Is Mussar the New Kabbalah?
2002 saw me deeply depressed, physically more ill than ever and exhausted. 2002 also saw me get sucked into something horrible by someone I had mistakenly trusted for years. That trust was a hideous mistake. In the two years that followed this person who led me to believe they were my lifeline of sanity in an environment of oppression and abuse - twisted my mind, shattered my heart and lead me down the road to perdition. To a place where I didn't know myself, I was saying and doing things I would never have done under normal circumstances and where my emotions and trust were raped repeatedly. In the months that followed, with a lot of help - I forced myself back on track. The track of doing the right thing. This person had suggested Mussar to me. This person followed a lot of marketing/ mind control tactics and had a great way of giving me something with one hand - while lying and coercing me to do the polar opposite with the other. But I did look into Mussar - and I am stil...