Question:
When asking Hashem to remove anger from me should I also add in the words “I am doing this because it is the will of Hashem?” How important is this?
Answer:
It is very important, but one must be honest with himself and know if he’s really doing something for the will of Hashem or for himself. Although our soul deep down wants to do Hashem’s Will, our lower soul (nefesh habehaimis) doesn’t want to, so if one recognizes this, he must be aware that there is a contradiction between his body and soul, and then he should daven to Hashem for help and to be able to reach that level in which he is doing Hashem’s will for the sake of doing Hashem’s will. On a deeper note, we need to become aware of the two parts in ourselves, a part that doesn’t want to do the will of Hashem and a part that wants to do the will of Hashem, and then daven to Hashem that we should listen to our higher part of our soul and not to the lower part of our soul.
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