The motivation for the choice of intermediaries is not intellectual. Instead, it is the fundamental motivation to receive sustenance that leads to the decision to choose the intellectual approach that will justify receiving sustenance from the intermediaries.
In this Podcast you can join the in-depth Chassidus classes given at Yeshivas Tiferes Bachurim (Morristown, NJ) by Rabbi Zalman Dubinsky on the Maamar BeYom Ashtei Asar Yom 5731 (מאמר ד"ה ביום עשתי עשר יום תשל"א).