The body wages war against the soul. Yet, the answer is not platonic monasticism. If the top of the plate is materialism, the bottom is self-deprivation.  Don't be fooled by looking at just one side or the other. Take a step back and realize it is a plate.

There is no hot without cold. There is no good without bad. The one thing defines the other. Flee from one and you will find yourself caught by the other in the same place.

Let me tell you a version of a Rumi story I updated to elucidate this further.

There was a nun who took a vow of poverty. One day she went into the most opulent part of town. There she ran into a very rich and powerful woman of questionable background and methods. The nun explained the true meaning of the search for God. The rich woman was much taken with her words. Together they agreed to meet at the convent the next day and ridding themselves of the trappings of the world they would set out in pursuit of nothing except God’s glory.

The next day, true to her words, the wealthy woman was there. She had nothing in her hands. No purse, no money, nothing except the clothes on her back and some sensible walking shoes. Foxes have dens and rabbits have holes but she had nothing.

The nun was there as well. They had just taken two steps when the nun said. Oh, I need to go back. I forgot my case with extra habits.