R. Nachman of Breslov
The following quote is from Truth, Tales and Visions: A Breslov Hasidic Book of Wisdom. It consists of snippets of inspiring teachings, stories and dreams, which I culled from my considerably larger anthology of R. Nachman, Chambers of the Palace (Jason Aronson Publishers).
It's easy to read, it's inspiring, and I'm sure that you'll find more than a few excerpts refreshingly surprising. Download and printout a copy, or buy a copy for yourself and your friends. It's a great little gift!
Find the Hidden Good
Judge everyone favorably. Search for even a little bit of goodness. In that little bit of goodness, that person isn't bad.
When you do this, you can raise someone from guilt to merit. You can bring him to repentance.
Even if someone is bad, how is it possible that he doesn't have at least a little bit of good? How could it be that he never did something good?
Apply this to yourself as well.
Even if you see that you are full of wrong-doing, search for some little bit of good.
Maybe your good deed was flawed and filled with ulterior motives. But how is it possible that it didn't contain some bit of good?
Find that little bit of good and rejoice.
Search again and find more goodness.
Gather all the good points.
When you do this, you make spiritual melodies with your soul. You are like a musician plucking the notes of a melody.
Likutei Moharan 282
To receive the whole book, please help yourself: truth-tales-and-visions.pdf.
To read an entire teaching of Likutei Moharan with an extensive commentary, please visit Likutei Moharan Explained.
You can contact me at: [email protected].
It's easy to read, it's inspiring, and I'm sure that you'll find more than a few excerpts refreshingly surprising. Download and printout a copy, or buy a copy for yourself and your friends. It's a great little gift!
Find the Hidden Good
Judge everyone favorably. Search for even a little bit of goodness. In that little bit of goodness, that person isn't bad.
When you do this, you can raise someone from guilt to merit. You can bring him to repentance.
Even if someone is bad, how is it possible that he doesn't have at least a little bit of good? How could it be that he never did something good?
Apply this to yourself as well.
Even if you see that you are full of wrong-doing, search for some little bit of good.
Maybe your good deed was flawed and filled with ulterior motives. But how is it possible that it didn't contain some bit of good?
Find that little bit of good and rejoice.
Search again and find more goodness.
Gather all the good points.
When you do this, you make spiritual melodies with your soul. You are like a musician plucking the notes of a melody.
Likutei Moharan 282
To receive the whole book, please help yourself: truth-tales-and-visions.pdf.
To read an entire teaching of Likutei Moharan with an extensive commentary, please visit Likutei Moharan Explained.
You can contact me at: [email protected].