Impulse

Impulse is often described as 'blind'. Such a judgment is not surprising where the criterion for 'vision' is the certainty of the contemplation, sedentary or incorporeal, of eternal truths. From such a perspective, if impulse is not ignored completely, belittlement or vilification of it are not surprising. On the other hand, such a perspective might itself be incapable of noticing boredom, inertia, indecision, or loneliness, all breeding gounds of Impulse. Impulse is always variation with respect to a preceding condition, a manifestation of the Material Principle, so it 'sees' Diversification, even if ideologies that accord priority to Unity cannot.