Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tov Meod - Part 12

There are two possibilities: 1] We can have a yetzer for the other gender. 2] We are not interested.

EITHER way it will be difficult. If we are cursed with 2] then we will not have the joy of having a spouse, children, stable family life, the thrill of being in love etc. etc. If we are blessed with 1] then we will have all of the above and in addition we will have the THRILL of overcoming our more base desires. The mussar masters teach that there is no more exquisite pleasure than overcoming desire and being in control.

Restraint gives you the title that soooo many of those walking on two legs lack.

"Human being".

This is a guest shiur I heard at Toras Shraga on this very topic. What hashgacha that he spoke about the very topic we have been treating so thoroughly!