The tools that strengthen a person on the spiritual path, called the help that the Torah provides, are: good mood, inspiration, uplifted spirit, daily routine, support of friends, various responsibilities.

I organize all of this around myself so that I constantly desire to advance along the spiritual path. And if suddenly I don’t desire it, then at least I feel obligated, ashamed not to do something, and pressured by the group.

I create all kinds of support systems like this around me so they hold me, don’t let me escape, and compel me, so that every minute I try to gain benefit and make an effort. And it never happens that I try to put in effort and receive no response. It is just that sometimes the response comes on such inner levels that I don’t yet feel it, until it is revealed.

But we must constantly and persistently apply effort, as it is said, “Penny by penny accumulates into a great fortune”; we should not disregard this. We progress not in leaps, but through the tiniest, most detailed actions.
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From the Toronto Kabbalah Convention 9/18/11, “We Are for the World”

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