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Page 113.Temimus (simplicity) is the essential trait to coming closer to Hashem. The entire time that we do not feel our own neshama (soul) we do not realize how sheker (falsehood) separates us from the essential "me." We sink ourselves in our own da'agos (worries). Bitachon (trust in G-d) is a way of living. The Baal Shem Tov taught that bitachon is how he felt in his mothers' arms as a child. Hishtadlus (individual effort) in shiddichum. Temimus can be so strong that it does not let worries enter our brain. A person who lives in world of cheshbonos rabim (layers of rationalizations) cannot accept temmius. Very fine balance between hishtadlus and temmius. The body has to be involved in hishtadlus, but the nefesh needs to be connected with Hashem.