Street Farbrengen Episode 125 - Who is Setting My Goal?

If Chassidus teaches that every person possesses a core self, why is it often so difficult to feel it?We explore the difference between intellect and intuition, analysis and identity, and why so many of us spend our lives trying to think our way toward ourselves.The conversation moves from Steve Jobs and intuition, to the Baal Teshuvah experience, to cholent, cheesecake, and the strange moment when a person becomes fed up with living in a way that no longer feels true.Are we trying to discover ourselves through analysis when the self can only be found through presence?And if Geulah is a state of alignment with who we truly are, can a person live with Geulah if they do not yet feel a genuine sense of self?Can we experience redemption while remaining disconnected from our own inner reality?A raw, unscripted conversation about identity, intuition, choice, self-awareness, and the difference between who we think we are and who we actually are.Perhaps the most important question of all:Who is setting my goal?