The existence in our body is very central

The existence in our body is very central and our body, with all of 

its demands, should not be disregarded. It is the correct relationship, 

the right combination of the world in which a person lives and the 

spirituality that is revealed to the person that determines the person’s 

behavior. That is why no one can judge anyone else by external 

appearance, since no one can know the other’s inner world and what is 

revealed there. 

Selected teachings of 

Rav Michael Laitman, PhD 

There are no miracles, and no one can help a person but himself

There are no miracles, and no one can help a person but himself. In the 

thousands of years that humanity has existed, no wonder-drug has been 

found that could change our situation. The reason for the pain is that we 

live in this world like blind kittens. We do not understand what it is we 

must do, what will become of us tomorrow, what impact our actions have 

and what the world around us really wants from us when it presses us 

so. 

The Open Book 

Michael Laitman, PhD 

What is described in the Bible (Torah)

When we study the Torah (Pentateuch, Bible) we must understand that all the 

words of the Torah and all other sacred books just appear to be words 

associated with our world. The words however represent spiritual objects and 

roots, which are under no circumstances connected to our world. There 

should be no confusion of these spiritual concepts and physical objects. The 

Torah contains the sacred names of the Creator, which represents the 

degrees of His attainment. This is similar to how we designate a name to an 

object in our world depending on how the object manifests itself to our 

senses. The entire Torah describes the levels of approaching and sensing the 

Creator.  

   

M.Laitman

"The Secret Meaning of the Bible "

Wisdom & the Rebel

The rebel is far closer to wisdom than the complacent child -as an ox is more powerful than a lamb. He only needs a wise person who can show him how to harness his strength and bring much good to the world.

T.Freeman

Si tu cherches la Lumière

Si tu cherches la Lumière, va chercher ton être véritable au plus profond et apprends à vivre avec lui en toute simplicité, sans mensonge, sans masque. Apprends à être vrai, authentique et fidèle au monde divin. C'est un chemin difficile. Le monde est dangereux, avare de la Lumière authentique, empli de faussaires et de voleurs. Mais le monde ne peut te prendre ce que tu portes en toi de vrai, de travaillé, vécu consciemment. Alors éveille-toi dans le vrai. Rends conscient l'authentique. Confonds ce qui est faux. N'aie pas peur de le regarder et deviens réellement ce que tu portes.

O.Manitara

Tout dans la nature nous parle d'abondance

 Tout dans la nature nous parle d'abondance. Mais lorsque l'homme pense à l'abondance, il ne prend en compte que le coté physique, visible et ne s'intéresse qu'à la richesse matérielle. Cette vision limitée l'a poussé à devenir un pillard et un destructeur de la nature.

O.Manitara

Dig Deeper

Every person you meet has a wellspring deep inside.

If you can't find it, the fault is yours. Remove the rust from your shovel, sharpen its blade, and dig harder and deeper.

T.Freeman

Helpful Knowledge

The very fact you know about someone who is in trouble means that in some way you are able to help. Otherwise, why would this knowledge have entered your world?

T.Freeman

Fear of Joy

People are afraid of joy. They are afraid they'll get out of hand and lose control.

These people haven't experienced real joy - the joy that comes from doing something Godly and beautiful with all your heart. The fact is, there is nothing that will lift you higher. Where there is that joy, the Divine Presence can enter. Where there is that joy, there are no pits to fall into, and all obstacles evaporate into thin air.

T.Freeman

Le renouveau est toujours apporté par le plus jeune.

