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The Ever-Raging Battle

Written by Michael
Saturday, 25 August 2007
The constant spiritual battle between the evil inclination and the good inclination is a part of the inner fabric of life. And the winner is... As the book "Mesilat Yesharim" makes clear, all of this world is a testing ground (Ch.1). Will a man follow his will to do good, or will he be led astray after sin? The hero, the winner, is the man who clings to G-d in all of his doings. This is success. "The Holy One Blessed be He has put man in a place where the factors which draw him further from the Blessed One are many. These are the earthy desires which, if he is pulled after them, cause him to be drawn further from and to depart from the true good. It is seen, then, that man is veritably placed in the midst of a raging battle... If he is valorous, and victorious on all sides, he will be the whole man, who will succeed in uniting with his Creator, and he will leave the corridor to enter the palace, to glow in the light of life. To the extent that he has subdued his evil inclination and his desires, and withdrawn from those factors which draw him further from the good, and exerted himself to become united with it, to that extent he will attain and rejoice in the light of life" (Ibid).
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