Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year 5783, well back then there were no Jews when everything just started, right?! But its called the Jewish New Year celebrated by Jews. My question is more global, is it the Jewish New Year or is it a Global New Year? It’s unclear what kind of year we will have, we are facing such questions, really terrible ones, existential ones. • The Belgium Ministry of Justice decided to conduct an experiment, 55 prosecutors and judges sat in the new Brussels prison for a while to test the conditions of detention and feel like prisoners. It's expected that after that, they will issue more reasonable sentences. What do you think about this? • The Sufi Mansur, Al- Hallaj, was asked, how to become free from one’s attachments? • Darwin spent a long time explaining his theory of evolution to one lord. The lord listened deeply to the scientists logical explanation and at the end, Darwin said, “So now you agree that man descended from an ape?” The lord replied, “Maybe you did, but I didn’t.” What I want to say by that is that everyone agrees that everyone is selfish, but, not me, I’m not selfish. My neighbors, but I’m giving, etc. etc. Why can’t a person look at himself and say, this is how I am. • A letter from a follower: I really want to talk about the world, the Creator, the inner state of man but when I look outside the window there is war. It really touched me. How can a person in such a situation think about the world, the Creator, connection, when there is war all around? • Nina writes: “The cat that lives in my house gave birth to kittens and a few days later, she killed them herself. Tell me please, is this a natural phenomenon? If so, what is its root, is this a consequence of our terrible behavior?”

Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Norma Livne discuss the Tree of Life in this episode of The World.

Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi discuss man’s vulnerability against nature in relation to a recent bird flu outbreak in Israel. The following is a loose transcript of the talk… Oren Levi: An outbreak of bird flu in Israel’s Hula Valley has killed thousands of migratory cranes. Farmers were forced to slaughter millions of chickens and destroy the eggs, as authorities try to contain the deadliest wildlife disaster in the nation’s history. How is it possible that in 2022, man is still so vulnerable against nature? Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman: Man is dependent on so many different parameters and details in the environment for its existence. We are mere tiny creatures who do not know how to build a conducive environment for ourselves. Our science—our wisdom—comes from our ego. We are so absorbed in thoughts toward a beneficial outcome for the self at the expense of the environment. Man must understand that he can exist in nature only if he conquers his ego. Then, man will know how to live life without causing harm to his environment. All harmful things, including the bird flu, will altogether disappear if the main saboteur, the human ego, will finally be destroyed. Pinned Comment: How does man come to exit the ego, the self that is the main obstacle to balance and harmony?