity, but also in nature as a whole. Even natural disasters are the result of the lack of unity among the nation of Israel.

We have to believe the Kabbalists and begin to study the method that they offer us. The connection between us will be clarified by the study, as the one and only picture of the world will be revealed in it. It will become clear to us that the unity depends on us and that no one but us can do it. So let’s do it!
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 8/24/16

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Question: You, of course, are not a politician. But in your view, the wisdom of Kabbalah is involved with everything, as the science about the whole world. How are nations developed?

Answer: The time of egoistic development has passed. Therefore, the time of conflicts between nations, which try to overpower each other, has also passed. All around us, a higher and integral natural network and management of the world, including the entire universe, is becoming more and more apparent.

So there will necessarily be an aspiration toward mutual benefit, which will gradually move from egoistic mutual benefit to shared mutual benefit in which the principle of exchange will cease being the goal and will become a means for unification.
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In the News (lenta.ru): “The current middle class is confused and disoriented, and his discontent is channeled in support of ideas of nationalism, xenophobia and social-populist demagogy, and in the Arab countries – and even radical Islam. The sign of the modern era – the fact that around the world people are turning to the past. …

“Today the world is faced with the fact that the deepening social inequality causes the active protest of the general population. Managing these human masses is harder, at least, the current elite is already unable to. The methods and decision-making rules, which they practice now are opaque, incomprehensible and totally unacceptable for most people.

“The social and political processes within states today are becoming less manageable as are international relations. … World politics has become less predictable, as many of the motives of certain actions of individual countries often are not understood by their partners. …

“It turned out, that despite globalization and economic unity, the present world is divided mentally because it is living in different eras with different value systems. Now the government of each country is trying to show that no one can dictate their terms, since any compromise will not be understood by their own citizens and will be for a sign of weakness. In addition, there is the fear that making concessions on an issue will bring the future at risk of a more serious challenge.”

My Comment: People are disappointed by what is happening but not enough so that they will listen and decide that change is necessary in the world by changing themselves and understanding that there is no other method or any other way.

In addition to feeling disappointment, they need to feel that there is no other future. They have to actually feel the impending disaster, which means that they need to feel despair not disappointment…
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Comment: The Paralympics, the Olympics for the disabled, began right after the Olympics in Brazil. For the first time in the 56 years since these games began only 12% of the tickets were sold (BBC). The Paralympics were moved from the sports halls to open fields so that people wouldn’t have to pay. Many disabled sportsmen from different countries could not come to the games because their travel expenses were not paid.

Answer: Unfortunately, the Olympics have exhausted themselves. The sportsmen gather in order to beat each other. These aren’t Olympic games anymore; it isn’t a sports festival nor a celebration of man’s physical achievements. Politics, chemistry, and drugs have deeply penetrated the sports because the goal is now victory at any cost and not the actual cooperation and sportsmanship itself. Instead of being a festival of friendship, the Olympics have turned into a war! This is the reason that many don’t want to be involved in it anymore.

Comment: Even if we take the Paralympics as an example, the attitude toward these games has always been of compassion and mercy and people used to come to watch the games.

Answer: Today, there is no compassion or mercy. Once drugs and other additives have entered sports, they are no longer a sport but rather a competition between chemists, and this brought the end of it all.

Question: What kind of sport do you support?

Answer: I am totally for clean sports, when the sportsmen are not bought and are not paid. Sports should be for amateurs. It shouldn’t be a political event.

But humanity will not return to this sort of event in any form because it advances according to its growing egoism, and so the Olympics have exhausted themselves. The human ego will not let us hold such an event as a festival or a celebration. Fights and rough and tough competitions will not impress the audience.  Eventually every branch of sports will come to an end, even soccer, because it is impossible to win a victory in sports with money.

Comment: Your predictions are not very optimistic.

Answer: These were my predictions even 15-20 years ago and they are even more relevant today. Some are actually beginning to come true today.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 8/24/16

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Question: The European Union is “creaking” again following a referendum in Italy that is liable, as experts warn, to insert a jolt into the entire block.

Is the European Union really liable to break up as some of the experts have predicted?

Answer: The European Union already broke up a while ago; they just can’t formally allow themselves to admit this to the world. In any case, the interior is not functioning at all; nothing is left of the union!

The heads of the union are trying to do something, but the artificial formation is done with aggressive means to not allow the organization to break up and not drop Europe into the “depths,” to enter into all kinds of destructive problems.

