Extra Soul

 Or HaChaim (Devarim 20:10) Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said in Zohar volume 2 page 62 that G-d sends man an additional soul to guide him on the right path and to save him from committing sins against Him. In our paragraph we may perceive G-d as addressing this additional soul telling it: "when you approach a city. The idea is that this soul is intended to save the body from the evil urge; it is in line with the verse in Kohelet 9,14 which continues,"against which a great king comes and lays siege to it, An insignificant looking wise man saves that small city from the onslaught of the great king using his wisdom" "and you call out to her: 'peace'." The meaning is that you do not immediately wade into the your evil urge and try to conquer it in one single frontal assault; rather you first suggest that it also give heaven its due, as a result of which it will experience great benefits. As a result the evil urge will allow that man has a duty also vis-a-vis heaven. After all, secular activities such as eating and drinking in this life also enable man to perform his spiritual tasks better. As a result of this accomodation with the evil urge one assures oneself of not losing one's hereafter altogether. "If she is not prepared to surrender peacefully," If the "city" does not accept the soul's proposal to allow heaven its due, or that even after man began to become a penitent he slid back into sin, then you have to make all out war against the evil urge.We know that once an attempt to become a penitent fails, the chances are that the forces of evil will redouble their efforts against any religious instincts a person has.