Estudiante

rt
o

al
ci

ep
R

pe
S

B AIL
YOURSELF
OUT
how you can
emerge strong from
the world crisis
Michael Laitman, PhD

About The Author
Michael Laitman, PhD, is a professor of Ontology, a PhD in Philosophy and
Kabbalah, and an MSc in medical Bio-cybernetics. He is founder and president of Bnei Baruch and Ashlag Research Institute (ARI), two Israel based international educationalorganizations with branches all over North
America and Canada, Central and
South America, as well as Eastern
and Western Europe.
On his Kabbalah website, he
teaches free, live daily lessons on
Kabbalah and spirituality to an
audience of approximately two
million people worldwide, simultaneously broadcast and translated into eight languages: English,
Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Russian,French, Turkish, and German. Prof. Laitman also presents
regularly on Channel 66, which
is distributed by Israel’s Satellite
TV provider, YES.

BailYourselfOutBook.com 2

Table of content:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

2

PART ONE – THE SEEDS OF THE CRISIS
CHAPTER 1: WITH A MAP AND COMPASS, AND STILL LOST
CHAPTER 2: LESSONS FROM THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
WISDOM IN THE TENT
CHAPTER 3: THECURRENTS OF DESIRE
THE BIRTH OF LIFE
THE DAWN OF HUMANITY
CHAPTER 4: THE SECRET OF THE TWO DESIRES
LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD
CHAPTER 5: INSATIABLE HUMANITY
CHAPTER 6: CELLULAR UNITY
NIMROD’S WAY
CHAPTER 7: STEPPING OFF THE MOUNT

4
5
8
14

17
21
24
27

PART TWO – LEARNING FROM NATURE
CHAPTER 8: A WAY OUT OF THE WOODS
CHAPTER 9: CREATING A MEDIA THAT CARES
WATERS OF LOVE

29
3033

PART THREE – ACHIEVING EQUILIBRIUM
CHAPTER 10: HOW THE ARTS CAN MODEL NEW ATTITUDES
FILMS OF HOPE
CHAPTER 11: FINDING BALANCE IN SONG AND MELODY
SONGS OF ENDLESS LOVE
MELODIES OF HARMONY
CHAPTER 12: MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
CHAPTER 13: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL
CHAPTER 14: YES, WE CAN (AND MUST)
CHAPTER 15: BEING WELL AND STAYING WELL
HEALING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 16: … ANDSTAYING COOL
CHAPTER 17: EPILOGUE

37
38

ABOUT BNEI BARUCH

67

43

46
50
54
57
61
64

Part OneThe Seeds of The Crisis

T

he global crisis we are all facing did not begin with the collapse of our financial system. It was actually in existence long
before—rooted deep in human nature. To understand how we
can bail ourselves out of this crisis, we need to understand why
ourown nature puts us on a collision course with nature and with
each other.
BailYourselfOutBook.com 4

1 With A Map and Compass,

and Still Lost

I

t was about 9 a.m. when I parked my beat-up Toyota pickup at a parking
lot on one of Mount Rainier’s northern slopes, and my friend, Josh, and I
stepped out of the truck. Our plan was to hike down to Cataract Valley, spend
the night there,and hike out the next day. The forecast predicted a beautiful,
sunny July day, and we were confident that by late afternoon we would be
boiling water for supper at the camp.
Since we planned on being back at the parking lot the next day, our food and
water supply was accordingly minimal. But once up in the mountains, you
can never know. About an hour into the trail, the weather suddenlychanged.
Clouds came over the mountain and the view was hidden under a heavy fog.
We knew that the trail would lead us down toward the valley, and hoped that
the fog would clear as we descended, but we were wrong. Not only did the
fog become so thick that we could barely see the trail beneath our feet, but
the trail itself disappeared under sprawling snowfields, leaving us clueless as to
where wewere going.
Unable to see where we were heading and without a clear idea of our location,
Josh and I were forced to rely on our limited navigation skills. Reluctantly,
BailYourselfOutBook.com 5

we turned to our map and compass for guidance (back then, a GPS was still
a top-secret military device). We had two things going for us: we had a vague
idea of where we were, and we knew our...