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The Birth of the Left-Handed Hummingbird [Huitzilopochtli]

Chapter 9 – The Liberation of the Essence

The Essence is that which is truly divine and dignified within the human being, it is the collection of the values of the soul, virtues that must naturally manifest in each one of us. Lamentably this divine material is trapped in the confinements of the Ego.

"But Huitzilopochtli was not satisfied and with his might he continued to attack them. Only a few of them were able to escape, as they managed to free themselves from his grasp." Florentine Codex

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A flower, symbol of the Essence (Museum of History and Anthropology, Mexico)

 

The work on the death of the ego must be consistent and persistent, it is not meant to be superficial work or an effort expected to take a few months or perhaps a few years. This is an initiative that takes life itself and we must never become complacent.

The narrative states that a few of the Southerners were able to escape certain death, which means that for us, there is always the possibility of repeating certain mistakes and falling back into temptations we may think we have overcome. Thus we must consistently remain vigilant and assume the posture that this type of work is for life, and that life, is the work itself.

To emphasize, let's remember that throughout all of the mystical traditions, in all of the cultures, there are always stories of "fallen angels", of beings who were once illuminated and who had achieved high levels of mastery, and yet they failed as they gave themselves into temptations. If the allegories show that has been the case with ascended masters, what could be said about ourselves?

Mozart's Requiem masterpiece states:

"A book, written in, will be brought forth
In which is contained everything that is,
Out of which the world shall be judged.
When therefore the Judge takes His seat
Whatever is hidden will reveal itself.
Nothing will remain unavenged.
What then shall I say, wretch that I am,
What advocate entreat to speak for me,
When even the righteous may hardly be secure?"

No doubt there is much work to be done, but without falling into our mental creations; we cannot afford to consider ourselves superior because we think we have made much progress, or that we are doing now so much better than before.

"And they few who escaped ran Southbound, and because they ran south is why they are known as Southerners." Florentine Codex

Duality and the eternal battle between the powers of light and darkness, are expressed in various ways. The Codex states they "ran south" because this is a symbol of the sinister path, just as much a symbol of our psychological aberrations. The fact they escape the hands of Huitzilopochtli and run south is a reminder that this work of the elimination of the ego does not end; the ultimate goal is "divinity" and THE ALL has no limits. This is work that can only be done by each one of us as practitioners, as the many Southerners that exist in each one of us, are our own children.

"And as Huitzilopochtli brought them death, as he released unto them his fury, he took from them their battle garments, their adornments, their anecuyotl, and he wore them; he made them his own and incorporated them into his own destiny, he made insignias out of them." Florentine Codex

The Four-Hundred Southerners or the psychological defects we carry within are millenary creations we have developed throughout our many lives and because of our inhumanity. Slowly but surely, these defects capture the values of our consciousness and they imprison the potential for the development of superior powers, virtues and abilities.

The soul is the totality of those transcendental values that exist imprisoned within each of our psychological defects; thus we find that Pride has made Humility its prisoner, just as Laziness keeps Diligence trapped; the same with Greed as it traps Altruism and Lust that has trapped Chastity. Gluttony imprisons Temperance and Envy, Charity.

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Warrior ornaments (Museum of History and Anthropology, Mexico)

 

"Sleeping Consciousness... How different thou would be if thou would awaken... Thou would know the seven paths of happiness, The light of thy love would shine everywhere, The birds would rejoice within the mystery of thy forests, The light of the spirit would gleam, and happily in chorus the elementals would sing verses for thee." Samael Aun Weor. The Revolution of the Dialectic.

In this Dark Age of the Kali Yuga, or Iron Age of Humanity, the resulting decadence has submerged 97% of our values into the darkness, leaving only a 3% of our positive values awakened. This is why the Great Master Jesus the Christ says: "By your patience possess your souls." [Luke 19:21, 1599 Geneva Bible], because we have no soul; the values of the consciousness have been absorbed by the Ego and the very values the Ego has absorbed are the very adornments worn by the Four-Hundred Southerners.

It is difficult to admit that some of us only have 2% of awakened consciousness, while others barely have 1% of these awakened values. It does not take much observation to realize our behaviors have become worse than that of animals.

We find this very same narrative in many of our children's stories. We are no strangers to the drama of the Prince (who represents the Innermost) who goes through unmentionable ordeals against the forces of evil represented by dragons, witches, sorcerers, and villains (our psychological defects) to liberate a Princess in distress (the soul). In this narrative, the Florentine Codex presents Huitzilopochtli (the Innermost) killing the Four-Hundred Southerners (our defects) and adding into its destiny [Tonalli] all of their adornments (the positive values of the consciousness) which in their totality make up the soul.

Each psychological defect that is disintegrated liberates certain percentage of consciousness (or Essence) which in turn calls upon itself a corresponding percentage of the Human Soul from the superior planes of consciousness and all these, incorporate into our life and thus, our destiny.

This is why the Tibetan tradition refers to us humans as "intellectual animals", because for us to achieve the title of Man it becomes necessary to have a soul and the only way to crystallize the soul is by defeating our particular Four-Hundred Southerners and "stealing the light" or taking from them their adornments. It becomes necessary for us to return to the path of the Tiger-Knight Warriors of ancient Mexico and take arms against our own selves.

"The tiger is different, and this is known by the 'tiger-knights', those jaguars of the Gnostic movement who as authentic felines of revolutionary psychology have launched themselves against their own psychological defects." Samael Aun Weor

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Tiger-Knight Warrior (Museum of History and Anthropology, Mexico)