The Body of Sensation
Just as the mind’s capacity for concrete action is objectified in the “dense” and “etheric” bodies — and its capacity to work with ideas and models is objectified in the “body of thought” — so the mind’s capacity to generate impulses that give rise to vortex motions in the World Medium forms its body of sensation (the body of desire).
In other words, when we consider mind as action that transforms “physical reality,” we speak of its operation through the “physical bodies” (the dense and the etheric). When we consider mind as information — as ideas, models, and matrices— we speak of its manifestation in the “mental body.” And when we consider mind from the standpoint of impulses arising within it — from the standpoint of its passage from potential to actual action — we speak of its operation in the “body of desire.”
It is the body of desire, as the primary instrument for transforming the Medium, that is usually called the “Astral/Subtle Body.” However, as we have already noted, this term (judging by descriptions of what this “astral body” does) more properly applies to the “dream body,” the vedogon.
The point is this: as soon as mind moves from abstract planning — from working with ideas, eidōs, models, Me— to the striving to realize them, that striving generates corresponding changes in the World Medium, which in turn lead to a manifested response. And if mind seeks to trace the source of these transforming impulses, desires, then the totality of creative forces that have arisen in mind but have not yet been “immersed” in the Medium is described as a distinct cross-section of the mind’s conductor — and this is the body of desire.
Like the dense body and the etheric body, the body of sensation is differentiated: it can be described as having boundaries and form (in contrast to the formless body of thought).
The body of sensation transforms two currents. First, it converts ideas into intentions— into impulses. Second, it enables the “reverse” movement of perceived information — perceptual data — into the domain where it is processed.
Because these two currents meet in the body of desire — the “descending,” realizational current and the “ascending,” perceptual current — this body can generate desire-impulses in response to signals from the “body of thought” (in which case one may properly speak of “desires,” i.e., impulses arising from the depths of the mind’s nature). It can also generate impulses in response to signals of insufficient resources coming from the “dense” bodies (in which case it is customary to speak of “needs”).
In addition, the body of desire can generate impulses that have no grounding in either the “upper” or the “lower” strata. In such cases one speaks of “whims” and “fancies.” Most often, whims and fancies arise in response to the activity of the shadow, which has sufficient energy to generate them.
When an impulse of desire arises in the body of sensation, the non-realization of that impulse leads to a rupture between the “upper” and “lower” strata of the being. As a result, uncompensated energy accumulates and the shadow grows. When an impulse of need “goes out,” it leads to one or another limitation of the “operating” conductors, and thus to a narrowing of the mind’s realizational capacities.
If, however, an impulse of whim or fancy “fades,” then the energy taken for its origination returns to its source. It may either strengthen the shadow (if the fancy was the result of a distortion of desire) or weaken it (if the fancy issued from the shadow itself).
This is why control of impulses arising in the body of desire is so important at the stage of their origination. If an impulse has already begun to be realized, it must be carried through to completion, regardless of its degree of constructiveness or its sources; otherwise, the activated energy merely damages the bodies and the channels through which it passes.
Thus, the study of the body of desire — its mechanism of operation and its transformational capacities — can be important for developing effective strategies of growth, tracing the “roots” of desire-impulses, and learning to control and order them.
The Energy of Desire
Desires and Desirers
The Nature of Desires
Lack of Realization, Dissatisfaction, and the Shadow
The Emergence of Desires
Actualizations and Realizations
Tuning the Vortices
Intensifying Desire
Good day.
Two questions:
1) I have encountered descriptions (albeit in different terms, but similar) that if one tries to describe the body of desire – it almost always takes the form of an animal. ‘In the best case’, a well ‘loaded’ atavistic humanoid form. More often simply some animal. Is this so? Or was this a description of something else?
2) What disciplines/practices/exercises are specifically aimed at developing this body? About the others, they write more often and more.
