Toward My Meaningful Life

Wow! This Rabbi is brilliant and down to earth. Not a common thing.

Just a question. Am I missing something? I thought our mission statement is written in the Torah. And that is keeping Torah and mitzvahs. Here, however, it sounds like each individual person can decide what their mission statement is. What?! The Torah (G-d’s will) tells you what your mission is. Your can’t make up what you’re supposed to be doing in world. Your Creater tells you - in the Torah - what He has in mind for you. Any “calling “ you believe you have is limited to your own subjective opinion, it doesn’t necessarily reflect G-d’s view of the matter. You need to look in the Torah to find out the truth. So who cares what you feel your “calling” is? What if that’s not what G-d wants from you?

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Indeed, this man is a psychologist with a capital letter. I think humanity has two central goals, namely, finding a cure for death and finding a cure for artificial intelligence. The picture is so-so. New slavery, new exile to AI, with our actions and connections with it we are digging ourselves a hole deeper and deeper. The time will come and people will start falling for AI, a new religion, you can call it that. A Jew can only have one mission - to be a Jew. My heart feels that we will play these toys to the end. A small group of rebels will remain, which will determine the future. Reply

What a brilliant and interesting man. A great interview! Reply

Thank you greatly for sharing Rabbi Jacobson and his philosophies. This reminds me to keep an open mind and inspire hope helping others with proper protocol. And keeping our faith in G-d, to
hopefully be guided with and through Him! Reply

I have all of R. Jacobson's books and love listening to his compassionate and gentle way of understanding Life and God. Yes, I have had a mission statement since my twenties. Thank you for interviewing him! You asked good questions. Todah Rabbah. Reply