m025 022 Teves 10 ~ Teves 13
Questions for today:
Where do my inner feelings of frustration and turmoil come from? Why do I often feel like I’m being pulled in directions that I don’t feel good about?
Yesterday we learned that the animal soul and the G-dly soul each have a headquarters in the body; one in the head and the other in the heart.
Today we learn that it's not a passive coexistence. Rather, it’s similar to the prophecy to our Matriarch Rebecca that her children will be struggling with each other.
Similarly, the two souls look at the body like a city, each wanting to be king. In fact, not only do they want to rule the body, they want to rule the other one as well. The soul doesn't just want that the body should never do anything bad and should only do good - it wants all of the passion, the temptation, the drive, of the animal Soul as an active partner.
Similarly, the animal soul wants the equal and opposite from the G-dly soul.
This desire of the animal Soul is not for nefarious reasons, it’s because only after overcoming that type of a challenge, can the G-dly Soul show its loyalty and its bond with the Creator.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=12/17/2021
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHSHGM6z-Y&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKI_BRnjBvHe&index=22