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Out of Balance

Comment: From time to time there are reports in the press that thousands of birds, fish, or other animals are dying all over the world. My Response: Such reports appear only when it is clearly happening in front of people’s eyes, but in fact, we are in the state of a huge, terrible catastrophe! This […]

Help Yourself Be Born

Comment: When a person begins to study Kabbalah, he moves the corporeal world away from himself because it seems completely meaningless to him. But eventually, it turns out that he must unite with this world and love it. My Response: To love the whole world?! For what reason?! There is nothing to love in it! […]

The Needs of the Middle Class

Question: In principle, Kabbalah is intended for the middle class. After all, people who stand a little higher are concerned about preserving everything they have achieved. And those who are lower are thinking about how to feed themselves. Does it mean that the middle class is the most optimal for studying? Answer: Yes. I think […]

“The Secret to Living Beyond 100 – A Kabbalist’s Response” (Times of Israel)

Michael Laitman, on The Times of Israel: “The Secret to Living Beyond 100 – A Kabbalist’s Response” In Australia, a 100-year-old woman shared what she considered the secret to her long life, that longevity stems from a calm attitude to any tumultuous life events. She recommends not holding onto grudges and to live in the […]

“What Is the Most Important Advice You Would Give to Someone to Live a Long Life?” (Medium)

Medium published my new article “What Is the Most Important Advice You Would Give to Someone to Live a Long Life?” In Australia, a 100-year-old woman shared what she considered the secret to her long life, that longevity stems from a calm attitude to any tumultuous life events. She recommends not holding onto grudges and […]

The Simple Idea of the Creator

What does “love thy neighbor as thyself” mean? It means that those desires that are in others, you love as in your child and you enjoy when you fulfill them. You have the opportunity to do this endlessly and infinitely, many times more than if you were trying to fulfill them in yourself. So what […]

“Israel – a country under an anxiety attack” (Times of Israel)

Michael Laitman, On The Times of Israel: “Israel – a country under an anxiety attack” Following the wave of terror attacks, the ongoing demonstrations against (and for) the judicial reform, and the barrage of interviews in the media warning that Israel is on a precipice, there has been a sharp increase in calls to emergency […]

Can We Share Our Inner States?

Question: It is natural for a person to share his grief or his worry with others, but is this not welcome in Kabbalah? Answer: We should not share personal states because they are only yours and the Creator’s. If these states are only mine and the Creator’s, based on the root of my soul with […]

“The New Refuseniks” (Times of Israel)

Michael Laitman, On The Times of Israel: “The New Refuseniks” In the early 1970s, when I first asked for permission to immigrate to Israel, the Soviet authorities denied my request. In those days, I was not alone. Many soviet Jews who sought to leave the Soviet Union were refused and became what we now know […]

Spiritual Humanity: Head and Body

In the future, the major mass of humanity will advance in spiritual development with a sharp leap because it has nothing to correct. It does not correct itself, and therefore it will feel it, as it is said, at once. The masses do not have to go through what people with a point in the […]