The Mistery of Belicena Villca on faith ; objective certainty is based on reality . He who thinks he takes an apple with his hand and what he really takes is an apple , undoubtedly has objective certainty . If he instead thinks he is taking an apple and actually takes something else , his certainty is subjective . There is thus a gap between the subjective certainty and the objective certainty , which , depending on the individuals , can become an abyss .
But it is desirable that the certainty experienced in what is done or thought be as objective as possible . So : how should one go about closing the gap that separates subjective sureness from objective sureness ? Saving the case of a natural predisposition to objective reality , the answer would be that previous “ experience ” ensures greater probabilities that “ certainty ” in the realization of an act is carried out objectively .
If you want to better understand the subject , you must also distinguish between dilettante and expert certainty . Faced with the same test , both feel " sure ", but with greater probability , only the expert attains success while the dilettante fails . The expert ' s ' certainty ' is based on previous experience ; that of the dilettante in the faith in himself ; but like any expert in some initial moment must have been a dilettante , it is possible that the dilettante , by persevering , ever becomes an expert .
So certainty is all the more objective the further it goes accompanied by experience . But if subjective certainty is betrayed by objective reality , if it fails , the disappointment of defeat ensues . It must be concluded , then , that the ability to overcome failure is a conditioning factor to capitalize on experience in favor of objective certainty .
Certainty , on the other hand , is a fundamental psychological attitude to face the trials of life . One who faces the challenge of a test must expect success in advance , must be " sure " of winning and failure should not discourage to try again . In the above cases , neither the hunter stops hunting because a shot is missed , nor does the student stop studying when failing an exam ; both overcome and capitalize on the experience increasing their objective certainty , becoming more “ experts ”.
Considering these concepts , it can now be understood my attitude towards the phenomenon of the Voice : I concluded that “ being psychically prepared during several years in a rigorous intellectual training , the assurance that I had in the certainty of the judgements was quite objective ”. In other words , intellectually , when I was " sure " of a concept I was " surely " correct . And with such objective certainty in the judgements , I told myself that the Voice I heard did not come from my unconscious , was not part of my Self , was alien to my Spirit or was , perhaps , another Spirit .
I must emphasize that the certainty that I had of being right was accompanied by an in-depth analysis in which I considered , among other things , the fact that the Voice was capable of emitting concepts that I in no way knew . This may have a more or less psychological explanation but some concepts were very specific and yet the Voice used them and structured with great precision . Ergo , the voice was " wise " and this does not have an elaborate explanation unless it is accepted what it really is : that the Voice belonged to a psychic entity alien to me .
Another element of the phenomenon that I took into account for the analysis was the fact that I had not been spiritually " invaded " by another entity such as occurs in the devilish possession or in spiritism , but to my conscience only the Voice came , clear and energetic , without psychosomatic consequences of any kind .
In other words , when the phenomenon occurred , I did not “ see ”, nor “ feel ”, nor " taste ", nor " smell " anything strange ; I only heard the voice and it was , I repeat , as if my internal ear would have " opened ".
The first few times I heard the Voice I was surprised by the unexpected message that bounced up , energetically and swiftly , rhythmically fired like lightning . It did not always appear , but when I was meditating on some question that required some concentration . To better understand the quality of the phenomenon that happened to me I will give some examples . You are a psychiatrist neffe , and I do not wish , within the reasonable , that you doubt my sanity for what occurred should be interpreted as an expansion of the ability to perceive , rather than as a " disease ".
( I made a sign of assent and confidence to Uncle Kurt because nobody like Me knew how many arbitrarinesses are committed around the true psychic virtues of man , those that develop " alone " or self-develop and exalt him without affecting his rational balance in any way , since they are " naturally " integrated into the personality . Psychic virtues that are obtained spontaneously , without resorting to absurd " occult methods " or " gymnastics of transcendental meditation ” that end up breaking the delicate mental order and end up driving the disciple to madness and death ).
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