This is the whole meaning of life in this world:
You can choose bondage to the material world, believing that your life depends upon those many forces.
Or you can choose true life, believing that all your needs come only from the One Source of All Life.
It took me a lifetime to realize the truth that all things come from Hashem and not from my creativity and efforts. Tho there were many hints along the way, as a product of the "American Dream" and surrounded on all sides by others, similarly programmed, yet a little opening, gradually allowed the light to shine thru, with Pirkei Avot, Chassidism and especially Chabad fleshing this concept out. Reply
Lost and Not Found When there is no awareness and one is bound to societal peer pressure, in a situation where there was no guidance or intellect to know the difference, A bondage entwined in the yezer hara generation after generation, the choice already predetermined, then what choice is there? Unfortunately the majority of the world is drawn to this determinant influenced heavily by marketers and reinforced my mass. Reply
The Choice revised Which choice one makes is, of course, critical to fulfilment, but the value to me of this Daily Dose is that you still and always have a choice. So if one is caught up in the material world and serving the material world's masters, one may still choose to reject the chains of the material world and connect with the One Source. Reply
The Choice Although, I choose the spiritual life, I'm not so sure there is a correct choice. The fact that I have a choice IS the meaning of life. It's when people forget they have that choice, i.e. ignore the existence of the spiritual life, that they are enslaved by the material world. And in choosing the spiritual life, I think it's not that you reject the material world, but just that you put the material world in its place - to serve the greater purpose of the spiritual life. N'est pas? Reply
Choice I believe all choices lead to the same place being G-D. I am totally aware of G-D's presence... thou shalt bind it for a sign. In all that I do, wherever I go I KNOW as I am being totally messaged. Reply
This is our ultimate major fundamental decision. Reply
The choice G-d give us many choices in life. It's up to us to make the right choice. Some times we make the wrong one. It doesn't mean all is lost, because G-d will pick us up and give us another chance. This is what believing is all about. Believe in him and you will survive. Reply
Choice is Ours. The choice is ours. Great wisdom shared. Many thanks to Rabbi Freeman! Reply
Choosing is part of free will There is always time to do teshuva and and following a Jewish way of life. The latter gives us sustenance, and a path to look forward to a rich spiritual life. We all make errors that can be corrected , and follow the way of a Jewish life only.. It not material things per se because we need those to live but attachment to them, and the expense of a spiritual life IS the issue. We are a people apart and the limits put to our life are worth our attention.