How to Find your Purpose in Life | Abraham Twerski
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2018
- Adam Twerski speaks on the topic of finding your life's purpose.
- Transcript -
I think it's important for a person in order to have a feeling of self-worth and a feeling of self-esteem to have a purpose in life. Living a purposeless life - so - what kind of significance is that?
And you tell the story of two vagrants that were arrested for loitering: the judge asks "what were you doing when you were arrested?" He says "nothing." And he asks the other one "what were you doing when you were arrested?" He says "helping him."
If you are helping somebody that's doing nothing you're doing nothing.
We have this kind of domino thing where everyone is helping everybody else but nobody has an idea of what it's for. So I think we have a sense of purpose, and this may be where religion comes in, that religion says "well the world wasn't a big accident - it was created with a purpose," and if you don't like that purpose, investigate! Look for a purpose!
My example is this: what kind of things have value to us? I tell people to go home and look at the things you own. There are some things that are aesthetic, ornamental. They have no function, but they are ornamental. And there are some things that have a function, and their value is in their function.
Well what is my function? Is my function coming home from work, kicking off the shoes, putting on the slippers, and sitting in front of the TV with a 6-can of beer? That’s not a function that can make anyone proud of one’s self.
So I think that, in order to get a good sense of self-worth (and by the way to give it to our children also) we have purpose. What is purpose in life?
You look for a purpose. There was a great Rabbi that once said “the looking is the finding.” Search. It’s not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. As you search, you develop your traits, you develop your skills, you develop your philosophy, when you begin to search. Too many people don’t search. Everything are taken for granted = this is the way the world is.
So I think that we need to search for purpose. Many people will find a humanistic purpose: my purpose is trying to make life better for others; my purpose in life is trying to do something about the environment, to avoid acid rain; my purpose in life is to do something about famine in Ethiopia.
You can find a purpose, but you must look for a purpose.
Too often, people just go along, traveling along from day to day without giving any thought into purpose.
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Rest in Peace Rabbi Twersky passed away 2 days ago. May his memory be a blessing.
Yes bless .had no idea who I was listening too
.yes bless him...no words here
Aw, so sorry to hear this. I've only just discovered this wise and compassionate man. 🙏
Rest in peace.
He was a treasure of wisdom.
How to find a purpose in life?
Dr. Twerski - ”Look for it.”
Made way more sense than I ever thought it would.
His voice is powerful, i envy his wisdom.
Envy is not the right word to choose.
Don't worry you will achieve has wisdom in the future
To have that kind of wisdom you have to go through a lot of horrible things that some people didn't survive to tell the thing they learned along the way.
Always remember that the wisest people are the ones who experienced a Great deal of Painful experiences for them to grow.
@Maw 3615054 your eviousness of envy will make you envy.
@@youreverythingchannel9490 true. The price of knowledge and wisdom is sometimes very high.
Sympatic and clear explanation. God surely touches his heart...
People be complaining about the music and slideshow when you could've focused on what he just said instead of instantly trying to find things that are wrong. Change your attitude and be grateful for the wisdom & knowledge DR. Twerski is sharing with you.
Shalom Rabbi 🙏🏻 tank you
This wisdom is worth looking for.
Through the years Dr. Twerski has never ever disappointed me,not only wise but loving . Thank you
My purpose in life is to live my life while I still can .
Thank you Harav Twirski for all you sage advice.
I CITED YOU JUST NOW IN MY GRADUATION PAPER FOR MY BA. That G-d may bless you wh many more HEALTHY years
A wise man ' luv listening & getting advice tips
Nice, simple, pointful words in the proper order.
Great Sir ji
get ride of your addictions first, then find time to isolate yourself so you can have an honest conversation with yourself about what is your purpose in life.
Nothing but wise words.
Was just wondering about topic and picked this out. Great Video.
Thank you so much
Please remove the distracting music soundtrack and useless slideshow style video.
Pooh Bear make your own video if you wanna play editor and director
I deeply appreciate the feedback - will take this into account for future videos.
@@MindBodyWorld I actually think the music is good, but when it became louder than the speaker, then it became a distraction. As long as the focus remains on the speaker, you should be fine.
man i was about to say that , it's worthless really
MindBodyWorld i enjoyed the effort
I'm about to be 27 this month and still can't find my purpose and don't even know where to start looking for it. It's a heavy feeling of being lost.
You will never find your purpose, because NO one knows exactly how the world works, 98% of the world is still unknown...so If somebody said he found his purpose, it just means that he stopped for searching the answer. The only thing we could do is to do something that seems meaningful while keep searching, and in the meantime, enjoy your journey in life.
You're right. We need to do what we can and hope for the best.
Do not despise the small things, says God. Don't look out of yourself to try and find the next best thing. Bring your best to who and where you are right now. Be grateful and soon a new door appears and your off to your next adventure.
