We often react with mixtures of midot, part of which are useful and part of which are not.  We have to learn how separate them out.  Then we can react with an accurate reflection of what we feel.

When we cross over into a new stage – of life, of davening – we must fight the demons of our old stories.  This is a really interesting class – a lot of talk about hitbodedut, methodology, emotional relationship to Hashem, and more.

The transition between the asiyah section of morning davening and the yetzirah section – from the blessings and sacrifices to the Psalms of pesukei d’zimra – from the stuff of relationship to how we feel about it – requires a transition.  This is alchemy.