'אז תתענג על ה - Then shall you shall derive a pleasure in the Divine.
How is godly delight found?
When Eliyahu HaNavi ran to the desert to complain to Hashem about the Jewish people Hashem makes him experience gale-winds. But then He says, "'לא ברוח ה" - Hashem is not in the raging wind. Then there was tremendous sounds and the ground shook, but "'לא ברעש ה" - He is not in the earthquake. Next, a raging fire appeared, but "'לא באש ה" - He is not in the inferno. Finally a small sound of stillness emerged. Where is Hashem? "קול דממה דקה" In the slightest of expression.
We are all looking to enjoy ourselves. But we are made of two components: Body and Soul, each with a very different perspective on pleasure.
Bodily pleasure is found extremes: A new, crazy food, substance, location or activity. The problem is that just as the body is temporary, so too the pleasure it seeks are flash-pleasures, not slow-burning and long lasting investments. Therefore when the glare of the new, crazy food, substance, location or activity runs out the body craves something even newer and crazier.
The body enjoys loud sudden burst of pleasure because it itself is loud and sudden. It comes into this world for an inconsequential seventy years, does a bit of moving and shaking and then passes on. The Soul, on the other hand, is quiet. It was long far before the body and will eternally outlast it. The soul is a חלק אלוקה ממעל - A godly revelation in this world. And just as Hashem appears in the קול דממה דקה, so does the soul. That is its natural habitat.
More on this to come...
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