@Nik Nak, that's 100% true. Thank you
Purpose often comes as a challenge that is chasing you over and over through life
for me we don't need to fit in what already IS but we need to show the world who we are ,ideally by our own personal DNA ,and put in the world what he never knew was in HIM
The bad music is too loud and takes away meaning
Sin-Classic yeah sounds like some cheap blockbuster lol
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the music in the background is very provoking.
Sometimes I feel like my purpose is ridding the world of as many evil people as I can
who's idea of evil
@@weaselmaster98 mine since we all different options and perspectives
@@foxmulder3748 you're right
I feel like I just woke up !
😓
Went to NYC with a friend who made bids for his courier service to deliver a box of manila folders😆
It would be better for us that your lesson were in turkish subtitle or english one
Your expression in english iş perfect but our listening in english iş weak
אשמח לתרגום בעברית -תודה .
Why the background score?😑
To dance purpose
RIP
i have a purpose but i don't have meaning
My purpose is to spend time with my family, friends, Netflix and Playstation. Today, the world has so much entertainment that I don't want another purpose anymore. My job, which I don't really like, creates enough earnings to provide for my family and live in moderate luxury.
I achieve happiness with 3 things: Home, Love, Goal. I have a home, I have love and my goals are to raise my son, stay healthy and improve my career. There is no need for a purpose in life.
AP8546 - #avinashism is my purpose
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what does he mean by "you can find a purpose but you have to look for a purpose"..?
I will tell you dear.
Life itself is a dynamic process.
Whenever you achieve something and get your result it would mean nothing to you if you stop your progression. Finding a purpose equals looking for purpose, it means that along this search you learn a lot, experience many things Ex.: by trying to find relevant information, meet people, explore interesting subjects you increase your awareness of what actually could be “that thing” you want to stick to and make it your life mission.
Hope the answer was helpful.
@@foxmulder3748 lol
@@valeriiapopova930 good answer but i think the notion of a PURPOSE is a bit overrated. Like it can maybe sometimes put you inside a box where you keep telling yourself to not to get distracted because This or that is my purpose and I'm not supposed to do anything else besides that THING . Then one day you realise it's not fun anymore so you look for another PURPOSE . It's like trying to find something that we may put out time and work into, which could yield happiness or good results perhaps . That purpose is not permanent obviously , it will change when you stop feeling the kick anymore for that THING .
So instead a better approach to life would be to trying to do something that would benefit the doer's interest and at the same time help him/her to have some fun. It's like the ancient Chinese philosophy that life is inherently purposeless.
This notion of purposelessness gives a kind of independence of thought and action and i think is better than having a purpose .
You could just do your thing without any desire of materialistic things or even recognition . The result is that people with such notion and work ethic get everything ( happiness , recognition, money ) you name it.
So this is kind of a paradox that if you live a purposeless life, you would be successful.
how to find your purpose ?
look for it
OMH THE MUSIC IMA KILL MYSELF, can you repost this without music because no lie I legit couldn't understand it in a whole.
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@@soumyashishdas8779 sir it was your purpose to post this link and my purpose to watch it I thank you
Please write down on the screen all the sentence to understand clearly.
I tried searching on google countless times ...I still don't know my purpose.
Peter Pan me and you both brother
Ask ur self not Google
Gaining knowledge about life and how it works , spreading love , fighting evils , self development ( skills ) , helping others who are underprivileged of opportunities as you and making your soul pure.
Nobody has figured it out. It's a fractal pattern. You have the time.
have u tried Bing? 🤔
Mistr rabbi prečo Barabaš bol prepustený z milosti ktori necítili nič k pravde nič dodnes sa slávi po ňom vraždy
Can I talking with you..u have a something different i love but I have nnew
This didn't really help me at all. I've been seeking purpose for years. The video is labeled "How to Find your Purpose in Life". However, it only applies to people who aren't already searching. I've mentioned it in my videos how I'm still struggling to find mine.
Maybe your struggle is your purpose
Stop trying so hard. Live your life and just sit down after every day for a few minutes and think: "Okay, do I like what I am doing now? Should I change something?"
The first thing is to actually self reflect on your life. You wont find THE PURPOSE, because your purpose will change over time.
Just reflect every day, if you are doing something that you can still be proud of after waking up the next day.
Ditch the xound effects, cant hear so why put this noise in thix valuable Rabbis talks.
my purpose is to be a rebel.and there are infinite causes to rebel against.
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***palestine
I found the message rather pompous.
The majority of humans are just surviving.
Thise of us lucky enough to have the time, space, resources & energy to search for & try out differents paths for a sense of purpose are the privileged few and mostly westernized. Myself included.
Looking for a purpose doesnt need to be expensive.... And if you are not working 18 hours a day, you have time. Finding your purpose can be as easy as helping an elderly person with their groceries
GOD DAMN IT, take away the music, wise people know that in todays society everybody is already acting too emotional.. don't waste the words of this wise men by making it one of those "Motivational videos with emotional music"
Stop faking emotions with bad music.