Tomtegubbe
Esteemed member
The theme of dealing with dark entities is topic that quite often pops up in the discussions. My go to answer has been to pay as little attention to them as possible. It seems to me that these dark entities are mostly symbolic representations of your fears and sometimes it's useful to stare them down. If you are feeling something unpleasant, just focus on that feeling and see how your sensation changes.
However, there seems to be another layer that I haven't been paying attention very much. That is, the real demons, energies that latch onto your aura and make you feel miserable. Like something that is not part of your personality, but rather like a parasite that feeds on you. Very often there is a trauma behind these entities. You could also talk about this phenomenon without any supernatural terms, but they seem to take forms that have personality like qualities. In extreme cases you may get to see figures in dreams or sleep paralysis when you are spiritually and emotionally weak.
Up to this date I've been thinking that the right way to combat this is to stop feeding the demons (especially with booze) and fill your life with positive energy. But these beasts just do everything to prevent us from being well and doing the things that make us feel well, especially connecting with other people. It's like they knew they might lose our attention.
The big question, I have not dared to really think before this day is: do we have hope of killing these parasites or is it just that we need to keep starving them and keep watch?
No amount of exorcism will replace the healing work you need to do with the scarred parts of your personality, the little kids that were wounded somewhere on the path. It's just that very often these personalities that whisper to your ear that you are worthless prevent you from giving the love and support for the crying child in the corner.
These thoughts were inspired in part by very recent anime Ranking of Kings which I dearly recommend. In that anime the answer was love and forgiveness, but it took also lot of fighting.
Any thoughts appreciated!
However, there seems to be another layer that I haven't been paying attention very much. That is, the real demons, energies that latch onto your aura and make you feel miserable. Like something that is not part of your personality, but rather like a parasite that feeds on you. Very often there is a trauma behind these entities. You could also talk about this phenomenon without any supernatural terms, but they seem to take forms that have personality like qualities. In extreme cases you may get to see figures in dreams or sleep paralysis when you are spiritually and emotionally weak.
Up to this date I've been thinking that the right way to combat this is to stop feeding the demons (especially with booze) and fill your life with positive energy. But these beasts just do everything to prevent us from being well and doing the things that make us feel well, especially connecting with other people. It's like they knew they might lose our attention.
The big question, I have not dared to really think before this day is: do we have hope of killing these parasites or is it just that we need to keep starving them and keep watch?
No amount of exorcism will replace the healing work you need to do with the scarred parts of your personality, the little kids that were wounded somewhere on the path. It's just that very often these personalities that whisper to your ear that you are worthless prevent you from giving the love and support for the crying child in the corner.
These thoughts were inspired in part by very recent anime Ranking of Kings which I dearly recommend. In that anime the answer was love and forgiveness, but it took also lot of fighting.
Any thoughts appreciated!