CAN A PERSON BE POSSESSED BY A DEMON?

A human being cannot be “possessed” by a demon!

The ugly entities called demons are the handiwork of men alone. Such forms cannot issue out of the perfect and Holy Will of God!

The Almighty’s Power streams through Creation and also through man. When man wills something deeply or intuitively, such deep perception carries within it the key which can establish contact with the aforementioned Living Power which is neutral! If as an example, a man has the deep inner feeling of hatred, such perception will in combining with the neutral power laying in creation produce a form embodying the nature of the intuition in this case that of hatred. These forms which at first stands within the person who is the author later stands beside him and do not cease to exist when detached from their author. These forms continue to exist independently of their authors as long as they receive nourishment from human spirits who by nature are like minded. These are the evil entities called demons. As dangerous as they can be to the ones who give rise to them and to others, no demon can push aside the human spirit from its body which is a necessary condition for possession.

The inner core of man is spirit while demons are entities formed and nourished by the human spirit in the manner described earlier. For the simple reason that the spirit is higher than such entities they cannot push aside a spirit and take possession of his body even temporarily.

Possession only occurs when another malicious human spirit in the beyond takes possession of another person’s body by pushing aside the original owner. The spirit that can be pushed aside in this way must have been careless, indolent spiritually or has been dallying with those in the beyond. People who are possessed can be cured easily and quickly through the help of someone called for it, working prayerfully and with faith in the Power of God.

However, a human being can be demoniacally influenced. In order to be influenced, the person must be deliberately accommodating inwardly and then works under the influence towards the outside. Since one cannot be demoniacally influenced without ones free decision, for this reason a cure is made very difficult. This condition is also much more dangerous to man himself and for his surroundings because he acts in a more calculating, malicious way, in full consciousness. Such a person needs to make an inner change. The decision to turn to that which is good and pure must come from within the person under demonic influence. This is the way that help can reach him.

God’s Commandment stipulates: THOU SHALL NOT KILL. How can God send His Son to be KILLED as sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin of mankind?

This question is tantamount to asking whether the Almighty can go against His Own Commandment. It also challenges the popularly held belief that the Son of God’s Mission was to descend to the earth so that He might be killed as sacrifice for the forgiveness of the sins of mankind.

The Commandments of God are the expressions of His Will and they remain perfect and valid for all times! The Commandment under reference clearly forbids killing. Therefore, the killing of Jesus cannot be in keeping with this Commandment. Neither did the Almighty authorize human sacrifice, torture and mockery nor the wicked and agonising method of execution meted out on the Son of God about 2000 years ago. 

Indeed, the existence of this Commandment should have been a warning to us all not to accept the view that Christ was sent by His Almighty Father as a slave to carry upon Himself the sins of mankind through a sacrificial killing. In addition to this, we can cite three scriptural accounts that should have helped us to put the gruesome murder into proper perspective.

1.      At His crucifixion, the Son of God asked the Father to forgive the offenders for they know not what they do. This prayer of intercession became necessary simply because what had been done was a sin!  

2.      The scriptural account of the baptism of Christ was to the effect that during the baptism, a Heavenly Voice proclaimed Christ as the Son of God and that humanity should listen to Him. Humanity was not directed to kill Him! 

3.      During the crucifixion, darkness replaced the broad daylight accompanied with earth tremors. The curtain which demarcates the Holy of Holies from mankind was torn into two. These ominous happenings when rightly interpreted suggest to us that there was revolt in Nature during the crucifixion. Unseen hands tore the Temple curtain because at the crucifixion, the symbolic Divine Presence in the Holy of Holies was withdrawn, rendering the Holy of Holies unnecessary! Certainly, these are no signs that sins are being forgiven but that the killing was an outrage against God!

The Sacred Mission of the Son of God however lay in His proclaiming the Word of Truth. It is adherence to the true Teachings of Christ that can lead man to redemption and the forgiveness of sins. We achieve atonement, forgiveness and salvation by turning from our sinful ways and abiding by the true Teachings of Jesus.

