Letting the devil to just be........
I have heard about and read about so much on the characteristics of the devil and the way he operates.....and its amazing how every religion is showing us the ways, means or techniques of how to deal with the devil............no one talks about just letting it be...........I know this might sound crazy or radical......and it's fine if that's how it occurs to you.........
We say that the devil Lies........but If one doesn't lie how will one value the Truth?
We say that the devil is Cunning but If one doesn't take on being cunning how can one value being Kind, Naive or Innocent?
We say that the devil is Deceitful but only by being deceitful can one value the power of being Honest or Frank.....
We say that the devil is Wicked but only when we take on being wicked do we understand the value of being Nice or being Good....
We say that the devil is Cowardly but only by being this way do we get the value of being Bold or Undaunted......
Well........looks like context has a critical role to play in all this..........In what context are the above things being done?
All these thoughts leave me with a question - Am I ready and committed to be generous enough to allow myself to BE with all the ways of being (like the few listed above) that we say is the ways of being of the devil so I can transcend them? And when I say be with them (i.e. the ways of being that we associate with the devil) I am not talking about fighting these ways of being, or combating them, or fixing them, or changing them or resisting them when it arises within ourselves or when we receive it from others.............I am talking about simply BEING with them when it arises within ourselves or when we receive it from others.................and I am talking about BEING with them with the sole intention of just BEING with them not with the intention of BEING with them so we can transcend them..........
Get it?.....read it again.........if you haven't...... :-)
Thanks........
I have heard about and read about so much on the characteristics of the devil and the way he operates.....and its amazing how every religion is showing us the ways, means or techniques of how to deal with the devil............no one talks about just letting it be...........I know this might sound crazy or radical......and it's fine if that's how it occurs to you.........
We say that the devil Lies........but If one doesn't lie how will one value the Truth?
We say that the devil is Cunning but If one doesn't take on being cunning how can one value being Kind, Naive or Innocent?
We say that the devil is Deceitful but only by being deceitful can one value the power of being Honest or Frank.....
We say that the devil is Wicked but only when we take on being wicked do we understand the value of being Nice or being Good....
We say that the devil is Cowardly but only by being this way do we get the value of being Bold or Undaunted......
Well........looks like context has a critical role to play in all this..........In what context are the above things being done?
All these thoughts leave me with a question - Am I ready and committed to be generous enough to allow myself to BE with all the ways of being (like the few listed above) that we say is the ways of being of the devil so I can transcend them? And when I say be with them (i.e. the ways of being that we associate with the devil) I am not talking about fighting these ways of being, or combating them, or fixing them, or changing them or resisting them when it arises within ourselves or when we receive it from others.............I am talking about simply BEING with them when it arises within ourselves or when we receive it from others.................and I am talking about BEING with them with the sole intention of just BEING with them not with the intention of BEING with them so we can transcend them..........
Get it?.....read it again.........if you haven't...... :-)
Thanks........
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