Reply To: Theological Conundrum (read at your own risk)

The Rambam is saying that the level of ??? ?? ??? ???? ??? is the shleimus of recognizing, and serving Hashem purely because it is inherently Emes. He grants that this is nearly impossible precisely because it is against the very nature of man to do something if he does not stand to benefit or to lose. And he says that if you don’t serve Hashem ??? ?? ??? ???? ???, you’re just lacking that shleimus, i.e. in terms of reward and punishment you’re no worse off. (In a different translation, in place of ????? it says ??? ???.) So what’s the purpose of attaining the shleimus if it doesn’t get you anything? And to preempt DaasYochid’s answer, if it’s only if you value shleimus then there is in fact no inherent value to shleimus, and it’s just a “do whatever you value”.