m035 030 Tanya Teves 18 ~ 24
Questions for today:
Where can we see an example of this idea: I have a G-dly Soul, I have an Animal Soul – and they are both at play?
A salesman hears a big commotion as he knocks on a door. He askes the person who opens, “I'm here selling energy are you the master of the house?”
The flustered fellow looks at him and says “you have to come back in a few minutes, we're trying to figure that out right now”.
Today's Tanya summarizes what we learned unil now and says; this is why the Torah tells us that every single person has two ‘judges’, not two ‘rulers’.
This is because both the animal soul and the G-dly soul can't act on their own. They both got a vote.
Therefore we should always consider ourselves, not a ‘wicked’ person but K’rasha, ‘like’ a wicked person.
We should never forget that inside we have a judge that's always ready to vote for selfish and nefarious ideas.
It's possible, that even though day after day the verdict goes the right way, that could be, not because we are completely perfected, but because of the third judge - because of G-d who is always standing and illuminating our lives so that wisdom and light will automatically be victorious over foolishness and darkness
Tanya book 1, ch13 pt 1
Our animal, and G-dly, soul cannot rule by fiat, they just get a vote. However G-d grants, that if we put up a fight, G-d will provide illumination to always break the tie, for good.
Study today’s Tanya in full: https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=12/28/2021
See today’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I4tORfywo&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKI_BRnjBvHe&index=30
Additional thoughts:
We learned earlier that the brain naturally has the capacity to control the heart.
Why now do we say that there is a third judge, G-d, that casts the deciding vote? Shouldn’t Brain be able to achieve victory on its own?
But if we read carefully, we see that we are describing a person where the thoughts already made the journey from the heart to the brain.
We’re not just talking about somebody who’s Soul contains some narcissism and it needs to be knocked down.
We’re talking about someone who allows those thoughts to enter into the brain, to be an acting judge.
Therefore today, we learn that even when those feelings became actual thoughts, G-d gets involved to make sure that if we fight, we will win.