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“German Mayor Blames Israel For Syrian Refugee Crisis”

Dr. Michaell LaitmanIn the News (Jerusalem Post): “The Social Democratic mayor of Jena, Albrecht Schröter, on Friday accused Israel of partial responsibility for the Syrian refugee crisis and called on Germany’s foreign minister to ‘show less restraint’ toward the Jewish state. …

“Schröter told the Thüringische Landeszeitung newspaper, in connection to the Syrian refugee crisis: ‘The US policy of hostility toward Islam bears its fruits.’ He called on his party and its Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier ‘to change the role of Germany in the Middle East conflict. Germany must break with restraint toward Israel as an occupying state.’ …

“The otherwise obscure mayor in Jena, a university town with nearly 110,000 residents, caused controversy in 2012 when he urged a sweeping boycott of Israeli products. He joined the anti-Israel Pax Christi Catholic aid organization in a petition calling for goods from Israel to be boycotted. Kevin Zdiara, the then–deputy representative of the German-Israel Friendship Society in Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia state, where Jena is located, said Schröter’s action recalled the Nazi slogan: ‘Don’t buy from Jews!’

“The Post sent a press query to Schröter seeking a comment.

“In 2012, Schröter said, ‘I firmly reject the malicious accusation of anti-Semitism  against me.'”

My Comment: There is no doubt that all problems, from small to great, will be directed towards Israel and the Jews for one reason: The world situation depends on our unification into a single whole, and the method of unification of the world is the wisdom of Kabbalah. The people of Israel mastered this wisdom more than 3,500 years ago. So the moment that it is bad for the world, they instinctively blame the Jews. And to correct this is possible only through using the method of unity, beginning amongst the Jews themselves and after that, spreading to all the nations of the world.
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The World Economy: On The Threshold Of Drastic Changes

Laitman_182_02Question: How will the transition from previous material values to new ones influence the world economy?

Answer: I think that in the present situation, the economy will gradually exhaust itself. Moreover, it is not the economy itself but the attitude of people toward it. Today we view the changing world and life and become more passive.

Therefore, the economy of unbridled consumption will become an economy of providing for one’s personal existence. Humanity will stop running after big materialistic attainments and wealth.

I see how great masses of people are becoming more and more passive. We see this in Russia and in America. In Russia they agree with the policy of a relaxed existence on private land; in America they agree with the more socialist policies with the national health insurance plan and all the rest. That is, we have reached a state in which after transition to a new stage of rational development will prevail. We understand that nothing from the past, not wealth, nor respect, nor knowledge, nor art and not even religion (because there are no religions today, it is all just the politics of control) can bring us anywhere. What remains is only attainment of the meaning of life, because humanity has already gone through everything else.

And so certainly the economy will change. It will be sustained, develop, and transform externally just because we must fill our body (the level of the beast), meaning normally feed and dress everyone. Whereas, everything that is expanding today in all directions like a soap bubble will exhaust itself and disappear because we are bringing the world to a state of crisis.

Question: So, the economy will burst like a soap bubble?

Answer: It will shrink because it is superfluous! Either it will be replaced by a world war or the isolation of people. If we avoid war somehow, the indifference of people toward anything new will gradually obligate the economy to fold. We see what is happening today, nobody needs the vast Chinese and Japanese manufacturing technology anymore. Everything will gradually fold, and people will lose interest in consumption.

And this is a natural process of development of internal human desires that are moving from material consumption toward something new. We have already experienced the rise of interest in science and culture; they don’t fill us with anything now, they don’t give meaning to life. And without that, all that remains is drugs or war and other extreme decisions, or an exit to a new level, a new level of existence. That is, it is necessary to give people the possibility of seeing that there truly is an exit; it exists.

Ultimately an inner demand for this will appear because it is developing from within; a person will begin to ask: “What is the meaning of my existence? If there is no meaning, it is unfortunate that I was born….”

To be continued….
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 8/19/15

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A Sharp Turning Point In History

Laitman_006We live in a rapidly changing world in which a wave of tsunamis, earthquakes, ecological disasters, extreme heat, refugee migration are moving through it.

