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The Most Important Are the Mind and the Heart
49. The Most Important Are the Mind and the Heart
I heard on Thursday, Vayera, November 6, 1952
There should be a preparation on the discernment of “mind,” in that same work which refers to the quality of faith. This means that if one is negligent in the work of faith, he falls to a state of wanting only knowledge, which is a Klipa [shell], which is against the Shechina [Divinity]. Hence, one’s work is to strengthen the discernment of “mind” every time.
Similarly, if one feels negligence in the work of the heart, he must strengthen the work that relates to the quality of “heart,” and perform opposite operations, meaning affliction of the body, which is the opposite of the will to receive. The difference between negligence in the work of the mind and the work of the heart is that there is an evil Klipa [shell] against the mind that can prompt a state of “pondering the beginning.”
Hence, one must perform opposite actions, meaning in every renewal of the discernment of “mind” he will take upon himself remorse for the past and acceptance of the future. One can receive the source that causes it from the discernment of “still.” And the matter of the clothing of faith is a perpetual and eternal thing. Hence, one will always have it as a measurement if one’s work is clean or not, since the clothing of Shechina departs only due to a flaw, either in the mind or in the heart.