Simchas Torah in Seatle, Washington: Rebbi Gershon Libman z"l was there collecting for his mosdos (Torah institutions), and the matzav was lebedik (lively). In the middle of the dancing, Reb Gershon suddenly "fell" to the ground, as if he had fainted, and started calling out: "Oy! Oy! It's an "emergency"...I need kavod (honor and recognition)! It's desperate!", and he stuck out his hands as if he was "collecting".
What Novardok does is speak out the things that peoples' subconscious minds are full of (for example: jealousy, desire, and lust for human recognition), in order to help them get out of their self-imposed depressing dreamland and actually live a happy life.
Those that learn the right mussar every day (meaning the mussar that brings that particular person joy, which for most of us means mussar on bitachon and simply living with Hashem) connect with the truth that everything is so perfect gevaldig and amazing, thanks to our loving caring father in heaven Hashem!
