mechanical-creatures

Conference 31 from Phase A.

CONF. 31 MECHANICAL CREATURES

In no way could we deny the Law of Recurrence being processed at every moment of our lives.

Certainly, in every day of our existence, there is a repetition of events, states of consciousness, words, desires, thoughts, volitions, etc.

It is obvious that when one does not observe oneself, one cannot be aware of this incessant daily repetition.

It is evident that those who have no interest in self-observation do not want to work to achieve a true radical transformation.

To top it all off, there are people who want to transform themselves without working on themselves.

We do not deny the fact that everyone has a right to the real happiness of the spirit, but it is also true that such happiness would be something more than impossible if we did not work on ourselves.

One can change intimately, when one really succeeds in modifying one's reactions to the various events that come to one on a daily basis.

But we could not change our way of reacting to the facts of practical life if we did not work seriously on ourselves.

We need to change our way of thinking, to be less negligent, to become more serious, and to take life differently, in its real and practical sense.

However, if we continue as we are, behaving in the same way every day, repeating the same mistakes, with the same negligence as always, any possibility of change will in fact be eliminated.

If one really wants to get to know oneself, one must begin by observing one's own behavior, in the face of the events of any day in one's life.

We do not mean by this that one should not observe oneself daily, we only mean that one should begin by observing a first day.

There must be a beginning in everything, and to begin by observing our behavior on any day of our life is a good beginning.

To observe our mechanical reactions to all those little details of bedroom, home, dining room, house, street, work, etc., what one says, feels and thinks, is certainly the most appropriate thing.

The important thing is then to see how or in what way one can change these reactions; however, if we believe that we are good people, that we never behave unconsciously and wrongly, we will never change.

First, we need to understand that we are machine-persons, simple puppets controlled by secretive agents, by hidden defects.

Many people live inside us, we are never identical; sometimes a petty person manifests itself in us, sometimes an irritable person, at any other moment a splendid, benevolent person, later a scandalous or slanderous person, then a saint, then a liar, etc.

We have people of all kinds within each of us, defects of all kinds. Our personality is nothing more than a puppet, a talking doll, something mechanical.

Let's start by behaving consciously for a small part of the day; We need to stop being simple machines, even if it is for a few minutes a day, this will decisively influence our existence.

When we observe ourselves and do not do what this or that defect wants, it is clear that we begin to stop being machines.

A single moment when one is conscious enough to cease to be a machine, if done voluntarily, tends to radically modify many unpleasant circumstances.

Unfortunately, we live a mechanistic, routine, absurd life every day. We repeat events, our habits are the same, we have never wanted to modify them, they are the mechanical rail on which the train of our miserable existence runs; however, we think the best of ourselves...

Everywhere there are many "MYTHOMANIACS", those who believe themselves to be Gods; mechanical, routine creatures, characters from the mud of the ground, miserable dolls moved by different defects; people like that will not work on themselves...

• End of Conference 31\.