Getting Rid of Demons

[firedragon]

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I got rid of all my demons when I became an atheist.

Sure, I have a few "spirits", some good, some bad running around my head.
They all went away when I stopped believing in them.

Being a Muslim in a Muslim community I have very very rarely heard of demons. Inner or supernatural. But it's great that you got rid of yours. I think even for a Muslim who has some so called "demons" in them, ending that belief is the way to get rid of them.

 

[Nakosis]

I learned that there are no such things as demons when I became a Baha'i.

There are imo.
People give them "life" and control.
I didn't really notice their presence as much as their absence when they were gone.

They aren't things. They are entities created by the subconscious mind. To me as I see them.

Plenty of folks believe otherwise though.

 

[Nakosis]

Perhaps your unbelief only made them invisible.

Even invisible can still "talk" to you.
They all went silent as well.
So invisible and mute. Just as good as being gone.

 

[Nakosis]

Hmm. But aren't demons just personified representations of our own struggles and issues? I think it could be helpful to personify them at times, as long as it's not taken too literally.

IMO, they are independent, from our conscious control anyway, creations of the subconscious.
They can affect your moods and thoughts. Real or subconscious entity.

 

[Nakosis]

Only a subset of demons seems related to spiritual views.

I’m happy for you that you can un-believe so easily. Most of us can’t. Any tricks you can relate?

For me, I started at an early age. Facing my demons.
The first one I recall was when I was 7.
The demon under the bed.
I was afraid that if I left any arm or leg hanging off the bed. The demon would reach up and drag me under.
One day I simply became angry at being afraid. So night I decided I would sleep under the bed the whole night, i.e. face the demon.
After that night, I was never bothered by that demon again.

I suppose that got me onto the path of confronting every demon I became aware of.
Wasn't always aware of them. So a lifetime of facing them.

 

[Windwalker]

The ones that encouraged me to cause harm.
Didn't say it was a quick process.

You're saying that when you were a theist, you felt more prone to violence, and when you became an atheist, a lot of that was let go of?

 

[Nakosis]

You're saying that when you were a theist, you felt more prone to violence, and when you became an atheist, a lot of that was let go of?

Yes but the violence wasn't caused by being a theist.
The anger/violence was cause by my family.
Theism was just the culture I was raised in.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I got rid of all my demons when I became an atheist.
Sure, I have a few "spirits", some good, some bad running around my head.

Demons in my head and well-controlled. No other demons since I am a strong atheist.

Any tricks you can relate?

Abandon belief in God and soul.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Being a Muslim in a Muslim community I have very very rarely heard of demons. Inner or supernatural. But it's great that you got rid of yours. I think even for a Muslim who has some so called "demons" in them, ending that belief is the way to get rid of them.

 

[firedragon]

Nice image. Good googling AUp. Way to go.

Any more interesting analysis of my origin and if I eat bat-saliva and cockroaches? You should google those things also and do a cut and paste job.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Yeah, nice image of people's superstition.

 

[Trailblazer]

They aren't things. They are entities created by the subconscious mind. To me as I see them.

That is also what I believe the demons are.

 

[cataway]

God does not have a name. God is just God.

yet you worship the god Bahaullah

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

yet you worship the god Bahaullah

And I worship The Wrong One. Aren't humans diverse?

 

[Muffled]

I am willing to pay the price of being bothered by demons in order to be able to hear from God. Demons don't usually bother me though because they look for a weakness and in Jesus I have none.

 

[Muffled]

Hmm. But aren't demons just personified representations of our own struggles and issues? I think it could be helpful to personify them at times, as long as it's not taken too literally.

I believe that is a materialistic view that does not reflect reality.

 

[Muffled]

I learned that there are no such things as demons when I became a Baha'i.

Another philosophical mistake? I believe the B man tends to think what he likes to think.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

I believe that is a materialistic view that does not reflect reality.

I think differently.

 

[Wildswanderer]

No battle, you mean. Good and evil are equal you mean. What a sad way to think, that people doing evil will never have to answer for their actions.

No angels, no demons, just spirits who are mixed up with good and bad just like humans. Yin/Yang. In heaven as it currently is on Earth.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

No battle, you mean. Good and evil are equal you mean. What a sad way to think, that people doing evil will never have to answer for their actions.

Well, You think it is sad. I think differently.