A Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology

Samael Aun Weor

As long as a person continues with the mistake of believing himself to be One, Unique, Individual, it is clear that a radical change will be more than impossible.

The very fact that the esoteric work begins with the rigorous observation of oneself is pointing out to us a multiplicity of psychological factors, “I’s” or undesirable elements that it is urgent to stamp out, to eradicate from our interior.

It is unquestionably impossible to in any way eliminate unknown errors.  It is urgent to observe beforehand that which we want to separate from our psyche.

This type of work is not external but internal, and those who think that any manual of etiquette or external and superficial system of ethics can bring them success will in fact be completely mistaken.

The definitive and concrete fact that the inner work begins with the attention concentrated on the full observation of oneself is more than enough to show that this demands a very particular personal effort from each one of us.

Speaking frankly and plainly, we emphatically state the following:  No other human being could do this work for us.

No change whatsoever is possible in our psyche without the direct observation of that whole array of subjective factors that we carry inside us.

To take the multiplicity of errors as a given, discarding the need for study and direct observation of them, is in fact, an evasion or escape; an escape from oneself, a kind of self-deception.

Only through the rigorous effort of the judicious observation of oneself without any kind of evasions can we really prove that we are not “One” but “Many.”

Admitting the plurality of our Ego and proving it through rigorous observation are two different things.

Someone can accept the Doctrine of the Many Egos without ever having proved it.  To prove it is only possibly by carefully self-observing oneself.

To shy away from innermost self-observation, seeking evasions, is an unmistakable sign of degeneration.

As long as human beings maintain the illusion that they are always one and the same person they cannot change, and it is obvious that the purpose of this work is precisely to achieve a gradual change in our interior life.

Radical transformation is a definite possibility that is normally lost when we don’t work on ourselves.

The starting point of radical change remains hidden as long as a person continues believing himself or herself to be One.

Those who reject the Doctrine of the Many Egos clearly demonstrate that they have never seriously self-observed themselves.

The severe observation of oneself without giving ourselves any kind of loophole allows us to verify for ourselves the stark realism of the fact that we are not “One” but “Many”.

In the realm of subjective opinions, diverse pseudo-esoteric or pseudo-occultist theories always serve as a backstreet for running away from oneself…

The illusion that one is always one and the same person is and obstacle for self-observation…

Someone could say:  “I know that I’m not One but Many; Gnosis taught me that.”  Although that statement may be very sincere, if there is no fully lived experience of that aspect of the teachings, obviously the statement would be something merely external and superficial.