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We are on chapter 19, courtesy of @SefariaProject, looking at the topic of piety (חסידות/chasidus).
https://www.sefaria.org/Mesilat_Yesharim.19.39?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
והנה ג' דברים צריך שיסתכל האדם ויתבונן היטב, כדי שיגיע אל זאת היראה: האחד שהוא עומד ממש לפני הבורא יתברך שמו ונושא ונותן עמו, אף על פי שאין עינו של אדם רואהו, ותראה כי זה הוא היותר קשה שיצטייר בלב האדם ציור אמיתי, יען אין החוש עוזר לזה כלל.
In order to reach this fear, a man must reflect on and contemplate well three things: first, that he is actually (mamash) standing before the Creator, blessed be He, engaging in a give and take with Him, even though a man's eye does not see Him. You will observe that this is the most difficult for a person to form a true im age in his heart because his senses do not at all aid in this.
אמנם מי שהוא בעל שכל נכון, במעט התבוננות ושימת לב, יוכל לקבוע בלבו אמיתת הדבר, איך הוא בא ונושא ונותן ממש עמו יתברך, ולפניו הוא מתחנן ומאתו הוא מבקש, והוא יתברך שמו מאזין לו מקשיב לדבריו, כאשר ידבר איש אל רעהו ורעהו מקשיב שומע אליו.
However, he who is of sound intellect can establish in his heart the truth of the matter, with a little contemplation and attention, how he comes and quite literally engages in a give and take with G-d, blessed be He, pleading before Him, and beseeching Him, while G-d, blessed be His Name, lends ear to him, gives attention to his words, just like when a man speaks to his neighbor and the neighbor attentively listens to his words.
ואחר שיקבע זה בדעתו, צריך שיתבונן על רוממותו יתברך, אשר הוא מרומם ונשגב על כל ברכה ותהלה, על כל מיני שלימות שתוכל מחשבתנו לדמות ולהבין.
After one has established this in his knowledge, he must then contemplate on G-d's exaltedness, blessed be He, that He is exalted and elevated over all blessing and praise, over all forms of perfection that our minds can possibly imagine and comprehend.
ועוד צריך שיתבונן על שפלות האדם ופחיתותו, לפי חומריותו וגסותו, כל שכן לפי החטאים שחטא מעודו.
He must also contemplate on the lowliness of man and his baseness due to his physical nature and grossness, and all the more so due to all the sins he committed in his life.
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