Based on Rav Kook's Shmoneh Kavatzim (p. 258) and Rav Kook's Sidur, Olas Re'iyah. Beginning to prepare for Pesach. The gadlus (greatness) of a person seeps into every little thing he does. The tzaddik's cheshbon hanefesh (personal accounting) is very different from ours; whereas we beat ourselves up over every misstep, he starts the process from a place of exaltedness, understanding his soul's greatness, and only then examines the details, filled with hope, confidence and trust. The underlying belief and understanding that our essence is a nishmas Elokim (divine soul). Basic freedom from what enslaves the body and from any ko'ach (force) that causes a person's self-image to be diminished. A person can get so involved with something completely permitted that it lessens his value. The only way a person can sin is if he forgets that he is a ben Melech (son of the King). The biggest mussar (ethical statement): "b'ni" (my child). Everybody has his own chometz, the yeast in the dough, something from the outside that does not belong. The difference between a slave and a free person is much more than his physical status.
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