This basic understanding of Kavana needs to percolate in the heart and develop in the soul of a person until he becomes familiar with the richness of the worlds of Kavana and thought. Kavana is full of life, it is rich with different styles and manners. Similar to action and speech is is full and broad. When it comes to speech , we find different expressions, chants and tunes that rise and fall, fast and slow, soft and strong. These are all utilized in order to express different feelings in the soul. Joy versus supplication, whisper versus shout, power versus kindness. The way we speak during Pesukei D'Zimra, with a song in the heart that is driven towards God, with powerful song is unlike the speech during Shemoneh Esrei in which the inner world is speaking as man stands before the King of the World.
Similar to this is the world of song in which there are many types of music that express different aspects of feeling and expression.
So, too, are the worlds of Kavana and inner thought. The world of Kavana has similar aspects to the worlds of action and speech. There are Kavannos of whisper, of kindness, soul level movement from above to below and below to above. Kavannos of sweetness and kavannos of purification and mercy. Each of these moves according to its unique form and concept.
Familiarization with these worlds which results from a person purifying himself and rising towards them, hand in hand with studying holy works which instruct people in the pathways of Kavanna, open the path before a person to recognize its richness and depth. Slowly, slowly his Neshama will shine within until he is an expert in these worlds and in the various types of Kavannos. He knows the expressions and movements of the soul and their various outcomes.
ויחד לבבנו פ"ד
Similar to this is the world of song in which there are many types of music that express different aspects of feeling and expression.
So, too, are the worlds of Kavana and inner thought. The world of Kavana has similar aspects to the worlds of action and speech. There are Kavannos of whisper, of kindness, soul level movement from above to below and below to above. Kavannos of sweetness and kavannos of purification and mercy. Each of these moves according to its unique form and concept.
Familiarization with these worlds which results from a person purifying himself and rising towards them, hand in hand with studying holy works which instruct people in the pathways of Kavanna, open the path before a person to recognize its richness and depth. Slowly, slowly his Neshama will shine within until he is an expert in these worlds and in the various types of Kavannos. He knows the expressions and movements of the soul and their various outcomes.
ויחד לבבנו פ"ד
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