The Boomerang Effect
We have entered a new stage of evolution. We are no longer separate islands; we are a single closed system. Every stone thrown hits the thrower.
“Why does it feel like the world is collapsing? Why do our political and economic solutions fail to solve the crises? Is there a way out?”
The 20th-century sage, Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), explains: The world has reached a stage of development Where all of humanity has become One Closed System.
What was possible in the past— For a person, a nation, or a country to act only for themselves— Is no longer possible.
The laws of reality have changed. Not by human choice, But by the laws of Spiritual Nature.
Humanity has reached a maturity where everyone depends on everyone. Therefore, every egoistic action returns Like a Boomerang In the form of crises, wars, diseases, and systemic collapse.
The root of the problem is not political, economic, or social. It is Internal. It is a misalignment between human nature (Egoism) And the nature of the General System (Bestowal, Connection, and Unity).
As long as a person acts out of reception for themselves alone, They contradict the Law of the Collective. And this contradiction expresses itself as suffering.
The solution, According to Ashlag, Is not an external change of regimes or moral coercion. But an Internal Change of Consciousness.
A person is required to learn the laws of the Spiritual System. To understand that personal good and collective good are One. And to gradually acquire an attitude of mutual guarantee, responsibility, and influence.
This is not morality. It is a Law of Existence.
Here enters the Wisdom of Kabbalah. Not as a belief, not as a religion, But as a Science of the connection between Man and the General System.
It teaches how to correct the Will. How to turn Reception into Bestowal. And how to adapt the human being to the new laws of reality.
The Sage emphasizes that there is no choice. Either humanity will learn and correct itself willingly, Or Nature will pressure it through suffering until it is forced to do so.
The only choice is in the Way: A conscious path of understanding and connection, Or a path of pain.
And at the root of things stands one determination: The Peace of the World and the Peace of the Individual are one thing. You cannot fix the world without fixing the person. And you cannot fix the person without understanding they are part of One Body.
This is “The Solution.” Not an external solution to a broken reality. But the return of the human being to their place Inside one Wholeness.
✍️ Translated from the Hebrew wisdom of Ruth Kedem