Imminent

HH

All sin, bad thoughts, negativity, it all stems from a person's despair, giving up, failing to believe that he will hear G-d personally in the near future. If a person would really be expecting and full of hope that he would experience the Divine then there would be no way he'd fall to depression and sin, on the contrary he would excited, happy, and productive.

The holy sages revealed that even the greatest sinner is beloved by his Creator, and literally in a split second can change his status to that of righteousness. Obviously the odds are kind of against him, mainly because of his own despair. Even a regular person is challenged to keep high faith that he will merit to an extremely blatant relationship with HY.

The more a person spends in hisbodidus with HY, the more he will learn first hand how much his life is actually in direct synchronization as a communication with HY. He will begin to appreciate more and more the hand of G-d in all of his life. He will begin to feel HY's touch. He will begin to understand that no matter where he fell or find himself he can and should feel the most intimate relationship with HY. In this way he can be full of faith and find himself full of positive thoughts and productivity.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Chizuk (encouragement)

HH

This guy was lying without strength, he'd been sick for some time and no real hope for getting better in the near future, sounds are going off in his head to just give up and give in to the yetzer hura (evil inclination), so he reaches for a copy of Blossoms of the Spring, and asks to be shown what he needs to know or do right now. He opens up the holy book and there in front of him he learns that even the smallest motion that a person does to draw close to the tzadik is infinitely precious. So he gets the message and with his remaining strength sings, or maybe that is a little generous, chants Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman, and little by little he is blessed with a touch more strength to continue productively.

True story.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Vacation and Bounderies

HH

It seems to me that many people who have been brought up with strict rules of morality are sometimes the quickest to fall into the most base and abhorrent standing. This is because once they see that they have breached and fallen their high standards they no longer hold themselves to any standard whatsoever, they do not differentiate any further, and fall prey to the lowest standards. This was also what happened with the Golden Calf. Right after Israel received the Torah they fell all the way to idolatry. 

Rabbi Nachman warns in Likutay Moharan, Torah 31, that when one suffers a fall in his state of devotion he should not bolster himself with erudition, but just with loyalty of his covenant with G-d.

In Torah 78, of Likutay Moharan vol II, Rabbi Nachman reveals that even the greatest tzadik will have times that he can not draw his life source through the holy Torah, at such times the tzadik will be "prostik" -- simple (this word insinuates even coarseness, friends refer to it as urban language "plastic"), his existence based on Derech Eretz which preceded the giving of the Torah. In this way the tzaddik draws life to all the people in the world who are unable to draw life from the Torah itself. Derech Eretz is the way of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman, it is based on the absolute faith in G-d and His infinite mercy which is embedded in the world, as it compromises the living blueprint of the world - the Ten Sayings which are paralleled in the Ten Commandments and Ten Sefirot.

As a captive to pirates, on his return to Russia from Israel, Rabbi Nachman achieved the realization and know-how of how to serve G-d completely even if he would be sold into slavery.

Any person wherever and whatever predicament they might be in, can bind themselves to Rabbainu, Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman, and set a constructive course and life plan. It is not all or nothing, every little bit is eternal, and even in the finite, will be a building block which will B"H ultimately be helpful in reversing everything to the best.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!