The Intention Behind Our Gestures

I do not make myself well understood and this is my drawback. When one lays the emphasis on spiritual and inner development, mechanical observance is not put forward. It is simply not evoked. The attention is focused on the intention behind the commandment not on its physical observance. A third party might conclude that physical observance is neglected.
It is said: "a commandment without intent is like a body without a soul" (mitsvah bli kavanah keguf bli neshamah). The difference between kabbalists and believers, non-believers, Jews, Goןm (gentiles) lies in the fact that Kabbalists want to develop the intention placed within the gestures. They do not contemplate gestures as such. The way to observe commandments concerns the revealed (conventional) Torah. It is described in the Jewish Code of Law (the "Shoulchan Aroukh"). The laws described in this code are to be followed by all. They are easily understandable and do not require any prerequisites.
The intention placed in the performance of precepts has no importance and the commandments do not transform man or oblige him to spiritual growth. These commandments can be repeatedly performed by an individual without modifying the selfish person that he was when he first became an observant.
Usually the observance of law is a matter of education. One is not asked whether one wants to observe them or choose to be free to act in a certain way. One is educated from the cradle and one’s behavior is conditioned by habits. These habits are called "guirsa de yankuta". Promises of all the blessings of this world and of the world to come strengthen these habits. As man is selfish, he enjoys and accepts those promises. Moreover many conditions are set for him, far better than those of ordinary people who do not follow the commandments.