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...iverse: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization. 6: The effect of civilization upon humans. 7: Death, the existence of evil and its effect on humans. Offered as a free E...

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...ter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psycho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-29...

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...? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ... Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Homi... ...mans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: ... ...Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psychobiologic Tota... ... Human Psychobiologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gather... ...s of Civilization Pgs 704-1469 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1470-1868 Chapter 7: Entities and t... ...al Power Pg 177 Peer pressure Chapter Three A: Summary of Hominid-Human development Pg 188 Learning and Instinct Pg 189 The Splitting of ... ...t, every tree that that grows from a tiny seed is a recreation of the organic development of the 1 st half of the Universe’s existence. But not th... ...e four mathematical symbols of: 0-1-2-3 represents the four organic stages of development which our Universe went through in order to get to where i...

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...This book introduces Buddhism by describing its approach to spiritual development and those who undertake the Buddhist path. It aims to make Buddhism more easily understood by those who might be unfamiliar with its objectives – and this task is made easier by the pragmatic ways in which Buddhis...

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...Table of Contents Chapter 1 What is Buddhism? Understanding Human Happiness Chapter 2 What is a Buddhist? How to Recognise a Buddhist When You Meet One Chapter 3 The Buddha: The Archetype of Human Development Chapter 4 The Dharma: The True Nature of Reality and How to See It Chapt...

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...rsian Gulf War . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 6 CORRELATIVE VALUES OF DEMOCRACY . .123 The Human-Development Benefits of Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Rating Freedom and Human Development among the Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...Preface Chapter 1 What is Buddhism? Understanding Human Contentment Chapter 2 What is a Buddhist? How to Recognise a Buddhist When You Meet One Chapter 3 The Buddha: The Archetype of Human Development Chapter 4 The Dharma: The True Nature of Reality and How to Se...

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...is is a spiritual book that tells the real Truth of God. And the true Path to God. A pragmatic Path we could walk easily, smoothly, within a normal human lifetime. For others of us, it is a book that reveals what the future holds. For each human and all humanity, for each soul and every society. The developments that would make us materially and morally satisfied...

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...h to God. A pragmatic Path we could walk easily, smoothly, within a normal human lifetime. For others of us, it is a book that reveals what the future... ...or others of us, it is a book that reveals what the future holds. For each human and all humanity, for each soul and every society. The developments t... ...lds. For each human and all humanity, for each soul and every society. The developments that would make us materially and morally satisfied and succes... ...visionary – to name only a few that tried to see what the future holds for humankind. Utopists, ideologists, scientists, schizophrenics attempted to t... ...II. Which produced the United Nations... But why do all good intentions of humans always fail ? ... Or do they ? ... Time and time again we ask oursel... ...hat is this understanding that we need, to know the future ? The future of humanity. But the future of each individual, too... And the future of God’s... ...e, pleasure one’s senses, etc. These material needs stimulate our material development. We create more and more products and instruments for material ... ...e nucleus of each biocell - contains the program of all our experience and development, of all our abilities and patterns of behaviour. 19 At the mom... ...our, property, privacy, individual view of life and motivation, individual development, free protection of all rights, etc. 2. The right to be LIMITL...

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...In the words of Michael Laitman, "It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualities as total altruism and love. This is for the simple reason that human beings cannot comprehend how such feelings can exist at all, as everyone seemingly...

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...CONTENTS11. Inner Motion and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Advancing toward Altruistic Pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 12. Eradicating Egoism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...racting the Desire for Self - Gratification ......... 91 11. Inner Motion and Development ......................... 98 Advancing toward Altruistic Pl... ...arning for Spiritual Qualities ............................. 278 22. Spiritual Development ................................ 296 23. Spiritual Work ...... ...oks by Rabbi Michael Laitman .................... 447 Contents It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualiti... ...ReadtheText -13- ever they are needed in the continuous process of the soul’s development. Rather than rushing to complete reading the text, it is re... ...uffering! How much easier would life be if the Creator were not concealed from human beings, but were clearly perceived andseenbyeachandeveryone ofus!... ...LDSBEYOND WindowtotheHeart It is clear that, since the creation of the world, humanity has suffered torment and pain in such magnitude, it has often ... ...rayers? Why did He turn away from them and scorn their suffering? All of these human beings subconsciously realized that there is a higher purpose to ... ...being united with the Creator. Why, then, is the Creator silent in response to human pleas forrelief? This can be explained as follows: people are muc... ...cient knowledge toavoidthesufferingthataccompaniesourexistenceandour spiritual development. Ontheotherhand,ifthereisnofreewill,thenwhatcanbe moreharsh...

