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Listen to What the Kabbalists Say!

If people know the plan of nature, they understand that humanity must come to similarity with nature, which is reached by absolute, mutual complementation, not egoistically, but above-egoistic. We need to come to this. We cannot escape from this. But with a limited egoistic view of the world, the problem cannot be solved. For years, […]

“Space Tourism and the Overview Effect” (Medium)

Medium published my new article “Space Tourism and the Overview Effect” The overview effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have described the effect as “a state of awe with self-transcendent qualities, precipitated by a particularly striking visual stimulus.” The most prominent common aspects of personally […]

Does Death Pave the Way to Heaven?

“Death comes to the Blacksmith with a scythe and asks him to sharpen it. He sharpens the scythe in horror, thinking that Death has come for him. He sharpens it and says, “I can’t believe I’m holding a weapon in my hands that has mowed down so many people.” And suddenly Death jumps up to […]

“What is the human ego?” (Quora)

Michael Laitman, On Quora: “What is the human ego?“ It is a key law of nature that any existing body—still, vegetative or animate—desires to sustain and protect its existence. That is not considered ego. It can be called the desire to live and to exist. The human ego begins where we desire to harm others. […]

There Is No Reason To Be Sick!

Comment: Before each congress you usually were ill, generally with respiratory diseases. In fact many would be ill. Now there is a period when this passes us by. My Response: Because we have reached another stage where we agree with unification, dissemination, and expansion and where we have come into good contact with an external force and wish it […]

“Education as an Antidote for Hunger” (Times of Israel)

Michael Laitman, On The Times of Israel: “Education as an Antidote for Hunger” This week, the UN, and several related organizations, marked two significant dates: the World Food Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. International organizations for the poor and hungry have existed at least since the end of World War […]

A Monument to Shame

Question: Well-known psychologist Mikhail Labkovsky shares that shame is a discreet emotion, an emotion that a person tries to hide, and therefore it is toxic and harmful. He  gives the analogy of shame as a potted plant that given the constant feeding and fertilizing and resources a person gives it (the shame), it grows into a huge tree. […]

Thanks to the Revelations of Baal HaSulam

How many people around the world today are in genuine fear and a sense of helplessness? They do not find any justification for their suffering, they do not know what to do, or how to feed themselves tomorrow or in a few months. Some worry about what will happen to their billions, while others do […]

The Upper Light Is the Guarantor of Spiritual Connection

Question: There are different types of connections between people in the world. What is the difference between them and Kabbalistic connection? Why don’t they work the same way as in Kabbalah? Answer: Because that is not the kind of connection that attracts the upper light. There are many connections in the world. Various socialist, national […]

A War against War

Since the whole world is in mutual connection, and I am just a small cogwheel in the general system, I am obliged to take care of everyone, and not just in words, but in deeds. After all, we must rise above all our differences and connect. We are all very different, but it is like […]