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המחשבה ביד האדם להטותה כרצונו למקום
No shiur on this Torah yet. R’ Moshe’s shiurim so far cover Torahs 1–34.
English translation by Moshe Mykoff © Breslov Research Institute, from Sefaria, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
Thought is in a person’s control to direct to wherever he wishes. And, as explained elsewhere, it is utterly impossible for two thoughts to be simultaneous.
Thus even if his mind occasionally flies off and wanders in other, foreign matters, a person has the power to direct it back, against its will, to the straight path, to think what is proper.
It is exactly like a horse that strays from the path and turns to another one. We grab hold of it by the reins or something similar, and bring it back, against its will, to the correct path. It is exactly the same with thought. It is possible to grab it against its will and bring it back to the proper path.