The Individual and Society
Written by Samael Aun Weor   
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Society is the extension of the individual.  If the individual is covetous, cruel, pitiless, egotistical, etc., then the society will be likewise.  It is necessary to be sincere with oneself.  Each one of us is a degenerate; therefore, our society inevitably has to be degenerated.  This cannot be resolved by the terrible monster of materialism.  This can only be resolved by the individual on the basis of his Integral Revolution.

The hour to reflect on our own destiny has arrived.  Violence does not resolve anything.  Violence can only lead us to failure.  We need peace, serenity, reflection, comprehension.

The problem of the world is the problem of the individual.  Bloody revolutions do not resolve anything.  The problem of having the consciousness bottled up can only be resolved by means of Intelligence.

Only by means of Intelligence is it possible for us to convert the intellectual animal first into a Man and afterwards into a Superman.  Only by means of the Revolution of the Dialectic is it possible for us to overcome the terrible monster of materialism.

The human society is the extension of the individual.  Therefore, if we really want a radical change, if we want a better world, we need to then change individually.  We need to change within ourselves; we need to alter within our own individuality the abominable factors which produce misery and pain in the world.   Let us remember that the human-mass is the sum of the individuals.  If each individual changes, then the human-mass will inevitably change.

It is urgent to terminate egotism and cultivate Christ-centrism.  Thus, only in this manner can we make a better world.   It is indispensable to eliminate the covetousness and the cruelty that each one of us carries within.  Thus, only in this manner, by each individual changing, is how society will change, because society is just the extension of the individual.

Pain, hunger and confusion exist.  However, none of this can be eliminated through the absurd procedures of violence.   Those who want to transform the world based on bloody revolutions and drugs, or with coups-d’etats and executions by shootings are totally mistaken because violence engenders more violence and hatred engenders more hatred.  We need peace if what we want is to resolve the problems of humanity.

Darkness is not dissolved with blows or with atheism, but rather by bringing about the light.  Neither is error dissolved by fighting it face to face, but rather by disseminating the truth without having to attack the error.  How ever far the truth advances, in that same measure error will have to retreat.  One does not have to resist what is negative, but instead one has to unconditionally practice the positive and teach its advantages by practicing.  By attacking the error, we will provoke the hatred of those who err.

What we need is to disseminate the light of the Revolution of the Dialectic in order to dissipate the darkness.

It is urgent to analyze the fundamental principles of Marxist Dialectics in order to demonstrate to the world the tremendous reality that indeed the principles from Marxist Dialectics do not resist an in-depth analysis and are absolutely nothing but cheap sophistry.

If we want to overcome the darkness let us make Light.  Let us not spill blood.  The hour of being comprehensive has arrived.

It is necessary to study our own “I” if we really love our fellowmen.  It is indispensable to comprehend that only by putting an end to the factors of egotism and cruelty (that each one of us carries within) can we create a better world, a world without hunger and fear.

Society is the individual.  The world is the individual.  Therefore, if the individual fundamentally changes, the world will inevitably change.

The consciousness is in critical danger and only by radically transforming ourselves as individuals can we save ourselves and save humanity.

Excerpted from The Revolution of the Dialectic (Printed in 1983) by Samael Aun Weor.
Last Updated on Thursday, 18 October 2007 05:39
 
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