A quick look at the headlines shows us the results of humankind operating based on uncorrected desires. But if we have no control over our desires, and those desires dictate all of our thoughts and actions, then what choice do we have?

Kabbalah tells us that we need to transform our desires so that our basic motivation is for others. Then our desires are said to be "corrected." The closest we have to an example of corrected desires is a mother’s love in so far as she is motivated by the good of her child. When her child feels good, she feels good. Even if she is starving, any food she has will go to the child. This is a natural property of motherhood, but our challenge is to be similarly motivated by the good of our fellow man.

Kabbalah provides us with the methodology to correct our desires. To the extent that we can accomplish this transformation, so our minds and actions will also change. By changing our actions, we can change the world.

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