Machshava:

Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Tanya

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p. 334, note 23. Yeshus (ego) even while doing mitzvos (good deeds / commandments). The good within klippas nogah (the husks of light) vs. the pure good of a neshamah Elokis (divine soul). Pure good means bitul (nullification) to Hashem. Divine rachmanus (compassion) rather than what we humans perceive as compassionate - it's not a popularity contest. (back to p. 69 in the text). The three components of the klipa-based soul. Our need to bring Elokus (g-dliness) into our daily, physical life. The war of good and bad within us begins with the physical needs of the body, i.e., with man's existence. A natural longing to closer to Hashem.