“Likutei Moharan is not a sefer halachah. Whether or not there�s a contradiction is irrelevant; it�s not comparing apples to apples.”
The question is: In Likutei Moharan it says ????? ????? ????? ????? ????, happy always; while in the mishnah it says ?????? ?? ?????? ?????, in Av we lessen ????. How can R Nachman’s statement stand notwithstanding the mishnah?! Doesn’t R Nachman’s statement require always ???? while the mishnah requires sometimes no ?????
The answer is that ????? ????? and ?????? ????? are not going on the same thing. ????? is a state of mind and ?????? is acts of ????.