Good and Evil Operating in Us

Are your desires lofty, your intentions good and behavior usually pleasant? Perhaps, in an unguarded moment you react from a part of you that you are not proud of. Every human has two sides. Being in the flesh consists of a higher and lower nature. The contradictory forces become active when you make a decision to be a better person with resolutions that will shape you into a human being who will reflect your higher nature. It is as if the forces are eager to challenge your good intentions. When you make a decision to evolve your consciousness, it is a good practice to analyze yourself and be on guard. Learn to take precautions to guard your purpose by meditating and surrounding yourself with individuals both seen and unseen who will guide and protect you. When you choose to spiritually awaken, you have an obligation to be conscious of all that goes on within and without.

Keep asking yourself why you are on earth and what is expected of you. Things just don't happen. There is a powerful order which exists behind all creation; its laws are immutable. When you begin to accept and live by the laws of harmony, true soul evolution begins. If you resist, you simply delay the inevitable. If you continue to live by the dictates of your own personality, ongoing challenges will definitely confront you that conflict with the laws of harmony. True credentials are the authority of the higher Nature. To evolve requires recognition and understanding of an existence in our midst that is far more powerful and more beautiful than the world of matter as we think of it. In scripture it mentions becoming a servant to the Lord. When you fully understand that being a servant is surrendering the ego or lesser human nature to the spiritual identity, the Christ possibility that lives within, then you begin to discover truth as it is meant to be lived. Then, you know with certainty that a world of real power is with you every step of the way because you have correctly identified who is the boss, the Good within.

The lower nature, the ego-personality, will sometimes interfere and thwart your good intentions. When your intentions are thrown off, the interference comes from the part of you that has not been mastered. Some teachings instruct the students on how they can wipe out the evil or lower nature. Evil does exist and to say it does not is to be in denial. As long as humans are not fully enlightened, dark forces are at work because there is a reason for its continued existence. Evil can be a poison for those who are not awakened. Once you grasp its significance and you are strong, it can be used as a cure. Why not learn to use and transform the negative? If evil were meant to be destroyed, God would take care of it, right? Have you examined the thought that evil exists to help us be restored to the order within ourselves? If you have understood this truth, you also experience the harmony of not being bothered by lesser energies because you have learned to bring in the Light and dissipate the darkness. Darkness is spiritual ignorance. We have to move to a higher vibration to have command of both good and evil. You can learn to use an opposing force. In truth, duality is simply a manifestation of unity.

Sages, saints, prophets and people with good intentions who have chosen to do healing work have been and still are tormented by earthbound entities. I am constantly receiving messages from people regarding being attacked by psychic poisons. Not only do attacks occur inner anguish, negative energies arrive on the scene as disasters and disease when you go against the laws of your higher Nature, the spirit. Have you ever wondered why saints like Job, St. Anthony and Padre Pio and others have been tempted and endured horrific ordeals? The answer, dear friends, is to see how they would react. Once you understand with a certainty why certain things happen that behave like poisons, you will also strive to purify and use everything good within you to become stronger. Eventually, you will become immune to not only the fluctuations of your little ego but to outer disorder and conflict.

What is Purity?

Today, will be somewhat different. In the early 1980's I wrote my first book called Circle of Light. A stranger who lived in Rochester, NY, was a student of a master teacher named Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. Omraam's Initatic Science School was and is located in southern France. This stranger had read my book and insisted that a copy be sent to his international teacher, which he did send as a gift. Soon afterwards, I received a handwritten letter on the finest paper. Omraam praised my intent and particularly appreciated one of the poems that I had written that was included in the book. Omraam encouraged me to allow my consciousness to lead and to live with courage and fulfill what I came here to do. A very warm and touching letter from a brilliant light who I had not met except in visions of light. Omraam and I have a strong history of similarities but then, this frequently happens to souls with pure intent who have chosen to serve. Although he deliberately vacated his body shortly after he wrote me the encouraging letter, I have felt his presence occasionally particularly during times of great movement in my life. The following is the poem that he admired:

WHAT IS PURITY?

