A Center For Spiritual Learning
Return
T'shuva is the way to come back to hashem, to harmony. It litterally means "to return" unlike repentence which discribes a person reasoning with his condition of the yatzer hara "the evil inclination" and asking G-d to forgive him is only half of the process. Repentence alone does not bring closure to the seperation created between you and G-d by falling into the temptation created by the yatzer hara.
One does not only have to repent but after having repented one must do T'shuva "return" to G-d. And the way this is performed is by closely following his mitzvah's "commandments". As it is written "draw close to me and I'll draw close to you", but how do we draw close to G-d if G-d is everywhere? Surely this seems to be alluding to some kind of a metaphore, or is it?
The person when is entangled by the trappings of the yatzer hara is left feeling empty, void of any good emotions, insecure, lonely, afraid, angry and realizing this is good and it can be the 1st step unto progress.
These emotions are only telling you of your seperation from the "source".
But knowing you have a negative condition because these emotions are telling you so, is not going to magically make them disapear.
Emotions tell us something about our condition wether they are negative or possitive, just as a headache tells us that there is a part of our brain that has been over stimulated, causing electrical signals to warn us in order for us to relieve the problem.
The next step upon realizing that you have a condition of seperation from G-d should then be to repent and return to him by following his commandments.
G-d is forever merciful as it is written "His mercy endureth forever" since we have a Father who is so merciful he has provided his word to bring you closer to himself so that you might not die in your sins but have eternal life.
So, have you been asking yourself, what is the soul of a rightouse person like? The soul of a rightouse person is one who walks the straight path towards hashem's mitzvot "the commandments of G-d" and performs them with simcha "joy" along with tzeddaka "charity" and t'filla "prayer" but always knowing their acknowlegdement and (not) rejection of the cornerstone, which is... Yeshua hamoshiach.
So, don't be on the side of those builders who rejected the stone which for us has become the cornerstone, avoid them if possible!
