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Have you ever wondered why it is that you were put here in this world? I mean that everybody has a purpose. Everybody has some reason why they're here. Now, we have a collective purpose. There has to be some type of purpose for humanity. There's some purpose for the individual. There's some purpose for me, but how do I find my unique purpose? What am I supposed to be contributing to the world? I want to talk to you about discovering yourself because I truly believe that once a person finds their purpose, they will live with purpose. Let's talk about it. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Naseem Black Show. I am discussing today one of my favorite topics, I would say, which is finding your purpose. A lot of people over the years have told me there's no way to really find out. You'll never know what it is that Hashem really wants from you. You just sort of have to figure it out. Whatever you're doing at the time must have what to do with your purpose. And to some degree, there's some truth to the fact that, you know, wherever I am at that point in time could have a lot to do with my purpose. That I will agree to. But, if somebody's going to tell me that there's no way that I'm going to know, there's no way to know what it is that Hashem put me here in this world. I'm supposed to go through my life and not know what my God-given mission is. I mean, nobody's going to be able to sell me like that. Nobody's going to be able to sell me on it because when you look inside of the Torah, everything is with purpose. Everything that each movement of everything that's going on inside of God's word is showing us that everything and every person has a purpose. And this was done in this unique individual in this particular story was only brought through this situation in order to have or to in order to bring about that person's actual purpose. Case in point, Joseph. Joseph at Sadiq or in English a lot of circles refer to him as Joseph the dreamer. God revealed to him over and over again in his dreams a lot about his purpose, about who he would be, what his mission in this world was. He has a dream at one point that, you know, the sun and the moon and the stars are all and 12 stars are bowing down to him, right? He's represented a bit by his father Jacob who asked him, "Should I my and my wife and and your brother, we shall all bow down to you, right?" Uh another at another time he has another dream that his sheaf his his wheat sheaf is there and all the other 12 sheaves bow down to him and he goes off and he tells his brothers, you know, there's many different commentaries that talk about why and what and if that was okay and whatever the case was, but I don't want to discuss that. I want to discuss what Joseph saw. And Joseph saw his godliness. He saw his greatness. He saw that he was something special. He saw that he was going to be in a position of leadership and for whatever reason he saw those things very early on and God allowed and slowly over time I would say God allowed himself to be revealed to Joseph in more and more ways and ultimately his purpose in life to him, what it is that he was here to do. And we see Joseph make his way, uh you know, from the pit and from the pit being sold down into Egypt and once he's down in Egypt, he ends up as a slave in the house of Potiphar and there he's you know, you know, tried on fragile and charges and then he finds himself in prison and from prison he he interprets dreams, right? So we see a connection between him and dreams him and his connection with him and dreams, you know, later on leads him to to being in front of of the Pharaoh or power Pharaoh. I don't know I forgot how you say say it in English even. Um but he stands there before him. And now because Joseph or Joseph was a dreamer and he had this gift, this God-given gift of being able to interpret dreams, which later on leads him to being the viceroy of Egypt. And ultimately, the whole entire world region, world is saved because of Joseph. And not only that, what he dreamt came into fruition. His brothers came and they all bowed down to him. Even his father bowed down to him. So, we see that there is some purpose to every single thing that happens to a person. If you have a dreams, don't just take them lightly. If you remember the dream, you should understand that God communicates through dreams. Now, I would say a lot of times we dream about whatever it is that we thought that day, we thought whatever came our way, just anything that passes through our mind. You know, I can't say just because we had a dream about it. But we should understand that sometimes there are significant dreams. There are things that happen inside of our dreams that we're not necessarily thinking about, things that come from left field. And not only do we dream about them, but these dreams stay with us and they linger. And there's many, many different ways that God has of communicating with us. I'm only using dreams as this example right now because we're talking about Joseph. But a person has to understand that Hashem is communicating with you all day long, all throughout the day trying to push you on the path of what your intended purpose for you to be in this world, what you're here to do. Now, one thing we know for sure is that every single thing in this world was created, God said, for the sake of his glory. So, that means that there whatever your purpose is, whatever your unique gift and talent or whatever your unique mission is in this world, it definitely is rooted in the fact that you were created in order to glorify God's name. I hear this a lot from, you know, new emerging artists that they are trying to always find, you know, which sound what it