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Re: Thanks 22 Dec 2009 04:15 #36629

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Second call! nobody ?
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Re: Thanks 22 Dec 2009 11:40 #36754

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mgsbms,
welcome back!
and what do you think about your recurring,
yet spaced out falls?
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Re: Thanks 22 Dec 2009 13:01 #36810

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mgsbms, I quoted you in Chizuk e-mail #660...

One of the most meaningful things that we can take out of a fall after a long clean streak - besides for brushing up on our defenses and strengthening our barriers, is simply the humility that we get when we realize that in spite of how well we were doing, we were able to fall - just like that. And that humility renews our connection with Hashem. The more we feel how much we NEED Hashem's constant mercy and help each day, the more connected and dependant we are on Him.

This kesher is so precious, that sometimes for that alone Hashem brings a Tzadik like you, to fall.
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Re: Thanks 23 Dec 2009 00:05 #37056

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That's an insight ! thanks Rebbe ! although I'm not so clear with the concept that hashem makes us fall, it's a little tricky

"Struggle"  I'm asking what you say, thanks
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Re: Thanks 23 Dec 2009 00:17 #37059

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mgsbms wrote on 23 Dec 2009 00:05:

That's an insight ! thanks Rebbe ! although I'm not so clear with the concept that hashem makes us fall, it's a little tricky


Read #6 of the Attitude Handbook...

See also: www.guardureyes.com/GUE/FAQ/FAQ20.asp

And here: www.guardureyes.com/GUE/FAQ/FAQ38.asp
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Re: Thanks 23 Dec 2009 04:16 #37105

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thanks Guard I'll look into it
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Re: Thanks 23 Dec 2009 15:08 #37187

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mgsbms wrote on 23 Dec 2009 00:05:

"Struggle"  I'm asking what you say, thanks


I did not miss that point.
However, I am asking you what you say...
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Re: Thanks 27 Dec 2009 08:33 #38250

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YOU ARE SOMEBODY SPECIAL!!!
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Re: Thanks 27 Dec 2009 09:17 #38305

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Please READ and VOTE on this new poll I just created over here: rehab-my-site.com/guardureyes/forum/index.php?topic=1427.0
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Re: Thanks 11 Feb 2010 22:34 #52792

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Hi everyone! i didn't update my post for some time if anyone is following my spot on the wall of honor surely realized that I'm some what of a yo yo lately, after two long streaks it seams like i can't get my head out of the sand maybe winter blues i don't know. what happens is after 2-3-4 weeks i fall for a day or so (even with a filter), any suggestions ? ???
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Re: Thanks 14 Feb 2010 13:19 #53077

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The original successes were to show you that you can do it... But that's not enough. Obviously this is a major part of your tikkun in this world. If that's the case, Hashem doesn't want you just to "beat it" and move on. Each time you fall, He is giving you another opportunity to start from square 1 and build yourself up. None of those times are lost. Slowly, each time you start over, adds another brick to the wall. Eventually, the wall will be complete and you'll succeed for the long term. Meanwhile, focus only on today, cuz that's all we got.

BTW. Are you following the tools in the handbook? If you keep falling, it may mean it's time for the next tool, whether it's joining a 12-Step group by phone, in real life, or therapy, etc...
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Re: Thanks 14 Feb 2010 14:23 #53081

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I haven't read your whole thread, yet, but I just want to say that I'm very impressed - no matter what else is happening, you're still here!

You rock!
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Re: Thanks 15 Feb 2010 15:20 #53351

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Thanks for the chizuk !
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Re: Thanks 22 Jun 2015 02:54 #257337

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mggsbms wrote:
It came to my mind something that has been bothering me for a while, it is often stated on this forum the importance of not giving up and that even if you fall hashem is waiting for you to repent and start again, there is a well known mishneh in masechet yuma "haomer echte veushiv ein maspikin beyodo lasos teshuva" who ever says I will act out and then repent from heaven they don't give him the opportunity to repent, I have found that when acting out the way my psyche deals with the guilt is by telling myself this is just one time and i will be better tomorrow (I don't think I'm the only one that uses this mechanism) isn't this a road block to teshuvah ?
As I'm writing this I recall a vort from one of the tzadikim who on a play with the words "maspikin" says there is no safek meaning there is no question that beyodo lasos teshuva, but obviously this is not the simple meaning of the mishnah.
By the way still going strong 11 1/2 WKS  b"h


as there was a sightin' and a hearin' from one of the ziknei ha'site, I thought it appropriate to "bump" one of his posts.

Mggsbmggms was very active on the Mikvah thread; he was da guy advocatin' channelin' all your lustful desires to the wife. There were others who were vehemently against that. I was gonna bump one of those posts, but then I'd be accused of negi'us.

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Re: Thanks 10 Jan 2016 04:10 #273800

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mggsbms wrote:
Hi! every one i didn't update this forum for a while, I have a few things to shake out so i'll get right to it. before i joined this site i was slipping and falling on a daily bases for about a year not the real stufff, but i was getting there. then besyata d' shmaya i found this sight a few days after pesach i had a clean streak for four months and then fell for a few days at the end of august then i had another clean streak from beginning of elul till i  fell again this week without rhyme or reason, I really don't understand what's behind it, because while i had the clean streaks i hardly had to fight just reading the emails and counting the days was a great motivator but then "boom", maybe somebody has some insight how to understand this and give me some help it shouldn't happen again.
second point i opened today's email after being depressed for two days after my fall and was shocked to see that it was written just for me, with out going in to details because i feel it could cause chilul hashem etc. I was able to identify with this quote fully -  "To compound those feelings, I am involved in Avodas Hakodesh, so while people are looking to me for inspiration, I'm sometimes involved in things that if they had the slightest clue of, they would pillory me in the town square. This makes me feel even more like a fake and a fraud, despite the fact that all I really want to do in my life is bring people closer to Avinu Shebashamayim. Many times, I have thought about quitting my job, recognizing that I'll never really be able to inspire others if there's no gas in my fuel tank, but I'm reminded of the fish's response to Rabbi Akiva, "If in the water, the place of our life, we need to fear, how much more so on dry land, the place of our death!" So I guess I will try to stay close to the water. Besides all the teaching I do, I personally learn for hours every day, sometimes immediately followed by a most inglorious session of shmutz!. I just keep trying to slog through the muck"  -   so much so that it felt like someone was reading my mind, and i must add it gave me tremendous amount of chizuk that i'm not alone in this kind of conflict, but this is all more the cause for the marbitzei torah on this forum to show the way of milchemes hayetzer and not let it take over our lives !




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