[Avodah] Challenge: Finding Spirituality w/o Qabbalah

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Re: Hovos Halevavos

I have recently restarted it. (FWIW I'm using the "Lev tov" edition) 
Like the Rambam, he lays out what he is doing in a very sensible,
orderly package.

Just reading it adds clarity to my thinking and yishuv da'as. I don't
know if this is mamash spirituality itself, but it sure ENABLES
spirituality.
And So perhaps we would better call it "hechsher" spirituality.
:-)

AISI This is slightly more than just inspiration. It also serves to
clean out some internal cobwebs.

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On a total tangent, many years ago I tried my own preparation for
Shabbos. Instead of Tehiilim or the Traditional Shir Hashirim, I read
about 3 chapters of Mishlei "meditatively".

I cannot say I got a spiritual "high" but it did clear my mind before
Mincha. I think HhL does something similar for me.

Maybe Mishlei is the intellectual's alternative to Tehillim?

KT
RRW
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