is that they should do, you know, what what type of marketing and they're thinking about all these different things, a lot of external things. And one thing I ask people all the time, are you ready to make music that is going to glorify God? Is that it at the top of your list, right? When a person goes into a career path, whatever it may be, whether it's something that may even seem mundane to a person, does a person walk into that place saying that I ultimately I know that I'm here in order to increase the kavod, the glory of God in the world. And this is the reason why I'm here. Ultimately, this is it. So, one of the ways that a person will find a purpose is through personal prayer, through honest conversation with Hashem. A person has to get to the place, and we all have to get to the place where we say, "Master of the universe, show me who I am meant to be." Having honest conversation with God. Rebbe Nachman of Breslov tells us that if a person persists and sets a time, a considerable amount of time with Hashem every single day, you will not leave this world without knowing what it is that you were put here for. A person will not leave here. I mean, secluding oneself and engaging in conversation with God will ultimately reveal to you what your purpose is. This is the main key, this God is the main address for personifying. So, if a person speaks to God in his own words, it will bring clarity. It's going to align you with the will of God because you're constantly talking to him. It's just like this, if you have two friends that spend a lot of time with each other, after a while you'll notice that these two friends almost become the same person. They laugh at the the things, Uh they they begin to enjoy the same things, same type of music. Uh they may use some of the same jokes over and over again that so much so that if you have one person that knows them that doesn't know them together, but he knows them, you know, exclusive from exclusive from one another. And you see one person, you'll say, "You know what? You really remind me of this other person." And then it isn't until afterwards the person says the name and goes, "Oh, that's Of course, that's my best friend." And they said to them, "I could tell you guys spend a lot of time with each other." So, what happens with us is that after we spend a lot of time with Hashem, then we begin to mimic him. We begin to reveal more of God's light into the world because we're spending a lot of time with him. And because we're spending a lot of time with him, ultimately, we are led into the treasure house of God. And we're able to get in and be able to find more and more, not only about the workings of God, but ultimately, what it is that our purpose is here in this world. And so, this is why engaging in real and deep and honest conversation with God secluded away from the rest of the world. And it's key that your person listens to me when I tell you this. You have to be away from other people in the world when you engage in this conversation. It is beyond uh effective. It is beyond um the greatest path and the greatest way for you to actually be able to find your purpose. So, what what a person will have to do in order to do this is set aside the time every single day uh for daily real unfiltered conversation with you and Hashem about your struggles, about your desires, and ultimately, your purpose. And it's okay to ask God, "Please, Hashem, show me what it is that I'm here for. God, why did you put me here in this world? I want to know what it is that I'm supposed to be doing here with all this time." I mean, think about it. A person's allotted a certain amount of time to be here in this world, right? Uh if a person is not cognizant of what it is that their purpose is, they can ultimately spend a lot of time wasting time. And who wants to waste time? So, there's one particular prayer that I pray to God a lot of times when I'm secluded with him. And I say to him is that you've already revealed cuz I've I've gone down this path. You've already revealed to me, God, a lot of what my purpose is. I'm able to see things in a very clear way. Please, what whatever new thing that you bring my way, help me to be able to have the discernment to be able to understand or to be able to know of whether or not this thing is aligned with my purpose. And if it is not aligned with my purpose, please save me from wasting any time with it. Because anything that has nothing to do with our purpose ultimately will be aiding in us wasting our time. It will be taking us taking us away from what our mission is in this world. And one thing that we have to know more than anything else, what is even deeper, the deepest level of purpose, right? Will be not when a person understands necessarily who they are, but it's knowing whose you are. Knowing who you belong to. Who who's giving you life. This is what we're here to do. Another thing that will help a person find what their purpose is and specifically and if you could do this in your time of seclusion, that's really the best time or even before a person lays down at night, uh it would also be a great time and something called uh the accounting of one's soul. Going deep within yourself. The first part with talking to God, we're asking God to reveal our purpose for speaking with him. We're asking him to uh you know, to help us in whatever it is that we are we're we're engaging in that relationship with God. What I'm talking about here is a little bit more specific to the person, to the self. It's making accounting of one's soul. A person thinking about what it is that they're doing in their life and whether or not they should be devoting their time to it. Speaking deeply not only to God but to oneself. What we will call in Hebrew