Question: You said that Nature, with a capital “N,” is equivalent to the concept of the Creator. The Gematria (numerical value) of these two Hebrew words is the same. So, we are talking about the Creator, right?

Answer: Yes.

Comment: And you say, if we are good with the Creator, then He will be good with us.

My Response: Naturally. Fulfill His commandments, and you will see how He relates to you in the very same way! The commandments are the laws of Nature.

The laws of Nature are not physics, mathematics, and so on, what we know from science. The laws of Nature relate to the level of a person’s attitude toward the world: how people relate to each other, how a person relates to the still, vegetative, and animate nature, how one relates to the universe, to everything. That is what is meant by a person’s attitude toward the Creator.

In general, this should simply be love, a correct and heartfelt attitude toward everything outside of you.

Comment: So, I already have love for myself, there is no getting away from that.

My Response: That is your egoism.

Question: And love for others, for what is outside of me, are you saying that it doesn’t exist?

Answer: No, of course not.

Question: Or maybe it is insufficient?

Answer: No! It does not exist at all.

Question: How can one come out of oneself and love something around? Are there any steps a person must take? We’re basically talking now about how to resist or stop this war that Nature has declared on us. If possible, please give some concrete advice. How can one come out of oneself and love something outside of myself?

Answer: That’s exactly what “Love your neighbor as yourself” means. That is the main and general commandment of the entire Torah.

Question: When you say “neighbor,” do you mean another person?

Answer: In general, it refers to everything around you. You must develop this love within yourself and start giving it. Not just rationally “love this one a bit more, that one a bit less,” and so on. Love! To love means that your heart tells you how to relate.

Comment: That is exactly the problem. We don’t really understand what it means to love with the heart.

My Response: You have to work on it. It is not like flipping a switch. It is an entire process to love someone outside of yourself.

Question: What does it mean to love?

Answer: To love means to relate to another as to yourself. What could be simpler?

Comment: That’s true. And we can’t make that step.

My Response: No, we don’t even understand how.

Question: So how can we do it then?

Answer: I don’t know. Maybe we should first watch some movie about how a person loves themselves so I can learn from that how I should love others.

Question: Do you mean to copy it?

Answer: Yes. Show me, in some film, how I love myself without any filters. And from that, I will see how I should love others, so that I will always have this example in front of me.

Comment: So, I’m constantly living wanting to receive something sweet, good, warm, kind, heartfelt, that is how I want others to treat me.

My Response: Mainly, you always want to be right.

Question: Do I suddenly have to give that away and say, “You’re right”?

Answer: Yes.

Question: That is serious work. Will Nature calm down then?

Answer: Of course, it will! Because you, the main initiator of all this negativity, will simply remove yourself from the picture. Nature corrects us and leads us precisely to this realization.

Question: Is Nature really like that?

Answer: Yes. Nature responds to us. It gave the world, this Earth, into human hands: “Do as you wish.”

Comment: But in essence, Nature itself is giving, bestowing.

My Response: It is giving and bestowing to the extent that you are giving and bestowing.

Comment: So, you’re putting an equal sign here, if I become like it, everything will be fine.

My Response: A person must come to equivalence with the Creator. That is why Nature will not yield on this.

Question: So, in short, we must correspond to the Creator, is that it?

Answer: Yes. What else?

Question: Only how can we actually do it! Will Nature not calm down until we reach this?

Answer: No! That is exactly what is written: “Rise to the level of the Creator.”

Comment: Understood. But you know, seismologists are already predicting that this won’t stop, that it will keep shaking, shaking, and shaking. Something is happening with the Earth’s core. I won’t go into technical details, but they say more and more places will open up where it will shake seriously. That’s what they’re saying.

My Response: The Creator seems to be playing with our Earth like with a ball.

Question: So, will this continue, as you say, until we make this decision and begin to move toward the Creator?

Answer: Yes.

Question: We just have to make the decision? Is that all that is required of us?

Answer: To agree! To accept means to agree. It is not like at a meeting where they reach a unanimous decision, and then everyone goes home. Here, there must be unanimous agreement among all people to live by the principle “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Question: Can we say that all 613 or 620 commandments are included in this one?

Answer: Of course.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 10/28/25

Comment: I have noticed that the Jews in Israel seem to be the most indifferent. They do not care about anything, and walk around arrogantly, as if nothing interests them.

My Response: I do not think they are like that on the inside. It is more of a protective reaction of the organism.

Why are they called “Sabras”? Sabra is the fruit of the cactus—prickly on the outside but soft and tender within. It is edible.

The Jews of Israel are the same: outwardly prickly, as if they do not care about anything, but inside, they are very sensitive and gentle.