Contrary to common sense, the Europeans are putting themselves into a big problem with refugees who are now beginning to “tear Europe to pieces,” like predatory animals who devour their prey.

So a good future is not expected for Europe. Ultimately tourism to Europe will cease, and this is the source of income and the largest basis for production in which most of its inhabitants work. The tourism industry is gradually waning. This is felt especially in France. During the past year a “dive” of 12% was measured in the tourism department; this is a significant statistic.

People have stopped traveling to these nations. A few more acts of terrorism and tourism will cease completely, just as it did in Turkey and Egypt.

And if another plane “falls” or something else happens…today this may not be a problem, but the Europeans are not yet ready psychologically to monitor and maintain their security.

Comment: It seems that the Germans are beginning to take quite strict measures.

Answer: Nothing will help. It is necessary to re-educate the population.

So I don’t expect a good future for Europe. Italy announced that as far as it seems, it will go on Brexit.

This is an absolutely natural process and after it the rest of the nations will also do this, and perhaps this will wake the Europeans up a bit. They will understand that the union is necessary; this is the direction toward which nature is pushing us. They will understand that all the peoples of Europe, including the immigrants, must achieve union.

But according to what formula will they reach union? Nobody knows. There is only one formula and it is described in the wisdom of Kabbalah: when faced with all of the problems, they can be overcome through the connection between us.

It is possible to do this only according to the method of connection described in the ancient books of Kabbalah; human nature has not changed much since then. We have reached the present situation in order to begin to use the method of connection.

Question: Even though this truth was known to everyone, “And you shall love your friend as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18)?

Answer: Yes, but until now we didn’t require it, but today we need it.

I hope that the Europeans and all of us will be able to understand this, that we will want to apply this method in every way, and that we will help in doing this.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 8/21/16

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In the News (Foreign Policy): “For the first time in history, the inner chambers of global leadership may go genuinely coed. …

“Pundits who dare to prognosticate over whether these leaders will each bring a distinctive, somehow more female approach to matters of war and peace, trade, policing, or public welfare do so at their peril. They risk stepping in a minefield of stereotypes and preconceptions that history’s shortlist of female heads of major states — Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, and Benazir Bhutto — have already defied. But research and theory suggest that once women attain a loosely defined “critical mass” of representation — generally accepted as between 20 and 30 percent — within institutions and decisional bodies, their influence grows perceptibly. This idea originated with Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who in her seminal 1977 article, “Some Effects of Proportions on Group Life: Skewed Sex Ratios and Responses to Token Women,” postulated that when women exceed one-third of a group they can form coalitions, provide mutual support, and reshape the group’s overall culture. The research suggests that the relatively sudden potential presence of a critical mass — a collective of women — simultaneously leading some of the West’s most powerful countries and institutions has the potential to reshape at least certain aspects of how global business gets done. …

“Amid these challenges, it is tempting to hope — and there is some evidence to indicate — that this cohort of female leaders may turn to one another as a source of solidarity, forging effective partnerships that translate into policy results. Betsy Polk and Maggie Ellis Chotas have written a book arguing that when women team up professionally they can achieve greater confidence, flexibility, and accountability than is attainable in other working relationships. Across multiple academic disciplines, research confirms that women tend to be more open to teamwork than men. A study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research confirmed that women are more amenable to collaboration, partly because they tend to underestimate their abilities and overrate those of peers, whereas men are more likely to conclude that they can best get ahead by working on their own. A psychological study conducted by University of Toronto scholars concluded that women favor teamwork whereas men prefer hierarchy. In the U.S. Senate, where there are more women than ever before — 20, to be exact — many legislators have noted that cooperation among women has delivered some of the few accomplishments of a largely polarized and hamstrung
Congress, including the 2013 deal that ended the third-longest government shutdown in history. In a 2013 ABC News interview, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) credited Senate women with surmounting an ‘us-against-them’ mentality saying: ‘I think by nature we are less confrontational and more collaborative…. We actually work together, Republicans and Democrats, and women, to try to look at solving the problem rather than just going political points.’