cheshbon hanefesh, taking an accounting of one's soul. And and and looking at yourself from the sake of character. Am I developing the proper character that I should have? And as it's brought in the book of Lamentations, it says, "Let us search and examine our ways and return to Hashem." Each time that a person engages in this accounting of one's soul, of looking deep within themselves in their own personal devotion time, I'm talking about here, not with other people, not around other people. This is you to self and reflect on yourself. Every time a person does that, you are going to ultimately reveal more and more of your purpose. And in these times, we're able to see certain patterns and certain things that we've done in our life that Hashem has been trying to reveal to us. We start to see and understand the way in which God communicates with all of us. Finding purpose requires deep self-reflection, regularly examining your thoughts, your emotions, all of your actions, and asking, "Where am I falling short?" Person has to be honest enough with themselves to ask themselves, "Where am I falling short?" The next question is, "What traits, what character traits do I need to fix? Where am I going wrong?" And the next question after that is a very, very big one. "Which habits do I need to change in order to grow?" And you can even ask the other question, which is even very much so in the same ballpark. "What is it that's holding me back from being able to be close to Hashem? What are the things in my life that are that are inhibiting my relationship with God and ultimately stopping me from being able to find what it is that I'm put here to do. What is my mission here? And so for some people this can be very hard. So what I recommend is that a person keeps a journal. Journals are always good and you will always hear me talk about them because I have one. I have a little book that I keep with me. I have one that's filled up. I have another one that's not filled up, but journaling is great. When you write and you reflect on your thoughts or your emotions, character development, things that you want to achieve. There's a book called The Path of the Just that was written by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, famously known as the Ramchal. And where in which he instructs a person to make for themselves an image, a selem we would say, an image of the perfect you. It means to visualize. A person should close their eyes and visualize the ultimate you. What does that look like? I'm talking about with the perfect character traits, with with the whatever success that the person desires to have, you know, primarily spiritual success. But whatever it is that a person wants to accomplish that you would make for yourself in your head an image of you. What, you know, what do you want to look like? Whatever the case is, you make that image of yourself. And in this accounting of one's soul that every day a person is engaged in, you would measure yourself where you are today with that image that you made for yourself. And every day that a person does this, you look and see how much closer am I to becoming that ultimate person that I wanted to be. My beloved, if you love God and you want to grow in your faith in God, please like and subscribe to this channel because that's what we're about here. And you liking and you subscribing is not only going to help this channel, it's going to help you spread the name of God everywhere because that's what we're about. On another note, I want all of you to know that I, a few months back, started to build an online community of people like you and me. People that want to grow in their emunah and their faith, and we want practical tools and strategies on how to come close to Hashem, how to scale up and coming close to Hashem. In this community I put out a few months ago. It was in beta, and I got a few people that are really ready to lead the charge, but eventually I'm going to be inviting all of you to join this wonderful community. So, please stay tuned, keep watching all of the content, and when we roll this out, you are going to want to be a part of this. If you love Hashem, and you really want to grow in your faith, and your character traits, and you want to reach the ultimate you. The ultimate you isn't you with money. That will also come, God willing. But, the ultimate you is the you that's with Hashem. And if you want that, then we are going to do our best to provide that for you. So, stay tuned as we roll this out. For now, like and subscribe, and be on the lookout for what's next to come. Okay, back to the show. Very important practice. It's something that everybody should implement. So, the next thing comes to no comes at no surprise for anybody, which is to study God's word. Study God's Torah. Ultimately, if a person wants to find their purpose, you have to be looking because the Torah is a light. It's the light that shines, and it will guide a person's path. Just as it says in the book of Psalms, "Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." So, if a person wants to know on which path to go to, for sure, studying God's word who God is the He's the God of purpose. He's the you know, of all purposes of all purposes is God. So, if He's giving a word and a mandate into the world, it's very, very important for for an individual who wants to be able to find the purpose to look inside of it, to to for themselves. You're looking ultimately for yourself, you know, inside of God's word, which is very important. So, the Torah is the blueprint for life for a person. It's the blueprint for life for all of us. It's guiding us towards our mission. Studying it refines our character and it reveals Hashem's will for all of us. So, if a person could learn every