From Inner Beast to Inner Force


"Each one should ask himself why is he always at the mercy of this beast, incapable of living quietly in his kingdom and feeling safe in his own domains? Under such conditions, how can he offer peace to his fellowman? A question that everybody should ask themselves."
(Lecture given in Buenos Aires, April 5th, 1949 by Carlos Bernardo Gonzalez Pecotche*)

"There is no doubt that all human beings ignore what their real tragedy is; and they ignore it because no one offered their intelligence the basic elements that would enable them later to discern truths that have always been presented to them as a gigantic mess.

When man dominated the jungle when he fought the wild beast and conquered it, he could not understand the meaning of this act in his life nor even allowed him to create his defenses since his intelligence was not cultivated; and he could not understand it because to do so would have required naturally, being in possession of great wisdom.

The human mind is the most sensitive thing that exists; it is the supreme sensitivity of what is sensitive. Images arc imprinted in it as a result of the impressions it received. For this reason, when man conquered the wild beast and killed it, this image became imprinted in his mind, and this new form started to take on life in his inner self and later dominated him. This is why man is sometimes aggressive and inhuman since he still needs to achieve a few herculean tasks such as that of conquering the inner beast, the one in his mental forest, which is the most ferocious of all beasts.

Logosophy teaches to discover it between the shadows of this forest so that, by watching it, one impedes it from killing the beautiful birds that want to sing in one's intimate being. And yet, the greatness of this truth has not been understood; and this is why the beast still dominates one's mental forest. It is, however, necessary to conquer it, not with weapons of violence but with those of persuasion, of integrity and of truth.

The beast must not die for the triumph lies not in killing it; it is necessary to let it live, but in a state of domesticity. Once domesticated, this beast will come to represent one's inner force, which, if today is an uncontrolled force it will become tomorrow an intelligent force that strengthens one's anima and fills the human will with great stimuli. Then will man be able to say, "I am master of my own inner possessions because I was able to conquer and tame the beast within me."

The range of mental moods that most people go through is truly strange; at moments they are kind, as the forest is quiet and gentle breezes enrapture them with joy. Conversely, at other moments, their minds are covered by a somber veil as the beast shakes, its nostrils swell, the good disposition contracts and everybody is warned that something is happening in one's mental forest.

Each one should ask himself why is he always at the mercy of this beast, incapable of living quietly in his kingdom and feeling safe in his own domains? Under such conditions, how can he offer peace to his fellowman? A question that everybody should ask themselves.

*Excerpt from the book "An Introduction to Logosophical Cognition"originally published in Spanish. Oficial Translation.


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