Rabbi Nachman teaches, You cannot always prevent bad thoughts from entering your mind. However, you do have the power to reject them once you become aware of them. This is very important, because this is how you can make amends for sins you may have committed earlier on in your… Read More »MASTER YOUR THOUGHTS AND TEMPTATIONS
Rabbi Nachman teaches, The main cause of attacks of lustful cravings is depression. You should therefore make every effort to be happy at all times. Even if you fall into thick mud and find it extremely hard to escape, just scream and scream and scream. Some people also worry over… Read More »THE CAUSE OF LUSTFUL CRAVINGS
Rabbi Nachman teaches, When I was a boy I was very afraid of death. Exactly when I was most frightened of dying, I would ask God that I should die sanctifying His name. This lasted a long time – I don’t remember how long – but I know it was… Read More »AFRAID OF DEATH
Rabbi Nachman teaches, When a person repeats a lie twice, it becomes the truth for him. Having repeated it twice, he believes it is the truth. Not only does he deceive himself; he even has the power to deceive others and to cause such intense concealment that it seems as… Read More »A REPEATED LIE BECOMES THE TRUTH
Rabbi Nachman teaches, God created the world out of love – in order to reveal His love – for without the creation, to whom would He show His love? Accordingly He brought about the entire creation from the beginning of the highest spiritual world of Atzilut down to the end… Read More »GOD CREATED THE WORLD OUT OF LOVE
Rabbi Nachman teaches, The true wisdom of the Kabalah begins where philosophy and science end. Philosophers and scientists can speculate only within the limits of the physical world. Their knowledge may reach as far as the stars and galaxies, but beyond that they know absolutely nothing. Even their theories about… Read More »HIS GREATNESS IS UNFATHOMABLE
Rabbi Nachman teaches, When a person falls from his level he should know that this is sent from Heaven. The purpose of the apparent rejection is to draw him closer. The reason for the fall is to spur the person to make even greater efforts to draw closer to God.… Read More »REJECTION FOR DRAWING CLOSER
Rabbi Nachman teaches, It is a great mitzvah to be happy always! Make every effort to maintain a happy, positive outlook at all times. It is a natural human tendency to become discouraged and depressed because of the hard sh i ps of life: everyone has their full share of… Read More »THE MITZVAH TO BE HAPPY, ALWAYS!
Rabbi Nachman teaches, Within the bounds G-d has set for man’s intelligence it is a great mitzvah, a positive duty, to sharpen the mind and understand as clearly as possible whatever the human mind is capable of grasping. However, there are certain questions (such as the paradox of man’s free… Read More »NONE WHO GO TO HER RETURN
Rabbi Nachman teaches, Believe in God with pure, simple faith without trying to understand things philosophically. Most ordinary people may appear to be far from philosophy yet almost everyone is sunk in it to some degree. Even young children often have confusing theories. Cleanse your mind and heart of philosophy.… Read More »PURE, SIMPLE FAITH
