Rabbi Nachman teaches, “I have strayed like a lost sheep: seek out Your servant” (Psalms 119:176). When a person sins, it makes a big difference if he comes to his senses at once and repents, in which case it is easy for him to return to his place because he… Read More »A CALL TO THE PATH OF GOOD SENSE
Rabbi Nachman teaches, G-d shows us great kindness by governing the world with individual providence and through the laws of nature. When people are good, G-d deals with them providentially, in a way that goes beyond nature. However if G-d were to oversee the life of an undeserving person in… Read More »PARADOX OF NATURE
Rabbi Nachman teaches, How precious is the sigh of a Jew! The very sigh brings fulfillment of his needs. For the world was created through the breath, which is the life spirit: ” . and through the breath of His mouth all their hosts” (Psalms 33:6) . The renewal of… Read More »LIFE SPIRIT
Rabbi Nachman teaches, If you want to return to G-d you must make yourself into a new creation. You can do this with a sigh! Man never stops breathing – releasing the stale air and drawing in fresh air. Our very lives depend on this. The physical air we breathe… Read More »WITH A SIGH
Rabbi Nachman teaches, To come to complete Teshuvah you must pass through all the places where you were prior to your Teshuvah. When you encounter exactly the same temptations as you experienced before, you must avert your eyes and control your impulses in order not to repeat what you did… Read More »CONTROL YOUR IMPULSES
Rabbi Nachman teaches, When after a life devoted to worldliness a person feels an arousal to G-d, the attribute of Judgment rises to accuse him and does not permit him to follow G-d’s ways. It does this by confronting him with an obstacle. But G-d loves kindness and hides Himself… Read More »WITHIN OBSTACLES
Rabbi Nachman teaches, Everybody wants to revere G-d’s Name but not everyone is able to repent. Sometimes a person feels no arousal whatever. Even one who is aroused to repent may not reach his unique gate of Teshuvah, and even if he does, it could be that the gate is… Read More »“THE MAN WHO RAISED THE YOKE”
Rabbi Nachman teaches, Be totally honest when you speak to G-d. Accustom yourself to talking so honestly that your heart is aroused and the words start pouring forth with fire and passion. As you draw closer to G-d you will see your own smallness and insignificance in comparison with His… Read More »HUMBLE HONESTY
Rabbi Nachman teaches, Every person must minimize his own glory and maximize G-d’s glory. For one who pursues glory attains not G-d’s glory but only the glory of kings, of which it is said: “The glory of kings is subject to investigation” (Proverbs 25:2) . For then everyone investigates who… Read More »MAXIMIZE G-D’S GLORY
Rabbi Nachman teaches, You may be in some place when suddenly you have a thought of Teshuvah and a deep longing for G-d. Stop then and there in that very place and take a moment to focus on the thought and the feeling of longing. Turn them into a prayer.… Read More »THOUGHTS OF TESHUVAH
