Chasidut su Osea 11:78

'Take heed and listen!' Pain in the heart and the constancy of your quest are dependent upon your outlook. The heart of a wealthy man who becomes poor will be very pained, so long as his outlook about himself is that he is a wealthy man. Then he thinks to himself, "Am I not a wealthy man; so why do other wealthy people have more"; and also why was he and all of his household previously so comfortable and pampered, etc. And he will never stop his quest to find ideas to regain his wealth, with God's help. But if he changes his previous wealthy outlook and, from now on, sees himself as a poor person like any other poor person, he will then no longer concern himself with, nor even quest, for ideas to regain his wealth. It is true that even then, he will hope that he wins the lottery or finds a lost object [of great value] and becomes wealthy. But it will only be in his thoughts that he will hope and yearn for fantasies of wealth. But in his heart, he will only quest for dry bread and a nice warm basement apartment. And likewise, your entire essence is dependent upon your outlook on what is a Jew, and [hence] to what you must aspire. [Of course,] you already know this and we have already spoken about it. But even the poor person (who had been rich) who changes his outlook to the outlook of a poor person remembers his wealth and hopes to get wealthy. However since it is only in his thoughts that he knows this and it is no longer fixed in his heart; and he has a different outlook about himself internally - he is not concerned and does not quest; nor does he exert himself to regain his wealth again, such that he will even be lazy in his work and in his business. Likewise is your knowledge only in your mind; and that is not enough. God said (Hosea 11:3), "I have pampered Ephraim, taking them in My arms" - the Father yearns to take every Jew to Him, through his prophets. But the lost spirit and the son forlorn in the physicality of the world must be accustomed [to this yearning], in order to come back and go to his Father and, as it were, jump into His arms. "I have pampered Ephraim, taking them in My arms" - God accustoms us, but we must also accustom ourselves to this. And now, I would say that your faith in God cannot be buried or hidden inside of you. It has to rather be clear and strong - remember, do not forget! Be careful and constant about that which we wrote for you earlier in Chapter 9, to think several times a day that God, may He be blessed, fills the world with His glory; and that you are constantly found in front of Him, may He be blessed, etc. And you should especially do this a great deal in your free time. For why should you waste and injure your mind with stupidities? Use it to think about faith in God! And to the extent that you think more about this, you will become accustomed to faith. So much so the that it will not be a latent belief about what one knows, but rather a piece of certain knowledge, clearly and strongly envisioned - knowledge that is clearer to you than your knowledge that the sun shines. For it is a law among Jews that when they repeat and think about something - even that which is above their comprehension - it becomes more certain and stronger than that which they see with their eyes. It is simple - for does his spirit not see the things that are above his intellect? It is just that his spirit is hidden from him. But the more he thinks about them, the more he accustoms his spirit and its vision to come out and be felt by him. Then, with its vision, he sees the truth of these things. But it is not only faith in God, and that He fills all of the worlds that you have to accustom yourself to always think. Rather you must also think from time to time about your purpose and the purpose of the whole Jewish people that we spoke about above; and the stipulation that the Holy One, blessed be He, made with us - that "you shall be a nation of priests and a holy nation, etc." - to the point that this purpose should not be something unusual in your eyes. Then that which we are asking from you will not be like extra things which we can do without. Rather, in your own eyes, you will not see any other way to be a Jew. And to the extent that you become accustomed to these thoughts, your entire outlook on the world, on the Jewish people and on yourself will become a different one. The highest holiness and the Jewish people will no longer be two different and disparate things for you, but rather this and that will be one. And as you accustom yourself more to this and elevate this outlook [in yourself] more, you will automatically feel concern in your heart when you feel a slight tinge of physicality or stupidity in yourself. And you will constantly supplicate, "Show me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth" - save me that I can serve You truthfully in fear and in love. And the more you quest, the more you will serve.