Comment: There is a war in Israel. We are focusing heavily on technology: defense technology like the Iron Dome, laser technology, attack technologies like bunker-busting bombs, advanced aircraft, and so on.
I keep thinking that sooner or later, the other side will also acquire these technologies.
My Response: Of course.
Comment: They have plenty of funds; they will buy advanced technologies somewhere. It will be a battle of technologies.
My Response: That is the future, yes.
Question: When will there be a turning point where we start thinking about the root of the problem?
Answer: The root of the problem is unsolvable. That is why people focus on the consequences, on ways of delivery and defeat in various forms.
Question: You say it so definitively, is there no point in continuing?
Answer: Yes, of course.
Question: Why are you so certain we won’t reach the root? We won’t want to reach it, as I understand?
Answer: Do you mean the egoism of a person?
Comment: You said it yourself just now, egoism of a person is the root of all problems.
My Response: I have yet to see any method in the world that can somehow limit it. What we need here is the recognition of the evil of our egoism and an understanding of how we can be healed from it.
Question: Tell me, how does this egoism draw wars toward us? Egoism essentially wants us to feel good on the inside, right?
Answer: Yes, but the problem is that when things are good on the inside, they can be bad on the outside. We don’t understand how to control our egoism so that things are good.
Question: You have often spoken about unity among the people of Israel, unity within the nation, one heart, and so on. When you talk about this, are you addressing the root of the issue?
Answer: Yes, I am speaking about the root, about what the people can do in our time and generation to ensure that the world knows no more wars.
Question: Are you even saying “no more wars in the world”?
Answer: Yes, exactly.
Comment: You are not just saying wars will end for us.
My Response: No, that is beyond our control.
Comment: So our focus should be…
My Response: Peace worldwide.
Question: Does this depend on us?
Answer: Yes.
Question: How can we reach that?
Answer: We need to study the Torah. It is explained there in simple terms. If we want peace, we must actively make it. We have to bring peace into action ourselves.
Question: By uniting?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Is that the entire issue?
Answer: That is the issue.
Question: So when you say the root is unreachable, what do you mean? On one hand, you are calling for it; on the other, you say it is unreachable.
How do we understand that?
Answer: It is unreachable by human forces or intellect. But it is completely reachable through our inner efforts, when we can cry out to the Creator and show Him that we are ready for peace, for peace between us. From there, peace can spread throughout the world.
Question: How many wars, disasters, or sufferings are needed to reach this point?
Answer: It does not matter; maybe none at all.
Question: Can we get ahead of all this suffering?
Answer: Of course.
Question: What brings about this understanding? You say “we can get ahead of suffering.” So an inner or outer understanding can come sooner. Where does it come from? You often say that suffering moves a person forward one way or another. But here?
Answer: We have already experienced enough suffering to envision a world filled with suffering and a world without it, which allows us to choose which world we want to belong to.
Question: So is that the root of all our problems and the world’s problems?
Answer: Yes, all of them.
Question: A follow-up question then. Can we combine technological development with an understanding of this root problem? Suppose we understand the root problem and, at the same time, continue developing technology. Or is understanding the root problem enough, so everything else falls away?
Answer: Once we begin to understand the root problem, we won’t feel the need to advance technology. Right now, we think that developing various technologies can convince others worldwide that we have the strongest military and so on. But a completely different approach is needed. Everyone must realize that peace can’t be achieved through war, but only by agreeing to peace. And then peace will come from above.
Question: Agree to peace between us?
Answer: Peace between us, among all nations and countries. We can agree and achieve it without specific conditions or efforts, without any of this. We only need to recognize the difference between peace and war until we fully grasp what these concepts mean.
Question: What does peace mean?
Answer: Peace is when everyone lives together in harmony.
Question: But who among ordinary, normal people wouldn’t want this? People want to live this way!
Answer: People don’t realize that the start of a war is so far removed from anything resembling war that it seems entirely peaceful. And that is how it begins. Then suddenly everything unravels into a full-fledged war.
Question: What is this beginning like? You say the start of war is far from war itself. What is it?
Answer: It is when I disagree with someone else.
Question: That is the start of a war?
Answer: Yes.
Question: So I don’t agree, I’ve cut off ties, I don’t love them, I’ve distanced myself, is that all part of it?
Answer: Yes, small moments like these.
Question: Even between one person and another?
Answer: Even between one person with another. We need to pay attention to every one of these details.
Question: So war, in all its horror, is built from these bricks?
Answer: Yes.
Question: The outer, terrible one we know?
Answer: Yes.
Question: So peace, first and foremost, is in these connections?
Answer: Peace is a complete connection of hearts.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 10/14/24
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