Repentance

Something that caught my attention while watching the dvd is that Lauryn mentions that part of the reason that people are so unhappy and hide themselves is because of shame or a desire to hide what is weak in them. She mentioned repenting as a means for letting go and being at peace. I went to Ocean and found this passage:

The principle of baptism is purification by repentance. John admonished and exhorted the people, and caused them to repent; then he baptized them. Therefore, it is apparent that this baptism is a symbol of repentance from all sin: its meaning is expressed in these words: "O God! as my body has become purified and cleansed from physical impurities, in the same way purify and sanctify my spirit from the impurities of the world of nature, which are not worthy of the Threshold of Thy Unity!" Repentance is the return from disobedience to obedience. Man, after remoteness and deprivation from God, repents and undergoes purification: and this is a symbol signifying "O God! make my heart good and pure, freed and sanctified from all save Thy love."

(Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 91)

I have always wanted to understand what it means to repent. It seems that it is like saying you are sorry and then showing you are sorry by not doing the same wrong thing again. I know that is crazy simple sounding but maybe it is that simple.