tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post2487263660771026202..comments2024-01-25T09:26:15.915-05:00Comments on Dixie Yid: You Are Where Your Thoughts Are -Friday Night DaveningDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-59825381030743569552009-06-29T09:19:39.237-04:002009-06-29T09:19:39.237-04:00Sorry for the delayed comment... but
#1, thank yo...Sorry for the delayed comment... but <br />#1, thank you so much for the source of this, the Ramban. This idea is expressed as one of the <i>Ikarei HaChassidus</i>, as the Baal Shem Tov is attributed with this:<br />מקום שמחשבתו של אדם מגעת, שם הוא כולו<br />Where a person's thoughts reach, that where his entirety is.<br /><br />And to console us all, as mentioned above we all have such moments, is this anecdote about the Baal Shem:<br />Someone once came to him & complained that he has tried so hard, and yet hasn't accomplished anything, he remains a boor [<i>hedyot</i>].<br />The Baal Shem replied: "You have indeed accomplished something - to be <i>shafal b'einecha</i> - humble in your own eyes.yitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523302947845887661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-24121525183742433122009-06-17T08:41:26.948-04:002009-06-17T08:41:26.948-04:00Ok, I have even a better one for you: When bentch...Ok, I have even a better one for you: When bentching on rosh chodesh, I once cought myself trying to bow down, and it felt really weird, as I was sitting at a table! Then I realized, that after Yaale v'yavo I had continued into r'tze and modim of shmona esre, instead of bentching. And I only "woke up" when I tried to bow while sitting at a table!<br /><br />All joking aside, did anyone think about what the Rambam sais in hilchot tefila 4:15 (especially the second part, starting with "matza daato...")<br /><br />With all due respect to the YU rosh yeshiva, I think the man should've been told to take a nap (or even a vacation) before davening "again", because he's not gonna have any kavana the second time either.ha-hanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-47173164176185435752009-06-17T07:47:15.100-04:002009-06-17T07:47:15.100-04:00Thank y'all. I appreciate the chizuk.
Akiva,...Thank y'all. I appreciate the chizuk. <br /><br />Akiva,<br /><br />I've heard of that idea before and it definitely would be a step up from the mindlessness that is especially prevelant in this generation. But as a long term solution, it is totally focused on the present "reality" of olam hazeh. I've also heard that idea expressed as a Buddhist practice, though obviously being mindful isn't inherently a Buddhist practice.<br /><br />Menashe, thanks. My Rosh Yeshiva in YU also shared a story about one of the mispalelim in his Shul who was halfway through winding his tefillin at a "minyan factory" in Flatbush when all of a sudden he realized that he couldn't remember whether he was winding his tefillin to put them on before davening or winding them to take them off after davening! He didn't know whether he was allowed to daven, if he had already. My R"Y told him to daven "again" because even if he had davened, he had absolutely no intent. Crazy, eh? Hashem ya'azor!DixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-743039574779766952009-06-17T00:07:30.363-04:002009-06-17T00:07:30.363-04:00If it makes you feel any better I think it would b...If it makes you feel any better I think it would be difficult to find someone alive today to whom this doesn't sometimes happen to.<br /><br />I have one worse for you. At least the slach lanu woke you up. One shabbos morning my mind was obviously elsewhere for so long that I didn't realize I had davened the entire weekday psukei dzimrah. They're only tehillim and many of them are in the shabbos davening anyway but it was shocking that I went for a full 10-15 minutes without realizing it.<br /><br />Or the times I only washed my hands and out of habit left the bathroom saying asher yatzar.Menashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593117409267020021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-3477783666147282442009-06-15T19:40:36.081-04:002009-06-15T19:40:36.081-04:00thank you for being so brutally honest to help ot...thank you for being so brutally honest to help othersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-4225702964250928482009-06-15T13:44:47.998-04:002009-06-15T13:44:47.998-04:00You're not alone.You're not alone.Neil Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797772082427806345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-57873527226586394372009-06-15T09:39:24.596-04:002009-06-15T09:39:24.596-04:00My psychologist wife likes to talk about "min...My psychologist wife likes to talk about "mindfulness," which means the self-regulation of attention so that it is maintained on immediate experience, thereby allowing for increased recognition of mental events in the present moment.<br /><br />The example she likes to use involves eating a chocolate chip cookie - focusing on the texture, chewing it slowly, living entirely in that moment (and in that cookie!). <br /><br />Maybe its just a fancy way of describing kavana.Akiva Ben Canaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520986157314307332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-84475459299416814192009-06-15T08:39:17.843-04:002009-06-15T08:39:17.843-04:00Dixie Yid: There have been times recently when I a...Dixie Yid: There have been times recently when I am in the process of eating and I have to recall whether when I made the brocha. <br /><br />While I know that I had said one - I still couldn't remember saying it. <br /><br />This certainly sends me the wake up call that if I can't remember saying the brocha to begin with, I know that my kavana was almost non-existent and I need to redouble my efforts to be more mindful in the future.A Simple Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158902792838896670noreply@blogger.com