Today hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Middle East are closing in on Europe, and tomorrow there will be an earthquake somewhere in India and waves of millions of people will surge towards the north from there.

We see that the situation can change very rapidly. Previously it seemed to us that the migration of a mass of people from place to place like this requires long and careful planning. And suddenly we have become witness to how tens and hundreds of thousands of people are rising like a tsunami wave coming from the ocean towards the beach.

Our world is changing before our eyes. We are found within an intensely powerful stream, a stream that drags all of humanity after it and draws it further and further downward relative to the former standard of living that existed, but along with this it is building and giving birth to some kind of new level.

As a result, we are feeling how we are falling into an abyss and the whole world that we are used to is being demolished, the previous life destroyed. However, with this, a new life is being born.

It is necessary to uncover these two trends to understand by what means this drama of the century can be expressed: The destruction and death of the old world and the birth within it of the new world.

That is what always happens in nature and it cannot be otherwise. As long as the previous generation hasn’t died, the new generation will not be born. That is how the seasons also change. There are some who consider what is happening to be death but I see new life. Let’s not think about what was and has died, but about the new that is about to be born.

Humanity is now in the process of labor; this is how it is emerging from the birth canal, through the narrowest passage that is crushing us from all directions. Labor is pushing us from behind and drawing us from the front, obligating us to move incessantly. We are present for the birth of a new level, a new state of humanity.

Through the course of history there were many critical and difficult periods that were really periods of birth. So I look at the future with hope and happiness, even though this is terribly difficult. The new world will not be born as long as half of the old world hasn’t died. We see that inanimate nature is destroyed, various kinds of animals and plants are becoming extinct, and people are dying.

It is not known what will happen to us in conditions of extreme climatic changes and disasters. But this is making the birth of a new kind of life possible.

We are leaving the old era, the old generation, the entire history through which humanity has passed, and we are being born into a new world. So we feel pressure, labor; we are losing all the knowledge that we have gathered, the taste, the culture, the education, the traditions. Even science will be renewed. Humanity apparently will be reborn, all material will seem new.

Love, the system of relationships of couples and the relations between parents and children, everything will be changed beyond recognition. We don’t know towards what kind of world we are heading, but it is possible to guess and predict what kind of a world it will be: How will families look in the future; will we want to give birth to children; will the children remain at home or will they live completely differently?

How will we perceive the world; what atmosphere will there be in society; what kind of culture, education, system of relationships, standards of beauty, what songs? Everything is experiencing a real revolution.

It is still impossible to imagine precisely the picture of the future world, but we can be sure that the world will change completely and it is not in our power to stop this.

The change is derived from nature and draws us into itself, without asking for our permission. The new world must soon be born, so let’s help ourselves to be born in the new world; effort can be made to break out.
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From KabTV’s “Discovering Yourself” 9/18/15

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Expand The Meaning Of Life

laitman_229Question: What would you advise a person who has lost the taste for consumption, science, and culture and subconsciously feels that he cannot find the meaning of life in that?

Answer: I can advise him to invest his energy in the next level of human evolution, to wave goodbye to everyone, get on the train that will take him to a new attainment, and detach from the platform of our world.

On this train he will undergo a serious internal correction and internal changes, and when he gets closer to the next level of existence, he will receive additional vessels for attainment and knowledge.

There are quite a few examples in human history of small kids who found themselves in a forest and grew up among wild animals, after which it was impossible to re-educate them.

They remained animals despite any efforts educate them and they couldn’t even learn human language. They slept and moved from place to place and behaved like animals.

The same thing happens to us. In the current social environment we are like animals and we cannot change ourselves, but subconsciously feel that we cannot remain in it any longer. But how can we leave it?!

Therefore, our task is to create small semi-enclosed settlements that would not be completely detached from the rest of society, but internally would operate according to a different principle of mutual help and connection. Thus people are educated to reveal new attributes of nature that are initially embedded in us but need to be developed.

