experpt from Her-Bak

Isa Schwaller de Lubicz


this reminds me of desire being the orrigin of suffering. Of course
buddhims and kmt -ism use differant literary devices to convy the same
sentiments, I found this teaching to be very interesting.

"Is then the animal a model for man?"
"Every animal is the summing up of a character which is perfection of
its kind, because it does not dissimulate what we call the defects; it
is what it seems to be. If you observe each species, you will find
there some aspect of the passions which are the driving force of our
own life."
"...the animal does not think as men do; can it then experience our
desires, our sorrows, our jealousy?"
"All the urges of the passion express vital natural impulses, and it
is the animal in us which gives rise to them. The wise man is
conscious of them, he knows how to give them thier true name and to
make use of them as you direct your donkey. But the wise man is rare,
and egoism finds a thousand reasons for giving those impulses
legitimate motives and flattering names. The human passions are
life-impulses which have been perverted... and so skilfully perverted
that it is very difficult to discover, beneither their complications,
the almost diving power wich is thier source. ... Hence I do not say
all this for 'serious' people, but for the child Her-Bak, who would
know how to observe, with out criticism or judment, the impulses of
passion within the animals ... and how to find thier eqivilationts in
himself."
"Are then the animals forced to obey the lust to eat one another?"
"They are forced to obey the demands of hunger. Thier instinctive
nature makes them look for the food that suits thier organism. You
your self sometimes feed on meat and fish.... But man perverts this
vital impulse by overshooting its mark: necessity gives an excuse for
gluttony, and for the hunter an opportunity to exert his cruelty."
"when a man and a catkill birds to eat them, is the man more guilty
than the cat?"
"Man or beast, whoever kills becomes thereby subject to the law of
Asar,* which is a merceless pendulum and always acts reciprocally.
Kill and eat if you want, but know what you are doing; seek no excuse
and accept the consequences: that is the only way for man to attain
little by little to higher consciousness."
"who will give me the courage?"
"Disgust with your impotence, desire to break the chains fo this
animality."

*Asar/Ausar/ Wsr = principle of perpetual return to existance.


from
Her-Bak
The Living Face of Ancient Egypt
Isha Schwaller DeLubicz