Your Inner Balance: Giving Body and Soul Their Due (AI)

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Zamir Cohen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

every person throughout their life often feels a conflict between the body and the Soul spiritually one wants to rise to be in a higher place but there is also the body with its desires that pull a person downward sometimes a person doesn't even know how to identify themselves am I a spiritual person in a high place or am I a very materialistic even animalistic person drawn to very low places this conflict which can be embarrassing May lead people to extremes embarrassing May lead people to extremes some are drawn to the extreme of spirituality trying to be very spiritual to the point where they view the body as an enemy to fight against this phenomenon is found among certain monks and athetics there are those in various approaches around the world who see the body as the enemy in order to be spiritual they fight against it afflict their bodies through fasting and abstinence and refrain from marrying thinking that marriage is a surrender to certain desires even if he marries a woman he desires even if he marries a woman he may prefer to live as a monk for his whole life living in poverty and deprivation dressing in a very humble way and not enjoying anything he refuses to give the body anything and thus he leans toward the spiritual extreme on the other hand there are those who lean toward the Other Extreme trying to suppress every spiritual feeling and instead follow the desires of the body sinking into very low places eventually

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1. 0:00every person throughout their life often feels a conflict between the body and the Soul spiritually…
2. 4:08boundaries this is a person who walks the path of Justice a righteous person where do…
3. 8:46a predator sneaking up behind it what did Hashem do he placed the eyes on the…
4. 13:27them you see that the Creator who created you also cares for Animals therefore you shouldn't…
5. 17:59he doesn't want his father father to bear that burden what does he gain in the…
6. 22:33is inside it together they form the human these are the two parts of a person…
7. 27:05desires if it satisfies all his Cravings it only makes him hungrier and then the person…
8. 31:41socially when you use this approach with your spouse your children and at work for example…
9. 36:21I dedicate my life to this he said because I wanted them to have a place…
10. 40:58bacteria and viruses for example the HIV virus is more easily transmitted to uncut skin a…

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