Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 9

When Will a Person Feel the Content of the Words of Prayer?

A “word” is a special state that includes a specific number of components. All these components are vessels and lights that together create a sensation of Godliness in a person.

Only through the study of Kabbalah and only after many years of study does the heart begin to function from the “point in the heart” in alignment with what is written in the books, and only then do we understand the written content. Until then, everything we read in the Siddur is understood according to the physical vessels we possess. For instance, according to the physical vessels, we understand “merciful” as compassionate, “gracious” as forgiving, and so on. We interpret according to what we feel in our physical body.

After we reach spiritual sensations and the upper mind, the words begin to take on new content. With each word, we feel the Creator according to that word; we feel the word’s essence and meaning. Each word then becomes a genuine vessel and light, which appear together in our sensation.

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