We possess two souls: a Divine soul, which seeks to enhance our relationship with G‑d, and a human/animal soul, which seeks physical comfort and the pleasures of secular intellectual stimulation.
The pleasures that our human/animal soul craves are more readily available in our physical world, so it is “drunk” compared to our Divine soul, which thirsts for G‑dliness. Only in the Messianic future, when G‑dliness will be openly revealed, will the Divine soul be “drunk” with Divinity.
In the meantime, our human/animal souls attempt to “add the drunken to the thirsty.” This side of our personality knows that material pleasures are too shallow to satisfy us in any meaningful or long-lasting way. Yet, it deceptively argues that the spiritual fulfillment that our Divine soul seeks in the study of the Torah, prayer, and the performance of G‑d’s commandments are more readily available to us in the enticements of this world.
Our challenge in life is not to listen to this voice, but to listen instead to the inner voice of our Divine soul and order our priorities in accordance with both our and G‑d’s true interests.1
are you shure that human soul is better then animal soul?
Is there any difference among animal and human soul? We can recive some directions from propfets, especially from wisdom of King Salomon.
Shallom, Radoslaw.
According to Judaism and Chassidic thought, both humans and animals have a nefesh habehamis (animal soul) that gives life, instincts, and natural drives. The difference is that a Jew also has a nefesh Elokis (G-dly soul), a literal “piece of G-d from above,” which yearns for holiness and truth.
Because of this G-dly soul, humans — unlike animals — are granted bechirah chofshis (free choice). An animal follows its instincts, but a human can rise above instinct, choose between good and evil, and consciously attach himself to Hashem through Torah and mitzvos.