Question:
If we are doing hisbodedus at night, how will it help to look at pictures, if everything anyways is dark?
Answer:
Very good question. It is better for a person to first start by calming down his sense of sight, such as by looking at calming sights. Only light can help you begin to open up your soul more. After this comes the later stage – which is to get used to sitting in the dark. In Sefer HaMaspik L’Ovdei Hashem, it is brought that hisbodedus should be done in the dark; but this should only be a later stage in hisbodedus.
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