The “inner place” is a location of tranquility and pleasure. Therefore, the innermost part of the nefesh seeks this inner place. It searches for this internal place, where there is tranquility and pleasure.
However, externally, there is the desire to dwell in tranquility because a person doesn’t want to suffer. Also the attribute of laziness demands peace and tranquility.
As a rule, in reference to time, Shabbos kodesh is the time for the inner peace. In contrast, the weekdays are the desire for external rest. When a person demands to rest and to be tranquil also in the weekdays, which is a time for work – “Man goes forth to his work, and to his labor until evening” – the power of action will combat tranquility with great opposition.
In Practice
During weekdays, a person should set a time for himself – a short time – when he dwells with tranquility. However, the rest of the time, he must work, a complete work. And on Shabbos kodesh, he should attach to rest with greater broadness. However, he should attempt that it shouldn’t solely bring to the relaxation of the body, rather, and primarily, the relaxation should be of the nefesh.
