For without this power of the animal soul, the divine soul would not affect the body at all, since it is spiritual and the body physical and corporeal, so that body and divine soul are antithetical, as are the spiritual and material dimensions generally.

– Tanya, Chapter 35

Cramped, crushed, crowded, crippled –

confined to damp dark quarters –

my soul cries.

Hush! Hush!

Soon you’ll be flying

leaving behind

the garments which held you back

the garments for which you cared

for so long.

Hush! Hush!

Soon your tears

will water the dirt

of hardships which held you back

the hardships for which you cared

for so long.

Cramped, crushed, crowded, crippled –

confined to damp dark quarters –

my soul flies.