DEVIL WITHIN

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.

TODAY'S TOPIC IS ABOUT THE DEVIL WITHIN.

PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT SATAN AND DEVILS ARE EXTERNAL AGENTS.

SATAN AND DEVILS AND DEMONS ARE BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL AGENTS.

EVERYTIME WE ARE TEMPTED TO DO EVIL, THE INTERNAL SATAN OR THE INTERNAL DEVIL IS THE ONE MANIFESTING.

IF WE DO NOT CONTROL THE DRIVES OF THE INTERNAL SATAN OR THE INTERNAL DEVIL OR INTERNAL DEMON, WE BECOME SLAVE TO IT.

IT IS WRITTEN IN DHAMMAPADA VERSE103: A man may conquer a million men in battle, but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

THE SATANIC, DEMONIC, THE DEVILISH PART OF THE SELF IS IMPORTANT TO CONQUER. THIS IS THE ROOT OF ALL THE EVIL THAT COME FROM OUR SELF.

WITHOUT DEFEATING THIS INTERNAL SATAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVIL IN OUR LIVES, EVERYDAY- BOTH BEING AWARE OF IT OR NOT BEING AWARE OF IT.

THEREFORE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS INTERNAL AGENT BE RESOLVED AND PUT UNDER CONTROL OR ELSE, ALL WHAT WE WORK FOR WILL BE IN VAIN.

IN THE BOOK INITIATION INTO HERMETICS BY FRANZ BARDON, THERE IS A PROCEDURE WHICH IS OF HELP IN DEALING WITH INTERNAL EVILS:

Introspection or Self-Knowledge :


In our own mansion, meaning our body and our soul, we must find our way about at every moment.


Therefore our first task will be to know ourselves.


Each initiation system, no matter which kind it may be, will put this condition in the first place.

Without self-knowledge there will be no real development on a higher level.

In the first days of psychic training, let us deal with the practical part of introspection or self-knowledge.

Arrange for a magic diary and enter all the bad sides of your soul into it.

This diary is for your own use only, and must not be shown to anybody else.

It represents the so-called control book for you.

In the self-control of your failures, habits, passions, instincts and other ugly character traits, you have to observe a hard and severe attitude towards yourself.

Be merciless towards yourself and do not embellish any of your failures and deficiencies.

Think about yourself in quiet meditation, put yourself back into different situations of your past and remember how you behaved then and what mistakes or failures occurred in the various situations.

Make notes of all your weaknesses, down to the finest nuances and variations.

The more you are discovering, all the better for you.

Nothing must remain hidden, nothing unrevealed, however insignificant or great your faults or frailties may be.

Some especially endowed disciples have been able to discover hundreds of failures in the finest shades.

Disciples like these possessed a good meditation and a deep penetration into their own souls.

Wash your soul perfectly clean; sweep all the dust out of it.

This self-analysis is one of the most important magic preliminaries.

Many of the occult systems have neglected it, and that is why they did not achieve good results.

This psychic preliminary work is indispensable to obtain the magic equilibrium, and without it, there is no regular progress of the development to be thought of.

Therefore you ought to devote some minutes’ time to self-criticism in the morning and at night.

If you have got the chance of some free moments during the day, avail yourself of them and do some intensive thinking, whether there are still some hidden faults anywhere, and if you discover them, record them on the spot so as not to forget a single one.

Whenever you happen to find out any deficiency, do not delay to note it immediately.

If within a week you do not succeed in discovering all your faults, spend another week on these inquiries until you have definitely established your list of offenses .

HOPE THIS BE OF HELP TO ALL WHO READ THIS...

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.