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COURSE OVERVIEW
SUMMARY OF COURSE THEMES
Discovering Your Personal Mission Statement
No business can function without a mission statement, and neither can you. This lesson will help you establish the foundation of a meaningful life — why you’re here, why you matter, and how you can make sense of the patterns of your thinking, behavior, and feelings.
Marriage, Love, and Intimacy
How can you nourish the richness and depth of a loving relationship? We’ll explore the spiritual factors that can make a relationship greater than the sum of its parts — with a passion that’s eternal, purposeful, comfortable, and which truly reflects our Jewish values and attitudes.
Home and Family
Building a home, raising a family — these are the most important sources of warmth and security in our lives. Learn how to nurture and strengthen these vital bonds that embrace us with comfortand connection.
Work, Charity, and Wealth
We all need to earn a living, but that doesn’t have to consign us to a plodding drudgery that leaves us feeling half-alive. We’ll explore the ins and out of job satisfaction, as well as ways to put money in its proper perspective and keep materialism from overpowering our G‑d-given, spiritual natures.
Pain, Loss, and Anxiety
Pain can intrude on our lives at any time. All-consuming, it is a call for attention that launches the natural process of healing. We'll explore ways of coping with difficulty, finding a balance between grieving for what has been lost and feeling hope for the future.
Religion and Faith
Faith is not only the stuff of childhood. It can open us up to the mystery of life, the wonder that defies reason. In this session, we work toward a personal grappling with truth as well as a more mature, dynamic relationship with our Creator.
Course Endorsements
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"As with generations of the past, we search for meaning in our lives, yet often struggle with this goal. Often, the problem is focusing on only one facet of the stone rather than realizing that they all contribute to creating a special "light." "Toward a Meaningful Life" helps participants realize the importance and value of creating a toolkit of lifeskills that not only provides practical strategies to addressing the different facets of ones life, but helps participants realize the need of them to shine together—as one unique stone."
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"It is the very problem of our time that people are caught in a pervasive feeling of meaninglessness; people may have enough to live by, but more than not they have nothing to live for. JLI’s "Toward a Meaningful Life" Package is an impressive testimony of caring for the most central and humane and human needs - the need to find and understand one’s place in the world, and to come to a practical and applicable understanding of what it means to be a unique and irreplaceable person - to make a difference, and to live up to what one’s personal path in this world may be. Such an understanding enables one not only enjoy life and one’s talents and gifts in all their richness, it also enables one to cope with life hardships. In a word - a renewed awareness of meaning connects one with life’s existential dimension. A timely topic, and a great course."
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"Toward A Meaningful Life can provide you with what most people never realize in their lifetime... This course gives you the tools and opportunity to rebirth and reparent yourself. And I have learned that when you heal your life your body benefits from the feelings and provides you with a longer healthier life as a side effect."
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"Healthy faith-based and psychological practices can offer considerable assistance to each individual's attempt to scale the great existential challenges of finding meaning, a way of belonging, and increasing freedom. This course unites both approaches to empower participants to find greater meaning and joy in their lives."
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"At a time when anxiety is on the rise and there is a widespread loss of trust in public institutions people are turning to each other, as well as inwards, to reflect on what is truly meaningful in life. Toward a Meaningful Life is as timely as it is effective. It is an opportunity to get back on track."
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"I commend the efforts of JLI to provide a course such as "Toward a Meaningful Life" which seeks to enhance people's lives in these fundamental aspects."
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"I know many people who have taken the JLI class and found it a source of inspiration, personal growth and a place of friendship and community."
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