Selections from the original article
Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, meaning the revelation and concealment of the face of the Creator, for indeed “His kingdom ruleth over all,” and everything will return to its root because there is no place vacant of him. But the difference is in present tense or future tense, because he who connects the two worlds, discovers in the present His clothing: that everything that is done is a clothing for the revelation of divinity. And this is deemed present tense, meaning that now too he comes out in royal clothes and evidently shows that the rider is not subordinate to the horse. But although it seemingly appears that the horse leads the rider, the truth is that the horse is provoked to any movement, only by the sensation of the bridle and headstall of the rider. And that is called the construction of the stature of divinity, and it is also called face-to-face.
But one who has not yet come to dedicate all his movements for the Creator alone, and the horse does not equalize with its movements to the bridle and headstall of the rider, but appears to do the opposite, and the handmaid appears to rule the mistress, this is called “behind” - meaning that you should not think that you are drawing away from holiness, for “that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all.” Thus sayeth the Lord, “Surely with a mighty hand” etc., “For he that is banished be not an outcast from him.” And every wheel turns to come to holiness, its root. Therefore, although it seems that the horse leads the rider by his despicable desire, the truth is not so. It is the rider who leads the horse to his destination. However, it is not apparent in the present, but in the future. Hence, that way there is also contact but it is back to back, meaning not by the desire of the dresser or that of the dressee.
But those who follow His will, discover for themselves the royal dresses in the present, connected face to face through the desire of the dresser, for that is precisely His desire.
And this is the meaning of “Because thou hast not served the Lord thy God with joyfulness.” For you will serve Him anyhow, but the difference is that this way is “in the siege and in the straitness”, meaning unwillingly, and the other way is by reason of the abundance of all things, meaning willingly.