Posted by: almaas
in Diamond Approach on Oct 4, 2009
Working with the Animal Soul

In Spacecruiser Inquiry you refer to the libidinal soul as "the primary barrier to spiritual development." The spiritual traditions I have studied offer very little practical teaching about this critical barrier, and the consequences can be disastrous. Can you say more about the actual process of transforming the animal soul? More specifically, how do we confront our most primal and powerful drives, which are usually distorted and damaged by inner and outer coercion, and hold the ground of truth? What are the dynamics of this transformation? How is this different from sublimation?