I have been basically keeping up with the conversation without offering my two cents worth, until now when I read the following by LA boy:
“In general mussar is about how bad we are and we�re going to gehinnom so we shouldn�t sin etc. And chassidus is about how great God is and just the very fact that he created us means he loves and we should serve him out of love to him.”
As someone who (proudly) learns both mussar and chassidus, I have to point out that the above is one of the big propaganda lies that has been mouthed by Lubavich for as long as I can remember, and that is quite a long time!
I would venture to claim that LA boy has never learnt mussar! Mussar tells you how to improve yourself and where you need improvement. It does not tell you how we’re going to Gehinom.
And I have an important question for you. If we are not meant to fear Gehinom, why do Chazal mention it and tell us how scary it is?