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Bail Yourself Out: How You Can Emerge Strong from the World Crisis

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This is a wonderful story and a step by step guide to attaining reality, true perception and finding the meaning of life. Bail Yourself Out explains what is required to come through the crisis we face - any crisis actually - and that is unity and collaboration.
Delving into the deeper meaning of give and take as a way of life and showing that nature uses this method to achieve balance puts emphasis on the very real need society has for this same balance.
Especially interesting to me was how Abraham identified and investigated the lack of unity while a citizen of Babel, the results of his efforts and the realization that unity is the only path to salvation.
At first reading the solution to the crisis seemed simple, give and take, not difficult. However, the concept is so foreign to human beings, in order to implement this concept it takes practice, concentration and determination.
When viewed through the lens of friends caught in a difficult situation, unity and working together to the goal becomes less an individual task and evolves into a team of likeminded friends. This, I think, is the true meaning of unity.

The author shows how the wisdom of Abraham's discoveries about unity, give and take and nature in balance is a lesson reserved for our time. It's apparent we must achieve this balance in order to make it through the crisis. Bail Yourself Out is a book that describes how this can be done.

Professor of Ontology (with a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Kabbalah) Michael Laitman presents Bail Yourself Out: How You Can Emerge Strong from the World Crisis, a unique self-help guide written in response to the current global economic crisis... emphasizing that the root of the crisis is not financial, but rather psychological. When people have too little trust in each other, trade and credit markets freeze up, replaced by isolation, paralysis, and in extreme cases, economic collapse. Furthermore, Laitman asserts that this epidemic of mistrust stems from a natural process that has been evolving over millennia. Therefore, the key to resolving economic woes is to first understand the process that has fomented such alienation, by drawing upon all available mans of communication (books, TV, internet, newspapers, public libraries) and then revamping one's relationships. The bedrock of justified trust is built from collaboration and compassion, traits that need to be cultivated in oneself and others in order to promote economic as well as psychological well-being. A unique perspective on how to respond to financial woes, Bail Yourself Out is highly recommended as a useful self-help supplement to books that focus solely on financial nuts and bolts.

Dr. Laitman has written a wonderful book that tackles all aspects of human life today. The goal of the text is to introduce the reader to the idea of a person coming into balance with others and nature. The text seems especially relevent today with all the different global crises in the world today(economics, ecology, education, culture).

The book is very easy to read and also not too long but packed inside those pages is helpful instruction for how to formulate a person's life, and society, to be in balance.

I can't recommend it highly enough. It is a wonderful eye opener into the possibilities of where humanity should head in this new globalized and integral world we all live in.

This tiny book packs a big wallop! Waking up to the reality of our individual and personal responsibility to find creative and sustainable ways of working, living and loving together is the NOW imperative for all of humanity. Five key areas - visual arts, music, economics, education, and health care - are laid out in practical and succinct terms for immediate implementation. No more excuses - we're all in this together!

In this short and easy to read book, Rav Michael Laitman discusses the origins of the current world crisis, including a brief overview of the history of Kabbalah, a discussion of evolution from a Kabbalistic and scientific perspective, as well as the basis of the two desires - the desire to receive and the desire to bestow. Through the remainder of the book, Rav Laitman discusses his views of the shortcomings and well as ideal states for the media, arts, music, financial systems, enducation, health and environmental stewardship. It is an interesting perspective - focusing on a concept of the collective, interrelatedness and unity - consistient with his teaching. As with many of his more recent books, this one is well written and very approachable, maybe a bit too much so. If you study with Bnei Baruch or are thinking about it, this will help you frame up and understand their worldview, and is a good read.

BAIL YOURSELF OUT reaches out to all who seek solutions for today's world crisis. Dr. Laitman outlines a number of concepts that give purpose, prosperity, peace and love to those who desire these things to promote healing of our world in the global sense. With comprehensive explanations and life experiences, Dr. Laitman reminds us of the most important concept "Love your neighbor as yourself". In other words, we need each other to reach those solutions. He uses the example of the body's cell structure to illustrate this need; imagine cooperation amongst individuals the same as the cooperation amongst the cells of a living body and what the world would be like with all people working for the common goal of harmony and perfection.

Dr. Laitman emphasizes the necessity of looking to the future with a shift in thinking and spirit towards a humanity that is united and is made up of individuals contributing to a harmonious and loving world. He suggests using music, movies, and educational, political, health care, economical systems to help change our perception of understanding life. Within each of these systems and venues, a shift in thought must be encouraged to be developed that would promote teamwork, interdependency, and to nurture a sense of unity at the global level. "We need to realize that at our stage in human development, we as individuals cannot prosper unless the whole world prospers."

According to Dr. Laitman, we all need to have the desire to give so that it encompasses all of humanity. We need to recognize this by feeling the power of society and its desire be in balance and harmony. With everyone giving to each other strength, wisdom, cooperation and love of self and surroundings, humanity will thrive towards a peaceful and loving nature.

"Bail Yourself Out" describes how our current global situation is rooted in the evolution of the entire universe. This book explains, in simple terms, that our world functions through the interaction of two universal forces: giving and receiving. Nature is in perfect balance with these forces while Humanity is not, and it shows how this imbalance has created the entire disharmony in our world. "Bail Yourself Out" illustrates how to bring every aspect of human society, from media to education, into balance with these forces. By creating this balance, we will emerge from our current global crisis into a safer, healthier, and more beautiful world. This book is a practical guide toward a more evolved society and a must read for anyone who is concerned about our future.