TheFakeMaven:
You wrote: “i might add ‘and the experience of the beauty of Torah and mitzvos’… can only be done through teaching theology. Now, I don’t mean the philosophical aspect of theology, or as it is known as ‘chakira’ that is a pure waste of time, and most people will not understand it anyway. what I mean is either Chassidus or Nefesh Hachaim (or both as they are not mutually exclusive). Without teaching them the beauty of the Torahdige worldview one cannot show the ‘beauty of the mitzvas since without this deeper understanding the mitzvahs are nothing but a pressure.”
Whatever learning addresses the sheer beauty of Torah and mitzvos is great. But the emotional aspect is absorbed, rather than learned. This requires a role model, who displays how Torah and mitzvos are fulfilled, with anticipation, with motivation, with joy, with emotional connection, etc. If one never observes this, the studying of the greatest texts are in danger of barely making a dent – if that. All of Torah and mitzvos is about connecting to HKB”H, and the greatest connection is the loving relationship we have with HKB”H. The more we recognize the love He has for us, the more we can grasp at the love we need to feel for Him. But these sentences are only verbal descriptions of an emotional experience. We achieve this through experience, with vicarious experience being part of the deal. As for chinuch, the greatest flaw has been the failure of our mechanchim serving as role models. But I digress.
Go ahead and learn Nefesh Hachaim, Tanya, and whatever sifrei mussar and chassidus. The understanding needs to be a supplement to the experiential chinuch.