The killing of Jesus therefore stands entirely on its own and remains a transgression against God’s Commandment! 

How Should One Understand God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Ghost?

This hallowed subject is beyond the comprehension of man. We should be eternally grateful that we are permitted to know of the existence of the One God!

The Almighty and the Divine Realm which emanate from Him have existed for all eternity. Nothing else existed outside of this Divine Realm.

Thus it was until God severed a Part of His Will to bring Creation into existence.  This Part is the Holy Spirit. His work of Creation gave birth also to human beings giving us the opportunity to exist! Creation is maintained through the operation of the Laws of Creation. These Laws ensure the wellbeing of dwellers in Creation and the sustenance of all its various parts.

Man has his origin in a section of the spiritual part of Creation. He finds himself in this material part so that through experiencing the workings of the Laws of Creation he will come to recognise the Will of God. Sadly, at a point, man turned to material things making it the sole object of his longings. As a result, man lost the capability to comprehend why he is even here on earth let alone understanding God! Corrective efforts by Prophets and other teachers failed.

To save man from his path of destruction, God mercifully sent a Mediator Who by showing man the Path of Truth will lead them to salvation. So, the Almighty severed a Part of Himself and incarnated It in a physical body – “Jesus of Nazareth, Who thus became the Incarnate Word, the Incarnate Love of God, the Son of God.”

God Almighty is One. By severing a Part of Himself to carry out the task of bringing Creation into existence, He became two-fold. This Part is the Holy Spirit, the Author of the Laws of Creation, Who as God’s Justice, gives to each one in accordance with his works! When later out of mercy the Father wanted to save mankind from their path of destruction, He severed a Part of Himself Who as the Son of God came to show us the path of salvation in the Word. Thus with the birth of Christ He became a Trinity. The Holy Spirit and The Son have both emanated from God the Father and belong to Him as a unity. The Grail Message says that “They are like the arms of a body which can act independently, but still belong to the body if this is to be complete. Yet they can only carry out independent actions as a part of the whole.” This is the Trinity in Perfect Love and Justice, the Trinity of the One God! 

Where does man go after death?

Physical death is the passing from the earthly plane into the world beyond; a birth into the beyond. Truly, it should not hold so much terror for mankind as we are simply going back to a place we came from before incarnating on earth. For the person who has lived a life based on obedience to the Will of God, fear of death is misplaced.

Those who should fear death are those who have lived wicked and careless lives. Such people have every reason to be afraid. What awaits them is so terrible that it is often better for them to continue living on earth - if that were possible!  

Depending on how an individual has lived his life, the silver cord which connects the inner body to the physical one is lighter or heavier. The lighter it is, the shorter it takes to disintegrate and as such the easier it is for the soul to detach itself from the dying or dead physical body. The heavier it is, the more difficult it is for the soul to detach itself leading to the so-called prolonged death struggle.

The Law of Spiritual Gravity determines where an individual finds himself after earthly death. What this simply means is that the weight of the individual determines where he goes. This weight is in turn determined by the individual's nature. Human beings that strive for spiritual maturity and obey the Laws of God joyfully will always think, speak and act in purity which makes them light spiritually. For example, when we successfully help someone in difficulty, we feel happy and light within us. Through this lightness, on leaving the flesh, such people will ascend to the higher or lighter parts of the beyond. Conversely, those of evil disposition have produced forms which are darker and heavier. For instance, deeds of anger or hatred make people heavy. This heaviness attaches to their inner bodies and makes these wicked ones sink into the lower regions of the beyond as a natural consequence.

In these lower regions, they will find the ugly forms they have produced and also people with similar tendencies who try to inflict on each other what they inflicted on their fellow men while on earth. The unrestrained raging that occurs there cannot even be imagined.

Those who find themselves in lighter areas will also encounter those of similar nature. They will come together in kindness and peace and will join hands in the pursuit of the greater good.

