The answer lies in an old post I hereby repost for this purpose. The hewer fits himself into the arbitrary service of an employer in a project he immaturely wants to ignore, so as to not have to leave the life of shiftless eating and drinking because tomorrow we die. Rather than learn to use his mind to make his own plan and order his day around it, he seeks an easy way out, doing a rote action that will guarantee minimal resources from an arbitrary authority. So too the doer of Mitzvot without focus. Such a one seeks minimal acceptance by religious authorities socially or perhaps by an arbitrary "God". But he lacks the maturity to see Mitzvot as tools of understanding the "Shechina plan" man's place in nature and the tools to develop in it. In essence we remain hewers of wood until we break free from security born of fitting into the plan of an arbitrary authority. The manager is somewhat more mindful than the garbage worker, but the fundamental braekthrough has not yet occured. The fundamental question has not been asked. Is my lifestyle reflective of the Chochma that is the source of all motion, or is it the product of some humans dream? Am I honestly breaking free from the arbitrary dreams of Pharaohs and seeking Shechina or am I getting security by fitting in? It is this question that Rambam poses. Is my Avoda linked to the source of all lawfull motion or is it more like the mindless action of the hewer of wood? Is my tefilla a "plan" that reflects an understanding of lawfull motion or an empty prattling to a magical force that does not exist? Read the next post with this question of Rambam in mind.
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