The Root of Our Dominant Destructive Impulses
» Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 10:22pm |
To anyone who has both a strong understanding of the Duality of the emotions and motives in operation back of and driving Human Nature and also a refined sense of Self-Awareness, it is obvious that we all have specific Destructive Impulses which have come to be dominant in our Moral Characters.
Our Moral Characters can be said to be the sum total of the Impulses, both Constructive and Destructive, we have allowed into our conscious minds, whereby they are passed on and are "filed away" in our subconscious minds, which is the sole determinant of our conduct on the Stage of Life.
Once each of these Impulses have been passed through the conscious mind into the subconscious mind, they are generally no longer under our awareness or control, and influence, to no small degree, the conditions we create in the Great Unfoldment.
Where personal interaction is concerned, this occurs through the Law of Transmission as discussed in Personal Responsibility and Our Destructive Natures.
The science of Morality can be stated quite simply:
The refinement of a man's Moral Character is in direct ratio to the absence of Destructive Impulses he allows into his mind just has the coarsity of a man's Morality is in relation to the Destructive Impulses he allows to enter his "psychical estate".
And since our power to influence the Great Unfoldment along Constructive lines is in direct relation to how well we've succeeded at mastering the Destructive Impulses of our Natures — meaning the effectiveness to which we've used our Will Power to refuse admittance of the Destructive Impulses from either entering the conscious mind or passing from it into the subconscious mind — perhaps it can be helpful to understand how we adopt the Destructive Impulses which have become dominant in our Characters.
For the degree to which a man has mastered the Destructive Impulses of his Nature is the exact ratio to which he frees himself of his Sins — as it will be found that what we often refer to as Sin is, upon the facts, the particular manifestation or physical expression of the Destructive Impulses.
The Impulse must precede the outward expression, just as a seed must be planted before a tree will grow.
Simply put:
It will be discovered that the dominant Destructive Impulses of a man's Character are generally learned through the unconscious repetition of them in relation to the common or prevalent "Instinctive Triggers" present during his formative years.
Or in other words, through the process of receiving specific Destructive Behaviors repeatedly over time, each having a tendency to trigger a corresponding Instinctive Response of which is also repeated consistently over time until it becomes a habit, rooted deeply in the subconscious mind where it tends to go unseen and unnoticed by the individual.
As a simple demonstration:
Suppose a child is scolded and admonished repeatedly for playing and laughing during his formative years.
If he responds in fear each time — as is the Instinctive Response — and after much repetition, he will finally come to unconsciously respond to "play" with fear, which will be taken into adult life, if it is never deliberately mastered.
And it will likely be discovered that, if he does not overcome it, he will find himself adverse to new ideas and experiences, and will develop a rigid Intolerance on subjects which he is unfamiliar with.
It might be worth noting that where Intolerance is found, Self-Righteousness is close behind.
Furthermore, it will be found that it is the Destructive Impulses of our Nature which the Masters have often referred to as "Sin", not just their expression as the "good men of the world" lay claim to, but the very ADMITTANCE of them into the mind.
We see the Great Master reveal this truth quite definitely when he said:
You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Of course, the "good" men of the world often tend to take this truth not as the Master intended, as a presentation of a simple psychological fact and its relation to its effects upon the Soul, but as a means of controlling women and limiting the "sex exchange", motivated by Jealousy which is, in itself, a Sin against the Soul.
And with any amount of experience directed along accurate lines in observing the effects the Destructive Impulses or Sins have upon the physical body — which is a reflection of the Soul Attitude back of and operating it — it will be clearly noted that specific maladies and diseases surface in relation to ones Sins.
It would seem this is why the Master Jesus said, "The wages of Sin is Death":
The admission of the Destructive Impulses into the conscious mind whereby they are given the opportunity, with no protection left, to bury themselves into the subconscious, and thus interfere with the vital operations of the mentality and physical body, which over time, generates malfunction and disease.
In childhood we are often taught the popular excuse (which some carry over into adulthood) to explain away or justify our refusal to take Personal Responsibility and cooperate with Nature's Constructive Principle:
"The Devil made me do it."
But the truth is not based on this or any other superstition, but science — demonstrated through the psychical Process outlined above.
Therefore, let us lay it down as clearly and definitely as possible here:
- An intention — whether under the direction of the Will or in response to a thought or its outward behavior released by another — is mixed with an emotion, which defines the motive back of the intention.
- That motive creates an internal response and outward expression through the medium of the physical body, evident through movement and vocal tonality.
- That internal response affects our Health, for better or worse, in relation to the nature of the Impulse, and the outward expression of it is also transmitted to everyone within its sensory perception and can be "read", should they have the Knowledge of the Cause and Effect of Morality (or Immorality).
This is how it is possible, without error, to know immediately when someone is being dishonest or lying, despite lack of "solid" evidence.
Truly, we commit Sin not because there is some bogey man taunting us, whispering in our ears.
We commit our Sins because we respond to our intentions by mixing them with any of the Destructive Emotions (we've generally allowed to become habitual, and thus invisible to us) which, when mixed, makes the outward expressions of behavior we call "transgressions", "sins", or "crimes" inevitable, just as the day must follow the night.
Thus, let it be known:
Blessed is the man knows his Sins and takes on the Great Work of identifying and conquering them for he shall "inherit the Kingdom of God". And being that we know "the Kingdom of God is within you", as all the Wise Men have revealed to us, we are left with the state of mind or Consciousness known as Faith, the basis and source of the Master Jesus' miracles.
But cursed is the man who knows his Sins and deliberately welcomes and encourages them for he knowingly trades in the short-term perceived benefit of their expression (as in the most obvious cases of Envy and Revenge), only to tear down the vitality within his own Soul in the long-term, which if redirected would raise him to heights that would baffle his imagination.
And damned is the man who neither knows the dominant Destructive Impulses of his Nature nor desires to but instead ignores and denies their existence, for he will forever work at deceiving himself and compensating for his destructive thoughts and conduct in a vane attempt to convince himself that he is a "good" man, only to bring upon himself the contempt of the World.
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