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Yearning creates potential souls,

verbalizing the yearning actualizes them

Through the conversation that one converses and speaks between himself and his Maker, and he verbalizes his yearnings and good desires, that which he yearns, and quests, and longs to get out of his baseness and merit to the true good, and he prays and pleads before Hashem Yisburach for this, through this he produces the good souls from their state of potentiality (bikoaach) to actuality (bifoaal). For through the longing alone, potential souls are made, because the yearning is the soul, in the aspect of (Psalms 84:3), “my soul yearns and pines (-even to the extent of expiration),” and through the speaking mentioned above, they are completed and produced from potential (bikoach) to actuality (bifoal), in the aspect of (Genesis 2:7), “and the man became a living soul,” and the Targum (aramaic translation of Unkellus) is, “a speaking spirit,” and as it is written (Song of Songs 5:6), “my soul departed with his speaking.” And through this one merits to effectuate his request, and he merits to configure the letters of the Torah for the good, and sustain and give to everything, and to draw goodness and blessing in all the worlds, and good implementations are carried out in the world, and many souls are aroused to repentance through this speech, that one speaks between himself and his Maker. For this matter of yearning and good desires, and to fully verbalize them, is extremely precious, and every person needs to accustom himself to engage in this plentifully every day, and through this it is possible to return the whole world to the better (-Likutay Aitzos ends here). And this is (Ecclesiastes 8:14), “There is hevel (vanity/vapor/breath) which takes place in the world,” that is hevel (breath) that leaves the mouth, from the holy speech mentioned above, “that there are evil people that are visited with (/attain) the likes of the conduct of the tzaddikim,” meaning, as mentioned above, because through this many evil people are aroused to repent. And there is the opposite, the discharge in the hevel that leaves the mouth, utterances of bad yearnings Heaven forbid, and through this, “there are tzaddikim that are visited with (/come to) the likes of the conduct of the evil people.” For speech, which is the soul, which is the speaking spirit (ruach mimallila – cited above from the Targum), transposes to other people, according to the hevel which is carried out in the world. (Likutay Moharan, Torah 31; Likutay Aitzos, Hisbodidus 3).

[And see in Likutay Halachos, laws of craftsmen, law 4:12, where it is explained that therefore it is necessary to guard oneself very much from bad yearning, and especially from verbalizing them, because they go and arouse people in the world to bad desires. And this is what King David r.i.p. said (Psalms 17:3), “You examined (/tested) my heart, You attended (to me at) night (see Malbi”m there – night is a time of thought and extra precaution is necessary q.v.), You have purged (/tested) me, and did not find (what You desired – Rashi; alternately explained: so that there is not to be found in me any improper thoughts),” that is that he said on behalf of Klal Yisroel (All of Israel): “I know that I did not withstand the test properly, because I still have not merited to be saved from yearnings of this world, however (continuation of the verse), 'my thoughts (/intrigues) will not pass my mouth,' for no matter what, I guard myself not to release these yearnings verbally Heaven forbid, so that there shall not be carried out through this bad implementations in the world Heaven forbid, rather, I accustom myself to always speak holy words of good yearning, to call out to You always, that You should return me to You in truth, and through this good implementations and blessing are drawn to all the worlds.” And this is (verse 4), “for the implementations of man are (/will be) to the words of Your lips;” - “For I am guarded to speak only holy words, which are 'the words of Your lips', in order that through this all the implementations of man will be completed for the good.” And this is (continuation of the verse), “I guarded (against) breached ways,” - “For by virtue of this, that I regulate my language to speak always words of good yearning as mentioned, through this I merit to be saved and to be guarded from all breached ways, which are all the bad ways, may the Merciful One save us, just (verse 5), 'support my steps in Your path etc.', for the good spoken words support and assist me, to secure my steps in Your path.” And this is what is explained even more; “Through what have I merited to this?”: “I called out to You, for You answered me, G-d (verse 6),” for this is the whole matter of hisbodidus and conversation between one and his Maker, that it is necessary to accustom oneself to this copiously, to yearn constantly good yearnings and to verbalize them every day, as mentioned above]. And see further in the book Ullim LiTrufah (Leaves of Healing, letter 323), from our teacher, Rabbi Nussun o.b.m., where it is written: For it is possible to accomplish everything through desires and yearning, and to accustom oneself to speak out the yearnings and desires with his mouth. Get up now (/please), stand now (/please), arouse now (/please) your good hearts, very very well, to accustom yourselves to go in this way, to yearn and long profusely to Hashem Yisburach at all times, and to speak the yearnings verbally, for through this, worlds and wondrous novelty are woven through the permutation of the letters in the 231 gates which join and conjugate in wondrous new permutations through the spoken words of yearning to Hashem, and to His Torah, and to His holy ways, as understood and explained in Likutay (Moharan) I, Torah 31:6. 'For it is not an empty matter for you, for it is your life etc. (Deuteronomy 32:47).' And because today I learned in the books of Kabbala regarding the coming into existence and weaving of all the worlds through permutation of the letters in the 231 gates, front and back etc., (and) through this I was very profusely aroused now, while talking with one of our youths of the many, many good qualities (/heights) of one who merits to go in the ways of Rabbainu o.b.m., in the matter of desires and yearning to Hashem Yisburach, and to His Torah, in general and in detail, and to speak them out verbally; be it in a general fashion – that his desire is to be a Jew in truth, or be it in particulars – what he is specifically lacking at that time etc. etc.. Fortunate is one who holds to this. Not any mind can harbor what is done and woven from this in the supernal worlds, and the wonders of the delights which go up before Him through this. Strengthen and embolden yourselves to fulfill this practice at all times, so that it will be good for you eternally.