Therefore, each man goes to the place he has prepared for himself through his thoughts, words and deeds while here on earth.

HOW CAN I KNOW WHEN THE INTUTION IS SPEAKING?

The intuition is the same as what is called the “inner voice”. This intuition is the spiritual part of man to which he can listen. The intuition speaks through the spirit in pictures! When it speaks, the spirit makes an impression on the back brain. The back brain takes these impressions like a photographic plate and forms with it a picture without words. This picture is then passed on to the frontal brain which then condenses the pictures into thoughts, words and deeds. This is the normal way, but through the fall of man, this correct process has been reversed by man. Instead of the frontal brain taking directions from the back brain as directed by the spirit, the frontal brain was elevated to be the decision maker thus cutting off the spirit!

The pictures transmitted by the spirit as mentioned earlier is what people refer to when they say that “the first impression is always right”. Let me give you an example. You meet a person for the first time and you immediately get an impression or inner sensing to be careful. Later, or as your meeting progresses, you begin to look at the smart way the man is dressed and the car he has driven to the meeting. The first impression is thereby brushed aside through the judgment of the frontal brain, the source of our intellect. You deal with him and you suffer a big loss. In this example, you have failed to heed the first impression from your spirit but allowed your intellect to mislead you through the deceptive nature of the other person.

The intuition which is connected with the spiritual instantly recognised the true nature of the other person and did not allow itself to be deceived. It is absolutely impossible for the intuition to make mistakes. Only the intellect leads man astray! So man ought to listen to his “inner voice” which is his intuition and the spiritual part of man.

Furthermore, when we sleep, the spirit can make use of the back brain to speak to us in our dreams. Indeed if man were living in the right way, such dreams will be so clear and unconfused as direct experiences of the human spirit received by the back brain while the frontal brain rests in sleep. However, because of men’s over reliance on the frontal brain, it now happens that during the night the radiations of the frontal brain also affect the back brain. The simultaneous influence of the back brain by the spirit and the frontal brain however produces the confused dreams so very common today.

Is it true that on the Judgement Day the dead shall resurrect and together with believers still on earth ascend to meet Lord in the sky?

This belief is not in conformity with the Laws of God! The Laws will not permit earthly bodies that have been buried thousands of years ago to resurface and ascend to the skies. Neither can the physical bodies of those living on earth transform suddenly and ascend to Heaven. At death, the human spirit leaves the body and passes over and ascends or descends in the beyond. The physical body on the other hand has its origin in this material world and must remain here after the departure of the soul.

What is really connected to the prophecies of the Day of Judgement is not the resurrection of all the dead, but resurrection of all that is dead! The Holy Spirit Who is the World Judge will send out Judgement rays from His Sword of Justice into the Universe. These radiations then go forth and strike everything in Creation with unprecedented force. When these invisible rays fall upon the human soul, all his dormant qualities that have hitherto appeared to be dead will awaken and become strong. Whatever is hiding inside man will develop into thought and deed, so that according to its nature it will in manifesting judge itself. What is impure will be shattered and burnt up and what is pure will blossom and grow strong. That majority of men have poison slumbering inside them is evident today as we witness unprecedented deeds of madness worldwide.

Whatever is slumbering in man will come to life! This is the true meaning of the resurrection of all that is dead and such is the manifestation of the World Judgement in its simple naturalness!

Therefore, those who are impure within, who cling to evil and remain slaves to material things will no longer be able to hide. They will be exposed by the Light of God and together with their wrongdoing will be swept into perdition!

Spiritual ascent is however possible for those human beings who long for the Kingdom of Heaven. Their longing and their obedience to the Holy Word of God makes them spiritually pure and light so that when they leave the flesh they will ascend to the Beautiful Gardens of our God. On the contrary, evil minded and materialistic souls are impure, dark and heavy so that on leaving the flesh the souls of these wicked ones must sink to regions of darkness and damnation!

