Kavvanah

"Kavvanah is the only tool we have! Because ‘a commandment without intent is like a body without a soul’ (mitsvah bli kavanah keguf bli neshamah). If the body has no soul it is enslaved to corporeal desires which are continually unfulfilled. So without kavvanah we are building sandcastles that will inevitably crumble and lead to perpetual suffering. If ratzon lekabel (desire to recieve) is my bow and ratzon lehashpia (desire to bestow) is my arrow, kavvanah is the inner ‘tension’ and balance between the two as I ‘aim’ at Him, my target."

Ronny from Brisbane