“Whether the impetus toward collaboration is innately stronger among women, or the ephemeral product of an empathy-driven outreach among those who identify with other members of a historically marginalized group, may not matter … If a posse of female leaders proves even marginally better at communicating, coordinating, and compromising with one another, even for a short while, the international dividends could be great. …

“Over more than 20 years, the critical mass theory of women’s leadership has been debated by scholars and analysts and served as the basis for implementing gender-based quotas and affirmative action programs. In the coming years, our front pages may tell us more than all the theories about whether and what difference having women at the top really makes.”

My Comment: Women are undoubtedly more inclined to teamwork, mutual support, and the aspiration to reach agreement instead of conflicts than men are.

But it is the “iron lady” who reaches the top, and what is typical of women who hold lower positions is totally atypical of those who reach the highest positions. They are “real men” and have all the typical characteristics of men: authoritative, tough, etc.

There may be a short matriarchal period, but then men will still have to engage in correcting their ego including the female part.
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In the News (Forbes): “Naked restaurants, or ‘foodies for nudies’ as many call them, are becoming a trend, and a number have been opening with great success in, among other cities, London, Milan, Tokyo, Melbourne and, soon, Paris.

“Dining ‘au naturel’ reached a whole new level this summer when, for the opening in June of London’s first ‘food-in-the-nude’ restaurant, The Bunyadi, more than 46,000 aspiring patrons rushed their names on to the waiting list, according to its website. …

“’It’s going to be the same in Paris as it has been in London, back to the start, no mobile phones, all natural, candles, and raw, organic food,’ the restaurant’s events planner told The Local. ‘We think the French would pretty much love this; there are a lot of naturists there.'”

Answer: The question is what is the reason for this phenomenon? I am not being self-righteous. I know human nature, but on the other hand, when we undress we put on a new form. Everywhere in the world clothes are not just pieces of cloth but a symbol for a person’s intention, for his inclination and the respect he feels toward others, for primitive and for modern people alike.

If a person wants to stand out among others, he wears different jewels. Or does one want to show to what degree he respects the common meal, the common time together? And it can raise the spirits and bring about a feeling of great pleasure. A meal doesn’t have to be in a tense atmosphere, like breakfasts for diplomats who don’t eat anything but carry on long diplomatic talks.

It still has to be pleasant. And there must be a dress code because it emphasizes the respect one feels for his peers. The 46,000 reservations for the nudists’ restaurant is a sign of a serious regression of mankind.

From a Kabbalistic perspective, this is a delightful event, of course, because it shows that we are getting closer to major changes in humanity when we become aware where we are in our arbitrary developmental process and that we cannot go on this way. We have to start managing our development and become humans instead of remaining like animals.

Basically, what makes us different from animals? Animals barely develop and do so very slowly. Humanity is evolving, but arbitrarily, under the influence of upper force, without any intervention on its part. What are our thoughts, feelings, intentions, we are, as they say, “blowing with the wind.” We ourselves are not involved in this, and in this sense we are worse than animals.

We shouldn’t look at our technological progress but at ourselves, at our culture, at people, at our society, at those who develop into toxic matter of which there is nothing to be proud. Humanity must acknowledge the fact that it must wisely participate in its development. We have to discover nature’s intentions and aspire for the upper ideal by ourselves and not put ourselves into an opposite state in order to understand at a certain point that this inclination is wrong and then correct it by having to actually climb out of the sewage.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 6/11/16

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In the News (Time): “The mood in Germany has been unsettled recently following a number of horrific attacks
“Germany is planning to urge its citizens to stockpile food, water and other supplies in the event of a catastrophe or armed attack.

“According to a report by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), citing the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper, the move would be the first of its kind since the end of the Cold War.

“The proposal is reportedly contained in a government civil-defense-strategy document, which says that people should stock 10 days worth of food and a sufficient supply of water, energy, money and medicine that would allow them to stay put long enough for the government to respond.

“The mood in Germany has been unsettled recently following a number of horrific incidents. In the latest violence, on July 24, a Syrian suicide bomber injured 15 people at a music festival in the central German town of Ansbach. The same day, a Syrian refugee killed a woman and injured two others with a machete in Reutlingen. Just days previous, an ISIS-inspired attacker was shot dead after stabbing several people on a train in the south of the country.

“The huge influx of refugees — Germany accepted more than a million last year — has sparked fears among many Germans that terrorists have entered the country under the guise of seeking asylum.

My Comment: There is no way we can protect ourselves from the future. The only thing we can do is change it by changing our relations from egoistic to altruistic relations. There should be mandatory training plans for such special circumstances for everyone. These special circumstances are already here!
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