1) The body of feelings has the form that the flow of desires has. Accordingly, if impulses directed at maintaining vitality and reproductive functions dominate in this flow, then the body of feelings will also have such a nature. Nevertheless, from a practical standpoint, it would be incorrect to identify the body of feelings with the “animal force” (https://en.enmerkar.com/magus-way/zhivotnye-i-sila). The “animal” layer of consciousness is a set of potentials that can manifest, or remain latent. The body of feelings is an expression of a specific realization tool. It can be said that the Animal level relates mostly to the area of possibilities, while the body of feelings relates to the area of actions (more precisely, the energetic foundations, the causes of these actions). 2) The development of the body of feelings occurs as the desires themselves, their flows, and motives become organized. Accordingly, by developing awareness of our desires, we also organize the corresponding conductor. Furthermore, the development of the body of feelings occurs from the side of perceptual flows – by developing our receptivity (including what is now commonly referred to as “astral vision”) – we also develop this conductor.
Hello Enmerkar. In the article about artificial consciousness, you detailed the side effect of an unrealized impulse. A vortex that has clung, the so-called “larva”. Everyone once passionately desired something, and often it happened that not all decisions were weighed. As a result of the transcendence, previous passionate striving may lose its relevance. But let’s assume that the previous vortex remains alive and has gotten in the way. It is no longer necessary to realize it, and in fact, it is now absurd and harmful. But the vortex cannot be persuaded. Ultimately, we have a curse, fate. The question is, how to stop this? The first thing that comes to mind is recapitulation, you wrote that ritual death is also used. It feels like this process is even more challenging than memory cleansing, and it is unknown whether recapitulation will even help. Please tell me, what is the most effective method you know to annihilate the clinging vortex?
Hello!
First of all, nothing that has been created, actualized, can ever be definitively and without a trace destroyed. Even if what is created is destroyed, two additional imprints reshimot remain – from the very object or process that existed and from its deactualization (see https://en.enmerkar.com/magus-way/principy-zakony-i-otpechatki).
Secondly, if we take this fact into account and consider the further influence of reshimo, then to remove the influence of the most problematic vortex, three methods can be used: 1) creating an intention opposite to it in direction, equal in strength, to neutralize it; 2) destroying the vortex’s “body” using various methods, for example, “the trident of Paracelsus”; 3) disidentifying from it, exiting that state of one’s nature to which this vortex had affinity. In the case where the third method occurs evolutionarily, meaning the nature is not just changing but improving, developing, this method can be considered the most effective.
Hmm..
There is another interesting method, or rather two: to fully realize the obstructing vortex, and then it is quite possible the vortex will dissipate or change nature, and the second – to realize the vortex 🙂 but realize either as a joke or to utilize 1% of the realization power of the vortex, where it seems appropriate, the remaining 99% can be returned to oneself.
The realisation at 1% is the basis of several modern esoteric and psychological techniques. In this case, I am neither an advocate nor an opponent of these techniques; I say they exist. This is the Magical theater and systemic constellations, for example, and some technique which originated from Scientology (I know what that is), in which it is suggested to isolate the problem in consciousness, personify it (describe it), address it, understand its purpose, and play it out in consciousness. Reality responds noisily to these techniques, without a doubt. But I will reiterate that I cannot unambiguously assess the results of such practices.
Perhaps some techniques are based on this…
Here the essence is that the vortex is given a gentle opportunity to materialize as it goes. It seems that consciousness is deceived. It is sort of both realization and at the same time non-realization. 🙂
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And the theater essentially – is magic. It creates reality. There is actually no such “game of the actor”; rather, there are his actions, which usually consist of intense energy. The rest of the reality is simply “forced” to adjust since the energy is being radiated.
Essentially the theater is the same rituals. They only became cultured in the mass consciousness and began to be presented as “merely theater,” which made it seem like something ordinary and not serious, “playful.” In fact, there is great power in the theater. Even if it is an imaginary theater..
Hello! Quote: ‘This is why controlling the impulses arising in the body of desires at the stage of their inception is so important, because once the impulse has begun to be realized, its realization must be brought to completion regardless of its degree of constructiveness and its sources; otherwise, the activated energy only destroys the bodies and the channels of its passage.’ How can one understand where this line is, where the impulse has already begun to be realized? On a banal example. I decided to make a nightstand. Has the realization already started with the plans of what the nightstand should be, or at the moment when I took the first board and began to process it? Thank you!
The realized impulse is fully depleted energy. So if you decided to make a nightstand, its creation will begin with an articulated thought, the desire to make it, and this impulse will not ‘discharge’ until the nightstand is fully ready.