Likutay Moharan - Volume 2 - Torah-teaching 97

Regarding the Merit of Conversation Between Himself and His Creator

I further heard in his name regarding the merit of conversation between himself and his Creator, that he said: Regarding prayers, supplications, and requests that are already fixed, all the destroyers and accusers already know of them and lie in wait on the paths of these prayers because they know of them already. Like, for example, on a well-trodden, known, and famous path, murderers and robbers always lie in wait there because they know of that path already. But when one goes on a trail and a new path that is not yet known, they do not know to lie in wait there at all. Similarly, regarding the aforementioned matter, for the conversation that a person himself speaks between himself and his Creator is a new path and a new prayer that a person says from his heart anew. Therefore, the accusers are not so prevalent to lie in wait. And even so, he greatly cautioned also regarding the recitation of other supplications and requests, as explained in our words several times.