A Rich Man’s Desire

Question: For the first time in a decade, the number of rich people in the world is declining. The number of people with capital of $30 million or more has declined in one year by 5,500. Do you believe that this trend will grow?

Answer: Of course. It doesn’t mean that humanity will become poorer but that the number of rich people will decrease and their wealth will increase. If I am a rich man and I own ships, railroads, banks, factories, and so forth, would I be interested that others be on the same level? No, on the contrary, I want them to be the most ordinary people who eat what they have earned today and who have nothing tomorrow so that they will depend on me.

Question: Is this what a rich person wants with regard to another rich person?

Answer: Of course. Therefore, it is natural that the number of rich people in the world will decrease, but each one’s wealth will be greater. Thus, 99.9999 percent of the planet’s population will be poor, since all will be concentrated in the hands of one or two thousand people.

Question: Is this natural from a Kabbalistic perspective?

Answer: Yes, it is so natural that there will be only one rich person left, and all of the others will be absolutely poor. This is called the natural evolution of the ego. The question is, what will happen then, and at what point will the rebellion below start? But I think there will not be revolutions or wars since humanity already has been through this phase.

People are nearing the phase of maturation and ripeness. Their grapes of wrath regarding the Creator, the nature, the fate of everything, have ripened, and that is a good thing because people are beginning to realize that it is actually man who must change and that we will not be able to do anything any other way. We don’t need to change nature, society or anything. Everything depends on individuals and on the way that they are connected to each other. Only the connection between them can change society.

People are beginning to realize that they need a qualitative change, and they will look for it until they find our method. I believe that this phase is coming soon because all of the other options already have been exhausted. No one has any reasonable solution, not philosophers, politicians, political scientists, economists, or others. This is the reason that we Kabbalists should come forth and loudly proclaim that we have the solution, that by a special method of education that we have, we actually can make people feel and understand after a few lessons and special meetings that there is a special force here that can change our entire society.

There is everything in the world, and the problem is only in distributing the resources. The distribution can be right only according to the right connection between people which we must organize. The right and good connection should be a connection in which everyone is simply equal, and then everyone will feel good.
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New Life #348 – Peace In Israel And In The World

New Life #348 – Peace In Israel And In The WorldDr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Nitzah Mazoz

Why can’t we have peace? How is this related to the fact that the world is always against us and what is the role of Israel in the world?

Summary

Peace in Israel refers to inner wholeness. Abraham, the nation’s patriarch, taught mercy and love.

• When there is no love between us but unfounded hatred, we are not a nation.
• As long as there is no peace between us, there will not be peace on the outside.
• We need to live in peace between us and to learn how to connect before there can be any reconciliation with the Arabs or with the world.

If we live a life of love and connection in Israel, everything around us will quiet down and everyone will want to learn from us.

• Today we are like a pain in the neck for the world, and the other nations don’t know how to get rid of us,
• We have to search internally and begin to build the nation of Israel.
• There is no one to be afraid of but ourselves. Today we are destroying ourselves, Being a “Light unto the nations” means building a social model of life that is based on connection and love in Israel.
• We should start a general educational process in order to unite the nation, connect above all the differences, like in a family. Let’s start with that and the neighboring nations will become our best friends; we will also connect with them. The more the socio-educational process will penetrate them, the more will be as one with them.

The whole world subconsciously feels that the key for a good life is in the hands of the Jews.

• The right approach for peace that Israel should adopt is first of all educating ourselves to live in peace among us.
• It is from here that love will spread all over the world until all of mankind will be as one family.
• No one other than us can bring world peace, but we are asleep and therefore others hate us.

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From KabTV’s “New Life #348 – Peace In Israel And In The World,” 4/10/14

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Myths About The Economy

Opinion (Sergei Cherkasov): “Economists claim to be scientists.But if the economy were a science, it should have predictive power. How distant the economists’ forecasts of life are is well known … .

“If we look at the abundance of large schools and small sects who can not reconcile their points of view, then it seems that theeconomy – is not a science, but faith, each sect with their own myths. …

“Particularly active in the market of neoliberal economic ideas, Russia is no exception. Since the time of Adam Smith, the Liberals believe in the “invisible hand of the market,” which will handle everything itself. …

“The first myth. ‘The economy must be economical!’ …

“It starts usually with the mantra that it is time to tighten their belts. We need to cut costs. What are we going to cut? That’s right: social programs and budgetary spheres: medicine, education, science and others.

“Where does it lead?

“Obviously the same: to the impoverishment of the population, to reduce its purchasing power and economic activity.

“The second myth. Because liberalism is the ideology of the rich, the liberal economists are very nervous to increase the tax burden on the wealthy layers. They believe that the rich tax deter investors and affect economic performance. However, it is known that in the most prosperous countries: Sweden, Norway and Denmark, are the most rigid fiscal policy. …

“The third myth. … it is a myth that the private ownership makes a more efficient state. …

“World experience shows that privatization has rarely resulted in an increase in production efficiency. …

“Noam Chomsky says in this regard:

The state-owned enterprises have a lot of side benefits. They may even operate at a loss specifically for these spin-offs. For example, if the state steel company operates at a loss, the other sectors get cheaper steel. In sum, the benefits obtained. In times of crisis and recession all private companies are cutting staff and increase unemployment. Public companies can save jobs in this situation until the crisis will not pass.

