Seeing is Believing

Relating to my comments on binding oneself to the Tzaddiks (see the post of Oct. 28), I came across Reb Noson's comment on Likutey Moharan 17:1:

Anything which one sees with the eyes makes more of an impression on his soul than his merely knowing it intellectually, without actually viewing it, as is explained in the writings. For example: When a person is told about the king's greatness, even though he knows these things clearly, his soul is not moved to fear the king as much as when, with his own eyes, he sees the king's greatness