[Trapped]

Let me add one other thing since you were talking about the soul, and not just the mind, which is what I mostly focused on. If we take the LC teaching that the soul includes the mind, emotion, and will....let's talk about emotions briefly then.

Jesus wept. He overturned tables in anger. He had compassion. He was moved. He sweated bullets before going to the cross. He was indignant.

And what about God? God is love.

All these things describe emotions. Jesus didn't "deny His emotions" or "get out of His emotions". He felt them fully. They are part of the intended landscape of human experience. God doesn't ask us to deny our emotions across the board. That would be a robot, and we know God doesn't want robots because He created us with free will.

But when did Jesus deny His emotions, His will, Himself?

When going to the cross.

We know this. We know He asked for the cup to pass from Him, yet not His own will but the Father's will. And when the Father still wanted Him to be crucified, that's when Jesus denied His emotions, His will, and Himself. We deny ourselves in relation to obedience and sin, not just for the sake of denying ourselves.