In the time during the Tana'aim and Amoraim HaKdoshim, the distractions they had were circuses and theatre arenas. Their Yetzer Hara was everything to do with Avoda Zara and Gilui Arayot (Idol Worship & Sexual Immorality).
Advertisements are everywhere. On your iPad, your iPhone, your Android, your Blackberry, your TV at the gym, your apartment building elevator, the taxi you take to school in the morning, your e-mail, your newspaper, etc. etc.
The distractions never end.
When was the last time you actually had full focus into something? In our generation we are bombarded all the time with constant notifications to MAKE SURE we have NO time to think about ourselves, channel our energy to just contemplate about this world and what is going on in this world. We have NO TIME to sit and think and just breathe. Chassidut teaches us to take time to just contemplate about this world, try to feel G-d breathing through your lungs, pumping blood in your veins, making sure your nerve cells are operating to transfer thoughts and feelings to your brain.
The Yetzer Hara OWNS. But Hashem also loves us and gives us the opportunity to OWN the Yetzer Hara!
The Torah HaKdosha. Whether its putting effort to go to mincha, putting effort to open up a Torah Website and hear a shiur, putting effort to do Kibud Av Ve'Em by dialing your parents' numbers and saying Hi, or even just calling a friend to ask about his spiritual status. We are in Control and with enough Tefillot and Avodat Hashem we CAN win!
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