PURITY is a state of being; it takes eons of time to awaken within the conscious mind. It is the key to eventual freedom and Oneness.
PURITY is understanding and keeps forever in its consciousness the truth that each is struggling in his or her own way for conscious perfection.
PURITY is a cleanliness of mind. It does not soil itself with negative thoughts that separate; these outpourings only dissipate and discolor the energy of the soul.
PURITY is kindness and selflessness towards others; the desire to give, lovingly, each in his or her own way.
PURITY is patience in life, the battleground, the school for souls. All worthwhile desires take time to materialize.
PURITY is resting in that which is Unseen, that which we cannot always grasp or comprehend; to put our trust in God knowing that we are loved and all will be as it should.
PURITY is a result of long preparation and paving of the Way. The human prepares his or her body and conscious mind for purity, the honored guest.
PURITY is a joy in the comfort of understanding and thankfulness. It is a happiness that only those who are touched by the grace of SPIRIT comprehend.
PURITY is life, the true life, for it has purpose, dedication and realization. It has a freedom that flows out of unity and harmony.
PURITY is humility before holiness. Human hood cannot comprehend the Supreme Spirit intellectually. Its love, power and wisdom is only known through the awakened heart, the intuitive experience.
PURITY is a final realization that we are purity Itself, never separated; the one Life, the one Heart, the one Mind pulsating throughout the Universe.

Shirlee Hall
1981

More on Dark and Destructive Guests

In the Gospel it says, 'If anyone loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.' What do you think this means? Could it be that we are constructed in such a way that it is possible for other entities to dwell in us? So, if good can mix with our personal energy, why not entities with less than good intent? The Bible is filled with examples. Cases of possession are recounted in both the Old and New Testaments and other scriptures as well. Whether you call the energies attachments or possessions, they are creatures of an inferior order that desire to control a human being.

Earthbound souls are visitors who do not wish to leave. When the human personality is filled with negativity, holes are created in the energy field creating openings for unwanted guests. The quality and quantity of inhabitants is determined by the degree of harmony established within the human. Not only do we have a soul dwelling in the house, body, we have different forms of life circulating in the soul. Either good or bad influences can occur according to our thoughts, feelings and state of mental and physical health. When a human has a vice, it is similar to having another being living within him who controls his behavior. If you have read Faust, for instance, you will remember that he put a pentagram over the door of his house in order to prevent elementals from entering and good spirits from leaving. I am not suggesting that you do this. The best remedy is to be in control of your self.

What can we do to avoid dark and destructive guests? You have heard or read of the light of God, which is purity and love. Negative intruders are terrified of the light nor do they understand the energy of love. The more love you develop for God and focus on truth, beauty and light, the more difficult you make it for any intruder to slip in. Qualities of purity, intelligence and love repel them. You have to be very strong, demanding and yes, loving, to drive them out. These creatures do exist and are attracted to weaknesses in the human. From the beginning of creation it is recorded that there are many inhabitants within man. Every thought and emotion that passes through man emits electro-magnetic currents attracting either positive or negative influences.

You may love God, beauty, harmony and wisdom and yet, allow yourself to be a victim of spirits of the darkness. In the beginning of the take-over, the intruder will usually appear kind and helpful. Once you fall for the idea that you have an inside helper, you will experience the true nature of the entity. The greater per cent of the time they are diabolical earth bound souls whose only desire is to take over a body. To allow possession is to give up your life. It is serious business. Why would anyone allow manipulation? Lonely people who would like a companion. People who feel that they can personally gain power by having an inside reporter as part of their energy. Many reasons...all foolish~

Can Earthbound Entities Bother You?

People frequent write to me about how they are being attacked by negative energy that may or may not take a visible form. These energies are not of the earth but they are alive and are attracted to earth. They appear at first glance to be attracted to people who are involved with substance abuse and negative behavior. Although there is a lot of truth in this conclusion many good people are being attacked as well. A famous Catholic priest, Padre Pio, is an excellent example. Anything that throws the chemistry of our body out of balance may attract earth bound entities who have nothing to do except cause nasty problems. I was first introduced to this subject in 1971 when a widowed neighbor brought his daughter over to see me. The father was desperate. His daughter had changed from an honor student and good daughter who respected her father's family boundaries to a totally different and unpleasant personality.