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...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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........................................................... 31 Evolution of the Human Desire for Pleasure ..................................39 CHAPTER ... .............................................................................153 HUMANITY AND THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH ...................................... ... future of the state of Israel. 17 FOREWORD It is hardly a secret that humanity is in a deep crisis. Many of us already feel it. Sensations o... ...eed to understand their causes. The safest place to start is by understanding human nature and the nature of the world. If we understand our own nat... ...e desire to receive pleasure evolved in us over time, following the growth of human desires. Its first manifes- tation was in simple desires, such as... ...But gradually, over many years, it grows and evolves. Hence, a young animal’s development is very differ- ent from that of a human toddler. Our sages... ...use, unlike ev- ery other degree in Nature, our egos have not completed their development. This is how Baal HaSulam explains it in his essay, “The E... ... the fruit is at its end, the more bitter it is in the earlier phases of its development.” The truth is, Nature’s perfection is not apparent in any... ...olves; 3. One cannot change the laws by which ex- ternal elements affect one’s development; Chapter Six: The Road to Freedom 103 4. One can change...

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... thinking and acting, and who wants to transform him or herself as well as human history. Antonio Mercurio 6 THE MYTH OF ULYSSES AND SECOND... ...urished themselves with nectar and ambrosia and I am firmly convinced that human beings are deeply in need of nourishing themselves with beauty, mor... ...h. The next is Secondary beauty, which is created through the artistry of human beings and once it is created, is no longer subject to death or the... ... is immortal because it lives in the works of art created and preserved by human beings. It is immortal because it lives in the archetypes found wi... ...eings. It is immortal because it lives in the archetypes found within the human species’ collective unconscious. It is immortal because it lives ... ... The cave is like a womb, rich with precious substances that nourish fetal development. But Polyphemus’ cave is dark, and it frightens Ulysses’ comp...

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...condary Beauty”. Primary beauty is the type of beauty created by nature, and it is subject to time and death. “Secondary Beauty” is beauty created by human beings, a type of beauty that goes beyond the type created by nature and that,...

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...atories on Existential Anthropology. They were a precious stimulus in the development of my ideas and my continuous search for truth and beauty. ... ... one Universe to Another This book deals with the main themes regarding human existence and its content is the result of both an existential and ... ...l concept of time. One opposes the other and both are terrible prisons for humanity; one creates absolute thinking and the other creates nihilism an... .......................................... 127 8 CHAPTER IX: Thinking of Human Beings as Persons and as Artists of their own Lives and of the Life ... ...wers, fruit and seeds and produces oxygen that keeps the ecosystem alive), human beings can also, if they wish, transform, synthesize, create, conden... ...h, transform, synthesize, create, condense and transmit energy. In fact, human beings transform biochemical energy and mechanical energy into rela... ... will continue, which is a process that is absolutely indispensable in the development of fetal and post-fetal life. But this union, in this manner,... ... as what happens to plants and animals. 3. Life after death This is a development of point ‘2’. There I affirmed the existence of other universe... ...c principle. The formulation of this principle was created in my mind as a development of my reflections on the anthropic principle created by a gro...

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...his belief that crises can turn out to be glorious benefits if we draw on universal wisdom to handle them -- that challenges are simply part of every human being's journey; they are valuable catalysts for our personal growth....

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...lenges as I have learned to call them, are more than simply part of every human being's journey; they are valuable catalysts for our personal growth... ...enges as I have learned to call them, are more than simply part of every human being's journey; they are valuable catalysts for our personal growth... ...I am today if she had not been so committed to my turning out as a decent human being. Today I realize that there is more When you get to the essenc... ...commitment, a seri­ ous partnership, and the giving of yourself to another human being. At twenty-two years of age, I had no idea of what that kind ... ...ria's womb using her life-support system; the next day he was a brand-new human being with everything he would need to survive. To me, giving birth ... ...my depression, I realized that now was the chance to forge ahead with the development of our project. A children's book about love was created, whic... ...ed to address the regional convention for the Association of Training and Development, and only my expenses were cov­ ered. The association could not...

