'Ba'alei Teshuva' are on a higher level than perfectly righteous Jews, because they return to God from a feeling of pain over their great distance from God and therefore are aroused from the very essence of their souls | The true idea of יחוד פנים בפנים is during the ten days of repentance when every Jews can awaken the essence of his/her soul | The difference between the two verses "With all my heart I search out for you God", and "From the depths of my soul I cry out to you God" • Link to view this page of the maamar: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31640&st=&pgnum=24 •