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Psalms 1 & 2 E1: The Good Life According to Psalm 1

Bible Project podcast — https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/the-good-life-according-to-psalm-1/

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What this book knows

The good life is not rule-following but being planted by a source outside yourself — God's instruction — and bearing fruit for others.

Sex: Absent
Work: Absent
Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

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faith-and-doubt

The good life is a life sourced in something outside itself, God's instruction, leading to personal flourishing and generation of value for everybody else.
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A tree doesn't plant itself — it has been planted by someone else, drawing energy from a source outside of itself.
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education-and-formation

Hagah is emptying your mind of everything except the one thing you're focusing on — not disconnection, but deep focused meditation on torah.
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The way I relish a poem — reading those three lines over and over. That's not obligation; that's delight.
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obedience-and-authority

The mocker stands by and says 'Sucker' — you think you need to take care of the poor? You're going to suffer for it? Oh, that's sweet.
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Slowly they begin to stand in situations where they'll fail at loving God and neighbor, until loving others seems ridiculous — just get what's mine.
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Illuminates

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