Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Acknowledgements

01:17 Understanding the Struggles of Repetition

02:00 The Danger of Self-Perception as a Failure

03:00 Losing Interest and Excitement

04:38 The Cycle of Effort and Disappointment

08:49 The Charlie Brown Analogy

17:40 The Mistake in Thinking: Defeating the Yetzer

26:48 Desperation and Longing for a Greater Self

27:58 Challenges After the Churban

29:06 Facing the New Yetzer Hara

30:01 The Deceptive Nature of the Yetzer Hara

31:01 The Cycle of Defeating the Yetzer Hara

35:20 The Honest Fight Against the Yetzer Hara

37:32 The Declaration of Independence of a Jew

40:10 The Strategy of the Yetzer Hara

48:43 The Story of Reb Zusha and the Tree of Knowledge