However, since we were brought up among “animals” and therefore are such, we have to be placed among human beings so that we will become human. This is a great problem, but I think that it can be solved by using modern means of communication. The need for this is indeed gradually being revealed.

Today it is clear to everyone that we can easily reach corporeal satisfaction, but still a person fills a great emptiness inside that needs to be filled, and it is impossible to do so with the means we have. We cannot fill ourselves anymore, not by science, culture, or anything else.

We must understand what we are living for, and not only understand, but also reach the true meaning of life, which is above us and gives us the feeling of a whole eternal existence.

Below that there is only the corporeal existence, life inside the body. So begins the next phase. But first we have to pass through the new “Middle Ages” and only then will we be able to ascend to the eternal state. I cannot say exactly how it will all take place. But it is being born, just as any subsequent formation begins in the previous one.

Comment: You give a fairly optimistic message on the background of the universal despair.

Answer: This hopelessness is correct, positive. It actually provides a person with an urge to continue his evolution. It was the same in the Middle Ages and also before that.

Look at the different eras humanity underwent throughout our history: plagues, famine, migration of nations, climactic disasters, natural disasters, etc. Now everything is happening much more intensively, leading us forward faster. So personally, I am optimistic.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 8/19/15

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The First Economic World War Has Begun

laitman_547_06In the News (km.ru economy): “The United States made good money in the Second World War selling weapons to all the countries in the world.  It sold to Russian exclusively for gold. …

“Now the situation is different altogether. Wreaking havoc and insecurity around the world, the United States still received a backlash. Something that Americans feared most – a joint war between Russia and China against the dollar. …

“First, China devalued the yuan, which led to the collapse of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index … . Then China began to actively intervene in the currency market, using its reserves. In a short period Peking sold fantastic amounts of US bonds and this has affected the profitability of bonds. …

“In just two weeks, China has sold bonds more than $ 100 billion. On August 24th they have already announced Black Monday.

“In this situation, the United States has to pay more attention to domestic problems and minimize its external presence. …

“A small victorious war to save the ranking Democrat in the elections, the US has not engaged. …

“A World War II with guns and tanks will be gone. Black Monday, August 24, 2015 has become a kind of economic Pearl Harbor, and is likely to go down in history as the beginning of the first world economic war.”

“My Comment: This is the way, through two reins of leadership, the left and the right, the Creator is mobilizing humanity to recognize the need to wake up and pay attention, to learn and to study the world in which we are found, and not to play games.

When we understand the world, we understand the need to find a method to change ourselves, to be permanently in a successful situation, resembling nature, the characteristic of bestowal and be in full mutual connection. We will be forced to rebuild the system of socio-economics and religious relationships—this we will have to do in our coming allotted in this world. And after that we will find ourselves in a new world!
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Europe – Back In Babylon

Laitman_727Opinion (Mark Sandomirsky, Psychotherapist): “On the TV screens there aren’t pictures of suffering refugees. In fact, they are backed by the modern technologies for the manipulation of mass consciousness. They don’t just mislead people; they try to disturb their mental balance.

“The mass media are becoming a source of mental disorders, and an instrument of information warfare. War of the 21st century is in the arena of information and economics. Information—this is the arousal of concern and mass hysteria among the population. Economic—obtaining financial gain. And social networks are tools for the global manipulation of information. Do you believe that suddenly hundreds of thousands of refugees ‘spontaneously’ were released from detention camps and crossed several national borders? The refugees are suffering, but hundreds of millions of European citizens are still suffering.”

My Comment: Without a doubt everything is controlled; nothing is happening by chance. Everything is managed, but not by any conspiracy of manipulators, but by the higher program of nature (the Creator) to correct the universal egoism.

But it is not unconscious, as it was during our historical development, but namely due to our awareness that our nature, egoism, is evil will we develop the desire to be freed from it, the origin of all of our suffering, and even to correct it to the characteristic of bestowal and love (altruism).

What is happening in Europe is necessary for understanding the problems of Babylon, which will force us to agree to the correction of the ego, because the suffering from egoistic conflicts will become greater than the suffering from changing the egoistic nature to altruism.

