Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

The Ben Ish Chai has another mashel for the yetzer hara:
As a man was limping along, another man came riding on a horse. Having mercy on him, he allowed him to sit on the horse in the front holding on to the rains. When they got into town, the one sitting in the front, says to the other, get off my horse. So at the din torah, he argues this is my horse as I am sitting in the front and holding the rains. The dayan realizes that he wants to take his horse, says we know it belongs to you but you should not have allowed him to sit in the front, holding the rains and take over the horse.
The nimshal is obvious. the yetzer hara arrives as a guest and then he takes over.

The Chasam Sofer gives us an eitza how to fight the yetzer hara.
It says in Tehilim (34,15) ס֣וּר מֵ֭רָע וַעֲשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב בַּקֵּ֖שׁ שָׁל֣וֹם וְרָדְפֵֽהוּ Turn away from the bad and do good look for peace and go after it. He explains that there is always a conflict between the body and soul. We would like to make peace and resolve the conflict. So we should basically cycle through the making of peace and go after. We will create a small conflict between the body and soul by doing something inferior to the body and than make peace by letting the body get used to it. It has to be small such that the body will not get frustrated and reject it.