single day some type of portion of Torah, whether a person's learning inside of the, you know, the five books, the Tanakh, Mishnah, Gemara, Musar, which are books that are talking about developing our character traits, which are very, very important. I would tell you this right now, more than probably any type of study. People are busy with with many different type of books and different things and the legal works, the real truth is is that if a person is honest with themselves, we should be spending way more time in books that are talking about character development. Things that are going to ultimately help us fix who we are. Because a person can learn and study Torah all day long and still walk away from whatever it is that whatever house of study the person learns in and be and still be the most cruel, vile, and nasty individual. So, why would it not be more important for that person to probably shelve what he's learning and to learn things that are actually going to help him develop the character traits. Because after all, if any person has spent any little bit of time reading the Tanakh, reading through the prophets, seeing and learning about God, and this is it. I remember when I first started learning myself, I began learning the Bible. I was um very enthusiastic about finding out more about God. I remember taking a a Tanakh, a Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, and I I put it on the table and I slid it across as if somebody else was on the other the There was nobody there. But I was learning so much. And And at this point, I was very confused in my life. I didn't know which path I was going to go on. And I said, "You know what, God? I'm going to read this book from cover to cover, but I only want to know your character. I don't want to I don't want to memorize verses. I don't I don't I don't want to be you know, use it for scholarly scholarly reasons. I only want to know your character. I want to know what you love. I want to know what you hate. I'm going to I'm trying to learn you, right? I want to learn about you." And I remember engaging in that. And there are key things that if a person spends time reading in the prophets, reading, you know, inside of the like there are certain things you are just going to know about God. You are going to know that God loves the widows and the orphans. And and you are going to know how God feels about a person cheating in business. That The things that really tick God off. And you'll see that there will not be as many mentions about a lot of other things that we may do that are very ritualistic, right? As opposed to the the corruption of a person and when a person becomes more corrupt in the way that they behave with other people and how they treat other people. These things are the very things that upset and got them most. If anybody spent any time listening to you know, a lot of these stories they have a lot of these what do you call them? NDEs, near-death experiences. No matter what religion the person comes from. I've listened to a lot of these and one of the biggest patterns that I've heard from people over time is the the fact that they were taken to task to how they treated other people. That was the main thing that they heard about up there was about how they treated other people. And if any person is honest with themselves and we're reading the Bible and we're reading the Torah in order to get to know God, we would know what it is that God loves, what he hates, what he desires, and ultimately by learning about God, you will learn about yourself and God. You will have be able to understand more about yourself and ultimately you'll be able to find your own purpose. So, you have to incorporate this into your daily uh learning Torah every single day in order to find some type of understanding and clarity and direction in a person's life. The next thing I would say is that a person needs to work on rectifying their bad character traits, fixing who they are. Who is strong? One who conquers his inclinations. So, your purpose is tied directly to you overcoming your weaknesses. When a person first re- be- through their accounting of their soul realizes that they have certain weaknesses, and they see those weaknesses and those things are exposed and a person begins to do the work of freeing themselves from those things that have them bound. And a person does the work of uh you know, releasing and escaping from those things that have the person imprisoned. Once a person does that, they begin to reveal who they really are. And by strengthening themselves, you're going to be able to see sometimes not only in your particular situation, but how it affects other people who are around you. And you'll begin to see the the influence and you'll be able to see the light that you are shining in the world the more and more you pull away yourself or pull the darkness that's covering ultimately our light cuz all of us are some form of light. We come from God. We're created by God. God is is a awesome and bright light. So, the more and more that that light shines in in you and you begin to see how it affects other people, you'll begin you'll begin to be able to see why it is that you were created, what it is that you were put here in this world to do. Every soul has a unique struggle. Your struggle can be one thing, another person's struggle could be another thing, but every person has their own unique struggle, whether it's anger, uh whether it's jealousy, laziness, arrogance, lust, whatever it is, each person we share you know, to some degree every person shares all of these things, but some people have to deal with one thing more than the others. And fixing these traits bring you closer to who your true self is. Ultimately, if we are to say that