You can shout loudly in a “small, still voice” (I Kings 19:12). You can scream without anyone hearing you shouting with this soundless, “small, still voice.” Anyone can do this. Just imagine the sound of such a scream in your mind. Depict the shout in your imagination exactly as it would sound. Keep this up until you are literally screaming with this soundless, “small, still voice.”
This is actually a scream and not mere imagination. Just as some channels bring the sound from your lungs to your lips, others bring it to the brain. You can draw the sound through these nerves, literally bringing it into your head. When you do this, you are actually shouting inside your brain. When you picture this scream in your mind, the sound actually rings inside your brain.
Sometimes when you do this, some sound may escape your lips. The voice, traveling through the nerves to the mind, can activate the vocal organs. These might then produce some sound, but it will be very faint.
It is much easier to shout in this way without using words. When you wish to express words, it is much more difficult to hold the voice in the mind and not to let any sound escape. But without words, it is much easier.21This was one of Rebbe Nachman's own practices (Tzaddik #241). This does not apply to formal prayer, where one should worship in a fervent voice (Avenehah Barzel, p. 16, #14).
דַּע, שֶׁיְּכוֹלִין לִצְעֹק בְּקוֹל דְּמָמָה דַּקָּה בִּצְעָקָה גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע שׁוּם אָדָם כְּלָל, כִּי אֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא שׁוּם קוֹל כְּלָל, רַק הַצְּעָקָה הִיא בְּקוֹל דְּמָמָה דַּקָּה, וְזֶה יוּכַל כָּל אָדָם. (דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁיְּצַיֵּר בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ הַצְּעָקָה וְיִכְנֹס קוֹל הַצְּעָקָה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה וִיצַיֵּר בְּדַעְתּוֹ קוֹל הַצְּעָקָה מַמָּשׁ עִם הַנִּגּוּן כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁצּוֹעֲקִין. וְיִכְנֹס בָּזֶה עַד שֶׁיִּצְעַק מַמָּשׁ בִּבְחִינַת "קוֹל דְּמָמָה דַּקָּה" וְשׁוּם אָדָם לֹא יִשְׁמַע כְּלָל).
You can shout loudly in a “small, still voice” (I Kings 19:12). You can scream without anyone hearing you shouting with this soundless, “small, still voice.” Anyone can do this. Just imagine the sound of such a scream in your mind. Depict the shout in your imagination exactly as it would sound. Keep this up until you are literally screaming with this soundless, “small, still voice.”
כִּי בֶּאֱמֶת אֵינוֹ צִיּוּר כְּלָל, רַק צְעָקָה מַמָּשׁ, כִּי יֵשׁ סִמְפּוֹנוֹת בָּרֵאָה שֶׁמִּשָּׁם יוֹצֵא הַקּוֹל וְגַם יֵשׁ סִמְפּוֹנוֹת דַּקִּים הַיּוֹצְאִים מִן הָרֵאָה אֶל הַמֹּחַ, וְעַל־כֵּן יְכוֹלִים לְהַכְנִיס הַקּוֹל דֶּרֶךְ הַסִּמְפּוֹנוֹת הַדַּקִּים הַהוֹלְכִים אֶל הַמֹּחַ עַד שֶׁיִּצְעַק מַמָּשׁ בְּמֹחוֹ עַל־יְדֵי מַה שֶּׁמְצַיֵּר בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ קוֹל הַצְּעָקָה מַמָּשׁ, שֶׁבְּזֶה הוּא מַכְנִיס קוֹל הַצְּעָקָה אֶל הַמֹּחַ.
This is actually a scream and not mere imagination. Just as some channels bring the sound from your lungs to your lips, others bring it to the brain. You can draw the sound through these nerves, literally bringing it into your head. When you do this, you are actually shouting inside your brain. When you picture this scream in your mind, the sound actually rings inside your brain.
וְיוּכַל לַעֲמֹד בֵּין כַּמָּה בְּנֵי אָדָם וְיִצְעַק מְאֹד וְשׁוּם אָדָם לֹא יִשְׁמַע כַּנַּ"ל.
You can stand in a crowded room, screaming in this manner, with no one hearing you.
וְלִפְעָמִים יוּכַל לְהִשָּׁמֵט מִזֶּה אֵיזֶה קוֹל דַּק שֶׁיִּהְיֶה נִשְׁמָע, כִּי מֵחֲמַת שֶׁנִּכְנָס הַקּוֹל דֶּרֶךְ הַסִּמְפּוֹנוֹת שֶׁל הַמֹּחַ אֶל הַמֹּחַ, יוּכַל לְהִשָּׁמֵט לִפְעָמִים שֶׁיֵּצֵא הַקּוֹל דֶּרֶךְ הַסִּמְפּוֹנוֹת הַמּוֹצִיאִין קוֹל, אֲבָל הוּא בְּדַקּוּת גָּדוֹל.
Sometimes when you do this, some sound may escape your lips. The voice, traveling through the nerves to the mind, can activate the vocal organs. These might then produce some sound, but it will be very faint.
וּבְלֹא דִּבּוּר (הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁאֵין מוֹצִיאִים שׁוּם דִּבּוּר בִּשְׁעַת הַצְּעָקָה הנ"ל) קַל יוֹתֵר לִצְעֹק כַּנַּ"ל, כִּי כְּשֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְהוֹצִיא הַדִּבּוּר קָשֶׁה יוֹתֵר לִתְפֹּס אֶת הַקּוֹל אֶל הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה וְלִבְלִי לַהֲנִיחוֹ לָצֵאת דֶּרֶךְ הַקָּנֶה הַמּוֹצִיא קוֹל, אֲבָל בְּלֹא דִּבּוּר קַל יוֹתֵר.
It is much easier to shout in this way without using words. When you wish to express words, it is much more difficult to hold the voice in the mind and not to let any sound escape. But without words, it is much easier.21This was one of Rebbe Nachman's own practices (Tzaddik #241). This does not apply to formal prayer, where one should worship in a fervent voice (Avenehah Barzel, p. 16, #14).