Lessons in Tanya Musings day 44 2/16/2023

End of chapter 27.  This section looks at a second approach to overcoming our base, physical instincts, or overcoming the Sitra Achara (dark/other side).  There are many permissible actions one is allowed to do yet we must also work on the motivation for doing them.  If we are doing things for the sake of connecting to Gd, then we are also suppressing the power of the Sitra Achara from getting the upper hand.  This comes through the means of learning how to delay giving in to our physical desires.  We are not ignoring them.  Rather we are using things like eating as a tools to grow spiritually.  We also briefly explore the term Kadosh, translated as holy to find the depth and beauty of this term.