(10-27-2023, 06:25 PM)BodhisattvaStyle Wrote: I'd like to back this claim up.
Messing around in the "dark" is extremely dangerous. I may have even knocked on some doors that I shouldn't have with all this.
And I have paid for it already...
My advice is not to look into these dark places. There are things one cannot unsee...but you'll wish you could.
Love is the most powerful force and the one direction all of our minds should be fixed upon. Love will conquer all of this. Ask to perfected in Love.
You are not alone, I am reminded of an old story about
C.S. Lewis. One of his works of fiction - The Screwtape Letters
a story about an old experienced demon writing to a new
underling demon. I read the book, which was enlightening,
but after I read it, even though it did help me with identifying
very simple human thoughts that were in reality harmful,
I felt a little scared, albeit I was still young. Its not a heavy
duty work by any means.
Many refer to it as "the safest road to hell"
Even C.S. Lewis wrote of it afterwards -
"Though I had never written anything more easily, I never wrote with less enjoyment. … [T]hough it was easy to twist one’s mind into the diabolical attitude, it was not fun, or not for long. The strain produced a sort of spiritual cramp. The work into which I had to project myself while I spoke through Screwtape was all dust, grit, thirst, and itch. Every trace of beauty, freshness, and geniality had to be excluded. It almost smothered me before I was done. "
https://wadecenterblog.wordpress.com/201...screwtape/
I will keep you in prayer, and remember that God is all powerful.
“The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen” (2 Timothy 4:18 NIV). Jesus never leaves us to battle alone.