QUESTION:
How does a person know if he should go according to the order of steps laid out in Mesillas Yesharim or if perhaps he should start from emunah, etc.?
ANSWER:
That is a very general question: How can a person know what his cheilek (personal portion) on this world is? The inner answer to this is that when a person serves Hashem lishmah, he removes the barriers that are covering over his “I” which hasn’t been purified yet, and through this he recognizes what his personal portion should be. Until a person is zocheh to that, however, he should become clear about his soul, according to his level, and he should daven to Hashem that he should be guided towards his cheilek, along with asking advice from a wise Torah scholar.
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