Hanefesh: Inspiring Words of Encouragement

The world we know of is unbelievably big, Then there is the spiritual world which we don't even know of, There are thousands of worlds, and millions of angels, and trillions of beings, and they are all completely annihilated before God's greatness, yet God forgets everything in the world and just takes care of you. Please remember how holy it is to be a Yiddeleh, a simple Jew. Don't you know God created you to learn Torah and to fix the world? Do you know that every holy thought you have makes a crown for God? if you really make yourself strong, then a flow of sweetness and purity and holiness flows right into you, and all the gates of light and joy are open for you. Just keep away from sadness, from all evil sadness. I know it takes a lot of strength, but realize what you are doing! Utilize the strength of the whole world; the whole great, awesome and holy world is waiting for you! Even the angels in Heaven can't do anything without you. How can you leave that which is so sweet and so beautiful, and exchange it for something which is meaningless? How can you spend one hour with nothing, when you could spend it in great Heavenly bliss? How can you be so cruel to yourself?

It is very hard in the beginning. It is true that at the beginning you don't feel anything, but you have already felt the other side. Doing nothing, you felt the joy of doing nothing. Why don't you give yourself a chance once to try how it feels when you do something? It's hard, but keep it up. Give yourself a try. Maybe you'll get there.

Please remember who you are. Don't you know you come from the most hidden, most awesome, most beautiful, most blissful world? Don't you know that your soul comes from such a place that it cannot live without having bliss? How can you suddenly become an ugly pauper, digging in the garbage pail while all the gates of Heaven are open for you? Instead of serving God, why do you serve a slave? Do you know how many lights you could draw upon yourself with every holy word, with every holy thought?

My child, my child, put everything you have into being happy. Rejoice every second in God and His learning. All the evil in the world is focused on dragging the joy out of your heart. As long as you stay completely filled with joy, evil cannot touch you, but the moment you are not happy anymore, you are capable of doing evil, God forbid. I know you have a heavy burden on your shoulders Can you please let it go for one minute? Put it on God's shoulders for one minute and you will see how suddenly the world will be light!

Have you ever gained anything by being sad? Nothing. You yourself know how much you gain by being happy. You can go through all the trials and tests of life when you are happy, when you are joyous, but even if you are the holiest greatest Lire in the world, the moment you are sad you don't have strength for the slightest test in life. Oy!

The evil voice that comes to you and says, "You're so low, you're nothing, you're not worthy to serve God," is the same little evil voice which tells you to be sad all your life. Don't listen to it! Even if you only did one good thing in your life, that's enough to dance about! Isn't it enough just to know that you are a Yiddeleh a simple Jew.? Isn't it enough to think that God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, is listening to every word you utter? How can you think you are nothing when God is listening to you? If you stand before God and tell Him, "Please God, tell me how to serve You," don't you know He is ready to answer you instantly?

Every falling down is because you didn't trust God enough, you didn't believe enough, and because you didn't trust and didn't believe, you were so sad that you didn't have strength to do anything. I am pleading and crying and rolling in ashes before you, and begging you, please, for five minutes when you pray, open the gates of your soul, let the gates of Heaven open, and let the great light and purity flow into you. Open your eyes so the light of Heaven can touch them and you will be able to see. When you are sad your eyes are closed, and when you are happy your eyes are open.

Believe me, God knows all your worries, and He is taking care of them. In the meantime just do your share. It is not enough to just be happy; you have to tie yourself to happiness, like tying yourself to a pillar with a rope. If you tie yourself to joy it supports you and suddenly you have all the energy you need to do what you have to do. The energy comes from the pillar of joy, and you are tied to it!