We must therefore deal with all that is within us and purify ourselves in thought and deed so that we will not be among such.

Does the Law of Sowing and Reaping mean that there is no forgiveness of sins?

It has been said repeatedly that through the Eternal Law of Sowing and Reaping man is compelled to make atonement for the wrong things he does. This responsibility cannot be cast upon any other person and certainly not on the Son of God Who remains forever Holy. What man burdens himself with through his thoughts, words or deeds can be redeemed by no one but man himself!

To attain to redemption we have to:

1.      Stop engaging in evil which will require ever new atonement and

2.      Start sowing seeds that will yield only good fruits.

A simple illustration demonstrates this. At his request, a bank grants a man ten million Dollars for business. Contrary to the agreement with the bank he wasted the money on frivolities. The man can borrow more if he wishes but he only adds to his burden of debt which must be paid back to the last cent. Later, the man now tired of being a debtor decides to repay his debt. From the moment he made the decision not to add to his debt but to start paying back, he has set a limit to what he owes since he will no longer incur fresh debts. So, he starts paying back one million Dollars every year. If he continues doing this, he will finish paying his debt in ten years. It is also possible in some circumstances that the debtor is able to pay an agreed amount as full settlement.

In real life, the Wisdom of our Creator has woven mercy and forgiveness into the Eternal Laws. Therefore, apart from the fact that when a man repents, he sets a limit to what he has to make good, another process of great importance comes into force:

Through the voluntary change for what is better and remaining steadfast by thought and deed, the good becomes more and more established in man himself, emerges from him and forms a protective circle around him capable of destroying the evil reaction pressing upon him as a result of his past misdeeds.

In view of this transformation, which is the same as being born anew, the actual inner man has become lighter so that he no longer has any attraction to the evil reactions from his past actions. Such evil reactions slide off the purity of his new surroundings and are thus deflected from him totally or depending on his inner change they only affect him to a minor degree. He may therefore redeem a very heavy karma through an effortless symbolic action.

Therefore, let us set to work without delay so that forgiveness and mercy can be ours.

Do the stars influence human affairs?

The radiations of the stars feared by so many are there to help us no matter their nature!

What really determines how a man fares is how he exercises his free will, what he draws to himself from out of the Universe and above all, how he makes use of the Power of God which always streams through Creation and naturally also through man. Through his voluntary decisions he can use this power to form his “works”. These works form man’s fate for good or bad depending on how he has put this power to use.

Even when such works are invisible, they exist and are active in the world not visible to us. Therefore, in language we use verbs for the activity of these works for example when we say a thought strikes us, courage rises in us, or that we are tormented by some craving.

Just like us, our works emit radiations and this very fact offers the connecting link between man’s fate and the radiations of the stars. Moreover, the radiations of the stars form channels through which the harvest of what we have sown through our thoughts words and deeds come back to us.

Figuratively speaking, it can be said that the stars give the signal for the times when the returning harvest of previous actions flow to the human being in a more complete and concentrated form.

When the radiations of the stars are unfavourable a person also receives unfavourable reciprocal actions and with favourable radiations he will experience favourable reciprocal actions. If, owing to the condition of his soul, a human being is surrounded by many dark influences, nothing good can reach him even in times of favourable stellar radiations. In this case, the channel of the favourable radiations remains empty because there are no good reactions available which can pass through such a favourable channel to the person concerned. At such periods of the favourable radiations, however, the person sorely hit by evil reactions will at least have a period of respite which he can use to gather strength for endurance and also to reconsider his ways.

If on the other hand the condition of a person’s soul permits only purity and light to surround him, then the most unfavourable stellar radiations will not be able to cause serious harm.

In conclusion, let us note that the stars can neither influence man’s free will nor exercise compulsion over him. By his own choices, man produces the fate which is channelled to him through the radiations of the stars. Let us see to it therefore that we do only what is good and refrain from evil, so that only good can flow to us.