Le renouveau est toujours apporté par le plus jeune, le plus petit, la semence qui contient en elle tout un monde. Être avec cette semence, c'est recevoir l'énergie, l'impulsion, la force qui régénèrent. Une graine est petite en apparence, mais elle contient en elle l'écriture et la structure de tout un monde. Ainsi en est-il de la pensée et de l'idée. La pensée est la terre des idées. À l'image d'une graine, une idée peut contenir un monde.
O.Manitara

Circus acts

"  Some circus acts have a lot to teach us because of the ways
they resemble the battles humans must win in their inner life:
taming tigers, lions and panthers, making bears and elephants
dance, jumping through flaming hoops, juggling, leaping into
space and catching hold again, walking on a wire, and so on.
Let’s just take the example of tightrope walkers: to stay
balanced, they move with their arms outstretched or use a long
horizontal pole. They have constantly to correct their position –
to the right, to the left, a bit higher, a bit lower… Human
beings are in the same situation, for life is a tightrope, and if
they do not want to fall they have to keep thinking of adding a
little here, taking away a little there, to stay in balance.
Our centre of balance is in the ears, and symbolically wisdom is
connected with the ears. People are wise when they know how to
stay in balance, how to rectify any situation. And clearly, the
expression ‘rectify the situation’ shows that in life things
always tend to lean too far in one direction or another and that
each time we have to redress the balance. "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Givers & Takers

Our view of the world and its Creator's view are very different.

From our perspective, there is always a giver and a taker. Whether the merchandise be knowledge, affection, or money --somebody always comes out on top and the other on the bottom.

In the Creator's view, giver and taker are one. The taker is really giving and the giver receiving.

For without the opportunity to give, the giver would be forever imprisoned within his own self.

T.Freeman

The physical matter we know is just one aspect of matter.

"The physical matter we know is just one aspect of matter. It is

not true matter – even chemists and physicists do not know what

that is. When they start breaking matter down, they merely note

that energy is released. If their tools were more sophisticated,

they would in fact discover that this matter has given way to

another finer, subtler matter, belonging to another realm.

But humans will never succeed in breaking down ultimate matter:

only God can do that. When he breaks matter down, it will return

to his bosom; nothing will exist anymore, and there will be

absolute silence, a cosmic night. Until then, matter disappears

the way clouds disappear. You will have seen it happen: a few

white clouds begin to form out of a uniformly clear blue sky.

Where have they come from? And a few moments later, they have

faded into space and are no longer visible, although they are

there. It is really the density of matter that changes; matter

itself does not disappear, for it is the complementary pole to

spirit. Even splitting the atom does not make matter disappear."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Humble Compassion

There is compassion that feeds the ego and there is compassion that humbles it.

Compassion that feeds the ego is a sense of pity for those who stand beneath you.

Compassion that humbles is born of a deeper understanding of the order of things:

When you understand that your fellow man is suffering in order that you may be privileged to help him

--then you are truly humbled.

T.Freeman

Investing in Earth

Why are you afraid? Why do you panic?

Your soul plunged downward to live in an earthly realm, to enwrap herself in a body of flesh and blood, willingly and with purpose.

What emboldened her? What drew her to squeeze

into the straitjacket of time and space?

It was neither fear, nor dread, nor panic.

It was the knowledge that here below

is a beauty the highest of angels cannot touch

Care for yourself, for your family, for your fellow human beings and our lovely planet earth,

not out of fear, nor from distress,

but out of love and awe

for the beauty within

that we came to uncover.

T.Freeman

If you want to do something wrong

"If you want to do something wrong, you instinctively feel you
should hide, so as not to be caught and punished. And if you want
to do something good, you think it is fine to be seen! Some
people, out of vanity, even flaunt themselves, thus provoking
opposition and arousing spite and jealousy. If you are thinking
of making someone a gift, again, be careful: it might be better
if there were no witnesses. And sometimes it would even be
preferable for the person you are benefiting not to know where it
came from, for your gesture may provoke unexpected reactions from
them.
In all your dealings with others, try to take into account the
complex relationship between each person’s lower and higher
natures."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Avant de naître

Avant de naître, l'homme vit avec le but de son âme mais lorsqu'il prend un corps, il tombe sous l'influence d'un autre ciel qui l'accapare. Il est alors séparé de son âme et un autre monde l'anime, lui tissant une destinée qui n'est plus en accord avec un ciel supérieur. C'est pourquoi il est perdu, ne sait plus qui il est, ni ce qu'il doit faire. Il se contente d'obéir et de renforcer sa vie dans le cadre qui lui est proposé. Une telle attitude engendre de grands troubles car elle crée un profond déséquilibre.

