Let’s Get Practical
The Lamppost Project
The following is from tape #317: Let's say you're walking in the street. So you say to yourself “I’m going to make a project that from this lamppost to the next lamppost I’m going to think only about Hakadosh Baruch Hu. It’s me and Him, alone together. Challenge yourself. “If I could think about Hakadosh Baruch Hu from here to there to there – it's only twenty paces in between.” At the end you relax. “Ah! I did it! I made it! For twenty paces I was alone with Hakadosh Baruch Hu.”
The next day try it for one minute straight. Then relax. Try that once a day the whole week and next week increase it. After a while, increase it again. If you make it for five minutes straight then you're a man who is a head taller than the rest of the world. If you can think five minutes about Hakadosh Baruch Hu in the solitude of your mind without any externality to force you to think then you have become great! You’re an exceptional oveid Hashem.
This week's booklet is based on tapes: 317 - Benefit of Solitude | 361 - Greatness in Little Episodes | 428 - Solitude Versus Togetherness | 478 - Avraham | 760 - Ways of Avraham E-34 - The Craving to Excel Listen: 718.289.0899 Press 1 for English and 2 for Thursday Night Lectures
