Karmic demons
- Friday, 13 June 2008
- 3 Comments
How are you at facing your demons? You know, those monsters of your character that you are either in complete denial about or are struggling to come to terms with. I’m talking about those feelings that say you’re not good enough, you can’t compete, you’re not attractive enough, you don’t defend yourself, you’re too aggressive, opinionated, vague, frightened, shy, bold, cold, passionate, smart, too weird… anything that makes you feel bad or insecure about yourself.
Demons don't want to cause you pain, they want you to slay them. They are part of your higher good or a deep, knowing part of your subconscious that is actually trying to help you evolve.
The more enlightened among us have learned to stare at least some of their demons down. But don’t be tempted to think you don’t have any demons… the ones you deny do the most damage. They’re the ones lurking in the depths of your subconscious. It’s just part of evolving as a human being human to try and work them out.
You mainly meet your demons in other people. You’ll know when you’ve met one from bad feeling you get because you’ve either never resolved whatever particular issue is still biting you on bum – or you’ve had to suppress the whole thing. They’re painful to face and it’s complicated to work out why they’re your demons in the first place but it’s the only way to get free.
The monsters are disguised in both the people you like or don't, often they are plainest in the people you love, which makes them all the harder to face up to. Your demons are almost always your issues, and not caused by the deliberate action of others. Demons don't care how they're packaged - only that they keep turning up to remind you they need to be resolved.
Sometimes you have those epiphany moments when you know you’ve stabbed your demon in the heart. I had one of those years back when I realised without a doubt that I had learned a particular lesson and would never need to repeat that pattern again. And yes - I was running down the street in my pyjamas, hysterical, pulling my hair out at 4am in emotional turmoil at the time – but that was the end of that bastard demon! By nature your demons have the most intensely personal nature, that makes them shameful to discuss, but it's actually one of the best ways to start to crush them.
If you don’t learn the lesson it will just keep coming back to you in the form of 'difficult' people or repeating circumstances until you realise in your heart that you need to square up to it and take on board what it's trying to tell you
So start looking your demons in the eye. Because once you’ve conquered just one of them you’ll see why they lead you to the most peaceful place in yourself. And in the demon’s place there you’ll find a welcoming friend instead – a peaceful you.
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Add your commentsJune 19 11:09
Jasper Lee
How rrefreshing it is to find someone talking in this fashion. So much of the time so many don't want to acknowledge their 'demons'. In my role as indigenous Chovihano (Romani medicine man - I wrote We Borrow the Earth a few moons ago) I, like many indigenous shamans (I don't mean the new-age ones), have become redundant, due to the sad situation where people aren't acknowledging, yet alone meeting, their demons and difficulties within. If someone is attempting to help and support them with this age-old task, they always find it so much more comforting to whistle and look up at the ceiling. Don't we all? We all have situations and people to face who are representing our karma. Far better and healthier to work it out than hang on. How happy one is when demons are faced, met, given their marching orders and changes are explored to prevent such from happening again. In my culture we call it 'Parava", which means exchange. I exchange the bad for the good, the crazy for the sane, the old for the new, the chaotic for the peaceful, as you might say. A great article. Thank you. This Chovihano would like to see and hear more. www.jal-arts.com - exploring age-old themes through ancient follk theatre.
June 20 08:58
ANGELA
I have found this very interesting, and also very true. totally frustrating things happen, with peaple when you think you have been fair, and done the right thing. Only for them to seem to twist all you say, and put a totally different perspective on it, than you intended. Yes, always things come back to bite you on the bum, what ever you do, it always revisits you, the feelings that of pleasure or pain you inflicted on an other ment or not ment. Maybe this is all part of the same thing. The writer of this passage is I feel very spot on.
Angela
June 20 22:21
Angela
I here what you say when you speak about inner demons you just have to carry on think positive, I do believe that you are meant to meet people for a reason to teach you a life lesson as everybody does so when you meet people you just don't like or cannot be near that is a part of you that needs to addressed probably,but the thing is there is that old saying that says you will only feel crap, useless, no good, negative, hopeless if you allow people to make you feel that way, chose to deflect what they say to you by a positive response and the person(s) concerned will change their attitude, I mean why should you carry anyone elses baggage when you have your own. But there is that other saying every action has a reaction.