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the ability

to make distinctions to distinguish

between things that seem to be

alike seem to be the same is a very

important part of human intelligence

just a quick example the difference

between existing

and living is huge

the difference is this to exist

means to occupy space

to exist in the physical world you have

to occupy your space

which means you don't allow another into

the same space

so a book on the shelf occupies its

space you can't put another book there

air fire water earth they all

occupy space even a thought in your mind

occupies space can't think two thoughts

at the same time

a feeling in the heart occupy space

that's why we say the heart is full

so the definition of existence is simply

occupying its space

obviously there's more tangible space

like the book on the shelf

and there is emotional space or mental

space

but they all

restrict access to their space they

don't share it

now when it comes to a living being

there's also the demands that existence

makes

in order to exist a human being must eat

must drink must be protected from the

elements

must have a roof over their head

many demands and when all of these

conditions are met

he can continue to take up space

that's the definition of existence

everything that exists also has life

life means the affect the contribution

that you make

by existing very different

life makes no demands there are no

conditions

to living meaning whatever your

existence is

from the finest to the worst from the

biggest

to the smallest you always have a

contribution that you're making

a difference that you're making so

life makes no demands it's what you do

what you bring to the world

by your existence so for example

fire has a life

it brings warmth creates light

water has a life but it's different

water makes things grow keeps things

cool

even a stone has a life because it

contributes

stability a house made out of stone is

more stable

than a house made out of straw

so everything exists and

lives everything

in the human being there are times when

existence

and living are in conflict

when i have a room all to myself

large auditorium all to myself

i have all that space

good for my existence

but talking to an empty room is not a

life

so when the room fills up with people my

existence is diminished

but my life is enhanced i have someone

to talk to

any time there's a conflict between

existing and living

the intelligent thing to do is give up

the existence

in favor of life now this will explain

so many things that we don't have time

to get into

but just a few examples

what is it with teenagers

why are they angry

they live in your house for free they

get whatever they want if they

bother you long enough what are they

angry about

and everywhere in the world when you

talk to teenagers

they will tell you the same thing

they're angry because

my mother ruined my whole life

notice that it's always the whole life

teenagers are not good at fractions

now that's a serious accusation my

mother ruined my whole life

but of course it's not true for two

reasons

first of all teenagers don't have a life

they gotta get a life so there's nothing

for their mothers to ruin

secondly you can't ruin life

existence comes in many flavors there

are people who have a magnificent

existence

they've got place of their own they have

every need

that existence demands they have food

they have drink they have safety they

have fame they have love

they have a support system they've got

it all

their existence is wonderful

and then there are people whose

existence is meager

they barely exist

but life comes in only one flavor

sacred so you cannot ruin life just like

salt can't go bad

what mothers do they humble your

existence

because if you're proud to exist you're

proud of your

existence your mother simply by being

your mother

humbles your existence because you owe

it all to her

but mothers don't ruin lives

another example

the existence of the jewish people

everyone remarks and puzzles

this strange phenomenon how is it that

other nations have come and gone

richer bigger stronger

the jew is still here

this is the distinction between existing

and living

those nations that are gone all they

wanted was to exist

to ensure their continued existence

they built huge cities fortified

developed huge armies amassed a lot of

wealth

they were going to exist and they don't

exist

jewish history was different we were

told before we entered

