Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Are cold waves going to happen more frequently?“

This is indeed a question after the recent cold wave in America left millions of people without electricity and thousands of flights canceled.

As the climate heads into greater extremes globally, how can we best deal with future climate crises?

The short answer is that we cannot deal with them unless we take care of nature’s inner balance.

We live in a tightly-closed and interdependent system in which everything boomerangs back to us. While living in such a system, we need to reconsider what we want and think, and how we treat each other, because our human connections are the primary influence on how nature responds to us.

It is common to think that climate is dependent on factors outside of us—whether it be balances between heat and cold in the environment, or the effects of various kinds of pollution we emit—because we lack a complete picture of how our attitudes to each other bring about the strongest responses from nature toward us.

No creature distorts nature the way that we people do. And it is not simply a matter of switching to renewable energy sources, electric cars and the like; it is a matter of how we relate to each other.

If we truly wish to witness more balance throughout nature and not have to deal with all kinds of cold waves and other natural disasters, then similarly to how we have electricity, water and gas meters in our homes, we should also have meters that count how much evil we emit into the world from our negative attitudes to each other. What I mean is that if we could feel the extent to which we emit negative forces into the world, which negatively ricochet back to us, then we would wish to change this negative driver within us. We would want to switch it to a drive that makes our human connections positive, and which harmonizes us with nature.

In simple terms, when we get up in the morning, we should first and foremost consider what we need to do in order for all people to have it good. Developing such an attitude is not so simple, yet we will need to seriously work on it as we head into the future. A life of increasing blows from nature or a life of peace and harmony depends on the extent to which we impact a shift in our attitudes to each other—from negative to positive.

Based on the video “Your Negative Attitude to People Causes Climate Crises More Than Anything Else You Think Does” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “What are the pros and cons of a 4-day work week?“

One of my students told me that 100 companies in the UK recently switched to a permanent four-day work week for their employees without loss of pay, and that they hope to be a vanguard of a major change in work patterns by doing so. Moreover, the student told me that proponents of the four-day week argue that it will make companies improve their productivity with fewer working hours.

The more such an idea gains popularity, the more we will find ourselves questioning why so many companies insist on five or even six-day work weeks with long working hours. However, I think that the cons of the four-day work week would outweigh its pros because people in general do not know how to use their leisure time constructively. That is, if we would give more leisure time to people en masse, then we could expect to see a vast increase of problems in families: more arguments, divorces, problems with the kids, and so on.

Increasing our leisure time without implementing the learning of how to improve our relations would bring about more and more ruptures in our relations.

We thus need connection-enriching learning in order to build balanced lives between our home, family, work and leisure time. That is, we need an overriding purpose and meaning to everything we do, otherwise our engagements will end up tearing away at our relations. If we then set ourselves up to regularly improve our relationships throughout society from one day to the next, we could confidently lessen work hours and give people more time to rest and be with their families.

Based on the video “What Are the Pros and Cons of a 4-Day Work Week?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Question: What is the Creator?

Answer: The Creator is the one and only force of nature.

Question: What information does the Creator transmit to a person?

Answer: Only what a person needs in order to be a useful entity in this world.

Question: How can one be useful in this world?

Answer: Love.
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From KabTV’s “Blitz Questions and Answers” 1/6/23

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Is war a necessary part of life?“

The will to dominate is at the very foundation of our nature, and war is thus a part of our lives. However, it is counterproductive to our very own interests.

If we view humanity from aside, then we see that war destroys us. With all of our technological progress, we could have built heaven on earth, but we see the contrary: that we instead plunge into more and more wars and conflicts.

At the basis of all war is the human ego, which sizes us up against each other, placing us into a constant competition. As a result, we reach such relations where we see war becoming increasingly inevitable.

When can we reach some peace and quiet?

It is when we will develop ourselves and reach a state where, through a correct form of education that guides us on how to understand who and what we are, what nature is, how nature works and develops, and how we can enter into balance among each other and with nature, then we will eventually come to hate war and discover an eternal state of peace.

At the heart of such education needs to be a common love for one another. On one hand, war is embedded in us, but on the other hand, through learning and exercising love toward one another, we will be able to destroy our warring inclination.

Love will win over hatred and the warring inclination because love is a much stronger force. However, love is a force that can enter our relations and defeat the warring inclination on condition that we develop a desire for it to govern us.

Based on the video “Is War a Necessary Part of Life?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Question: What attracts men to women?