the the ultimate reason for the world to be brought into the into existence is in order to glorify God, then that means that ultimately that you have a purpose that you are here to glorify God. And so character traits that would deny you that opportunity to reveal God's light into the world, those things once they're removed will ultimately reveal your purpose in this world. And you'll be able to fix these traits and they're going to bring you closer to Hashem. You will be closer to him as a result of you fixing all of these traits. So you should identify your main negative character trait. Find it out. I They always say that you know, when you're surrounded by people and you're and you have a bunch of uh people trying to uh attack you, what do you do? I was always taught you knock out the bully first. Whatever the bully is, that's who you you hit him hard enough and everything else will start running. And each person has to know that attached to that bully, what I'm be talking about, that negative character trait that is unique to you. You struggle with it more than other people than you that you know. But this is your one thing or your vice, your whatever the case is. I don't care what language you use. But once you are able to conquer that, it will ultimately make the rest of everything else around their way. And you'll be able to find what it is that you were put here to do. And all of these things collected, another way to be able to find your purpose comes from Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. He teaches that through reciting Tehillim or the Psalms with sincerity, one can find his true purpose and path of repentance. And repentance literally means returning. How do I return? Well, returning to God and by returning to God, we're returning to our ultimate selves. Right? Who we are in God is the real you. I tell people all the time, the real you is not the person who's struggling with whatever you're struggling with and all of whatever addictions that a person is fighting against, whatever it is, those things are not the real you. And the more and more that a person accepts those things as being them, the further and further you will be away from finding your actual purpose. Once a person realizes that the real me is the me that I am when I'm with Hashem, when I'm seeking him out, when I'm when I'm in prayer and when I'm fighting against all odds, against all the negativity or all the different things that are there fighting me to try to push me away from God, those are the things that are blocking me from my ultimate purpose in this world. And finding who I am supposed to be because the real me is the me that I am when I'm with Hashem. When I'm feeling very distant and the light of Hashem is not, you know, shining on me the way that it that I know it to be, that I know that it could. When I'm in that state that's not the real me. The real me is the me when I'm with Hashem. So, reading through the book of Psalms and finding all the different ways and paths of repentance through these books and finding your unique path. Meaning that when I'm reading it, I'm not I'm not reading the struggles of of someone else. I'm not reading King David's struggles. I'm seeing myself inside of these Psalms. I'm seeing my own struggles. Okay, I may not fought that physical battle, but I'm fighting a spiritual battle. We're all fighting a spiritual war. And so, by reading those things, and fighting whatever it is that we have to fight in order to, you know, get to the next place, in order in order to claim a victory. Those are the things that ultimately are blocking our purpose. And by us fighting those things, we will be able to reveal our purpose. And that is why we have to read the book of Psalms. Because ultimately, a person be able to find the path of repentance. So, if you could read it every day, focusing on whatever verses that there are that resonate with you. Um and that's another thing. You know, most people that have gone through the book of Psalms are at some degree are seasoned in it. They know which one is their favorite. I happen to love Psalm 37. That's my favorite. That's My wife's favorite is uh Psalm 51. So, each person may have their own, you know, particular preference. But why is it that you like that particular Psalm? What about it? Why is it that one that's screaming to you the most? That that's your go-to Psalm. Why is that Why is that the one that you remember the most? Your purpose is is hidden right in front of you. A person's purpose is hidden right in front of them. The Psalms express every human emotion, guiding the soul towards its mission. So, read it daily. Focus on verses that resonate with you. That's the takeaway from that. The next thing I want to discuss with you is something I've discussed with on different podcasts before, uh which is seeking the right environment and mentorship. It says in the Ethics of the Fathers, "To make for yourself a teacher, and acquire yourself a friend." Right? So, surrounding yourself with the right people who elevate you, Uh uh righteous mentors and friends and Torah-based community helps you stay aligned with your mission. This is the you know, you will be far away from your mission of glorifying God if you find yourself in places all the time that are trying to snuff out his light. If you find yourself amongst people who are not welcoming to the idea of of of God and his sovereignty in the world, then that's not an environment for you. Hey guys, what's going on? I want to tell you really quickly about an organization here in Ramat Beit Shemesh named Kolel Korech. Kolel Korech is an organization that provides essential support to kids with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. They do everything from