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He explains that the reason for this is because the foreign thoughts that fall to most people aren't truly 'foreign', but thoughts that come from the person themselves - meaning these thoughts have already occurred to the person in the past and are now just rising and surfacing. Therefore, there's no point in fighting with the foreign thoughts that arise, rather the way to deal with them is simply to replace them with other thoughts. | He explains that the reason for this is because the foreign thoughts that fall to most people aren't truly 'foreign', but thoughts that come from the person themselves - meaning these thoughts have already occurred to the person in the past and are now just rising and surfacing. Therefore, there's no point in fighting with the foreign thoughts that arise, rather the way to deal with them is simply to replace them with other thoughts. | ||
To prevent foreign thoughts from confusing a person during learning or davening, the Rebbe suggests holding an open sefer and specifically davening or learning from the sefer | To prevent foreign thoughts from confusing a person during learning or davening, the Rebbe suggests holding an open sefer and specifically davening or learning from the sefer<ref>Igrot Kodesh Volume 9, Letter #2,875 </ref> | ||
== In Chassidic Folklore == | == In Chassidic Folklore == | ||