O.Manitara

Whole and Half

To become one with another person,

you must first recognize that you are only half.

To become one with the Infinite, you must give Him your all,

knowing always that it is but a broken half.

T.Freeman

No manifestation can exist in isolation

"No manifestation (whether of an event, an action, a feeling, a
wish or a thought) can exist in isolation, with no connection to
any other phenomena. Every manifestation has a cause and produces
effects of greater or lesser importance and distance in time. You
can observe this habitually in your everyday life. Suppose you
have had a good day, but now, just as you are going to bed,
something happens that makes you feel sad or discouraged. On
waking the next day, you notice that everything good you
experienced the day before has been erased, to be replaced by
what you experienced as you went to sleep, and you are left with
the painful impression.
You will say, ‘But how is it possible for that unpleasant moment
to erase a whole day spent in harmony and peace?’ Well, it is
precisely because nothing remains without consequence, and
anything uncomfortable experienced at the end of one day will
make itself felt into the next if you do nothing to neutralize
it. So, beware; watch your state of mind when you are about to
fall asleep."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

What are your children?

"What are your children? They are the dreams, thoughts and

feelings you had in the past which you have now made flesh and

bone. If you do not know who you were in the past, then look at

your children; they will tell you, ‘Watch, we have come to teach

you many things about yourself.’ If you want to know the truth

about people, you have to look at their children.

You may say you are not married and have no children. Again, you

are mistaken. Your deeds can also be seen as your children, and

so you are bringing children into the world every day. Jesus said

you can recognize a tree by its fruit. If your fruit is sharp,

bitter, acidic, it proves that your inner mother (your heart) and

your inner father (your mind) are defective. A deed is a child

that can only be divine if the father and mother have conceived

it divinely.  "

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Si tu cherches réellement à réaliser le monde divin sur la Terre

Si tu cherches réellement à réaliser le monde divin sur la Terre - ou simplement que tes projets aboutissent - alors organise-toi pour atteindre ton but. Ne sois surtout pas passif. Sois clair avec toi-même et ce que tu veux vivre, puis décide-toi et fais-le, mets-le en oeuvre. N'attends pas qu'un autre le fasse pour toi, et ne vis pas par procuration. Vis toi-même ce que tu penses être juste de vivre. Sois clair, et mets en place toutes les conditions. Nettoie ta vie, libère-la de tout ce qui l'encombre, dégage-la de tout ce qui l'alourdit. Sois léger et dirige-toi vers ce que tu veux faire de ta vie.

O. Manitara

There can be no evolution without prior involution

"There can be no evolution without prior involution. Thus what

science calls the ‘evolution of species’ has to have been

preceded by a movement of involution. This is true for creatures,

and it is true also for matter. Before the evolution of matter

came the involution of spirit. The advocates of evolution have

only observed things from the outside, from the perspective of

the organization of matter, without taking into account the

invisible forces that had previously worked on it.

Evolution is only half of a process of manifestation. Observing

it in isolation cuts it off from the truth of life. Taken in

isolation, this process has no place in nature. You cannot prove

that evolution is possible without assuming the existence of a

prior impulse, which activated it and continues to sustain it.

And this impulse comes from above. It was spirit that came down

first, and if we see matter evolving, it is because it is being

carried upward by the movement of the spirit raising it back up

to its place of origin."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Si tu es réellement décidé à avancer, alors prépare-toi.

Si tu es réellement décidé à avancer, alors prépare-toi. Car effectivement l'ascension est difficile et laborieuse. Au début, tes jambes te font mal. Ton souffle se bloque car tu n'es pas encore dans le rythme juste, et tes bagages sont pesants. Mais plus tu montes, plus tu pénètres dans un autre monde. Tu découvres - ou redécouvres - des choses, des états d'être, des perceptions, des mémoires, des sensations, des inspirations. Tes sens deviennent plus subtils et s'ouvrent. Tu entends un monde à travers le son ; les couleurs te parlent, l'eau et l'air chantent. Tu commences à entrer dans un autre monde grand et vaste.