making sure that they have personalized lesson plans all the way to advocacy, which is very important. A lot of these kids have fallen through the cracks in the regular system, and a lot of them are misdiagnosed. But Kolel Korech through their assessment has found that most of the time it's just learning disabilities. Unfortunately, because of the war, people have reallocated their funds to different war efforts and misplaced families, rightfully so. But unfortunately, what it's led to is a lot of these kids falling through the cracks. And now this wonderful organization is at the brink of turning kids away. I will never advocate for something unless I was able to personally tell you how amazing the organization is. I want everybody that can, please go to kolelkorech.org and make a donation. We must keep this organization open and running and being able to service all the families that they service. For a long time, when it comes to organizations, many people have asked me, but unless I know personally that I'm dealing with real people, I would never ask my audience. So again, please make a donation today to Kolel Korech, that's k o l k o r e h.org. And I can honestly say that you will be changing lives. Okay, back to the show. And you have to move yourself and do everything you can. Sometimes I I would even say that a person may have to make big sacrifices to get out of environments that are going to snuff out the light of God in your life. In order for you to reveal the true you. I One of the biggest decisions I've ever made in my life was shortly after I at least understood and knew that the path that I was going to it was towards a Torah lifestyle. Joining the Jewish people, joining the Commonwealth of Israel, and giving my life over to God with uh complete and unadulterated undivided heart I put into my path and my journey of looking for God and trying to come close to him. And once I knew that and ultimately knowing that in the future it would lead me to convert to Judaism, I made a very tough and difficult situation decision to uh distance myself from close friends and from family. Not because I didn't love them. Not because I was trying to get away from uh who they were and what they were. I was running after something. And that something was so powerful that it required my undivided attention. And that was God. In addition to that, it was the idea of being the ultimate me and being the person that I wanted to be. I knew and understood that as long as I'm in an environment that is not conducive to me finding myself, meaning finding myself in Hashem, finding myself with God. As long as I've I'm in an environment that is not promoting such a thing, I'll never actually be able to achieve my goal. I Not only will I not be able to achieve my goal, I'll never be who it is that I was supposed to be because I will be in an environment that all the time that is constantly showing me and telling me who I have to be. So, environment is everything. The people that we decide to put in our lives and surround ourselves with this is everything. This can make or break a person. And more than anything finding the right guides, the right people, the right friends that are going to encourage you on this path. Doesn't mean that, you know, it isn't over. I love my family. I talk to my family now. But, I needed that time and space to be able to find out who I was. And I can't be a person that other people want me to be. And so, in order to for you to find your purpose you have to fight. You're going to have to fight to get out of environments that pull you down. So, your purpose will unfold on Hashem's timeline, not yours. Not going to be on your timeline. So, trust that Hashem is leading you. You have to trust that even when things seem unclear Hashem is guiding you. This is faith. This is trusting in Hashem. So, trust in itself is another thing that's going to guide you. That in itself. Trusting and knowing that God will not leave you in the dark. We have to understand this about God. He wants for you to know why you're here. He wants for you to have purpose. He says, "If you seek for me, you will find me." Right? Where is God? Where Where Where can we find the deepest and the most awesome manifestation of God's presence? It's deep within every single one of us. Each one of us are tzelem Elohim. We are an image of God in this world. God, we all of us are a piece of of God's awesome and great greatness. It's in each and every one of us. The deeper we we inside ourselves, we will find a discovery of Hashem. We will find a discovery of unadulterated and pure light that's deep inside of every single one of us. But we have to search for it. We have to look for it. And we have to trust the process. We have to trust that God is going to do that for us. But most people give up on finding their purpose because they don't believe that they can find it. They don't believe that God wants to reveal this. And because they they don't believe it, they will never take any of the actions that I just told you with real seriousness, with a with the with the idea and with the drive that I'm going to use all of these things in order to find my purpose. And the reason why they will never do is because they don't believe God will. And there's a different type of relationship that we have with God when we believe and we trust and know that he will do something for us as opposed to when we hope and wish. Or we just deny it all together. Doesn't mean we don't believe in God, but we don't believe in everything he wants to do for us. So, one thing that's going to help you is for sure strengthening your faith by reading stories of divine providence, hashgacha pratit, uh reflecting on times that Hashem did guide you, and things that you