We, humanity, are back in “Babylon” and we must complete the correction of our nature as was proposed to us by Abraham. And this also closes the circle of  Earth’s history.
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Money Is No Longer A Capitalistic Objective

laitman_600_02Opinion (Ivan Novikov, economist): “The classic formula of capitalism: “money—goods—money” is outdated due to the fact that wealthy people have put an end to centralization and are controlling their expenses by themselves using a private institute, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB). Accordingly, money is no longer a capitalistic objective.

“The new formula of modern capitalism (of globalization) is: money—instability—assets. It is about the control and domination of the economies of states by using the method of sanctions and wars, the centralization of assets by economic, political and military tools throughout the world. Having unlimited amounts of money the elites of developed countries wring all the other countries of their assets and enslave them.”

My Comment: But in the meantime the world has become interdependent and nature forces everyone to unite. So despite the aspirations of modern capitalism, nature will crush us and subdue and enslave us to its own path of evolution.
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Refugees: What Will Happen To Europe? Part 5

laitman_944Wisdom of Open Hearts

Europe is the first example of what the entire world might run into. South America is entering the north, a similar influx of the Islamic world will occur. We will see how these waves roll everywhere. And now before us is just the beginning.

Question: Does it mean that the situation with refugees in Europe is irreversible?

Answer: Yes, it will only get worse. Nobody will stand up and say: “No.” Eventually, Europeans will feel it on their own skin. They will realize that it is impossible to continue living as they do now and that they must change their nature. Only then will the Europeans stop suffering and will have to relate to refugees and other foreigners as to their close relatives. Everybody will be together; the entire world will become as one family.

Nature dictates this; his attitude will be the only possible way of treating others. Only then, will people be worthy of correction. And the peoples of the world will realize that correction is associated with the people of Israel and that correction is hidden in the wisdom of Kabbalah, the science of unity that waited for thousands of years for the Europeans to help them become open to all, open to the whole world.

By acting so, not only people will live better lives, but also they will get rid of pressure and slightly open the boundaries of this world. It is said in The Book of Zohar: “Open your heart and I will open the worlds to you.”

Question: There is nothing more surreal than letting strangers into our houses and hearts, treating them as dear and beloved friends. And there is nothing more disgusting than that picture. Will it truly happen?

Answer: All these events are arranged to overturn our nature and bring us to a state where life seems worse than death.

Question: Does it mean that we are facing a period of darkness?

Answer: Anyone who goes through a crisis considers it terrible. But there is a medication that can prevent the disease and explain the reasons and the essence of the current events. Nature deliberately arranges conditions that might lead us to unity in the world and makes us feel as if we are one family.

It is possible. It is easy. We have a methodology that stems from the very depth of nature. The wisdom of Kabbalah was given to us in ancient Babylon, when humanity first experienced a similar situation.

At that time, people refused to accept this wisdom. Only a small group of people carried it from Babylon to these days. Let’s take advantage of the wisdom now, thus ending afflictions, strife, and wars.

Then, we’ll sense the future reality right here in this world—the “Garden of Eden,” eternal and perfect life.
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From KabTV’s “A New Life” 8/27/15

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70 Different Nations Together On The Same Earth

laitman_941Question: Not too long ago, the world stood on the confrontation between Russia and America, on an ongoing cold war between these two countries.

Relationships among these superpowers, one of which always personified a communist dictatorship and the other a stronghold for democracy and freedom, were fundamental in world politics and influencing the state of affairs in the entire world.

Today, the situation is aggravated by new forces that keep showing up on the world arena such as international terrorist organizations, as well as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. How do you evaluate the relations between Russia and the US and the prospect for their development?

Answer: According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, there are 70 different nations in the world, each with their specific character, speed, and direction of development. The 70 nations spread around the world and established mutual liaisons based on their individual characteristics.

Along with the development of nations and the relations between them, economics, international trade and international relations also advanced. The  military, industry, culture, education, Internet connection also developed in conjunction with each nation’s character.

The 70 nations of the world do not develop in isolation, each on its own. There is a common development program undertaken by international trade and relations between the countries, who exchange goods and information.

