Chapter 37. When one isn’t obligated to do Mitzvos he should study Torah. Torah is greater than mitzvos in several very important respects.

Chapter 37 (-38). Dira biTachtonim affects our belongings. Collectively this process affects and elevates all of Klipas Noga (and causes the demise of the 3 evil Klipos) and brings Moshiach.

Chapter 35-6. Why does a Jew need Judaism? The answer: for the sake of BITTUL which is the way he can reach the Shechina to rest upon us.

Chapter 35. Why did G-D create the world (For us to raise ourselves above it or) For Him to be brought to the lowest (most unG-dly) place “Dira biTachtonim. Bringing G-D to the lowest level gives physical Mitzvos an advantage over Torah study.

Chapter 33-34. Hisbonenus, using the mind as a key (not only to the heart but) to the Soul! A method of connecting to one’s own inner G-D within the limitations given to them by their creator.

Chapter 33 (part). (Another symptom of the Soul) Emuna (faith) that’s been brought forward to one’s consciousness is equal to hosting G-D in your mind. Revealed faith reduces of all of Judaism to the faith itself.

Chapter 32. (One of the symptoms of the Soul) Ahavas Yisroel to literally love your fellow as yourself. Why Ahavas Yisroel is so central to the chassidic idea of the (practical) use of the Soul. Can you love someone while hating their evil?

Chapter 31. Joy after sadness. One has as much reason to be joyous as sad. Choose “joy of the soul” rather than “the sadness of the body”. What’s there to be happy about?

Chapter 29-31. Specific examples of mussar (self criticism). Former sins, small sins, relative sins, when comparing yourself to your fellow.

Chapter 29-31. The mussar section of the Tanya. When all methods of inspiring joy fail, the only solution (sometimes) is to be even more critical of self.