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The rule in spirituality, according to the holy books, is that the moment someone truly wants to reach a spiritual level, G-d gives it to him. The explanation is simple. G-d's light is always shining. He only wants our good. But we have to be a vessel to accept his light....

It is a known fact that someone addicted to pornography begins to neglect his job, his wife, his children and even himself. He misses out on the best parts of life, such as watching his children grow up, and he lets his life deteriorate until ultimately he loses everythin...

Start off each day with a prayer to G-d to save us from lust that day. Once we have gotten up and said Modeh Ani, we should pray to G-d from the depths of our heart and say; "Please G-d, relieve me from the bondage of self. Please save me today from the disease of lust, i...

The Gemara in Sotah writes that someone who is haughty is likely to fall into the sin of adultry. The Gemara goes on to discuss the humility that we should feel and writes that the acronym for ADAM (Man) is "Afar", "Dam" & "Mara", meaning " Dust", "Blood" & "Bile"...

Someone wrote us his story. Here are some excerpts that we can all learn from: ….I started on the path to rectification….in the first month or two the desires were huge, but I thought how far I had gone and just knew I had to keep going. So another month or two went by, a...

Someone sent us an article about the fanatical separation of the sexes in some Arab countries, and about how their women are prohibited from many activities and must be covered from head to toe with a Burkah. They then asked the following question: Q. "I wanted to ask you...

"Ve'ahavta Es Hashehm Elokecha Bechol Levavcha"... "And you should love Hashem your G-d with all your heart". We say it a few times a day, but in what ways are we able to show that we love G-d? Yes, we daven, we learn a little Torah, we give some Tzedaka, but let's be hon...

The Vilna Goan says something that's very important to know, especially for those struggling with powerful desires. He writes that what a person says he wants, and even what he feels he wants, has no relation to what he actually wants. The Yetzer Hara was given permission...

Dr / Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky from Jerusalem once described to me his approach in helping people deal with these difficult issues. Our sages call the fight with the evil inclination "Milchemes Hayetzer" which means "a war with one's inclination". They don't call it an "argu...

Sefer ha Brit, Shemirat Eynaim Our Master the Chatam Sofer wrote in The introduction to Parashat Bereshit the following: Our Sages, z'l said (Avodah Zara 20): "The angel of death is full of eyes and when the time for a person to die comes, the angel stands above his head,...

G-d is like a Story Teller. He loves beautiful stories, and that's one of the reasons he created the world. Very often in life we are given situations where there are no clear cut paths before us. G-d does this purposefully to see the beautiful stories that we humans will...

Idea taken from www.briskodesh.org The first 40 Days The act of creation in the forming of the fetus is completed in 40 days, and this manifests many times in scientific reality as well as in the spiritual reality. (For example, Moshe received the Torah from G-d in 40 day...

Excerpts taken from Tzvi Fishman's Blog This week's Torah portion is "Kedoshim." "Hashem spoke to Moshe saying, Speak to the entire assembly of the Children of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, Hashem your G-d, am holy." Rashi states: "You shall be holy by...

Sometimes a person may be taking a walk or laying in bed and lustful thoughts start to fill his head and it seems like he can't control it. At such a time, don't try to stop the thoughts - they may just become even stronger. Instead, cry out to Hashem and say "Please Hash...

One of our members sent us some excerpts of ideas from the book "The Light of Ephraim" by Simchah H. Ben Yosef. When Hashem created the universe at Breishit, he mandated that a soul be sent to this world every time a man releases his seed, whether intentionally or not. Th...

Shaar haTefillah (Shaar Nipol): "And the person should consider the following account on his soul: What he gains when he engages in buying and selling in the markets against the loss he has when he looks at forbidden things there and the evil thoughts he will have thereby...

Why Stop Lusting? Sexual lust is an inordinate thought or feeling that drives us to use ourselves, others, or things for self-centered destructive purposes. The spiritual sickness of lust wants sexual stimulation at that moment instead of what G-d is offering us. Later, w...

Don't think you can win the battle against the evil inclination on your own. You can't. But the good news is, if you trust in G-d and just keep moving forward, he will do it for you. When the Jews stood near the red sea with the Egyptians close behind them and they crie...