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...every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are the surface of this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the undercurrent that drives the reader forward in this book. It is about you, about me, about all of us. This book is about the way we were, the way we are, the way we will...

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...t only with regard to our feelings. However, because the sensory organs of non-human creatures would differ from ours, they would see the world as co... ...Kabbalah, since it is the only study that deals with the part of reality that humanity has yet to attain. But it is not enough to merely study the t... ...tor: “Who is He?” This is because the Creator is inside us, the Source of the human “self.” Hence, no matter how many times we ask ourselves, “Who a... ...ood for the baby? When menstruation stops, the mother’s blood is used for the development of the embryo. During labor, blood pours out; this blood i... ...h is not a historic epic, though there is a correlation be- tween the text and human history. But this is only because the construc- tion of the world... ...ld is reflected in its adjacent lower world, down to our own. Everything that humankind will have to go through during its as- cent through the world... ...ot carved in stone, but are inside us. They are degrees of internal spiritual development. When we change something inside us, we ascend by one degr... ...y of the lowness and harm of evil. Q: What are the degrees of one’s spiritual development? A: A person’s spirituality evolves through the (spiritual)... ...to occupy our- PA RT O N E : T H E B E G I N N I N G 57 selves with spiritual development). He thinks: “What do I need it for? It is hard, unpleasan...

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...har. The allegories herein provide a glimpse into the way Kabbalists experience the spiritual world, with surprising, and often amusing depictions of human nature, with a tender touch that is truly unique to Kabbalists....

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... The servant and the ministers - Baal HaSulam - 18 The Birth of a Blissful humanity - Baal HaSulam - 22 spiritual Birth - Baal HaSulam - 24 Breathing ... ...sick - Rabash - 54 The Power of s trength - Baal HaSulam - 56 The Train of development - Michael Laitman - 58 a short Path and a Long Path - Michael L... ...nvincingly appear as a villain. 22 The Wise Heart The birth of a blissful Humanity From A Sage’s Fruit, Essays, “The Secret of Conception and Birth,... ...s Fruit, Essays, “The Secret of Conception and Birth,” by Baal HaSulam our development in creation is nothing other than our mimicry of it, as the ver... ...on the earth. The evil things exist, and comprise the number of degrees of development They must undergo Until they are fully ripened. and then Those ... ...ds can be pleasant. The sound of thunder is frightening, Unpleasant to the human ear, since the tremor takes up much of the power of its blow, and als... ...ith the force of multiplicity, Like flies. 58 The Wise Heart The Train of Development Based on a lecture by Michael Laitman (October 21, 2003) in thi...

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...This book is a commentary to the methodological principles of human spiritual development that were given by Jesus Christ through B. Cullen in the book “The Book of Jesus”....

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...The author's motivating interest the past few years has been the development and dissemination of G-dimensional theory (GDT). K. Toshihara, from Japan, proposed the concept of a paper defining G-Dimensional theory in relation to the Smarandache quantum paradoxes. After reviewing a draft, D...

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...troduction The author's motivating interest the past few years has been the development and dissemination of G-dimensional theory (GDT). K. Toshihar... ...or decision is the inevitable consequence of antecedents independent of the human will." [3] indicates it to be the principle of objectivity, a fund... ...collapsing into particles or waves ―dependent on the act or decision of the human will. Worded thus, quantum theory is at obvious odds with the dete...

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...Q) What is the goal? A) To end pain and suffering caused by illness leading on to the ending of all distortion in human beings allowing personal, internal evolution to restart. The question is always: what is causing the distortion in a person, and how to get rid of it? Also to create a parallel development with more traditional metho...

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...oving Harmful Energy Part 2: Adding Health Supporting Energy Supplemental Materials: Silica Gel Serotonin Injury & Accident Part 3: Personal Development Introduction Sea Salt Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda) Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom Salts) Potato Starch Yeast Vinegar Wheat Bran Corn or Maize Rice Millet Oats Soya or Soybeans Sugar More on Personal ...

