Zohar and Mesillat Yesharim

Both texts engage with kavanah (intent) in worship, but Text 1 emphasizes kavanah directed toward mourning galut and seeking geulah as a means of elevating God's honor, treating emotional-spiritual distress as integral to service. Text 2 discusses kavanah in priestly/mystical unification (yichuda shema) without reference to galut consciousness or redemptive yearning. Text 1 makes galut-awareness central to proper kavanah; Text 2 focuses kavanah on mystical union and atonement, not historical-communal exile consciousness. The frameworks are compatible but prioritize different aspects of intentional service.