Halevi – isn’t that really a dog chasing it’s tail? If you are trying to achieve that level purely because of the reward you are going to get, you will find it pretty hard to attain that level!
Who ever said it was easy?
DaasYochid – I think I know where you’re heading, but I don’t see it working.
Why not? What happened was that PAA arrived at a point where he couldn’t give a further reason, rather, “enjoying the reward IS the purpose”, in other words, it has intrinsic value. Well, the Tanna is telling us that the ideal is not to arrive at that intrinsically valuable goal, but rather, at the intrinsically valuable goal of fulfilling His ratzon.