Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
The problem is not just that we make a poor choice in the moment, but when we fail in our goals, we fall into the depressing cycle of the “willpower trap” that keeps us locked in failure.
The only thing to be done with sinful behavior is to stop it, to repent for it, and never to return to it. As for the power of desire that leads to the sin, it has significantly more positive...
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To some, G‑d is great because He makes the wind blow.
For others, because He projects space and time out of the void.
The enlightened laugh and say He is far beyond any of this,
for His Oneness remains unaltered even by the event of Creation.
We Jews, this is what we have always said:
G‑d is so great,
He stoops to...
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[It is with the service of G-d] just as it is with a victory over a physical opponent; for instance, two people who wrestle with each other, each striving to fell the other. If one of them is lazy and sluggish, he will easily be defeated and will fall, even if he is stronger than the other. Similarly, with the conquest of one’s evil nature, it is impossible to conquer the evil nature with laziness and sluggishness—which stem from sadness and a stone-like dullness of the heart—but rather [it must be conquered] with alacrity, which derives from joy and an open heart that is unblemished by any trace of worry and sadness in the world.
– Tanya, chapter 26
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