The bottom line is this, man is born with a tendency to go in one of five directions – the first (and much has to do with what his society venerates, hence he imitates; as well as what is deemed acceptable) Seeking pleasure – 2. staying away from pain 3. seeking truth .4 depressed 5. destructive – in truth we all contain elements of each – only by following the Biblical instructions which boil down to adhering to the Divine laws and the instruction of the Rebbe of the generation, can you have 1.2.3.