Page 247-9. The four rungs of the ladder of prayer.
מודה אני: submission and acceptance, this state is where one’s mind and heart and senses are not manifest, and we have and all we can (and do) do is accept.
סיפור שבחיו של מקום :פסוקי דזמרא we sing G-d’s praises about what He does for us physically. We are not intellectualizing we are simply seeing and celebrating what He has given us.
ברכת קריאת שמע וקריאת שמע We intellectualize about The Creator by studying what is around Him: Angels, then Souls, then G-dliness.
שמונה עשרה כעבדא קמי’ מרא standing in His presence silently, where אלקות can rest upon him. In this מאמר we speak of חושים and כחות which corresponds to the second and third part parts of תפילה.
