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Working Esoterically with the Instinctive CenterTo work esoterically with the instinctive center implies to observe the sensations, a matter which is of great importance, given that impressions arrive at us through the five physical senses.
To the instinctive center corresponds the principal role of the science of the transformation of impressions. In other words, the erroneous functioning of the centers cannot be corrected if the erroneous activities of the instinctive center are not studied, comprehended and eliminated, which immediately demands adequate knowledge and a method that allows its harmonious development.
In moments of total unconsciosness, the normal functions of the instinctive center enter into an involutive, descending, infranormal process and the impressions that are received from the external world are not transformed. Trying to adapt itself to unfavorable conditions for life, this center brings into existence some infra-instinctive, terribly negative "I's."
Any Gnostic student that aspires to establish an equilibrium of the center in question, should work on the elimination of certain bestial, infrahuman, infraconscious forms, such as instinctive brutality, criminal instincts, hatred, lust, psychopathies, etc.
Any ego can cause serious harm in some of the cylinders, but those that provoke explosions which are difficult to control, are precisely the "aggregates" that are located in the instinctive center, which is also 30,000 times faster than the intellectual center.
The instinctive "I's" are the real representation of the animal-like parts of each of us. It is worthwhile to mention that they are entities that unfold in the state of "eikasia" or absolute sleep of the consciousness. That is why dreams related to this center are too confusing, almost impossible to decipher.
Some of these entities or "I's" manifest provoking some of the most frightening crimes: rapes, bloody passionate crimes, etc.
Such psychological defects that distort the normal instincts of the human being, have their origin in the "Kundartiguador organ," inserted precisely in the instinctive center.
It is superfluous to state that the study of the instinctive function, just as that of the other centers, always escapes the normal analysis of speculative rationalisms and the intellectual methods of Western psychology. We should never forget, in this sense, that self-knowledge or self-Gnosis is an attribute of the superlative consciousness of the Being.
In a remote past, humanity possessed objective reason; it elaborated its concepts with the data of the consciousness, which in turn used the instinctive center in an absolutely perfect manner. That is, ego did not exist and so the Being perceived the world and its phenomena through an enlightened, awake consciousness.
To reestablish that original purity is the objective of the work on the five centers of the organic machine, very especially the instinctive center.
The degeneration of the five physical senses, added to the fact that the "intellectual animal" elaborates his concepts of content from external sensorial perceptions, explains why the different manifestations of science, art, philosophy and religion have been adulterated.
The sense of novelty, the ability to be surprised, to look at everything in a new way, that is, in a state of alert perception, is an extraordinary aid for the comprehension of the physical world.
Obviously, when we learn to see life without any type of associations, impressions are transformed and fall directly on the consciousness.
The correct work on the instinctive center consists, then, on grasping impressions without translating them. One has to learn to see, taste, hear, smell and touch in a state of profound concentration, in a state of self-remembering, which is only possible by observing the point where impressions enter and using (as it has already been said) the first conscious shock.
The action of ego, through the instinctive center, is carried out through sensations and the satisfaction of desires.
First comes the sensation or impact from the external world, through the five senses. Then comes desire, produced by the identification of the subject with the object.
The pluralized "I" always looks for those sensations that can give it that so-yearned for satisfaction. The ego desires riches, power, luxuries, the ego, above all, looks for sensations and instinctive-sexual satisfactions.
When one learns to divide oneself between observer and observed, he can then learn the cause of his desires.
To satisfy itself, the "I" looks for sensations that are stronger each time: drugs, skydiving, car racing, etc., which undoubtedly, terribly strengthen the ego and makes the instinctive center degenerate even more.
The Gnostic student should auto-explore his own ego, with the intention of comprehending what his "desires" and "wills" are which are imprisoned in his "I's."
The mentioned "wills" force us to satisfy desires, transforming us into impotent, weak, miserable creatures, incapable of overcoming circumstances.
On the other hand, inadequate and anti-human conditions in which modern life unfolds, that is: artificial foods polluted with chemicals, overcrowding in the big cities, smog, the scarce contact with nature, etc., make the definitive and indepth restoration of the instinctive center difficult.
However, through a selective process of impressions, pure food and equally pure air, it is possible to create enough energies for the good functioning of the instinctive center.
Excerpt from "The Erroneous Functioning of the Five Centers"
by Samael Aun Weorv
