Likutei Moharan 14:9/ליקוטי מוהר"ן י״ד:ט׳

19. This is what Rabbah bar bar Chanah recounted: This merchant said to me, “Come, I will show you the place where earth and heaven kiss.” I went and saw that many windows had been created. I took my basket and placed it in the window of heaven. After I finished praying, I wanted to take [my basket] but could not find it. “Are there thieves here?” I asked. The merchant said to me, “It is the galgala (sphere) of heaven which turned. Wait until this time tomorrow and you will find it” (Bava Batra 74a).

2where earth and heaven kiss — This alludes to inner peace. “Earth” corresponds to the body; “heaven” corresponds to the soul. <As our Sages taught:> It is written (Psalms 50:4), “He calls to the heavens above…”—this is the soul; “… and to the earth”—this is the body (Sanhedrin 91b).

3And when there is peace between them, then through this: windows had been created — <That is,> prayer is created, as in (Daniel 6:11), “The windows of his upper room were directed [towards Jerusalem… and he prayed].”

4I took my basket and placed it in the window of heaven — “Basket” denotes livelihood, as in [the expression]: “One who has bread in his basket…” (Yoma 74b).

5In other words, [Rabbah bar bar Chanah] did not want to engage in any of the mundane endeavors of this world, but only for [the spiritual growth of] his soul. Even all his prayers were solely to bind his soul <to its source>. Even those prayers specified in the Amidah that are for one’s material needs—such as “Heal us” and “Bless us [for this year and its livelihood],” as well as the other requests for the material necessities—[when he recited them,] Rabbah bar bar Chanah’s intention was not for his body but for his soul. What he had in mind was his soul’s livelihood and healing. And this is:

6I took my basket and placed it in the window of heaven. He took the prayer that is for the needs of the body and “placed it” entirely for the needs of his soul. For it automatically follows that when there is a rectification in the spiritual, the physical is also rectified.

7After I finished praying, I wanted to take [my basket] but could not find it — In other words, he did not afterwards have enough for his livelihood. Though he had rectified the spiritual, even so, abundant material blessing had not come to him.

8Are there thieves here? I asked — [Thieves] who have stolen my blessing of abundance. [The merchant] answered him:

9It is the GaLGaLa (sphere) of heaven which turned — This has to do with the GiLGuL (reincarnation) of souls, which is what causes the righteous to have insufficient livelihood. <As our Sages taught> concerning Rabbi P’dat: “If you so desire, the world shall be destroyed and perhaps you will be reborn in a time of material prosperity” (Taanit 25a; Tikkuney Zohar #69).

10And this is: “Make kinim (compartments) for the ark” (Genesis 6:14). In the Midrash we find: Just as the kinim (bird offering) purifies the leper, so, too, your ark is your purification (Bereishit Rabbah 31:9). The leper is “the whisperer who separates close friends” (Proverbs 16:28). He separates husband and wife (Arakhin 16b), because of which “he sits alone” (Leviticus 13:46). Yet, the bird offering purifies him. “So, too, TeyVaTkha (your ark)….”—i.e., TeyVaT (the word of) prayer rectifies the strife and creates universal peace, the peace of all the worlds. And this is why the Amidah concludes with [the blessing for] peace.