Meta-Siddur מטא־סדור

Teachingp. 38

Premise, Presence, Person, Incarnation in the Service

The service as a sequence: premises of faith, practiced presence, melting into One, speaking to "Thou," then incarnating prayer in the day.

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We establish the premises of our faith in the first part of prayer through the blessings, Yigdal, Adon Olam, the Akedah, and so on. During the Pesukei De imra we practice Presence through the Halleluyah mantras. This practice is refined during the blessings of the Sh' ma, reaching a high point of melting into the one when saying Ekhad. During the Amida we establish Personhood and personality contact with the Eternal by speaking to After the Amida we look towards incarnating our prayers in the channelings of the day.