It is these impulses that I question the origin of, the id. I'm not convinced it is part of our natural self. Compounded by the amount of effort that is spent in formative years training us to become servants to it instead of cultivating a relationship where it is a tool. With so many building a shrine to this id it has caused much dysfunction and unbalance. Using the law of karma, this compounds greatly with so many unable to even see how to get off as they don't even question whether they even can stop worshiping the tool.
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Ok, perhaps we see this "id" slightly.
It appears to me that "most people" suppress their "id".
They sort of "beat it into submission" with their "will" ("ego).
My understanding of the "id" is the impulse of a child.
The "ego" ("will") is like an "adult" (often a cruel adult) who demands the "id" ("inner child") "just shut up and do what you're told" so to speak.
We tend to idolise the idea of "will" being able to "work through the pain" and "ignore your cravings for human attention and comfort", in other words, "grow the fuck up".
I don't believe "most people" "build a shrine to this id" (unless you mean "put it in a box").
I believe "most people" pretend their "id" "doesn't exist" or their own "id" is perhaps some sort of "adversary" to be "defeated".
The id is part of intellect. It was the original spells that were cast on us, and as time goes on other spells are bound to us that contradict the initial ones. There is much energy in these intellectual prisons, and they are quite often at odds with one another.
People do build their shrines to these constructs, and when they are contradictory dis-ease forms, sometimes to the point of madness. There are indeed many adversaries to be found among the lesser spells of intellect in oneself and the more dominant ones. It is in these schisms that one can really stalk the illusion of them while seeing the power they can command if one submits to them.
This doesn't match my model. id = pre-verbal, pre-intellectual
I like this.
Our primal instincts (which served us well for the last 8 million years) are maladapted to a modern context.