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There is a basic difference between man and the other creations. When a person infuses himself with the knowledge that the heavens, earth, animals, birds, etc. were created by Hashem, he is dealing only with things that are external to him. After that, his avodah is to instill in himself the awareness that he himself is a creation of Hashem, until he feels it properly. One must consider his hands, his feet and all the parts of his body - as the Zohar says that a person must make Hashem the king over all his limbs - and clarify to himself that each limb is a creation of Hashem, until he senses this as an obvious fact. He must continue infusing it in his heart until he merits that feeling.

[A person cannot instill this knowledge within himself unless he devotes a good amount of time to it. One must divide his time, devoting most of the day to Torah study, and spending part of the day working on his emunah. If there is Torah with no emunah, then chas veshalom one is not attached to the Creator. If one does not set aside time each day for contemplating and instilling these concepts, he will forget them, and they will never enter his soul.]



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It's sometimes hard to feel like this is doable because it is so extremely simple and repetitive. But that's why it's really difficult- because it seems so simple. The yetzer hara makes it seem to me like this is so simple it's boring. It makes me forget that I am simple. I was created a certain way, and will change only by working on myself. Constantly, and not giving up.