Hi,
"Among the traits of the spirit is this: When a person
does something he ought not to have done, or he thinks a thought he ought not
to have thought, immediately, feelings of guilt are awakened in him. In truth,
this spiritual trait plays an important role, awakening the person and
demanding that he not return to sin or act in that way again. This is the
normal mode.
"However, one who stumbles in sin… and experiences
feelings of guilt to the point that they occupy his thoughts all day, and who
continually analyzes why and for what reason this happened and the like, and
who cannot focus his thoughts, and who does not learn and pray properly because
his thoughts are disturbed and don’t give him any rest – he should know that
this is not the desire of the Creator, and this is not the proper way to use
this [spiritual] trait."
(In the name of Rabbi Yaakov Kanaievsky, Etzot v'Hadrachot pg. 87)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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