Copied from the kitzer limited Moharan 279
(Psalms 66:14) 1. There are people whose Torah teachings are extremely “wide” down below, insofar as they greatly expand and enlarge upon the matter they are discussing-while up above, their teaching is really quite “short,” since up in the realm of holiness, nothing but a tiny spark remains of it. Conversely, the true tzaddikim teach Torah lessons which down below appear to be short- but up above, these teachings are extremely wide and great. Fortunate are they! 2. Even if a person is totally unable to speak before God-and it seems to him that he cannot even open his mouth in prayer or hitbodedut, owing to his gross physicality and to the heavy burden of spiritual and physical troubles that weigh upon him- nevertheless, he must determinedly summon all his strength at that time in particular to force himself to cry out to God from the straits and the stresses [in which he finds himself]. For the main spiritual awakening is when a person arouses himself from the straits and stresses; and through this, he will subsequently attain, in most cases, a great broadening of his consciousness to the point that he is able to pray and to express himself before God, as is proper. He can also attain something like the spirit of prophecy as a result-precisely because he aroused himself toward God from the midst of such difficult straits and bitterness.
