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In Your bountiful mercy, please merit me to really acquire the true paths of humility, as You desire. But I am ignorant, I know no way to find the true paths of humility. You have already revealed to us that, You do not wish us to be content with ‘small brains’, with minimum perception. We have to force ourselves with all our strength in all types of service, especially during prayer, to escape from these ‘small brains’ and reach expanded consciousness. On the other hand, You have revealed to us, how despicable and hateful pride is. It is abhorred by G-d, as it says “Every haughty heart is an abomination of G-d” (Proverbs 15,5). It is considered as idol worship. So, now please teach and guide me how someone as ignorant as myself can find the true path of how to behave in such a way that I can pray with all my heart, in joy and with expanded consciousness. Let me raise my heart in the ways of G-d. Nevertheless, may I have no element of pride in my heart or any ulterior motives in mind. Rather, merit me to true humility, as You desire. Grant me the humility of Moshe who was humbler than any other person on earth.
Master of the Universe, You know all the innumerous confusions I have about this, especially when praying, for I do not know any clear path to acquire servility and humility while not falling into false humility, which is called flattery. Help me never to let my mind fall but, rather, let me be strong, with holy boldness, in anything I need to strengthen myself in. May I always strengthen myself with joy and happiness. Help me to know how to relate to other people. I know I have to be strong and bold as a leopard against all those who oppose, obstruct, confuse or weaken my resolve to follow the paths of the true tzaddikim, especially in this generation, in the heels of Meshiach. In this, a person must not be humble, servile or lowly against them. On the contrary, one has to be as bold as a leopard against them so that they cannot obstruct me or cause my resolve to falter. You know how much mercy and salvation I need in order to merit to all this for I am really far away, in the extreme from true humility. Humility is greater that all else. Because of my immense distance from You, even to pray for this is almost impossible for me. However, nothing is beyond You. You can merit me also to true humility in such a way that I will see myself as lower than everybody. Let me recognize my own lowliness and yet be firm and strong in my resolve against those who confuse, weaken or prevent me from serving You. Please merit me to draw upon myself the holiness of the humility of Moshe our teacher. Protect me and save me from false servility and humility which is not what You desire.
Father in Heaven, answer my prayers for You alone are my hopes. To You alone, I call. To Your salvation alone I wait expectantly. I am poor and destitute, G-d quickly come to my aid. You are my aid and shelter. G-d, please don’t delay.
Amen and Amen.
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The main form of serving G-d is only through complete purity and simplicity, without any wisdoms or philosophical inquiries. This is the essence of the real ultimate purpose (of life). And the truth is, it is a severe prohibition to be a philosopher, Heaven forbid, and to study philosophical books. Only the very great tzaddik can pursue this, to learn the seven wisdoms (see Lekutei Moharan,Pt.1, Torah 64). For there is a stumbling block in each and every wisdom which is an aspect of Amalek for Amalek was a philosopher and inquirer and he came to deny all faith. And by this stumbling block one can come to fall, Heaven forbid. But the very great tzaddik, who is an aspect of Moshe, our teacher, when he enters these seven wisdoms he holds himself and remains in his place by way of faith, in the aspect of "The tzaddik lives by his faith"(Chabakuk,2:4). For "A tzaddik falls seven times and yet rises up again"(Proverbs, 24:16). That's to say, the great tzaddik goes through these seven wisdoms and even though people can slip and fall in them because of the stumbling block, an aspect of Amalek, nevertheless "he rises" by way of faith, as mentioned. This is "A tzaddik falls seven times and yet rises up again" – "Sheva y'pol tzaddik v'kam- the final letters spell A-m(a)-l(e)-k who is the stumbling block of the seven wisdoms through which people fall, Heaven forbid. The tzaddik stands and rises and strengthens himself through faith. But for simple people it is a great prohibition for them to delve into books of their philosophy. And even Jewish books that talk about philosophical ideas mustn't not be looked into at all; they cause a lot of damage to our holy faith which is the foundation of everything. Thank the Lord that now there are now many very holy books full of ethical teachings regarding fear of G-d, without any philosophy at all. They are not based on the understanding of the Greek philosophers, may their names be wiped out. Rather, the foundations of these holy books are in the loftiest of holy places, base on the words of our Sages in the Gemorra and Midrashim and especially based on the words of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai and his students. Study them carefully, again and again. Learn them specifically and not those books which have mixed into them the understanding of the gentiles who deny all faith and who are an aspect of Amalek. Be hasty to save your soul from them and their kind; then you will retain your soul for the treasury of eternal life, for ever and ever, for all eternity.