“Why, then, do liberals insist on privatization? With the company in the hands of the state, it is difficult to take profits … .

“Fourth myth. According to liberals, any attempt to implement financial market regulation and to restrict the volume of speculative transactions will destroy commercial banking sector.

“However, it does not. Sadly famous financial speculator George Soros suggests:

In the 19^th century, when the state did not interfere in the banking sector, financial crises were going after each other.

“In the 50-60’s of the twentieth century, the level of state control over the banking sector was large enough. This led to a general increase in wealth and the absence of financial crises.When under the influence of the liberal ideas, the state decreased intervention in this sector, this led to the financial crisis of 2008. And no wonder! Speculative transactions of banks in the financial markets reached 40% of total volumes.

“As a result, they themselves had suffered, losing all this fabulous and easy profit. And we saved them, among other things, due to the general funds of the national budget.”

My Comment: Private initiative is beneficial in the initial stages of developing production and trade relations. But later it does not create development, but invents tricks of how to enrich themselves through banking games and monopolies.
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Blitz Of Kabbalah Tips 1/10/16

Question: How can we have the right intention focused on the Creator in our corporeal desires?

Answer: It depends on how you use them. The desire for wealth, respect, and knowledge can be used in order to disseminate the wisdom of Kabbalah. The intention determines everything,

Question: How can I feel what my friend feels?

Answer: It is only when you connect with him by sharing a common goal.

Question: If we can acquire knowledge during the lessons and from books, what should I do with faith?

Answer: There is no faith. Faith is bestowal. Is it believing blindly in what you are told? No way.

Question: Are my desires filled with Light if I am in this world but don’t feel the upper world?

Answer: If your desires are aimed at the good of others, they always are filled with Light, even on the level of this world.

Question: What should I do if I receive blows in return for my actions of bestowal? As it is said, do no good and you will receive no evil.

Answer: This also can happen, so you must act through the group. Then, you are shown how to act correctly.

Question: What are the basic necessities that a person should have in this world in order to study the wisdom of Kabbalah correctly?

Answer: It is only a teacher and a group. This is what we are trying to provide everyone with, in every corner of the world, so that everyone will have a virtual group and a teacher.

Question: How can we check if we actually have attained something?

Answer: It only can be revelation. Only revelations can verify that you are on the right track.

Question: How can I practice bestowal in everyday life if I want to bestow more?

Answer: Go out and disseminate. Meet with friends and, together, do everything in order to unite. If you have several friends, it is enough in order to attain the complete goal of creation.

Question: How can I develop the ability to be a spiritual component in the real world?

Answer: You should work with the group until you dissolve in it and discover theCreator in the center of the group.

Question: What is an incentive to bestow without getting anything in return?

Answer: It is being on the Creator’s level, ascending the 125 levels from the lowest level in our world to his level, when you are above infinity, eternity, and wholeness.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 1/10/16

Once Upon A Time In Cyprus

Question: A worker in a government office in Cyprus Marios Droushiotis wrote a letter to the president of the country expressing his dissatisfaction with his high salary for his actual lack of activity. He wrote, “I sit. I don’t do anything and get 5,000 Euros. The state would have saved more money by simply telling me to stay home and paying me that way. At least, I wouldn’t be running up costs like heating, lights, and water by being at the office!”

Answer: As far as it seems, he wants to be the Prime Minister.

Question: Does that mean you don’t believe that he has a conscience?

Answer: It reminds me of how a person can steal and blush. There are covert motives here. If this were derived from a cry of conscience, he would have turned quietly and nicely and written a memo, “Reduce my salary by half.” The idea is that, ultimately, we don’t understand egoistic development. The ego doesn’t develop quantitatively by just growing. Rather, it also becomes greater qualitatively. It evolves in a direction of enhancement, acquiring newer, subtler, and more sophisticated forms. So, it can no longer be satisfied with money. People no longer aspire to honor, glory, and power. All of this has ceased to fulfill them.

Question: Where will this lead?

Answer: It will lead to people not wanting such a large choice of food and sex. They will not want to raise a family and have children. This desire simply will disappear, and people will have nothing to do with the idea. After that comes depression, the use of antidepressants, drug abuse, and suicide. The question is, what will be fulfilling?

Question: If the previous spectrum of egoistic values disappears, what will be the result?

Answer: All of us will reach one, big, universal outcry, like a wolf howling at the moon. That is how people also will go out and begin to howl upward, crying out toward theCreator, “What did you create us for, in the name of what, and why?! What do you want from us?” There will be a great howl like this all over the Earth toward the source of our existence, even unconsciously. It will lead us to decide that we must find the meaning of life. Nature couldn’t have been created with such perfection where there is no beginning or end, and there be no purpose to it. We just don’t see it.

