My mission
is a secret. It is such a secret that even when I reveal the secret, it still
remains a secret.
Siach Sarfey Kodesh 1-54
Why have I revealed so many amazing teachings and stories and shared so
many of my thoughts with you? Let me explain it with a parable.
There was once a king whose only son became so ill that all the doctors
despaired of curing him. Meanwhile, a doctor of outstanding wisdom came and the
king begged him to try his best to cure the prince. The doctor told him
truthfully that the chances of the prince being cured were very remote, but if
they tried one last thing, there was a very faint possibility that the prince
would be cured.
“But I don’t know if I should tell you what this method is,” said the
doctor, “because it will be very hard indeed to apply it.”
When the king pressed him to reveal the method, the doctor
said: “You must understand that your son’s illness is so desperate that it is
now quite impossible to put even a single drop of medicine in his mouth.
However, there are certain remedies which are so priceless that a single small
bottle costs thousands and thousands of gold pieces. Now you must fill barrels
and barrels full of these precious remedies and pour them in bucketfuls over
your son. Obviously these precious remedies will almost all go to waste, but
the prince will become slightly stronger. And it may be that as they are poured
all over him, one tiny drop will enter his mouth and he might be healed.”
The king immediately agreed and gave instructions to do what the doctor
had suggested, and this was how the prince was healed.
Precisely because we are so crushed by the sickness of our souls, the
Tzaddik, the faithful doctor, is forced to pour priceless remedies over us,
even though it would seem that virtually all of them will go to waste.
Nevertheless, the sweet scent is absorbed. And in the fullness of time, maybe
we will allow one drop to enter into our mouths and our inner being, and then
there will be some hope for us to be healed spiritually and physically.
Chayey Moharan #391
Taken from The Essential Rabbi Nachman book.
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