אות-כג

Hisbodidus in bed and sighing

He said: King David r.i.p. founded the Book of Psalms from this, that he was very strong in the matter of hisbodidus. And he said, that the main hisbodidus of King David r.i.p. was when he lay on his bed and covered himself with a sheet, then he would speak and converse everything on his heart before Hashem Yisburach, as it is written (Psalms 6:7), “I converse (/spoil, ruin/swim) every night (in) my bed with my tears I drench my bed.” Fortunate is whoever accustoms himself to fulfill this practice which surmounts everything. (Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 68). In addition, it is written in his holy words (article 275, see also Life of Rabbi Nachman 587), that it is good for a person, when he lies down in his bed to sleep, to accustom himself to pour out his words before Hashem Yisburach and to request from Him that He draw him close to His service Blessed He. And if he doesn't merit then to speak outright before Him Blessed He due to the preponderance of his stone heart, in any event he should accustom himself to sigh and groan, many groans continuously one after the other, over his great distance from Hashem Yisburach and that he should merit to draw close to Him Blessed He (Life of Rabbi Nachman 510, and see below article 47). And it is already laid out in his holy book Likutay Moharan many torahs (teachings; 8, 22:4, 56:9) what one can merit through a holy sigh, see there.