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for the good. Therefore, the initial and central work wholeness. Then we can cry out to Hashem with all our might and
of my will is to believe that everything is for the good. with all sorts of expressions and tell Hashem, “You must save me!”
In order to attain that faith, I must learn His Gates Then we can persevere, muster arguments, and demand salvation
with Thanksgiving and I Said Thank You and I Was immediately.
Saved, and every day I must devote at least half an hour The main focus is to want to attain this. If a person does not want
to the work of the will to attain complete faith. to attain this, even after he does the work of the will for years,

he will progress very slowly. But when a person wants to attain
Although the books of our generation certainly cannot be wholeness of the will, heaven will guide him. It will help him pray
compared to the works of earlier generations, when it comes to with wholeness and receive whole and true salvations very quickly.
practical advice, it is worthwhile learning contemporary books.
They have the tremendous advantage of having been written by
authors who have encountered and experienced the problems of In Summation
this generation, who understand the generation and its special
difficulties, and who relate to and can answer its specific questions. Dear reader, know that the universal message of the holy Gemara
For instance, My Covenant of Peace addresses the harm done and of all of the stories told above—the stories that our holy rabbi,
by modern technological devices, and In the Garden of Wisdom Rabbi Nachman, relates about himself and the story of the student
relates to self-blame and lack of self-esteem. Even if the ideas who almost drowned in the sea—provides us with a practical,
presented in these books appear simple and familiar to you, they wonderful method to attain all spiritual salvation. This method is
are deeper than the sea. the true path that has been walked upon by all of the tzaddikim.
In speaking about this, Rabbi Nachman said that his way is a new
Thus, when you review such ideas over and over again, you will way, yet nevertheless it is a way upon which our forefathers walked.
be amazed at the depth that you will find in them. The goal of
learning is not only to know the material but to internalize it into We must serve Hashem with fervor. The statement, “The main
your heart. And you accomplish that when you review the material thing is the will,” does not mean that we do not need to actually do
over and over, and devote your prayers to it. anything, heaven forbid. The true meaning is that we must arouse
our will with all our might. A person must come to Hashem with
Hearing Torah the will to cry out to Him. Hashem can and wants to give us all of
the tools that we need so that we may at this very moment cling
and truly bond to Him. This perfect tool is the wholeness of the
Similarly, our generation is the recipient of a wonderful gift: the will. Cry out to Hashem with all your might from all your heart,
ability to listen to audio recordings on every conceivable topic. and you will see how you change from day to day.
In general, much more practical material can be presented on an
audio recording than in a book, and material on an audio recording
is internalized much better than material learned from a book,
because it echoes in the listener’s mind. Many students have told
me that at the moment that they faced a challenge, they were saved
by the words that they had heard in my classes or on a recording,
which echoed in their ears.