.. ntion relieve this loneliness? Why can't man be the one who will listen in a way taking the place of God? It seems that we would only be looking at Adam I's problem here.
The loneliness of Adam II according to Soleveichick is a more spiritual one that man to man can not resolve. So if someone does not believe in God and this loneliness still exists, is this the point where we have to tell the person that the problem can not be resolved? No, the only thing is the problem of the loneliness here must be resolved on one's own. There are many ways that one can going about doing this and as social workers we can make people aware of these ways, since we are still helping the client it could be considered our duty in fact.One method which I will bring to example is meditation. Through years of studying martial arts meditation became a regular activity. It was there when I was done I left my head feeling totally clear, I did not in a sense feel this loneliness.
It is spiritual activities such as these where it seems that people could turn to as well. Adam I is where normal interventions of therapy would hopefully work Maimonides, in his writings brings up the topic of love a few times. The first time he discusses love, it is in relation of man's love of God.In his "Sefer HaMitzvah" Maimonides brings in from Deuteronomy how we are required to love God.
He explains that by studying and immersing ourselves in God's commandments, we fulfill this. This will give us an image of God, and as we truly discover God, reach a level joy. This can be tied to Soloveichick's article in regard to a cure for existential loneliness. Maimonides continues and says that loving God is obligatory.With that statement, I see a problem. How can we be required to love God? Is not love something that must be earned and developed? When somebody has a tragedy happen to them, can they still love God? From a personal note, I was diagnosed and treated for a form of cancer.
If God caused me to go through that pain and suffering, couldn't that be construed as God not loving me? When I think of how much I love my fiance, I say to myself that I would never be able to hurt her intentionally, and when I do it accidentally, I feel horrible for it. God is supposed to be perfect, so when bad things happen these are not mistakes. When speaking to many, I typically heard that maybe this was a substitute fore something worse. So if we think in this way, those that believe in God, with all of modern medicines cures, people are given a second chance and they should love God for it.This seems to make the commandment a bit easier to understand. That still doesn't answer how we are required to love God.
If a parent abused a child, must that child still love them, no. So too with God, it seems that we should not be forced into loving God. Love should come from within, not be commanded.Maimonides answers through though of God, one will come to understand God and eventually love him. The love Maimonides describes seems like Soloveichicks Adam II type of love.
He describes it as a mighty and great love, so great that our soul feels attached to God. A love so great that one strives for it all the time. I see this as a true definition of love.The bible goes on to show many cases of this type of love. An excellent example being the love of David and Yohonatan, making it seem as a divide concept.
Over here, man is required to love God. In conjunction with that it is written in Genesis, that man was created in God's image. Maybe what that is trying to say, is that we should love all men as we love God. If society truly felt this, there would be no wars, no hatred, it would be a perfect world.Maimonides goes into speaking about loving ones neighbor. This commandment says that we should love our friends as we would ourselves.
In these times, many people will go into counseling due to problems of remaining in a healthy relationship. Maimonides says that by this love, one should love by having compassion and well wishes to others as he would unto himself. Psychologically speaking, a good deal of interrelational problems may stem from how people feel about themselves. We can use this as a therapeutic route to solving ones problem. It is one of the goals in life to go through loving relationships.Of course by love I'm not referring to a Freudian based sexually driven Id feeling.
After all, plenty of people go through life never having had sex at all, but have had loving relationships. Priests, especially the Pope himself are examples of this. They have given up sexual activity for a greater relationship with God. Even without the sex, they are still able to have loving relationships between fellow men. Working with the homeless was probably my best experience in dealing with people receiving no love. They were lonely in a utilitarian sense of the word.
Quite surprisingly though, many of the clients were not lonely in the existential manner. Whether it was good or a place for them to turn to, this was a place for them, it was their refuge. My job was to assist, at times when it was utilitarian love that they had a problem of dealing with. After their family and friends threw them out, at times, our agency is where they turned to. Some times, as their social worker, it was merely showing them empathy and messages of empowerment which really helped.
Finally, somebody was not turning them away, and they no longer felt alone.When people feel alone, or are having trouble with loving relationships, there are many approaches a social workers can take to intervene. For example, one of my clients was a substance abuser for forty years. I decided to use a life history approach to try to find the root of his problem. It turned out that the client has always had trouble making friends.
In college, he became popular among other drug users. He felt that this was the route which he had to take to make friends.After a few months of treatment, he came to realize that this behavior was not necessary. Soon after, his drug tests were coming back negative.
To conclude, Being lonely, and the concept of love is nothing new. According to Soleveichick, these ideas have in a sense been around since creation. Many other philosophers have looked at these concepts as well. There are also the many paths the social worker can take if one is troubled in this area.The exact way of helping when these issues can in fact be resolved person-to-person is up to both the client and the social worker.
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