Is It Honest to Call This Service?
Published March 21, 2022 · 9:49 · 151,217 views
About This Video
Two obstacles delayed the free repairs station for two years. One technical: how to power his tools without running the dirty stinky loud diesel engine or hauling a gas generator. Divine intervention: an EcoFlow power station, basically a big battery with plug holes. Two hours to charge, runs 99% of house appliances, quiet as a laptop.
The moral obstacle is harder. Aren't we meant to be quiet in our service? This service has a sponsor. This service garners publicity. What makes him so sure this is actually service? Van takes the question to Rabbi Weiss, who cites Maimonides: the greatest level of giving is when the giver doesn't know the receiver and the receiver doesn't know the giver. But that's the highest level: the lower levels still count. The video wrestles with whether public service is self-serving, and decides the wrestling itself is the answer.
Transcript
undefined undefined this video includes a paid promotion at a stoplight in the valley nearly two years ago this spirited man noticed a billboard started a non-profit at five
fed 20 000 people and this kid joshua williams he was only 13.
what must that feel like to serve all those people thought this spirited man
and who do i serve free repairs that's service so he thinks today he can finally deploy his free repairs station undefined undefined
why the delay what has held him back for two years two obstacles have delayed deployment of
the free repairs station one technical one moral the first obstacle the technical obstacle that delayed deployment of the free repairs station
was electricity how to power his tools a power inverter plugged into the land cruiser cigarette lighter well then he'd have to run the dirty stinky
loud diesel engine to get the electricity lest he drain the land cruiser's battery so no
not a power inverter the childhood treehouse dream of a gas powered generator
noise exhaust driving around with a gasoline-filled engine inside his car no undefined undefined
divine intervention sponsorship conquered his technical obstacle with this gadget an eco-flow
power station this one's called the delta max basically a big battery with all the major plug holes in it
[Music] takes less than two hours to fully charge it it'll run 99 of the house's appliances when they shut the power off again
about as loud as a laptop and not heavy probably not going to unplug the hot glue gun or the soldering iron wonder how much juice all these tools will suck
up over the course of a long day and the moral obstacle undefined undefined
the morality be in this spirited man's bonnet well aren't we meant to be quiet in our
service humble shouldn't we serve with humility what's with all this internet posting look at me look at how selfless and charitable i'm
being one two three come on this service has a sponsor
this service garners valuable publicity this service
what makes you so sure this actually is service big shot what's up guys how's it going man maybe this spirited man should be a bit
more quiet in his service maybe this free repair station is simply self-serving
who knows well this spirited man knows who knows one of his community's spiritual leaders undefined undefined
knows rabbi weiss knows i sort of had this moral question as to whether it's still service if you if the one
serving stands to benefit from the service there are uh different levels of service like the maimonides who writes jewish
law amongst the other things that he has written and studied he writes that there are different levels of
giving of giving oneself or giving help any type of service to another
person and he writes that the greatest level of giving is when the giver doesn't know who the receiver is and the receiver doesn't
know who the giver is because then there's never a time where someone feels uncomfortable on the other hand it's written that
any type of help that someone gives to somebody else is of great virtue because
if you don't want to you don't have to the only thing you have to do is pay your taxes and that's it you know you don't have to give anybody anything if
you don't want to so the fact that you're going to go and give something to someone even if
something will come out for you later on or during you're still helping that person or the group of people whoever it is
so the answer to the question is it's for sure a great thing to help other people with something that you can
do where they have a challenge to do or or can't do that or don't know how to do that undefined undefined
[Music] [Music] uh this spirited man gave us a mission coin from his marine corps unit [Music] this spirited boy joseph gets one vacation per year with his spirited man dad robert this year
joseph said he wanted to come to la for his vacation to the free repairs station and robert drove him to la for the free
repairs station from phoenix they left at two o'clock in the morning to make it
bought us lunch too [Music] [Music] this spirited man isn't training to be a firefighter and this is his knife
[Music] [Music] three [Music] [Music] [Music] 20-something repairs eight hours barely made a dent in the eco-flow charge
this counts this counts as service [Music] the confirmation is a feeling it feels good to serve [Music]
everyone knows that thank you ecoflow for sponsoring our repair station check out ecoflow site by link in the description to get these
amazing products this week on the patreon archival videos with directors commentary on my patreon right there the link is right there
Products & Tools Mentioned
- EcoFlow Delta Max uses
- Toyota Land Cruiser essential
People Referenced
Rabbi Weiss, Maimonides, Joshua Williams