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New Genetic Research Meets Kabbalah to Tell Us “There Is No Free Choice”

A Kabbalist, a Geneticist and the Meaning of Life

So you thought that generosity came from good will and caring for other people? Think again.

New genetic research shows that it may just be a matter of genes. From Kabbalah’s viewpoint, however, this is hardly news. That’s why we were sure that a meeting between Geneticist Prof. Ebstein and Kabbalist Dr. Laitman would be extremely fascinating.

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From the Meeting:

Kabbalist Rav Michael Laitman, PhD and Geneticist Prof. Ebstein

Kabbalah Today Reporter, Oren Levi: Earlier you mentioned that what a person does is 50% influenced by his genes. What about the other 50%?

Prof. Ebstein: That comes from society, the education one receives from his parents or his school.

Oren Levi: Okay, so if this adds up to 100% – 50% genes and 50% society – then where am “I”? What do we have left of the person himself?

Prof. Ebstein: That is the question.

Oren Levi: And what does Dr. Laitman say about this, from the perspective of Kabbalah?

Dr. Laitman: What can I say – there is no free choice. more…

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What Is Reality? How Do We Perceive It?

Perception of Reality
I Saw a Reversed World
Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 10

What is reality? How do we perceive it? Does it exist without us, or is it a picture created within us, depending on our inner qualities?

It seems obvious—reality is everything we see around us: houses, people, the entire universe…. Reality is what we can see, touch, hear, taste and smell. This is reality. Or is it? more…

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The Writings of the Last Generation

From Today’s Daily Lesson

Diagram by Rav Laitman, from the lesson on “The Last Generation” (20 December, 2007)

In the preparations for the 2008 International Kabbalah Congress, for the last two months Bnei Baruch’s daily lessons have focused a lot on Baal HaSulam’s and Rabash’s articles about the society as a factor for spiritual attainment (see the Must-Read Sources section of the Kabbalah.info Congress 2008 section for abbreviated versions of these articles).

In addition to these articles, today’s 3rd part of the lesson was based on Rav Laitman’s recent arrangement of Baal HaSulam’s writings of the Last Generation.

Unlike the articles studied over the past two months, the writings of the Last Generation are a collection of Baal HaSulam’s unpublished handwritings on the subject of human society in its final, corrected state. These writings have already formed the basis for the book Dor HaAcharon (Hebrew for The Last Generation), which is currently available only in Hebrew.

Selected parts of these writings were arranged by Rav Laitman with the aim of spiritually preparing Bnei Baruch students for the 2008 International Kabbalah Congress.

Today’s lesson was the first in a daily series of lessons based on these writings.

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