O.Manitara

New Rules Of A Global World

History shows that ultimately not a single dictator brought his nation anything good, but only suffering. Thereby they pushed the world toward development. Today, however, our state is completely different: We live in a global world.

Previously, the world existed due to the very top of the pyramid, the individual personalities endowed with unlimited sovereign power, and everything run according to their word. A few hundred years ago, such rulers were still able to make beneficial decisions. But today, in a global world, if someone tries to put into practice his personal opinion, he will only acknowledge his own ignorance.

It’s because in a global world, decisions cannot be made by a single ruler or government, or even by governments gathering together. Nothing will come out of it! One has to be familiar with the general system, while a president is not; he is a bigger egoist than anyone else (this is why he became a president in the first place).

Hence, not a single ruler or government will be successful: They will come to power, keep hold of it for a few years, and fall. This will happen throughout the world. We will see that governments will degenerate more and more. One day millions will come out onto the streets, as it is happening in Egypt now, and the government will collapse.

Why can’t the government defend itself, where is the army? Its glory days are over, it doesn’t work this way anymore because the world manifests as an integral, global system, and the people below no longer obediently accept everything that the ruler says from above.

Today the world operates based on different principles, while we do not acknowledge this yet. No rulers will help us, no matter who comes into power. In previous times, the rulers advanced the world through suffering, yet they nevertheless advanced it. For instance, Alexander the Great wanted to introduce Greek culture into the entire world and had scientists and advisers assist him. He had an entire program of what he wanted to do with the world. But today, advancement due to a ruler is no longer possible. 

 M.Laitman

Mankind will come to a state when it will be faced with a question:

"Mankind will come to a state when it will be faced with a question: What can we do to be equal? In truth, only when everyone feels equal, a person can feel that he or she is the head of the government, makes decisions, and is important." 

M.Laitman

The End of The Slave Generation

Today we have come up against the new generation, which can do anything only if it understands, feels, decides, and agrees with what has to be done. Otherwise it won’t do anything. We also see this by the events that are now happening all over the world. A new wave is rising, or in other words, a new level of the common soulis awakening in all of humanity.

The modern generation is contraindicative of a morally-righteous upbringing which threatens a person and forces moral teachings on him, telling him, “Look at us as an example and act the same way.” This is not enough for the young generation. They will not take this path. On the contrary, they will copy the worst examples and won’t be able to have a grip on themselves so as to abide by your wonderful models.

The new generation won’t accept anything just because that’s how it has to be. Even though a child absorbs many things automatically, still, if we raise the modern kids by reward and punishment, it won’t work. That’s because egoism grows from one day to the next and you won’t be able to withstand it. Therefore, habit will become second nature to them.

Right before our very eyes a new nature is maturing inside children, and it demands that you hand them a method. You want to give a child ready-made results that he will implement like a small machine that you operate where he looks at you and repeats everything. But that won’t work. Children see right through you. They are constantly studying and analyzing you. You are completely transparent to them.

We have to understand that this generation requires a very rational and logical method that it could understand and then use according to that understanding.

The slave generation has ended, or the generation of machines that were personified even by Charlie Chaplin. Today we have to think about how to give the youth an explanation of the process of development, reality and their place in it, the goal, the path of governance, and the opportunities standing before every person.

In short, it is necessary to show a person the limits within which he really is a free creature. The new generation is very different from us and therefore we shouldn’t develop methods to train them so they would obediently stay close by, but a method of passing on wisdom according to a person’s age. Then children will use and realize this wisdom through their behavior, and then all that will remain for us to do is to check whether we have given it to them correctly. We will see this by the results.

In the past education and upbringing were based on reward and punishment. Children were stuffed into different boundaries and held on a short leash. They were told, “This is how you have to act.” But today this won’t work because the Creator requires us to reach the realization of evil, the understanding of what happens in life. We have to learn to control ourselves according to the importance of the goal. This is a person’s independent work.

