It was announced one day that the king was to ride through the city
where Rav Sheshet lived. Rav Sheshet was blind but went with all the other inhabitants to greet the king. A fool taunted him, calling out, “We are all
gathered here because we have eyes to see the king but why are you here?”
Suddenly a loud blare of trumpets was heard and a magnificent chariot
rolled by. “That is the king!” the fool
shouted.
“No it is not,” Rav Sheshet replied.
Several other chariots passed, accompanied by bands of music, but Rav
Sheshet paid them no attention. Soon one
passed quietly, without drums or trumpets.
“Now,” said the blind sage, “Comes the king.”
“How do you know?” asked the fool.
“You are blind.”
“Our Almighty God acts in the same way.
There are storms typhoons, earthquakes, but Godhood sails majestically,
peacefully, without a sound.”
Moral:
Real kavvanah is not noise-filled but comes in quiet moments shared with God.
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