Revelation

The main thing is to nullify every one of your personality traits. You must strive to do so until you have totally obliterated your ego, rendering it into absolute nothingness before God. Begin with one trait and annihilate it completely. Then

work on your other traits, one at a time, until they are totally nonexistent. As you nullify your own personality, God’s glory will begin to shine through and be revealed.

It is written, “And the earth was alight with His glory” (Ezekiel 43:2). God’s glory is like light. The larger an object, the greater its shadow. A thin rod casts a very small shadow, while a more substantial object casts a larger shadow. A great

building will cast a still larger shadow. As more light is obstructed, a greater shadow is cast. The same is true of God’s glory. The material obstructs the spiritual and casts a shadow. The denser an object, the deeper a shadow it will cast.

When you are bound to an emotion or desire, it obstructs God’s glory and casts a shadow. God’s light is then hidden from you. But as you nullify these emotions and desires, you also remove this shadow. And as the shadow departs, the light of God’s glory is revealed. When a man is worthy of annihilating the shadow completely and making it into absolute nothingness, then God’s glory is revealed to all the earth. There is no obstructing shadow, and the light can shine through in all its glory.

(Rabbi Nachman’s Wisdom #136)

Taken from AYEH edited by BRI