The soul has no age. It doesn’t matter in whom it awakens, an adult or a child. We have to understand that we are obligated to provide a method of correction for the young and the old so they would grow only by it.

Michael Laitman

Bridge

If you want to build a bridge to God, you must also build bridges with the people in your life—friends and foes included.  You cannot obtain one without the other.

Y. Berg

Darkness can cause irrational fear

"Darkness can cause irrational fear – a wolf, a burglar, a
murderer might suddenly appear! But it can also be the cause of a
rational fear – when you can’t see anything, you always run the
danger of bumping into something, of falling and hurting
yourself.
The more their intelligence and wisdom develops, the more people
become not exactly fearful in the usual sense of the word, but
alert. And at the same time their boldness increases too – their
intellectual, mental boldness. They mistrust what comes from
instinct or feeling, for these can cloud their vision, but when
it is a question of something clear and straightforward, they
become bold. This is why truly intelligent and educated people
are bolder than others. They make their way into regions where
most never dare to venture, and it is light that gives them this
boldness."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Apprenez de la fleur la sagesse qui ouvre la porte des mondes supérieurs

Apprenez de la fleur la sagesse qui ouvre la porte des mondes supérieurs. Comprenez comment elle est fidèle à la lumière du soleil, comment elle tourne tout son être vers lui, cherchant à capter le maximum de sa présence, de son rayonnement, de sa chaleur, de sa vie pour se faire un corps de couleur et d'odeur. Le don qu'elle reçoit du soleil, elle ne le laisse pas à l'abandon. Elle en fait un corps de beauté et le rayonne tout autour d'elle de tout son être. Elle est belle parce qu'elle est vraie. Elle est une merveille pour tous les règnes, pour la terre, pour les animaux, les hommes et les Anges. Elle nourrit plusieurs mondes de sa présence et de son être.
O. Manitara

"Why do people tend to point up the faults of others?

"Why do people tend to point up the faults of others? Why torment
men and women who are struggling in the midst of so many
difficulties? The strangest thing is that in criticizing others,
people think they are proving their own insightfulness, wisdom
and even love. You will object that those who spare the rod spoil
the child, as the saying goes, and that chastising begins with
criticism. No, in many cases, love does not involve criticizing,
and nor does wisdom. To love others is to understand their
difficulties and act sensitively to alleviate their suffering,
while criticism tends rather to graze, scratch and wound. It is
no longer love but carnage. True love is not stained with blood;
it is great and luminous. Through it you connect to God, and God
advises you on the best ways to deal with others.
What is good criticism? It is like the work of a good gardener,
who knows how to cut the trees, prune them, straighten them and
rid them of caterpillars and harmful insects. A good gardener
preserves what is good, and soon magnificent flowers and fruit
appear."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Tant que tu ne sais pas ...

Tant que tu ne sais pas parler avec la fleur, l'arbre, l'oiseau, la pierre, l'océan tu ne connais pas l'autre, tu es encore limité. Tant que tu te compares au monde des hommes pour savoir qui tu es et quelle valeur tu as, tu es encore bien pauvre. Les grands sages, les grands fils de la Lumière qui ont parlé dans le monde des hommes l'ont fait pour glorifier la sagesse du Père qui est incomparable. Ils ont voulu ouvrir les portes vers un monde supérieur afin de délivrer les mondes inférieurs de la noirceur engendrée par la bêtise de l'homme. En sachant lire le grand livre de la sagesse, l'homme entre dans le monde vrai.

O.Manitara

In Trouble Together

(Once, I came home to find my children climbing into the attic through a hole in the ceiling --an act I had sternly forbidden due to the dangers involved. But I watched before I opened my mouth. It took four of them: Two to lift one up and another to hold the chair those two were standing on. It was then that I understood something I had heard my teacher say many times:)

When a father sees his children working together with love, he is prepared to forgive them for anything. Better harmonious troublemaking than acrimonious obedience.

T.Freeman