When a bochur complained to the Rebbe that his contemplation of Chassidus was crude, the Rebbe reassured him that with time it would become refined. But then the Rebbe told him something even more relevant.
Thinking Chassidus, in the Rebbe’s world, is not a hiddur mitzva. Numerous times the Rebbe pointed out that contemplating Chassidus ideas is actually the most direct way of fulfilling the psak in Shulchan Aruch, that prior to davening one is obligated to think of the greatness of Hashem.
A bochur once complained to the Rebbe, in a 24 Av 5732 yechidus, that his understanding of Chassidus concepts, and as a result his contemplation, is very crude. He takes everything simplistically, and as a result may be compromising the full import of the Chassidus message.
The Rebbe answered that over time, and by thinking over the ideas enough times, “vet dos veren eideler” (it will become more refined).
And regarding his present stage, the Rebbe said that his current thinking is “beser fun nisht misbonen zain ingantzen (better than not thinking at all)!”
(Ovinu Roeinu p. 33)
From The Weekly Farbrengen by Merkaz Anash
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