did see from him, and that you did know that he was there and pushing you in guiding you in a certain direction. Because God wants to do for you. And you have to know that when you take small steps toward growth, Hashem reveals your mission. All you have to do is get in the game. Start committing yourself to one act of kindness, one uh whether helping somebody, giving to daka, uplifting others, doing something, you know, and moving in a certain direction. All of these things help and aid in you finding your purpose and knowing that ultimately God wants to reveal it to you. I in my own life have had many dreams. In some places when I So, lecture publicly, I actually talk about the things that actually happened inside of my dream or my wife's dream that I know that God is guiding me that way. And people could tell me all day long that they think I'm crazy. Well, guess what? I'm living with Hashem. I don't care what you think. I'm living with Hashem. I don't care about how much, you know, another person may may believe, may not believe, or any of that. Please, trust you me, you will encounter many people that are skeptical. Even people that call themselves a believers. They call themselves a person that believes in God, and they're always skeptical of of any story, or they ridicule stories of of God's divine presence, or God revealing himself in other people's life. And and you know, there are sometimes where those things, you know, can be pretty outlandish. But ultimately, what does it hurt you to believe in it? What does it really hurt you to believe in it? What's going to happen? Somebody's going to swindle money out of you now because you believe it? The truth is this. Listen. God will reveal himself in your life as much as you want him to. And as much as you want to keep him distant from you, and what you'll see is that most people that talk that way, they never invested real time in getting to know Hashem. Because in their life, they have this little bit of a feeling, and a little bit of of what we would call of of of dust, a a whiff of atheism. To where they they they say to themselves, I wonder if the whole entire thing is even true at all. But for a person that's truly strong in their faith, they'll be more than willing to rely on God. They'll be more than willing to trust in God. To be able to look deeply inside to find what their purpose is. They'll be willing to go the extra mile in order to find what it is that Hashem put here in this world for them to do. So, the truth is this. Your purpose is waiting for you. Hashem already it's already mapped out. Everything is completely mapped out for you. And your mission is already inside you. It's just covered up by all of the layers of our character flaws and character traits that we're trying to overcome. Bad character traits we're trying to overcome. All the distractions and all of the doubt. Doubting that God wants to reveal his purpose to you and reveal your purpose to you. Doubting it. This is what is stopping us. And the more and more you refine your character traits and the more and more you align yourself with Hashem and the more and more that a person talks to Hashem, your purpose will naturally reveal itself. I am so sure in myself about major major things. I would say 100%. I I don't know everything, but I would definitely tell you I can I can I can say to anyone with confidence that God has revealed what my purpose is in this world. He's revealed to me um in layers the tools by which I need to use in order to accomplish what my mission is in this world. And I say that because I have invested if not thousands, hundreds and hundreds of hours of prayer and self-sacrifice in order and with the belief with the belief knowing that God is going to reveal what my purpose is. It's a confidence that a person has to have that God wants to reveal this to you. As I said, it's already inside of you. Speaking of purpose, one of the purposes of me having this bottle here of uh whiskey, Israeli whiskey, which is mine's Halva. If any of you've been following me for some time, you know that in 2021, uh I released my own uh you know, bourbon style Israeli whiskey that actually was doing very very well until I got overwhelmed with touring and touring went like crazy in Israeli shipping. Everything went up like a while so I kind of shelved it and I put it on the side and I started touring and I got very busy. We released it, you know, I think it was four Yeah, four years ago. We released it four years ago around this time. It was actually close to Purim, the holiday of Purim. For those of you who do not know what the holiday of Purim is, go look it up and I'm sure it would have absolutely blow your mind. So, I brought it here to be able to have with all of you just before the holiday a little bit of I'm not such a big drinker. I only take a little bit at a time, but to have a little l'chaim as we would say. I want to say to every single one of you who have been watching the podcast, taking in all of the content, I thank you so much. I appreciate all of you and I'm praying that every single one of us this year going to be able to reveal our own purpose to ourselves in order that we should grow, in order that we should reveal more of God's light in this world. So, for all of you, I'm wishing you a Purim sameach, happy Purim and l'chaim. L'chaim, l'chaim. Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha'olam shehakol nihiye bidvaro. Say amen. And remember to serve God I'll live trying. I'm out. Hey, what's going on? I had to stop you for a second because I want to tell you if you like what you're hearing and if you're getting value from what you're hearing, please like and subscribe to the channel. 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