Bread of Shame

As a basic notion, shame in Hebrew (bushah) is a description of the condition that activates the power of return to the form that the Creator can actually bestow his light or his will upon us (shuva).

Nehama d'kisufa is the bread of longing-- everything that has to do with the way, on the most basic level, that we are able to connect to the purpose or to the reason of our existence and our life. The function of shame is to awaken one to this longing. The second function of it is to realize the state that we are in and to know that we are being garbed and dressed by the higher in order for the shame not to inhibit us from furthering the work.

I must be willing not to think, not to calculate with my vessels or with my abilities, but to calculate with the will of the higher. He wished this state of longing, of feeling inadequate in order to enable me to rise to a different level. Therefore, shame is not in order to punish oneself. If you punish yourself for your inabilities, you're actually rejecting the Creator.