„Within the very essence of the soul are hidden and stored all the bes…”
„Within the very essence of the soul are hidden and stored all the best inclinations. However, they must be brought into actuality, and the best means of actualization is speech, which acts upon the idea and the image. U...”
In a person's soul, in the feeling part of him, there is much good. Good that must be brought into actuality. The way to express the good inclinations is through their 'verbalization' (millul), bringing the things from the feeling part to the speaking part and to the conscious part.
When a person performs the act of 'verbalization' (millul) and the act of 'prayer' (pillul), he succeeds in connecting the feeling place within him to the practical place within him. He truly creates something else.
The act of prayer is not an act driven by intellect, nor by a deep listening that stems from logic and drawing conclusions, but rather from a place of deep and emotional listening, connected to the place of the heart. When a person is connected to himself from a healthy place, he is not afraid of the illogical sensations, unconnected to a world of effort and thought, that reach the place of prayer. He does not dwell on a place of understanding, but on a place of feeling. 'The Merciful One desires the heart.'
In such a state a person does not judge himself at every step. He prays from a deep place of emotion and brings himself. It is not logic that drives him but the connection to the Master of the World, and consequently, when he comes from such a place, prayer is a mighty connection. All this when the connection is positive and emotional.
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Have a good evening
For the recovery of Yafa bat Leah, who is in need of heavenly mercy
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From the community archive of Mishpetei HaRav Kook — studying Rav Kook's teachings since 2011.