Machshava:

Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Tanya

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P. 30 in the commentary (9th perek). When the nefesh elokis (G-dly soul) controls the body, ahavas (love) Hashem covers every corner of the heart, like a floor covers the surface of the ground. The ahava also fills the heart completely, preventing the nefesh behamis (animal soul) from having a foothold. The ahava finally overflows from the heart and transforms the nefesh behamis into a loyal servant of the nefesh elokis. Every single inch of the briah (creation) needs to filled with kedusha. The nature of the nefesh behamis is purely to seek taanug (pleasure) and taiva (lust), therefore the only way to elevate the nefesh behamis is through having pleasure in avodas Hashem. The only way to keep people in Yiddishkeit is to make sure that everything in Yiddishkeit is pleasurable.