The thing is, our country is still young, and people must learn to adjust to one another. Moreover, for decades, practically until the 1950s, people were founding settlements and were constantly forced to fight, much like the first American settlers once did. All of this leaves a mark that is not easy to erase.

The problems of David and Goliath and the besieged fortress of Masada still exist today. The country is surrounded on all sides by enemies who are constantly arming themselves and preparing for new wars. People live through one war after another, and that is why they are the way we see them.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Jews of Israel” 9/13/10

It is as our sages wrote (Berachot 32), “Rabbi Shamlai said, ‘One should always praise the Creator, and then pray.’ Where did we get that? From Moses, as it is written, ‘And I besought the Lord at that time.’ It is also written, ‘O Lord God, Thou hast begun,’ and it is written, ‘Let me go over, I pray Thee, and see the good land.’”

And the reason we need to begin with praising the Creator is that it is natural that there are two conditions when one asks for something of another:

1. That he has what I ask of him, such as wealth, power, and repute as being wealthy and affluent.
2. That he will have a kind heart, meaning a desire to do good to others

(Rabash, Article 17, “The Agenda of the Assembly – 1”).

Question: Why must one first give praise to the Creator?

Answer: Because I want to feel nothing else in life or in the world besides the greatness of the Creator. I need nothing more.

This dictates all my thoughts, desires, actions, and my view of the world. It shapes my worldview and creates a correct picture of reality. The greatness of the Creator is above everything.

If some inconsistency, problem, or threat arises, the greatness of the Creator covers everything. I understand that it is He Himself who places this before me so that I may further exalt Him in my eyes. That is the only thing I must work on.

I need the greatness of the Creator in order to bestow upon Him, to act for His sake, and not to think about myself so that His importance will overshadow my egoism.

Question: And does the Creator help in this?

Answer: He is ready to help me if I ask Him. But each time, it becomes harder for me to ask and to convince Him that I must feel His greatness; otherwise, I will not be able to remain constantly directed toward Him.

Question: Does this happen because the Creator desires that I continually turn to Him?

Answer: The Creator certainly wants us to turn to Him, but He never pulls us toward Himself so as not to deprive us of freewill.

Question: And is this why we need the environment (the ten, the group, the teacher), to strike at this single point?

Answer: Yes, only in order to reveal the greatness of the Creator. Alone, I cannot reveal it. I must work with others. The Creator is revealed to me only through the ten. The ten is the prism through which He acts upon me.

Question: What, in this case, is the prayer for the friends?

Answer: Here, there are no friends and no “me.” There is the entire creation, everything created by the Creator, myself and Him. I want to become a conduit of the Creator’s light to all of creation. That is what it means to become a servant of the Creator.
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From KabTV’s Program “The Last Generation” 6/6/18

Question: Do we need to seek out happiness or not? Or is it also in the hands of the Creator?

Answer: I do not think it is possible to find it. I do not think happiness can be found. Happiness must be created. That is, you need to put yourself in a state where you know exactly how to force it to be revealed, then you will see it.

Question: A very important question is: “What do you mean by the word ‘happiness’ when you say it now?”

Answer: By happiness I mean a feeling that one’s life has been a success.

Question: Does one have such a feeling toward the end of his life, or throughout his life: ”I am living the right life; my life is a success”? How is it?

Answer: No, I think it happens toward the end.

Question: So is it always a work in progress? Does it follow that our life is a constant work in progress?

Answer: Yes, it is when a person is still looking for more and more, to rebuild his life over and over again so that it brings the happiness one envisions. Let us say that ii is making people happy, making his family happy, whatever a person can imagine.

Question: So are you now directing the vector “away from me”—to make others happy. This is what you keep talking about. Is this how I discover the meaning of life? So in a way, do I come to the conclusion that this is what brings me happiness?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Is this constant work?

Answer: It is a constant job that can never stop. And a person should clearly understand how to do this.

Comment: But along the way, one gets disappointed, climbs up again, and so on.

My Response: I do not know about getting disappointed. He just has to imagine his path. And then “the traveler will master the path.”

Comment: That is, in order for happiness to follow you, it does not mean that you are happy; you have to work all the time to make others happy. And it is not easy, as we understand it.

My Response: It does not matter that it is not easy. Is anything easy in life? Nothing is easy.

Question: But is this the path? This particular path?

Answer: Yes.

Question: When you say “the path of light” and “the path of darkness,” what do you mean by that?

Answer: The path of light is when you bring light to people. And the path of darkness is when you cannot do it.

Question: Cannot or will not?

Answer: I believe that “cannot” and “will not” are the same.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 10/31/25