The Ultimate Personal Duality

Though I can claim no expertise, but it seems to me the fundamental quagmire of psychology and society is that it is there to enhance ego

Chassidus runs a duality – I believe what the Alter    expounds on the concept of the Zohar, “happiness in one side and sadness in the other” which as he begins Perek Lamed Beis is to see one’s body (which means the conscious self) as evil, and despise it, and identify with our Divine soul and celebrate in it.

(Furthermore, it seems to me the benefit is that ego = entitlement, hence the despising of self would naturally lead to the state of contentment; yet coupled with the love for the Divine, also purpose