Of course, you want your mind to also become close, but that’s not so easy. But that your body should come close is much more simple to accomplish, so you should grab the opportunity. Sit there for a minute and think about that – “I’m sitting here now in the beis haknesses because I’m doing what I can to be physically close to Hashem.” If nobody’s listening say “Baruch Hashem, I was zocheh to walk in!”
You think it’s silly? It’s the unsilliest thing in the world! Because we’re learning now that walking into the House of Hashem and sitting there, that’s already a fulfillment of the great ideal of kirvas Elokim. As close as you can get to the Shechina with your body, that’s already a perfection of the neshama.
