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Consciousness and the Unconscious Between the Individual and Society
Since ancient times and across various civilizations, humanity has suffered from the same issues. The individual's main problem lies in the constant struggle between the demands of their unconscious and the constraints of their consciousness, which calls them to ascend and purify in search of salvation. By the unconscious, we mean every action that does not require high human awareness to perform, such as breathing, eating, drinking, sex, and emotions. We refer to these needs and others as unconscious drives, which we share with animals. In a semiotic reading of the body, we represent consciousness as being above the neck and the unconscious below it. Each contains three main corresponding drives, and all these unconscious and conscious drives are integrated and connected, not separate. Any imbalance in one affects the others.
The Drives of Consciousness
The drives of consciousness start with speech, the mind, the heart, and the soul. The mind is a tool for abstraction and peeling back to reach the core of things, and its counterpart below is sex. If sex is a desire for union, then the mind is a desire for separation, a separation from instincts to free and elevate you from the matters that hinder your development. The heart's function is to seek out goodness and guide you toward it, while the soul represents a mechanism for balance and harmony between good and evil, between what you do and what you refrain from doing, between command and prohibition. It is the standard (see the course on entering the Abode of Peace).
The Individual and Society
Since the individual is an inseparable part of the society they belong to, society is defined as a group of individuals who fulfill certain conditions that unite and connect them, such as land and language... The individual's problems are the same as the society's problems. If the individual can reach salvation through enlightenment and elevation, the same applies to society.