## Likutei Moharan, Part II

###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 10:1:1
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מַה שֶּׁהָעוֹלָם רְחוֹקִים מֵהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ וְאֵינָם מִתְקָרְבִים אֵלָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ, הוּא רַק מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם יִשּׁוּב־הַדַּעַת, וְאֵינָם מְיַשְּׁבִין עַצְמָן. וְהָעִקָּר – לְהִשְׁתַּדֵּל לְיַשֵּׁב עַצְמוֹ הֵיטֵב, מָה הַתַּכְלִית מִכָּל הַתַּאֲווֹת וּמִכָּל עִנְיְנֵי הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, הֵן תַּאֲווֹת הַנִּכְנָסוֹת לַגּוּף, הֵן תַּאֲווֹת שֶׁחוּץ לַגּוּף, כְּגוֹן כָּבוֹד, וְאַזַי בְּוַדַּאי יָשׁוּב אֶל ה':

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
The sole reason that people are distant from God and do not draw closer to Him is that they lack *yishuv ha-daat* and fail to settle their mind. It is essential that a person strive to reflect on the purpose of all the desires and distractions of this world. This includes the desires which are bound up with the body and also the non-physical desires, such as [for] honor. Then he will surely return to God.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 10:2:1
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אַךְ דַּע, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי מָרָה־שְׁחוֹרָה אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהַנְהִיג אֶת הַמֹּחַ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ, וְעַל־כֵּן קָשֶׁה לוֹ לְיַשֵּׁב דַּעְתּוֹ. רַק עַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה יוּכַל לְהַנְהִיג הַמֹּחַ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ, וְיוּכַל לְיַשֵּׁב דַּעְתּוֹ, כִּי שִׂמְחָה הוּא עוֹלָם הַחֵרוּת, בִּבְחִינַת (ישעיהו נ״ה:י״ב): כִּי בְשִׂמְחָה תֵצֵאוּ, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי שִׂמְחָה נַעֲשִׂין בֶּן־חוֹרִין וְיוֹצְאִין מִן הַגָּלוּת.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
**2.** But know! depression makes it impossible to direct the mind the way one wants. It is therefore difficult for a person to attain *yishuv ha-daat*. Only joy enables him to direct the mind as he pleases and attain *yishuv ha- daat*. This is because joy is the realm of freedom, as in “For through joy you will go out” (Isaiah 55:12). Through joy a person becomes free and goes out of exile.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 10:2:2
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וְעַל־כֵּן כְּשֶׁמְּקַשֵּׁר שִׂמְחָה אֶל הַמֹּחַ, אֲזַי מֹחוֹ וְדַעְתּוֹ בֶּן־חוֹרִין, וְאֵינוֹ בִּבְחִינַת גָּלוּת, וַאֲזַי יוּכַל לְהַנְהִיג אֶת מֹחוֹ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ וּלְיַשֵּׁב דַּעְתּוֹ, מֵאַחַר שֶׁמֹּחוֹ בְּחֵרוּת וְאֵינוֹ בְּגָלוּת. כִּי עַל־יְדֵי גָּלוּת אֵין הַדַּעַת מְיֻשָּׁב, כְּמוֹ שֶׁדָּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (מגילה יב:) עַל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וּמוֹאָב, דִּמְיָתְבָא דַּעְתַּיְהוּ מֵחֲמַת שֶׁלֹּא הָלְכוּ בְּגָלוּת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיהו מ״ח:י״א): שַׁאֲנַן מוֹאָב מִנְּעוּרָיו וְכוּ', וּבַגּוֹלָה לֹא הָלָךְ, עַל כֵּן עָמַד טַעְמוֹ בּוֹ וְכוּ':

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Therefore, by binding the mind to joy, a person’s mind and *daat* are then free and he is not conceptually in exile. As a result, he can direct his mind as he pleases and attain *yishuv ha-daat*, since his mind is free and not in exile. For exile unsettles the mind, as our Sages, of blessed memory, taught regarding the Ammonites and Moabites. Their minds were settled because they were never exiled, as it is stated (Jeremiah 48:11) : “Moab has been at ease from his youth on… and never gone into exile. Therefore, its fine flavor has remained…” (Megillah 12b).


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 10:3:1
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וְלָבוֹא לְשִׂמְחָה הוּא עַל־יְדֵי מַה שֶּׁמּוֹצֵא בְּעַצְמוֹ אֵיזֶה נְקֻדָּה טוֹבָה עַל־כָּל־פָּנִים, כַּמְבֹאָר עַל פָּסוּק: אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹקַי בְּעוֹדִי (בְּלִקּוּטֵי הָרִאשׁוֹן, בְּסִימָן רפב), עַיֵּן שָׁם.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
**3.** The way a person achieves joy is by finding in himself at least some good point, as in the explanation of the verse “I will sing to God with the little I have left” (Psalms 146:2; Likutey Moharan I, 282). See there.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 10:3:2
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וְעַל־כָּל־פָּנִים יֵשׁ לוֹ לִשְׂמֹחַ בַּמֶּה שֶׁזָּכָה לִהְיוֹת מִזֶּרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁלֹּא עָשַׂנִי גּוֹי, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁאָנוּ אוֹמְרִין: בָּרוּךְ אֱלֹקֵינוּ שֶׁבְּרָאָנוּ לִכְבוֹדוֹ, וְהִבְדִּילָנוּ וְכוּ' וְנָתַן לָנוּ תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת וְכוּ'. מִכָּל זֶה וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה רָאוּי לוֹ לִקַּח לוֹ שִׂמְחָה לְשַׂמֵּחַ דַּעְתּוֹ כַּנַּ"ל.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
No matter what, a person can rejoice that he is privileged to be from the seed of Israel—“for not having made me a gentile”—and as we say: “Blessed is our God, Who created us for His glory, separated us… and gave us the Torah of truth….” It is fitting that he be happy about all this and similar such things in order to gladden his mind.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 10:3:3
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וְזֶה בְּחִינַת (שבת עז:): בְּדִיחָא דַּעְתֵּהּ, שֶׁהוּא דָּבָר גָּדוֹל, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁמְּקַשֵּׁר הַשִּׂמְחָה לְמֹחוֹ וְדַעְתּוֹ, וַאֲזַי הַמֹּחַ מְשֻׁחְרָר, וְיֵשׁ לוֹ יִשּׁוּב־הַדַּעַת כַּנַּ"ל, וְגַם לְמַעְלָה נַעֲשֶׂה מִזֶּה יִחוּד גָּדוֹל עַל־יְדֵי בְּדִיחָא דַּעְתֵּהּ:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
This is the meaning of “of a jovial mind” (Shabbat 77b), which is a great thing. It refers to his binding joy to his mind and *daat*, so that with the mind set free he attains *yishuv ha-daat*. And also on high, a great unification is made by his being “of a jovial mind.”