The movement of the spirit, in regard to [its] self-recognition, rolls forward, passes before the mirror of self-examination.
Sometimes the fresh aspects of the spirit pass by, and then a person is filled with greatness and might.
But sometimes the desolate aspects pass, and then he clothes himself in trembling, with a melting spirit within him.
The entirety of the circle demands that when the full and settled aspects pass by, a person not grow conceited but remain aware that only one aspect is passing by and that after this vision, which is full and fresh, an impoverished and painful vision will come. And when he is encompassed by the dark, he must know that very soon a joyful and uplifting vision will appear.
And in this way, a person’s traits will be perfected, and he will never be under the rule of a coarse egotism, which destroys all abundance, nor will his spirit be depressed by a dark melancholy.
Instead, he will keep hold of the fortress of goodness, wisdom and righteousness, and the name of Hashem will be at all times the tower of his strength.
Orot Hakodesh III, p. 121
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