 Then he could understand his surroundings with the "Eyes of the Intellect".The ideal adherent was intended to develop equanimity, or "Hishtavut" in Hasidic parlance, toward all matters worldly, not ignoring them, but understanding their superficiality.Hasidic masters exhorted their followers to "negate themselves", paying as little heed as they could for worldly concerns, and thus, to clear the way for this transformation.