ith in God are not as strong, or simply there are those who do not believe in any God. It is here were ones immediate reaction might be to turn to the social worker. It would be great if we could just say that the person suffering with the Adam II loneliness may simply fear the unspeakable or the underlying unconscious has some kind of unresolved issue that needs to be looked at. It would be easy to try a psychoanalytic approach and go through ones history to try and find the root of the problem. If one can in fact connect to God, why can he connect to man as well? Why can’t empathy as well as a strong model of intervention 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” Maimo...
