In Kabbalah, the words ‘God’ and ‘Nature’ are synonymous, and Nature is altruistic. To discover God we need to become like Nature.
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United Press International (May 7, 2007): Individuality, wholeness and the relationship between them is the topic of Rav Laitman’s latest article. Rav Laitman discusses the egoistic nature of humans as individuals, the altruistic nature of Nature as a whole, and the present-day imbalance between them. The article’s purpose is to raise the understanding that our current state of existence – egoistic – needs a “shift” to a different, opposite state of existence – altruistic.

In the final paragraph, Rav Laitman mentions Kabbalah as the method that was specifically designed for guiding humanity to an altruistic balance with Nature in our times.

From the article:
Both science and Kabbalah acknowledge that the biggest, if not the only, problem with our world is us. Below are two examples of such states of mind:

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image” (Stephen Hawking, British cosmologist and physicist).

“And in simple words we shall say that the nature of each and every individual is to exploit the lives of all other people in the world for his own benefit, and all that he gives to another is only out of necessity. Even in that there is exploitation, but it is done cunningly, so that his friend will not feel it” (Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag [Baal HaSulam], “Peace in the World“).

Thousands of scientists, judging by the latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, already state that we must stop working against Nature, as we have been doing for centuries, and begin to work in harmony with it. They explain that Nature already knows what to do and when to do it. If we only get out of the way, things will sort themselves out. Just as each body has its immune system, Nature has mechanisms that maintain its balance.

This balance is a dynamic equilibrium controlled by interrelated regulation mechanisms, in which Nature thinks not of particular elements within it, but of the whole system.

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– There is None Else Beside Him – Baal HaSulam’s Shamati #1 article itself.
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– “Kabbalah Revealed” series, episode 9 – There’s None Else Beside Him, Part 2 – Introductory lecture on the article that describes the person’s path from complete concealment of the Creator to His full revelation. (25 min video & transcript)
– There is None Else Beside Him, Part 1 – Advanced lesson on this article given by Rav Michael Laitman, PhD at the Kabbalah Education Center in Israel, June 19, 2006.
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– There is None Else Beside Him, Part 2 – Advanced lesson on this article given by Rav Michael Laitman, PhD at the Kabbalah Education Center in Israel, June 20, 2006.
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In this new article, Dr. Michael Laitman, PhD discusses altruism as Nature’s law, and introduces the idea that by changing social values to appreciate altruism, we can discover altruism as the source of perfect and unbounded pleasure.
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“When society values a person solely by his or her devotion to society, we will all necessarily strive to think and to act in favor of society. If we eliminate the awards we give for individual excellence, and appreciate people only for their concern for society, if children judge their parents by these standards, if friends, relatives, and colleagues examine us only according to how well we relate to others, we will all want to do good to others so we can win society’s appreciation.

Thus, we will gradually come to feel that expressing altruism, or unselfishness, toward others is a special and sublime value in and of itself, regardless of the social recognition it grants. In doing so, we will find that this attitude is actually a source of perfect and unbounded pleasure. Moreover, we will find that this attitude—altruism—is the comprehensive law of Nature, the same attitude that controls and sustains us.” more…

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Dr. Laitman first introduced this message in his 2-minute speech at the 3rd World Wisdom Council meeting in Tokyo. The following video contains this speech:

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The Needed Shift in Human Consciousness.
Dr. Laitman’s speech at the 3rd World Wisdom Council meeting “Creating a New Civilization.”

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All human suffering is a result of having one need unfulfilled:
the need to perceive and unite with the Creator.
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United Press International (May 1, 2007): In this article, Rav Michael Laitman, PhD raises the argument that all suffering is only a result of lacking the perception of the source of the suffering – the Creator: “The only element lacking in our world is the perception of the Creator. All we need is to fulfill this lack, and therein is the key to a perfect life, free from suffering and full of bliss.”

Rav Laitman continues by discussing the reason for the Creator’s concealment and how Kabbalah is emerging today as the user-manual for revealing the Creator.

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“How much easier would life be if the Creator were not hidden, but were clearly perceived and seen by every one of us? With such a perception, we would have no doubts about His existence. We would be able to observe the outcomes of His Providence on the surrounding world; we would know the cause and the purpose of our creation; we would clearly see the results of our actions and His reactions to them. If we could see Him, we would share our problems with Him, ask for His counsel and assistance, complain to Him about our troubles, and ask Him to explain why He treats us as He does.” —
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Baal HaSulam’s Shamati article #153 “A Thought is an Upshot of the Desire” has been added to Bnei Baruch’s website. We are posting the complete article here, as well links to related lessons and materials.

A Thought is an Upshot of the Desire

A thought is an upshot of the desire. When someone thinks about what he wants, he does not think of something undesirable. For example, a person never thinks about the day of his death. On the contrary, he will always contemplate his perpetuity, for this is his desire. Thus, one always thinks of what is desirable.

And so, “in His law doth he meditate day and night,” for by persisting in it, it grows into a great self until it becomes the actual ruler.

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