Due to cultural development and mass education, the impact of various countries upon each other is extremely strong. It is impossible to present things in just two colors. There is more than just black and white, good and bad.

Each country remains very special: France is France, Italy remains Italy, and Spain is Spain. Each country has their specific features that are based on the character of the people that live in their territory. Besides, there are additions acquired through communication with other countries.

It’s impossible to live in isolation in this world. That’s why each country receives a certain “input” that adds to their national style. Usually, this kind of interference doesn’t benefit the country. Nobody wants it. Italians want to continue living as Italians, Spanish as Spanish, French as French. There is no choice but to accept external additions that impact local national cultures, systems of education, routine behavior, and legal systems.

There is international law. As a rule, it is a number of limitations stemming from UNESCO, the UN, and other international organizations. Willingly or unwillingly, every country has to accept their rules although sometimes they can be a burden for a country.

If we speak about Russia and the US, we have to realize that these countries are cardinally different because of their peoples’ nature. The US was founded by Anglo-Saxons and Germans. During the time America was founded, almost 40% of the people living there were Germans. There was even an issue about which language would become the national language in the country: English or German.

Therefore, the old spirit of America was both English and German, with a little French influence. But it was relatively homogeneous European culture that laid the foundation of the nation.

Russia is quite the opposite in spirit. Russians really differ from all other nations. Russians originally came from Asia and later dwelled in the European part of the Eurasian continent. In fact, Europe is not an appropriate place for Russians at all. This explains why this nation possesses a unique character, not very pragmatic.

For Russians, the most important thing in the world is their national pride. They expect other nations to respect and fear them; nothing else matters. If they feel that they are respected and that others fear them, Russians will always be happy with their lives.

In other words, Russians can go hungry and barefoot, but they will still only care about being a strong superpower that everybody fears. It doesn’t matter if other nations consider them stupid; the main thing is that they have to feel that they are heroes. This is the Russian mentality.

Anglo-Saxons exercise a totally different approach, purely pragmatic. They don’t care what other nations think about them and whether they ever take them into consideration or not. The main thing for them is to advance: develop education, culture, industry, etc. to progress.

For Russia the main thing is the unity of the people, national pride and in the US, on the contrary, it is granting each individual maximum freedom, because free enterprise leads to economic flourishment.

It all depends on the national character; that’s why we should never compare one nation to another, nor can we state that one people is any better than the other. They are just different!
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From KabTV’s “A New Life” 8/6/15

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Compulsory Unity

Dr. Michael LaitmanIn the News (eadaily.com/news): “Soon the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will become the largest mosque in Europe. It is not in the power of barbed wire and the military to stop the hundreds of thousands who are suffering. Ninety-eight percent of the refugees are young men, apparently from ISIS, which threatens to flood the infidel nations through them.

“The residents of Munich held a demonstration supporting the immigration policy of the government. As a result of this, the European communications media activated a propaganda virus transforming the population into zombies. People are gradually losing the capacity for independent investigation of what is happening. For some time now, It has been no secret that the instructions and money for the journey of refugees to Europe has been granted by American companies. They organize and direct them according to required paths; otherwise the migrants would not have reached the borders of the European Union.

“They give each refugee a one-time stipend of 2,800 Euros, a furnished and equipped room (or an apartment to those with a family), an allowance of 399 Euros per month, payment for medical services and language schools for the entire period (until the language is learned). In the schools, they cancelled religion classes and removed the crucifixes from the walls. The Imam of the city of Hereford is demanding the introduction of lessons in Islam for all the students in schools, and the Minister of Education is ready to agree. In the city of Eschweiler they banned the ringing of church bells upon the request of the residents, because it disturbs the immigrants. Now they hear only the Muezzin there, and they call the Christmas holiday the ‘Winter Holiday.’ In the month of Ramadan they suggest to the workers in many companies not to eat or to drink so as not to embarrass the Muslims.”

My Comment: The Creator will do whatever it takes for us to implement the program of creation. if we don’t proceed consciously towards connection and unity, this will happen through compulsion from above.
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