the promised land moses told us

you're not going to have a good

existence you're going to get scattered

you're going to be

reduced to a fraction of your number

you're going to be living in other

people's countries where you may not be

welcome at all

your existence not so special

therefore you be busy living

now here's an amazing thing

throughout our history we were most

productive

when our existence was down to

a thread we produced the greatest

scholars the greatest

study institutions the greatest charity

charity institutions we were alive

and an interesting thing happens when

you're fully alive

your existence kind of takes care of

itself

a doctor in the time of a plague

everyone else gets sick the doctor

doesn't get sick

he doesn't even get tired because sick

and tired always come together right

he doesn't get tired he skips meals

stays up all night superman

the explanation is when you're so fully

alive

when your contribution is so obvious

so urgent so real

you are fully alive

and then your existence is not so

demanding

that is the secret of jewish survival

but it needn't be a secret if you're

focused on life if you're focused on

what you are needed for your own needs

kind of fade you're not so needy

so here's the distinction between living

and existing

existing is needs

needs you're needy religiously speaking

for your needs you are completely

dependent on god

you got to pray to him you got to depend

on him you got to trust in him

you got to believe in him and you got to

hope he likes you

so that he will continue your existence

but a relationship with god

is life because when you conserve

when you can make a difference in god's

world

when you can promote his purpose in

creation

and bring the world to its perfection

now you

are doing what you are needed for

so it comes down to a simple question

would you rather be

needy or would you rather be needed

not such a difficult decision in fact it

turns out

the human being would rather be needed

than loved we would rather be needed

than respected in fact

when we know we're needed we can do

without pretty much anything else

we were created with a purpose we were

created to serve

we are partners in creation all i need

to know

is what do you want me to do how can i

be of help

that's life the rest

just existence

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区分看似

相似的事物似乎相同的能力

是人类智能的一个非常重要的部分

只是一个简单的例子

存在

和生活之间的差异是巨大

的差异是存在

意味着 占据空间

才能存在于物理世界中 你

必须占据你的空间

这意味着你不允许另一个人

进入同一个空间

所以书架上的一本书占据了它的

空间 你不能把另一本书放在那里

空气 火 水 地球 他们都

占据 空间 即使是你脑海中的一个想法也

占据空间 不能同时思考两个想法

心中的一种感觉 占据空间

这就是为什么我们说心是满的

所以存在的定义就是

占据它的空间

显然还有更多有形的

空间 书架上的书

，有情感空间或精神

空间，

但他们都

限制进入

他们现在不分享的空间，

当涉及到一个生物时，

还有 d 存在为存在

提出

的要求 一个人必须吃

必须喝 必须免受

元素的影响

必须在他们的头顶上有一个屋顶

许多要求当所有这些

条件都满足时，

他可以继续占据空间

，这就是存在的定义

存在的一切也有生命

生命意味着影响

你

通过存在做出的贡献 非常不同的

生命没有任何要求 没有

条件 活着的意义 无论你的

存在

是最好的到最坏的 从

最大的

到最小的 你总是有一个

贡献 你正在

做出改变 你正在做出的贡献 所以

生活没有要求 它是你所做的

你

通过你的存在给世界带来的东西 所以例如

火有生命

它带来温暖创造光

水有生命但它是不同的

水使事物生长 使事物保持

凉爽

即使石头也有生命 因为它

有助于

稳定 用石头建造

的房子比疯了的房子更稳定 e 用稻草

做的，所以一切都存在并

生活

在人类身上 有时存在

和生活会发生冲突，

当我有一个房间时

空荡荡的房间不是一种

生活，

所以当房间里挤满了人时，我的

存在减少了，

但我的生活得到

了加强 现在的生活这将

解释很多我们没有

时间深入讨论的事情，

但只是几个例子

当你

和青少年交谈时，

他们会在世界各地对什么感到愤怒，他们会告诉你同样的事情

，因为

我的母亲毁了我的一生

青少年不擅长

分数，这是一个严重的指控，我的

母亲毁了我的一生，

但当然这不是真的，原因有两个：

首先，青少年没有生活，

他们必须有生活，所以

他们的母亲没有什么可以毁掉的

其次，你不能毁了生命

存在有很多种形式

有的人拥有辉煌的

存在

他们有自己的位置 他们有

所有的需要

存在的需要 他们有食物

他们有饮料 他们有安全 他们

有名望 他们有爱

他们有一个支持系统 他们得到

了一切

他们的存在是美好的

，然后有些人的

存在是微不足道的

他们几乎不存在，

但生活只有一种

神圣的味道 所以你不能毁掉生活就像

盐不会

变坏妈妈们 他们是否会贬低你的

存在，

因为如果你

为自己的存在感到自豪，你就会为自己的存在感到自豪

你的母亲仅仅因为成为

你的母亲而

贬低你的存在，因为你

欠她的一切，

但母亲 不要毁了生命

另一个例子

犹太人的存在 每个人

都在评论和困惑

这个奇怪的现象

其他国家是如何变得

更加富有 更大 更

强大 犹太人仍然在这里

这就是现存

和活着的

那些国家之间的区别 消失了 他们

想要的只是存在

以确保他们继续存在

他们建造了巨大的城市 强化了

发达的庞大军队 积累了大量

财富

他们将存在并且他们不

存在

犹太人的历史是不同的

在我们

进入应许之地之前我们被告知 摩西告诉我们

你不会有好的

生活 你会分散

你会

减少到你人数的一小部分

你会生活在其他

人的国家，在那里你可能不受欢迎

你的存在并没有那么特别，

所以你现在正忙着生活，

这是我们整个历史上一件令人惊奇的事情

，

当我们的存在下降到

1 小时时，我们是最有生产力的 我们培养了最伟大的

学者 最伟大的

研究机构 最伟大的

慈善机构 我们还活着

，有趣的事情发生在

你完全活着的时候

你的存在会照顾

自己

瘟疫时期的医生

其他人都生病了 医生

不会生病

他甚至不会感到疲倦 因为生病

和疲倦

总是相伴而生

的 显而易见，

如此紧迫，如此真实，

你完全活着

，然后你的存在并不那么

苛刻

，这是犹太人生存的秘诀，

但如果你

专注于生活，如果你专注于

你被需要的东西，它就不一定是秘密 你自己的

需要逐渐消失 你不是那么需要

所以这是生活和现有的区别

必须向他祈祷 你必须

依靠他 你必须相信他

你必须相信他 你必须

希望他喜欢你

这样他才能继续你的存在

但是与上帝的关系

就是生命 因为当你保存

当您可以促进上帝的创造目的

并使世界变得完美

时，

您就可以改变上帝的世界

不需要如此艰难的决定事实上事实

证明人类宁愿被需要也

不愿被爱我们宁愿被需要也不愿被

尊重事实上

当我们知道我们被需要时我们

几乎可以不做任何其他事情

我们被创造出来是有目的的 我们被

创造出来服务

我们是创造的伙伴我只需要

知道你想让我做什么我怎么

能帮助

这就是生活剩下的

只是存在