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...m and the work that he begins that will shed a light in the darkness that humanity has lost itself in. Yes, my name is Trinity and I have seen many t... ...p so I didn't understand how he could remain so steadfast in his love for humanity when quite a few of its members were openly mocking him, having a... ...e World ________________________________________ Neo's Open Letter to the Human Race: Love. This is where this Book begins. The "teachings" within th... ...of society’s expectations… and like all systems, it is self- perpetuating. Human nature, from its earliest origins, teaches you that to belong is to ... ...eeper than blood, than bone, than the pulse that drives the cortex of the human brain… and fear of change may well be the most terrible of all of th... ...re have been more than enough terrifying ones already; I keep up with the development of sentient Machines. But the point is that it doesn’t matter ... ...sic concept. The human race is standing on the edge of an earth-shattering development in technology, as we speak: every day, they get closer to deve... ...o me, this is on the same level as human cloning; not the most preferable development, but one being brought forward to make the lives of humans eas... ... on and so on. Part of what I find the most disturbing about any of these developments is a fact that I've discovered as a frighteningly recurring th...

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...d his enemies. He should have felt and acted with responsibility towards his fellow human beings, even towards those who wronged him greatly. But ... ...ucers exploit Truman's life shamelessly and remorselessly in the ugliest display of human vices possible. The Director indulges in his control-mania... ...zing movie, "The Matrix", a breed of AI computers takes over the world. It harvests human embryos in laboratories called "fields". It then feeds th... ...species" derives its energy needs from the electricity produced by the billions of human bodies thus preserved. A sophisticated, all-pervasive, com... ... "The Matrix" generates a "world" inhabited by the consciousness of the unfortunate human batteries. Ensconced in their shells, they see themselves ... ...among humans and the ensuing conflicts are the fuel that feeds the engines of human development. Hopes, desires, aspirations and inspiration are all... ...iticians and economists have only recently begun paying lip service to sustainable development and to the environmental costs of their policies. Th... ...EF), no one knows how to define and quantify elusive concepts such as "sustainable development". Even the costs of replacing or repairing depleted ... ...likely to end soon. Even the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, supported by numerous development agencies and environmental groups, is seriously unde...

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...h text 9/29/05 1:20 PM Page vi PREFACE Out of all known creatures, the human being is the most com- plete. Yet it is the human who asks the eterna... ...s. For example, young animals mature in a matter of weeks or months, while humans need many years to grow. Only at the end of the process do you see t... ...ns need many years to grow. Only at the end of the process do you see that humans are the masters of creation; however, during the transitional phases... ...mans are the masters of creation; however, during the transitional phases, humans are much weaker than any other animal. If we did not vii Awakening t... ...that it is the young animal who will become the master of creation and the human who will lead a bitter life and die. It follows that we understand ne... ...us to develop this sixth sense. Because humans are very different in their development from all other creatures, they acquire or develop everything wi... ...ain point in their evolution, people must feel an inner need for spiritual development, a need to discover that extra, hidden sense, or else they will... ...and managing editor of Jewish Lights, who was so helpful in man- aging the development of the book from its conception to its xi Awakening to Kabbalah... ...ll of us must reach that state sooner or later. In order to accelerate our development to the ultimate good, they often describe our state as incident...

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...a, and Hungary. In recognition of his commitment to global un- derstanding and development, he received the 2001 Goi Award, the Peace Prize of Japan.... ...e likely to end up exactly where we are headed.” When applied to contemporary human- ity, this could prove disastrous: Climate change is threatening ... ...d defense establishments to serve the needs of the people. Supported by these developments, national, international, and intercultural mistrust, eth... ...productive partnerships. Thus, rather than breaking down in conflict and war, humanity will break through—not merely to a sustainable world of self-... ...ndamen- tal change. PLANETARY CONSCIOUSNESS In light of today’s global crises, humankind has begun to seek new avenues and modes of thinking. Such mo... ...consciousness was rediscovered. We used to think that the typical, “nor- mal” human consciousness is what we capture with our five senses. We consid... ...netary consciousness.” This term de- fines the awareness of our shared fate as human beings, as citizens of this planet. If we are to sustain our exi... ... five worlds, Adam Kadmon, Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, and As- siya complete the development of the upper part of Phase Four. But the lower part still ... .... These days, at the start of the 21 st century, evolution is completing its development of the Fourth Phase—the desire to be like the Creator. Thi...