G-d,
I want to break down
every barrier
that separates me
from You.
I want to lay out before You
the parts of myself I love,
and the parts I despise;
the parts of myself that are healthy,
and the parts that need healing;
the parts I feel secure enough to speak of,
and the insecurities
I haven’t the courage to share. (The Gentle Weapon, p. 29**) We encourage hearing your feedback and may anonymously publish great remarks. Please send email to: [email protected] *“The Empty Chair: Finding Hope and Joy – Timeless Wisdom from a Hasidic Master, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov” by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Adapted by Moshe Mykoff and The Breslov Research Institute, 1994. Permission granted by Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, www.jewishlights.com. **“The Gentle Weapon: Prayers for Everyday and Not-So-Everyday Moments – Timeless Wisdom from the Teachings of the Hasidic Master, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov” by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Adapted by Moshe Mykoff & S.C. Mizrahi with the Breslov Research Institute, 1999. Permission granted by Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, www.jewishlights.com. Feedback:I cannot thank you enough… When i read Reb Noson’s bio-all I wanted to do was to be able to take down his enemies. It was when i finished that sefer that i really begun to understand what an iron rotzon and fearless one Reb Noson is.
Kol Tov and keep up the good works!
Anon. This is one of the essential teachings concerning ALL of us. Not being able to let go, we are stuck, we cannot do hisbodedus because all those burdens of the past are haunting us. Taking the Tzaddik’s hand we can cross the narrow bridge. We can free ourselves, forget about the negative things in the past torturing us and reach the ONE who matters.
PS.: Not being able to forget the seemingly negative things of the past, which sometimes make us angry and, consequently, sick often is nothing else but being on an ego trip, which means, strictly speaking, being idolatrous (G’D forbid). Just give it a thought …..
YW Shalom. Is so refreshing to the neshamah to read these words, they come to my soul and heal all the pain and the loneliness. It is good to know that Hashem is with me–“no fear”.
Thank you!
NG As I read this, I am sitting in a hospital operatory waiting for two
doctors to perform a biopsy. Imagine the gift of Reb nachman’s words.
Many thanks.
MS
Ps. I got very favorable results |