The things people couldn't let go of.. The cages they didn't feel like getting out of, because prison food was a security and a peace-of-mind that they didn't want to do without.
The tearing of the veil? The disillusioning.. Destroying what people thought was sacred and holy.. The thing people affixed so much ****ing sentiment to, that they prefered the little fairytale of god-will-deliver-us-from-oppression it afforded them, over what was always there with them from the...
Another reason of possession i can think of, is per the churchly 'evangelical' spirit.. That force of righteous fury that jesus demonstrated when he threw the gamblers' table over in the synagogue.. Ironically, the same place in which he opposed the pharisees..
Now imagine- some dude dressed...
Wrong button.. Hmph.
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Believing only in jesus christ, but quoting deutoronomy? If thats the case, then stick to the four gospels, and keep to what he said..
Because fact is, jesus did a few miracles that can easily be passed as alchemy.
But, what makes him different from any other sorceror...
If you still feel that meditation opens doors to the demonic for you, then face your demons and -breathe-
.. A bully has fun kicking the kid who mentally resists him, yet is too weak to rise himself against the bully.. If that kid would over overcome the bully through means of opposition, then...
In my personal arguements about this, come to think of it, the gist seems to be 'hearing the voice of god' ..
The christians i've met reason that, if the mind is emptied, if the voices are silenced, god cannot be heard. They fear what will fill that void and i answer them usually in this way:
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I once read something that stuck to me;
"You are either drawn toward what you fear or what you hope for"
Meditation therefore, i believe, is the means of going towards that which you either fear or hope for, without struggling against the forces arrayed against your desires..
Before i...