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Excerpts from an article on "Addictions" - by the renowned Psychiatrist, Carl Jung Addiction is not a disease, it is an attitude. Addiction, in the end, is a behavior that we choose to indulge. Addiction is something that you act on without thought of consequence. Addicti...

Sometimes a person can feel bad about being restricted by the Torah from living a carefree and "pleasure filled" life. But G-d smiles and says "My dear child, don't you see? The whole world is blinded by the evil inclination that I created. They are blinded to the obvious...

In honor of Chodesh Adar, let's try a new approach to "letting go" of non-Kosher tensions; "Happiness"! The entire world is in pursuit of this elusive prize, but for us Jews, Happiness is not just a means to fulfilling selfish interests, it is a Mitzvah in it's own right!...

Sometimes we are like a David, standing up alone against a great and powerful Goliath. The holy Jewish soul that wants to serve Hashem, is pitted against the powerful Yetzer Hara who seems so much stronger than us. It can look like there is no way to win this battle, in t...

Someone wrote us an e-mail, and we tried to reply the best we could. Maybe others can take Chizuk from this "give and take" as well... Excerpts from his letter... I masturbate because I have no bitachon. I am what they call (although I disagree with the term) a "BT," not ...

"You shall not go astray after your hearts and after your eyes" (Numbers 15:39) "After your hearts"- this refers to atheism, "After your eyes: this refers to sexual immorality (Berachot 12b). There are desires that are very difficult to control unless one has been taught ...

Some Tikkunim for sins of the eyes, collected and translated by www.jewishsexuality.com. (Note: These aren't just Tikkunim for the past, but will help you also to control your eyes in the future).   A person who was wont to gaze lustfully at women or at forbidden images ...

Taken from an article on www.jewishsexuality.com It is important to understand that the damage caused by looking at forbidden images is not to the transgressor alone. The eyes are windows to the soul, and the soul is connected to all of the highest spiritual worlds. Thus...

Today is the second day of Adar Alef, which equals = 208 = the name of Pinchas, who was zealous in tikkun habris and killed Zimri when he sinned with the Midianite woman. We too, need to be zealous in fixing ourselves. Sometimes, a person thinks that if he strengthens him...

In honor of Chodesh Adar, let's discuss "Happiness"! One of the leading causes of addiction is an inner void and depression. Hear from Rabbi Avraham Twersky, a renowned psychiatrist who has written over 50 books dealing with human psychology and an expert on dealing wit...

The Holy Zohar, Kedoshim We have learnt that it is forbidden for man to gaze at the beauty of a woman lest evil thoughts be aroused in him and lead him to something worse. When R. Shimon went through the town, followed by the Companions, if he saw a beautiful woman he us...

How does one get rid of lewd thoughts that distract him from his divine service and his purpose in life? They tell a story of a Ba'al Teshuvah who once came to one of the Chassidic Masters with this question. Having done Teshuvah for his past evil ways, he found that he ...

Chaza"l and the Torah are generally very careful to speak in the cleanest language possible. When discussing the impure animals that came into the Ark with Noach, the Torah writes "Take with you seven of each pure animal and two of each animal which is not pure". The Tora...

G-d gave us human beings the gift of imagination, something that no other life form has been endowed with. Without imagination we wouldn't be able to function as human beings, to invent, to progress and to search for the truths of the universe and for G-d. Yet, at the sam...

It is written in the book Rechev Eliyahu that the Yetzer ha Rah tells the person: "Hey, you're not doing anything wrong by looking at women, because your intention is not to enjoy through your eyes, but only to check out if you know this particular woman, and many other t...

Someone once wrote on the forum: I have been in that dark pit. If you listen I will help you out of there. You have to remember. Remember your youth, your younger days, where life was happy and pure. Believe , that is how life is meant to be. The pit is not real (even ...

Sometimes we excuse our behavior and say that the Yetzer Hara causes us not to think straight and therefore we do the wrong thing. But if the Yetzer Hara tried to get us to stick our hand in fire, would we let ourselves get confused? No! So why do we let him muddle our mi...

We recite the first pasuk of kriyas shema four times a day "And you shall love your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength." And Chaza"l say, "even if he takes your life". So why are so many people willing to give up their love of G-d for such...