Likutay Moharan - Torah-teaching 233

233 - When evil thoughts and ponderings overpower the person

When evil thoughts and ponderings overpower the person and he strengthens and overpowers them and conquers them there is to the Holy One blessed be He great pleasure from this and it is very precious in the eyes of Hashem, blessed be He, like the parable that there is with kings sometimes on the day of battle they place several animals that they conquer each other and they stand and gaze and they have great pleasure from the conquest similarly the thoughts they come from aspects of the animals (see Tikkun 21 at its end) and holy thoughts they are aspects of pure animals and evil thoughts they are aspects of impure animals and they place intentionally from above that they conquer each other and there is to the Holy One blessed be He great pleasure when the person overpowers the impure animals and conquers them. The general that it is impossible in any way in the world that there be two thoughts together at one time therefore easily they can chase away evil thoughts only with sit and do not do that is not to think that thought only to think some other thought in Torah or service or even business because it is impossible that there be two thoughts together in any way and already explained in another place (above in sign 72). that one does not need to make war and to shake his head here and there in order to chase the evil thoughts because this does not help at all on the contrary by this they overpower more only not to pay attention to them at all only to do his in what he is occupied in Torah or prayer or business and not to look backward at all and by this automatically it departs.