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[Struggling teen]

Hi!

 

I am searching for meaning in my life... I wake up every morning and go on my way I keep Shabbos and y"t because that's what I was raised to do but I don't feel anything special or anything about what im doing...I feel nothing I feel empty...

 

How can I find meaning in my life? or meaning in my day to day stuff?

[Morgenstern]

Read Rejoice O Youth, Sing You Righteous, and Awake My Glory, and pretty much anything by Rabbi Miller ztvkl. He was an expert on what life values are true.

[Struggling teen]

Im not so good on reading things/books I don't feel like I get it and come out with stuff..

[taon]

What about listening to a shuir, or reading an artcle?

[Struggling teen]

I don't maybe if its explained well, I hate articles or things with these fancy words that I don't know what they mean..simple is fine..

[Struggling teen]

What is life? Is it all for the next world?

[Morgenstern]

This world is like a corridor before the next world, says Chazal.
 

The true life is being connected to Hashem and we do this by acquiring knowledge of the Truth (which gives a person happiness in this world and the next) and by perfecting ourselves.

This is the meaning of life.

 

 

[searching]

yes, It is for the next world... but there's no next world without going through this one first... When we view our lives not as something temporary but as a means to build for something eternal everything has different meaning. suddenly i'm not eating just to fill my desire but i'm eating to serve Hashem and to receive rewards for the good i do. or i'm not just sleeping because i'm tired but because i need my energy to continue doing good... and so with everything... when life is about the here and now nothing really matters so much because there's an end to that... But belief in the world to come puts your life into a perspective of " i'm not living for the mundane and physical but to make those things full and spirtual... am i clear?

[Struggling teen]

Yes you are clear I Just don't know how to get myself to feel that inside...

[searching]

sometimes it's not about "getting yourself to feel/ do" knowledge is power. live with that knowledge and know it and constantly remind yourself of it as you go through your day and slowly it'll travel from your mind to your heart.

[taon]

I dont know what I can link to, but if you go to simple to remember or torah anytime, you can find shiurim of the type and topics you are asking on.

 

As for how to feel it? First, focus on whatever analogy works best for you. THhis world is like a bank vault open for a few seconds, grocery store you cn take anything you wanty from, a video game, whatever. WHen you do a mitzvah, or avoid an aveirah, imagine this. And imagine it adding up every second. It's fine if its fake at first, after time you will come to feel it. Also, the Gemrah says to imagine the world on a balance, picture ascale or sesaw or whatever. every deed pushes the whole world towars the side of good or bad. so every mitzvah you do helps the whole world a little, in ways we cant know. again, keep thinking and saying it till you feel it.

[Struggling teen]

Taon:

 

This is why im here?! I'm sorry to say but its weird that I'm here because of that - I mean that's why I'm suffering and other people like me etc. It doesn't make sense to me

[Trust]

I think its the little things in life that help you gain appreciation and meaning in life. Sometimes there can be a small thing like something you notice in nature or a small development in a baby that fascinates you.

These little things add up slowly you start to gain more appreciation of the world. You realize that life has so much meaning and there is so much to accomplish.

You have the power to make a positive difference.. You can make the world a better place for your children and get rewarded for it in the next world!

I think by doing good and realizing all the good that was bestowed upon us you can gain a deeper understanding of Hashem and understand the purpose we were placed on this Earth.

[Trust]

I think its the little things in life that help you gain appreciation and meaning in life. Sometimes there can be a small thing like something you notice in nature or a small development in a baby that fascinates you.

These little things add up slowly you start to gain more appreciation of the world. You realize that life has so much meaning and there is so much to accomplish.

You have the power to make a positive difference.. You can make the world a better place for your children and get rewarded for it in the next world!

I think by doing good and realizing all the good that was bestowed upon us you can gain a deeper understanding of Hashem and understand the purpose we were placed on this Earth.

[Morgenstern]

Struggling teen, I recommend you watch Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi's shlita video, Torah and Science. Also watch Rabbi Rabb's shlita video, The Proof God Exist
 

For completeness sake, watch Rabbi Lawrence Keleman's shlita video, How Do You Know The Torah Is True.

I am confident that a person who is intellectually honest will draw the conclusion that the Torah could not have been created by man, as is believed by literally billions of people, including "chashuv" scientists and academics (if you watch the videos, as well as read the sefarim of Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZTVK, it will be so clear to you why the world is like this)

 

[Struggling teen]

Light pollution: where can I get a hold of them?

[Morgenstern]

To find the videos, do a youtube search on the following keywords:
Torah and science full movie

the proof God exists Rabbi Rabbs