Chasidut su Deuteronomio 30:14

Even the Kabbalistic matters which these sages discuss is in fact entirely focused on avodah, primarily the simple form of avodah. Through such holy avodah, the holy soul within an Israelite becomes aflame. This is the vitality and passion he experiences in avodah, as well as the pleasure of Eden which is borne out of avodah performed in this world (Beit Aharon, in the anthology of sayings from R. Shlomo of Karlin). Yet, an Israelite should not pray for such passion, for his focus should be on the avodah itself. Let one enter into such states through prayer and avodah, and the passion will emerge on its own (see ibid, comments on Pentecost). As it says, “For the matter is very close to you, in your mouth and heart, to do it-”³⁸⁴Deuteronomy 30:14. first it is in your mouth, and then your heart; one should not wait for the heart’s arousal. Rather, if one finds that he can only pray with his mouth, then he should begin with that, and through such prayer his heart will awaken and become aroused. Even if he feels no vitality, but rather feels like an ox with a yoke or a donkey with a saddle, let him experience pleasure from this as well, and through this he will come to feel the ‘taste’ of avodah (ibid, Shabbat Shuvah³⁸⁵The ‘Sabbath of Repentance,’ i.e. the Sabbath preceding the Day of Atonement.). This path’s instruction to come to awakening through simple avodah extends to the beginning of one’s avodah, that is, turning away from negative traits, which also must be done through proactive avodah.