When a pot of water boils, the impurities rise to the surface, and you have to keep skimming them off until it runs clear. Rabbi Nachman teaches that a person works the same way: the confusion was always there, it's only now surfacing, so remove it little by little.
The teaching, in one line
When water boils, the impurities rise to the top. The confusion was always there; now it's surfacing, so skim it off little by little.
