Secular SELF HELP books and Divine Torah Mussar
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1:24So the self-help gurus of the world, what do they tell you? You're late, you're lazy, you're this, you're that. All your deficiencies, they remind you of them. Stop it and do better. But because it doesn't obligate you to do anything because you already paid the fee, you don't care if they tell you it. You say, wow, he's right. He's a genius. Wow, he told me to wake up at 6 o'clock in the morning? Wow, what an innovation. Wow, he told me to study until 1 o'clock in the morning? Wow. Think about it for myself and reflect. Wow, this guy is like... it was worth the $5,000. You understand? Why? They're not telling you anything different than me. They're telling you you're lazy. They're telling you you're not doing enough. They're telling you you're not working hard enough. They're telling you you need to improve. They're telling you all those things. Same thing. It's just that... They're not obligating you. They're not telling you that if you don't do it, there's going to be a punishment. They're telling you, whether you do it or not, it doesn't make a difference to me. You still pay me. Whether you do it or not, it doesn't make a difference. So you feel like you've already done half the job anyway. I paid the guy. Whether I do it or not, it's my responsibility. Whereas with somebody that's teaching you Mussar, teaching you Yirat Shamayim, number one, you're not paying. And number two, if you don't do it, you're in serious trouble. And it has nothing to do with me.
2:50That's the difference. That's the difference between secular studies and Torah studies. So when an Erev Rav, a fake rabbi, removes the yirat shamayim, removes the yirat shamayim aspect of the Torah, then what he's doing in reality is that he's teaching something that's divine the same way that you teach a secular book. A secular book. He's turning Hashem, His Torah, into a history book. And that's why he's Erev Rav. So if your rabbi is teaching you Torah like it's a history book, he's Erev Rav. Any questions?