The father left and I was alone with a high school girl, a stranger. I started to make friendly chatter and she immediately confided that she liked to use a psychic board game. A red flag went up right away because I already knew that the psychic board games usually attract earthbound entities who love to answer questions pretending they are wise and concerned. Suddenly, the girl shared the fact that she smokes marijuana. Once she confessed that fact, I was aware of another presence in the room. It was a dark entity, a nasty parasite of the lower worlds who is capable of knowing our thoughts and intent. The entity knew that I had a higher power, a gift of healing, and did not want me influencing his target. What the entity did next was to send my body intensely hot and uncomfortable energy that began to confuse my thinking. I had never had an attack experience but knew with a certainty that this gesture was not friendly and she wanted me to stop influencing the girl.

There was no time to be wasted on thinking. Action had to be taken. I stood up and placed my hands above the girl's head and said a "power" word demanding that the negative entity leave her body immediately. This was my first experience with exorcism. Using a name of God with control, passion and the highest intent will remove anything that is lesser in its intent. An instantaneous healing occurred. When I said the power word, a vaporous substance left the girl's body. She stood up with a big smile on her face. She exclaimed, "She's gone, she's gone!" I asked, "Who is gone? She told me the name of the entity attachment. Now that the intruder had been removed, the girl's countenance was radiant and no longer troubled. There was an amazing shift in her energy.

There is much more to this story and it all has to do with not honoring who we are and abusing our bodies. When we neglect our own lives, we open a door to a lower invisible dimension inviting trouble of the worst possible kind. We must respect who we are. Humans and their various forms of self abuse are the authors of dark forms. Earthbound souls and entity attachments are mentioned in scripture, poetry, literature, art and other avenues of expression. Lost souls exist. Don't invite them...

It is God's Good Pleasure to Give to You

Do you believe that it is God's good pleasure to give to you or do you feel unworthy?
When we change the way we look at things and genuinely try to reflect our higher Nature, we get it. What we get is that God is the real part of us and when we see that spark in others as well as in us, we can receive with an understanding and joyful heart.When we finally accept our own divinity, a healing begins to happen within and without. Healing merges the individual spirit, our eternal higher nature, with matter. The merging transforms the appearance through the conscious direction of the power of thought. I firmly believe the more stable and healthy we are in mind and body, the greater our ability to freely live and serve life.

Anyone playing the role of the transmitter of the One Power and One Presence must be in a state of balance to be truly effective. Some of you are called upon to help heal others. From longtime personal experience it is best that the human personality is forgotten during the treatment and the inner spirit identity remembered in both you and the client. Healing occurs when we are conscious of perfection and unconscious of the appearance of imperfection. In other words, I am suggesting that you not make imperfection the focus. See balance and beauty, strength and wholeness. See behind the appearance. When you focused on flaws, negative energy increases. Denial is not what I am suggesting~ Only see and feel beauty. There are grander possibilities. Focus on what you deserve or your client loved one or friend deserves and what you feel is good. If persistent and believing enough, the intelligence within the cells will eventually take you seriously and obey the thoughts sent by creating a new and balanced mold.

The divine within gives to us according to our light, understanding and love. When we trust and believe and allow, the perfection and good pleasure of the Divine manifests as physical and mental perfection. It also manifests as matter. See your self and others as joyful and complete. This is one way for you to give and make a difference. Although others may not resonate to your vision of them, the thoughts you are sending will not be wasted. One day, they will in gratitude accept the love you have offered, the same love that you accepted from the God within you.

What Type of Programmer Are You?

