Why Can't We See The Truth Before Doing TeShuva? (3 minutes)
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Transcript
1:36Oh Hashem, we've done teshuva. I try to teach, I try to do. But you have to do teshuva. Teshuva is not just a one-time thing, and it's over. Teshuva is an active process. If you are doing serious teshuva, it's not uncommon to be disgusted by yourself. Because right now you have something pure, and back then you were as far from it as possible. So the question is, why is it that we didn't know that it was disgusting when we were in it. For the same reason that a rat doesn't think that the food in the garbage is garbage. He's become part of it. When you're part of the garbage, you don't know that it's garbage. When a guy works in the public restroom, he's been around it so much that he doesn't notice the smell anymore. Why is this significant? Because before we begin to connect to Hashem (God), we may not realize the spiritual state we're in. It's only after distancing ourselves from these negative influences that we truly appreciate the difference and strive to come closer to spiritual purity. Whistling like Rabbi Mizrachi does in his lectures. He's whistling. He's inside a bathroom that's completely filthy and disgusting. Everyone that comes in immediately covers their face and holds their breath, eager to leave. But the guy is working, whistling, and enjoying himself. Why? Well, he doesn't smell it. He's become part of it. He's become used to it. Before we connect to Hashem, we have no idea.
3:04what danger we're in. We have no idea what filth we're in. And the only way for us to know is by adding a little bit of purity to our lives.
