Teshuva

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The opening of this shiur, in 18Forty’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] all change is difficult especially when it relates to our very identity which is why religious change can be so tricky often times we look at the world through need binaries good bad on off religious non-religious we have terms that reflect one's religious identity for example someone who was raised in a non-religious home and later became religious is often referred to as belt shiva or bt ffb from from birth is used to describe those who have always been religious otd or off the derek is used to describe those raised in religious homes who are no longer religious all of these labels have a place but they often betray the complexity and messiness of religious development it is rarely that neat rarely that sequential and almost never a true binary imagine you had the chance to become a vampire one bite and you become part of the undead giving you immortality super strength and a nice set of fangs maybe you know some vampires who rave about their experience should you take their word for it it's a big change that may need more than a yelp review this is the question posed by l.a paul in her book transformative experience she wants to know how people make life-changing decisions about their identity first how do people decide to do anything some people make lists pros and cons they may consider the qualities of a potential spouse by listing their positive and negative qualities and see whether one side of the ledger outweighs the other i do not have chubby ankles others just fake it whether it's pretending you can tell the quality of a fancy wine or appreciate the complexities of art some just dive into

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1. 0:00[Music] all change is difficult especially when it relates to our very identity which is why…
2. 0:31shiva or bt ffb from from birth is used to describe those who have always been…
3. 1:01binary imagine you had the chance to become a vampire one bite and you become part…
4. 1:31identity first how do people decide to do anything some people make lists pros and cons…
5. 2:31transformational decisions a major career change becoming a vampire or a religious identity we lack the…
6. 3:03one of the paradoxes of life is that our big decisions are often less calculated than…
7. 3:34agnes collard in her book aspiration the agency of becoming offers a different vision of change…
8. 4:36the value for the sake of which it would be made [Music] she imagines change like…
9. 5:07as a result the transformative question can almost always resurface after it has been answered in…
10. 5:37very act of teshuva requires teshuva as we draw closer to our aspirations we better understand…

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