BRIDGING THE GAP

Rav Nachman said, " The world is a Narrow Bridge, and the most important thing is not to make oneself afraid."

There is so much that we know about this world.  Technological advancements have made endless amounts of information readily available at our fingertips.  The generation of the Midbar is supposed to return in the generation preceding Moshiach's arrival.  They were called the דור דעה, the Generation of knowledge.
This is our Generation.   We know so much about other people, about the world, about everything in the universe.  But we don't know anything real.  What's real is being set free from everything that keeps you from the hidden relationship you have with Hashem.  The more external facts I have about someones life, I feel like I know them and then I'm not alone.  

In order to serve God, we need to speak in whispers and do things that no-one else understands but that we know is right.  We have to be willing to be alone.

This is Rebbe Nachman's deepest teaching.  A Narrow bridge conjures an image of a walking bridge of wooden planks held together by think rope, suspended over a canyon full of fire, with the princess waiting to be rescued on the other side.

These type of bridges only have room for one person at a time.  This is the true state of the world.  We are all walking on a Narrow Bridge.  Even if we are surrounded by hundreds of "Friends" "Buddies" "Contacts" in order to really get somewhere, there will come a time when we need to muster up the courage and walk across the bridge.  ALONE.  Rebbe Nachman teaches, " והעקר לא להתפחד."  Don't be afraid to walk alone.

Only you can free the princess.