ieeyc wrote on 25 Dec 2017 19:11:
Dov wrote on 14 Jan 2010 17:27:
Ditto, EsaEinai .... BTW, my experience tells me that the reason it doesn't work at all as long as I focus on personal change in this area alone, is not because He is mean or punishes me, rather, it is because as long as I held fast onto the idea that "I was A-OK - except for this embarrassing problem" - I was never really open for His help at all. Having temporary tidal waves of sincere teshuva is just plain silly.
Disclaimer :if anyone takes the following post as a sign of disrespect to R` Dov ,is missing my point ,as i only have the highest respect for this man who i have recieved much chizuk in the past year and a half that ive been recieving chizuk emails from gye
R` Dov ,as for those temporary tidal waves of sincere teshuva which you feel are plain silly ,would you mind donating them to my account since i think i know of a place where i could get top dollar for them after a 120, and nope , i dont mean in gehinom.