Confronting the Ice Bath of Transformation - Balancing Desires and Resistance

What opposing forces work in us? What is the point in the heart? What is the goal of the point in the heart? How can we make our body agree to things that are not pleasant or attractive for our inherent nature? What is the best time for advancement? What is the secret of spiritual advancement? What is the spiritual environment? An ice bath. I will get into it, although I really do not want to. I could say that there is a part of me that desires the exhilaration, and there is a part of me that is deeply opposed to this. This is similar to one of the problems that every person who studies the wisdom of Kabbalah will encounter at some point. There is an ancient part of me that longs for nothing else except for simple pleasures. At the moment, I try to do something that is a little bit above the norm, even corporeal things like becoming a doctor or a lawyer or trying to get into an ice bath; this inner Mr. Hyde opposes this and longs and pushes for me to return to simple pleasures and