Purpose and Functioning of the Self
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The Self and its field
Rotation, in its deeper sense, turns out to be a form of saying “I am”. By saying “I am”, a consciousness reveals itself by calling into being, for its own development, a field subjected to space-time. Before we turn to this developmental field in order to explore the existing order within it, we will first try to get to know this factor a little better within ourselves.
The great unknown
About the self as such, we really do not know anything. It is an abstract concept without measurements. Its existence is not even demonstrable.
Yet from non-astrological sources, we know that somewhere in our energy field a factor stands out which is characterized by strong controlling and determining qualities. This factor does not show itself openly, but will suddenly come to the fore in extraordinary situations. Its influence can be deduced from the forces that are being released when this factor has been put aside, for example during hypnosis.
Hypnosis
This unknown factor is put out of action through hypnotic suggestion. Its normal, controlling influence is superseded by the relaxing hypnotic suggestion, giving the hypnotizer access to the field beneath it. For example, after hypnotic suggestion, young girls may become as strong as oak trees. Without any effort, their bodies may serve as a bridge over which adult men can walk without any problem whatsoever.
The course of an illness, too, can be influenced by hypnotic suggestion, just as actions to be carried out in the future.
In the latter case, interestingly, a person carrying out such a suggested action will justify it by some motive of his own, as if it were his own choice to act in that particular way. Apparently, there is no memory of the hypnotic suggestion.*
Threshold
Not only hypnosis but also extreme situations such as stress, war or weather catastrophes can render this controlling agency inoperative. Again, unknown forces appear to be released, often accompanied by memory failure.
Apparently, we all harbour various tendencies and forces inside ourselves that are kept under the threshold of consciousness by an unknown factor. This factor we call ‘the self’.
Justification
This factor seems to elude any form of reasonableness. For acts that are carried out after a hypnosis session (for example, slapping someone in the face), well-founded arguments are put forward (in the example above, the explanation was that the person had extinguished his cigarette in an annoying way). The self will just invent arguments to justify the act, perceiving these arguments as authentic and as its own. Apparently, the self has such a grip on the whole of our functioning, that we are able to cloak our deeds with insincere motives without being in the least bothered by it, even to the point of identifying ourselves with those motives.
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