Through the power of thought, you have actively programmed every single person, thing and event into your life. Perhaps, you are thinking that this is total nonsense. Human beings for the most part are unconscious mortal creators. Since you already create both consciously and unconsciously, why not change a pattern that is not working? You can reconstruct your experiences. If this principle is understood and applied, you can change everything in life that displeases simply by changing your thinking. You also must be realistic and understand that you are changing your self. You are the project, not someone else. Usually when we change, those around us eventually make a shift. It may take a while but it will happen and surprises usually are a part of the change.

First, you have to be convinced you have a higher Nature who actually will correct and direct your life if you give it permission. The more you allow the better part of your nature to take control, the greater the rescue mission. You are actually creating a rescue pattern removing the negative energy that is collected from misdirected thinking and the dangerous energy of others. One of the first changes required is to stop separating the physical plane from the spiritual plane. You are a multifaceted being that is unconsciously seeking to merge its parts into wholeness.
It is your destiny to become a balanced human being and accomplish works of magic and wonder.

Everything that comes to you on the path of life comes for a reason. You can deliberately step out of misery. It is not inevitable nor does confusion need to be the dominant note in your life. There is an urgency being felt by sensitive humans, which is telling us change is on the way. What is needed right now is a new humanity, a brave and bold humanity who will choose to develop an inner thought power whereby we become conscious of our unity with life. No one can give us freedom. No one can transform our consciousness. We are the programmers who must do the "work" and take the necessary steps to free ourselves from falsity and unkindness. This is our assignment...to be conscious. The future is determined by the choices made. Waiting for someone else to do your assignment isn't the answer. To succeed in conscious programming, touch the center of your being, the inner goodness. You already have what it takes to draw out from the heart a lost inheritance. Look at it, love it and live it~

Our Mental Tool Box

There is an effective mental tool that will help create a powerful healing. It is the tool of detachment. I know this is much easier to say and write about then actually do. It is well worth the effort to develop detachment and have it handy in your tool kit of self-help. When we learn detachment, it is much easier to heal ourselves and help others to heal. I am not insinuating that you put on armour and shield yourself against the feeling nature. The type of detachment I am suggesting is a form of compassion and understanding. If it is a serious personal issue, hiding behind armour won't work for the long run. You may have convinced yourself that you are not wounded but, the wound will fester in the subconscious part of the mind until a future moment when you are ready to face what happened. You may at a future time react passionately to an experience not having a clue as to why it is upsetting you so much. The current experience is tapping into the long ago pain that was not acknowledged and healed.

What is meant by detachment from my point of understanding is to get the personality out of the way and deliberate force your self to view the situation from a higher perspective. To be successful, we must be still. To be still is to be in a peaceful state of mind that understands a higher power is capable of coming into the drama and bringing the necessary ingredients so all involved are healed. It is vital that we understand and learn to detach from the influence of negative emotions. Yes, I have mentioned that our emotions serve us in myriad ways, but they can also hinder our goals when we become so embroiled in their influence that we can no longer be objective. This is why I strongly suggest that the personality get out of the way and the situation be analyzed and felt on a detached level that transcends mortal thinking and feeling.

Negative emotions can stagnate the soul. They can influence, twist and even block any movement forward. I know as a fact that we frequently store away in our memory box events and people that are too upsetting to take out and look at. Eventually, we look at them and let go. Damage control is stepping out of our own "story" every once in awhile. The dramas of life are often created to force us to look at the old chapters in our personal book and rewrite them. The damage is conditioning, false judgments and belief systems that work against inner peace. We have written volumes. A good thorough editing is required every once in a while to help us restore balance. Believe it or not, on some level of your being you have chosen an environment and family that will force you to take charge of your own emotional and mental nature.

I am actually stating two views both of which are necessary. One, is to allow ourselves to feel when a horrific event occurs. Sometimes our position in life does not allow this. Or...we judge at that moment that it is beneath our stature to reveal our inner pain. Two, do our best to understand ugliness at a higher level, the level of the spirit. Denial will work up to a point. Eventually, the explosion will surface. We are feeling creatures. Truth whether hidden or revealed forces us to look at our wounds, forgive and smile.