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For even the most dispassionate and cloistered of men must often engage in battle with his evil inclination, both in the area of 6 “doing good” and in that of “turning away from evil,” as the Alter Rebbe goes on to illustrate

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In ch. 29 the Alter Rebbe discussed various means of overcoming timtum halev — the state of insensitivity in which one’s heart is dull, and unresponsive to his contemplation of G‑d’s greatness. All these methods are aimed at crushing one’s spirit, whereby one crushes

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והנה כל מה שיאריך בעניינים אלו במחשבתו, וגם בעיונו בספרים, להיות לבו נשבר בקרבו, ונבזה בעיניו נמאס ככתוב, בתכלית המיאוס, ולמאס חייו ממש, הרי בזה ממאס ומבזה הסטרא אחרא ומשפילה לעפר ומורידה מגדולתה וגסות רוחה וגבהותה, שמגביה את עצמה על אור קדושת נפש האלקית להחשיך אורה

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ובפרט כשיזכור טומאת נפשו בחטאת נעורים, והפגם שעשה בעליונים, ושם הוא למעלה מהזמן, וכאלו פגם ונטמא היום, חס ושלום, ממשEspecially so, if he calls to mind the contamination of his soul with the sin of youth, and the blemish he has wrought thereby in

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This means that one must crush the sitra achra and cast it to the ground by setting aside appointed times for humbling oneself and considering himself 4 “despicable and contemptible,” as it is written.

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