Listening To Others

Question: How can a person learn to listen to other’s opinions without being offended? Answer: For that we need a unique, mutually supportive and mutually complementing environment that follows a special, purposeful and practical educational method. By default we are incapable of listening to, accepting the opinions of others. Our inherently self-centered, introverted, subjective and … More Listening To Others

Eating Humble Pie

Question: Was there a time you had to do something that you had said before that you would never do? Answer: Well, I think anybody who has been living in a marriage for a long time had to go through such “turnarounds”… When we find ourselves in closed, mutually interdependent relationships, environments, most of the … More Eating Humble Pie

First Do No Harm!

Question: What can you teach me right now, that if applied or used correctly can change my life within the next 6 months? Answer: While I do not claim to be even close to “Old Hillel”, I would give you the same advice to “changing life”, what he gave to the student who wanted to … More First Do No Harm!

The Difficulty In Building Relationships

Question: I am satisfied in everything except relationships. How could that be? Answer: Building the right connections, relationship to others is the most difficult thing in the world. We are all born with an inherently self-centered, self-justifying, egoistic and subjective nature. With the help of this nature – if we are strong, skillful enough – … More The Difficulty In Building Relationships

The Greatest Challenge: Losing The Self

Question: What was one of the most challenging test (academic or personal) that you’ve ever had to pass? Answer: The most challenging personal test we all face is giving up the all-powerful control of our inherently self-serving, self-justifying, egoistic nature and corresponding subjective perception of reality, in order to rise above a blind, instinctive, “animate” … More The Greatest Challenge: Losing The Self

Loving A Stranger

Question: What is a life changing thing a complete stranger did for you? Answer: Showing me how to “love another as yourself” without familial, instinctive, hormonal reasons, fuel. Only through “complete strangers” can we learn what true love is, when we do not have any obvious, instinctive reason, explanation, urge to build selfless, unconditionally serving … More Loving A Stranger

Over-Dependent

Question: Were you ever over dependant on another person and gotten over it? If so how did you do it? Answer: Being over-dependent on others – apart from being dependent on parents until adult age – is unhealthy. After a while one loses one’s self-esteem, independent thinking. Our inbuilt pride, self-promoting, self-justifying ego truly hurts … More Over-Dependent

Making Our Heart Sing

Question: Why do we avoid getting real with ourselves and discovering what would truly make our hearts sing? Answer: We are instinctively afraid of what we find “inside”. We suspect – although avoid to recognize – that we are all driven by an egoistic, selfish and hateful “monster” inside. Thus we collectively, shrewdly invented different … More Making Our Heart Sing

Losing My Self

Question: What is that one thing that, if taken from you, would take away the meaning of your life? Answer: The answer to this question is the greatest paradox of Human existence. The one thing we can’t let go of, we can’t give up is our “self”, the self-esteem, self-importance, self-honor which is so precious … More Losing My Self

Breaking Point

Question: What is everyone’s breaking point? Answer: Our breaking point is giving up, nullifying the “self”. We are all born with a completely self-serving, self-justifying and self-protective nature. The “sanctity” of this “inner self” overrides even our animate, physical survival reflex. We are ready to sacrifice our physical life to protect our honor, self-esteem, pride. … More Breaking Point