These are some good questions amigo. I will see if I can explain my current feelings on these things in a reasonable lengthed post...Jees said:Hi Hyperspace Fool,
if I read you right over some time, one of your points is: if you don't take them serious, they will treat you not-worthy and not learn you. They will dismiss you mutual way. But will malevolent beings react same way and not bother in attacking you?
Leading to some questions in this orientation:
Can doubt act as protective shell against malevolent beings?
Are maliscious being's powers dependable on our very own conviction about them?
Is one safer "sitting on the fence" than hurling into their 'beings' realm?
These questions were born out of one of your posts:
If I understand correctly, you make a difference between what our imaginable powers can bring to life, as real, and what our little ego start to make of that, and even trow doubt on it. Like I make a nice painting and then start to say: "nah I did not paint that because I'm not able to to such thing."Hyperspace Fool said:...It may well be that we are imagining this stuff, but it would be with the same mind that imagines the entire Universe into being... and not the little ego mind which we are converseing with now.
The questions are related to how much of an influence the little ego does have (or not) on the imaginable powers of creation that seems to be as it comes. Do we, or do we not, conviction wise, hold keys in hand to enable/disable their actions and power of their actions? Are they as effective and powerful regardless of how we think of them, or are they (to what extend?) determined by it? How much is the little ego worth in this game?
Thank you.
Also, thank you for bringing up that thread form a couple months back. I think a lot of what was said there is pertinent here, and, if anything, it is probably more useful to attract helpful entities than it is to combat the negative ones. Without the helpful entities, your success at combat could be rather marginal IMHO.
At any rate, what I said there certainly applies here.
1) I do indeed find that many entities will ignore you or be rather uninterested in engaging with you if you are not able to interact meaningfully with them or if you discount what they have shown you. They will certainly not go out of their way to prove themselves to someone who disrespects them or is set on believing them to be unreal. A bit of healthy skepticism is fine, as it shows your brain is working... but antipathy to their obvious existence is often a deal breaker.
I think with the more powerful entities, you really do have to be willing to take a few tangible steps towards them and display a willingness to work with them before they will gift you with that wondrous gift of proof positive.
However, with the minor negative entities, this is not the case IMHO. Those parasites that only want to feed on you do not care what you think, and often are thrilled if their "prey" is not able to fight back. Most predators are happy if their quarry doesn't recognize the threat and doesn't even bother to make them give chase. Which leads to:
2) The more worrisome malevolent entities do seem to not be interested in targeting your typical doubting thomas type psychonaut... at least they tend not to come after you specifically or have any special enmity for people who have not demonstrated themselves as being of a certain level. In this sense, doubt may in fact shield you from ever encountering the higher ups.
Of course, if you come stumbling into their domains or happen to be in their path... it will only make matters much worse for you. You can think of it like the way small time drug users are not likely to be targeted by high level LEO. It is only by being a serious character that you will get a task force assigned to you or have some high ranking members of the DEA concerned about you specifically... and yet, if you happen to stumble into their line of sight accidentally, you will still be subject to being taken down.
3) It seems to me that the low level parasitic entities are dependent on you for their power. Not your belief in them per se, but more your negative emotions. The "arch fiends," on the other hand require nothing from you IMO. You would do well not to "hurl yourself into their domain."
I think that the real bad asses out there tend to come around when they perceive you as a potential threat. This generally entails you having developed enough skill to have thwarted some of their plans and dispatched enough of their mid-level minions.
I know that my worst encounters with them came after I had spent a lot of time clearing out demonic forces from places like dank ruins, caves, and other places that locals tend to fear. I have had 2 demon princes personally come after me with a cadre of lesser demons as well as the assistance of a number of their human pawns. Situations like this are extremely dangerous. In this one I mention now, I would not have made it through without the aid of an archangel and a willingness to admit I had reached the extent of my ability to protect myself... I was pushed so close to my limit that calling on the highest powers to take over was my last resort.
This kind of thing only happens when you are on their radar... and you only get there by being a massive thorn in their side... something which is unlikely to happen if you are not fairly skilled and brazen... which tends to imply that you are not on any kind of fence.
4) Our egoic minds can be quite clever and creative, but IMHO are not capable of creating the kinds of vast universes that we can perceive and interact with via spice. I think that our little minds are not separate, though from the big mind of the Omniverse... which is both the ground and origin for all things. Thus, we can be said to be imagining these things, but only insomuch as a single brain cell can be said to be creating all brain function in existence.
Not sure if that answers all of your questions, but feel free to ask me to clarify something if it is unclear. These are merely my opinions about my experiences and those of people I have spent time with. Naturally, other people might have different takes on this.