Answer: Many things. It depends on what preferences men have. Depending on them, they look for the corresponding fulfillment in women.

But, in principle, a woman is an irreplaceable person in society, thanks to which it exists. Men could live peacefully in the forest, sit by the fire and smoke, and a woman forces a man to build the world.

Question: But when a man chooses a woman even for a short-term relationship, he does not think that she saves the world. What is it that attracts him to her?

Answer: In principle, a man is not able to exist without women. A woman can without a man, but a man cannot without a woman.

Question: In what sense can he not exist without her? After all, he can cook himself a meal, take his clothes to the laundry or wash them.

Answer: Even in the modern world, all this is very difficult. I do not think this is possible in the broad sense of the word. A woman, however, sorts it all out, she is used to it, and she can take care of herself. A man cannot take care of himself!

Question: Do you mean that he needs some special psychological completion?

Answer: Psychological, physical, and physiological—all of them. It is impossible to live without women. Without men, however, it is possible.
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Question: What does the study of Kabbalah give a person?

Answer: It gives the ability to feel the world and answer all the questions that arise in him.

Question: Why does the world need Kabbalah?

Answer: So that the people who live in it can answer their questions.

Question: What is the power of thought and how can we use it?

Answer: The power of thought is what controls a person and with the help of which a person controls the world.
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From KabTV’s “Blitz Questions and Answers” 1/6/23

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Why do ultra rich people do philanthropy?“

On one hand, the ultra-rich are driven by their own power and wealth, but on the other hand, they are motivated by a challenge—that they wish to see a positive result from their lives.

If we act for humanity’s benefit, then we feel a loftier result from our lives.

Whether it is through philanthropy or pushing certain entrepreneurial initiatives that they believe benefit humanity, they like to see that their success changes the world. Then, when they feel that they bring something good to the world, they feel as if they soar ever higher above everyone, only instead of money, they see humanity’s achievements in light of their work.

Based on the video “Why Do the Ultra-Rich Do Philanthropy?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Question: Why are we in this current alarming situation?

Answer: This is not happening at our will. You did not choose when to be born, in what society, at what time, with what kind of knowledge to receive, and so on.

You do not understand all this, and, in principle, this is not required of you. You are required only to act intelligently in a specific situation.

Question: What should I do to avoid it being bad?

Answer: To do good for everyone.

Question: Can a Kabbalist predict the future?

Answer: He can only say in which case it will be good.

Question: What is your forecast for 2023?

Answer: I think everything will be fine. Really. We are approaching a state when people begin to understand that otherwise there will be an end. So, I hope it will be good, and for everyone.
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From KabTV’s “Blitz Questions and Answers” 1/6/23

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Is the universe endless?“

The difference between us and the Creator is endless.

Who or what is the Creator? It, or He, is the quality of love and bestowal—the opposite of our quality, reception.

In our oppositeness to the Creator, we perceive a very tiny part of the endless universe.

We are limited as created beings. However, precisely because we are created beings, we can come closer to the Creator—to reveal, feel and understand Him according to our equivalence of form with Him.

In other words, to the extent in which we accept upon ourselves the Creator’s quality of love and bestowal, we will be able to correctly perceive the universe—as the Creator’s true quality of endless love.

Based on the video “Is the Universe Endless?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Why as a society are we so corrupt?“

Behind our every action and thought is an egoistic desire that makes us want to enjoy at the expense of others and nature.

Moreover, this egoistic desire constantly grows.

If in the past we could have been friendly with each other, today we view each other through the lens of how can we use each other to gain something. And we are not to blame for such an attitude. It is because our ego grew.

What can we do about it? Inside of us is some kind of an animal that constantly grows, and it demands that we exploit everyone and everything around us as much as possible for self-gain.

In fact, we have always been driven by such a desire, but it was not as big as it is today, so we did not experience it in the increasingly negative ways in which we feel it today.

The reason the egoistic desire grows in us is not simply for us to experience our lives and our society becoming increasingly corrupt. It is for us to reach a realization that our nature is indeed egoistic at its core, that we truly wish to use others and nature for self-gain purposes as much as possible, and that such a drive leads us to a plethora of negative outcomes throughout society. Then, this realization should develop in us a desire to make a fundamental change in ourselves: to change our egoistic nature to an altruistic one, where instead of thinking how to use others to gain from them, we will think about how to use ourselves to benefit others. If we will not undergo such a transition, then society will eventually fall apart.

Based on the video “Why Is Society Becoming More and More Corrupt?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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