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Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb

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The Rationalization of Motivation

The Bali Musa have this principle of analyzing your own motivation. It's a crucial element in the ultimate service of God, and it fits into their philosophical framework. They portrayed their motivation to themselves as when we eat with the tree, we will create a much greater sanctification of God's name. But they twisted it and their minds into God's service will be trivial. That was the temptation. The real motivation is, if we don't eat from the tree and we really do what we're programmed to do, then we will be insignificant. We will be meaningless. We will have no value. We'll have no standing. If we don't, there won't be any significant

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