אות-ג

And regarding the matter of hisbodidus, and conversing between oneself and his Maker, and the recital of Psalms, and entreaties, and supplications, it is very good when one merits to say them with a truly whole heart, until he merits to cry before Hashem Yisburach like a son who cries before his father. However, he said, that when a person says Psalms, and entreaties, and supplications, and he thinks in his heart and anticipates crying, this thought isn't good, and it also confuses his mind, for because of this he isn't able to say the requests with a completely whole heart. For it is necessary when saying entreaties and supplications, to distant from oneself all types of exterior thoughts of the world, just to concentrate one's mind on the words that he is speaking before Hashem Yisburach, like a person speaks to his friend, and then naturally his heart will be aroused readily until he comes to a truly profound crying.

But when he thinks about this and anticipates crying, then this (-the attempt to cry) and this (-the concentration on the prayer) will be unsuccessful. For the very reciting gets mixed up through this, as mentioned above. For this, that he is thinking and awaiting to cry, is also a form of foreign thoughts that confuse the kavana (concentration), because through this he cannot hear well what he is saying. For, the main thing is to speak the words in truth before Hashem Yisburach, without any extraneous thoughts whatsoever, as mentioned above, and if he merits to cry in truth, wonderful, and if not, not. And he should not confuse his speech for this, as mentioned above (Likutay Moharan vol. 2, Torah 95).

Therefore whatever a person does in the service of Hashem — even if afterward what happened happened, G-d forbid — even so that act is never lost forever and has already been joined to the wonderful structure and caused great tikun. And if he strengthens himself each time all the days of his life to begin anew in His service, however things may be — then ultimately all those tikunim he caused through each service and each beginning will all gather together to help him return to Hashem truly. "And though its beginning was small, its end shall greatly increase" [Job 8:7]. And then he will see what he accomplished through every holy act — for nothing is ever lost.