What we are seeing today indicates that if a desire appears in us, it means that the source of its fulfillment, which is hidden from us, is illuminating us and stimulating this desire in us. This is to say, we can attain this fulfillment. Nature doesn’t just create something. A state of dissatisfaction appears, which is basically egoistic, and it directs us to search for the higher power, the higher source.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 3/4/16

Where Can We Find The Answers To Our Questions?

Question: What is the mechanism for searching for answers to the questions that I have inside of me?

Answer: I will never find answers to the questions inside of me—never. Who am I that I should have ready-made answers? I only ask questions, and in order to find the answers to them, I must follow the instructions carefully.

The wisdom of Kabbalah reveals the influence of the upper force on me. So, I must use this wisdom, and then I will be able to discover the upper force and find the answers, but only I will find them, and no one else.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 1/10/16

A Muslim Running For Mayor Of London

Question: For the first time in Great Britain’s history, a Muslim by the name of Sadiq Khan, from a Pakistani family, announced his candidacy for the position of Mayor of London. In his speeches, he stresses that London is a wonderful, international city and that it should stay like that, meaning that it should be a city not only for the rich, but also for the poor. He mentioned that he is not pleased that Trump doesn’t want to let Muslims enter America.

Answer: I remember that a little over 40 years ago Great Britain was enthusiastic and excited that inhabitants of her former colonies arrived from India and Pakistan. It was proud that it had not only planted its culture in these countries, but that they were importing these indigenous cultures into the country.

In one way or another, the world is going toward the mixing of cultures. The process of world history confirms that if one nation conquers another, it gives the conquered nation a reason to conquer in return. This was true for the ancient Romans and Greeks, and actually for all of those who wanted to influence others, that fell under the influence of those same nations. In the end, the conquered nations were able to come back and conquer, and thus everything was completed.

Question: Do you think it possible that it can begin with the conquest of London?

Answer: Europe has been conquered for some time, and I am not speaking about Paris, where hardly any French are left. This phenomenon is neither good nor bad. It’s a trend that can’t be stopped. It was foreseen, and there is nothing to be changed. The world needs to be uni-polar so that everywhere and in every country there should take place a complete mixing of traditions, culture, and mentalities—of everything

Question: You mean that the countries won’t succeed in secluding themselves?

Answer: Not only can’t they seclude themselves, but they will mix to such a degree that you won’t recognize any city personally. You won’t be able to say anything about a city in the world, about a country, or a nation in the world, concerning its nationality or itsreligion. Everything will change drastically.

Question: That’s a fantasy.

Answer: It’s not a fantasy. Babylon is returning, and the world is becoming like it was in Babylon. This is the way it should be according to the laws of nature: complete diffusion, that is, interpenetration of all cultures, religions and everything else.

Question: And then what? At that time, Babylon fell apart, and the people were dispersed all over the world.

Answer: Now everything is reversed. For the nations that are already mixed, there is no place to disperse. Thus, a huge tower will be built in Babylon, and people will understand that instead of trampling on each other, they must begin to relate to each other differently and reach a life of social and cultural cooperation and normal human relations. Everything is going toward enlightenment.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 2/28/16

Feeling The Spiritual Worlds

Question: Why do we need to feel the spiritual worlds?

Answer: We must feel the spiritual worlds because otherwise we will not know how to behave in this world in a correct way, what to do with ourselves, how to relate to others, why we exist, which forces govern us, where our free choice is, and where we don’t have free choice.

We need to understand in what we are totally dependent on the forces of nature and where we can act independently and how to do it. Is it by chance, when suddenly we feel like it or by knowing the correct goal of progress to do something good, good for ourselves and for others.

We need to recognize and attain the system that we live in; otherwise, we act like blind kittens. But kittens at least have a mother, and we are in the rough hands of the concealed force of nature. There is a network of forces that we are imprisoned in it and we don’t know what strings are pulling us.

Evolution, the continuous development of nature, is conducted according to a definite law. But from a certain point onward, this development requires the proper wise involvement of man. And if a person is not ready to properly integrate into this formula of development, then it acts against him compelling him more and more to explore the system of development.

We see, in spite of everything, that we have reached a point where everything is falling apart and the world we built is terrible. We are destroying nature, the future is unknown, tomorrow is unclear, and we begin to discover ourselves, our egoism, as the source of all the problems.

And here the question that arises is not about the need to believe in spiritual worlds, but how to be rescued, how to make sure that we will not be involved in any problems. Look at what is happening in the whole world: in Russia, in America, in Europe, in the Middle East, in the Far East, in Latin America, and in Africa; everyone is suffering. There is no one on earth that can say that he enjoys happiness and serenity.

We have gotten ourselves into a dead end. Therefore, this reveals the need to understand what the source of all our problems is, and along with that the wisdom of Kabbalah is revealed, which says: “ I will tell you about everything and will give you a possibility to steer in the correct way.”

We live in a special time: on one hand, it is very scary, bad, evil, and unpredictable, and on the other hand, we can reveal the whole system of leadership of our world and start to work in it.

Therefore, we should enjoy this combination of circumstances: on one hand, it compels us to reveal the system of control called the upper world, and on the other hand, we have the opportunity to be saved.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 12/27/15