The Devil Within?

 

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The Devil Within?

The devil is not outside you. We are always tempted to think that the devil is outside because then the responsibility can very easily be thrown on the external devil and you can become completely free of the responsibility.

We always find scapegoats to escape from our own responsibility. We always find someone else to blame for whatever is wrong with us. Somebody says something innocently and you become angry. You somehow feel you have been insulted. You are angry and, in that anger, you want to blame someone else, so the perceived insult becomes the engine for your anger. If you are slightly more aware then there would have been no anger, and therefore no perceived insult. It is human nature to shirk one’s own responsibility and blame others.

The human mind has been defending itself in this manner for as far back as you can think. Once you convince yourself that someone else is to blame, you can relax and be yourself, there is no need to transform.

If you see that the devil is within then there is absolutely no need to throw the responsibility on someone else – you realise that you are the problem and then it becomes difficult for you to live with that problem, it becomes almost impossible. Just let it go, else it will crush you.

Never throw the responsibility on some external devil – the devil is as much within as is God. When you operate through the mind, the devil is always in the mind; if you function without the mind, if you function through meditation, then no-mind, it is God. Just as God is a function of you, so is the devil – no-mind and mind!

A very easy way to protect yourself is through the power of a mantra. The mantra becomes your shield. Chant the mantra internally, internalise the mantra and once you do that, the mantra starts automatically within you and once that happens your mind becomes thoughtless. A thoughtless mind is always in the moment, then there is no room for the devil, you are filled with divine consciousness.

The mantra gives you tremendous confidence and mental strength. When you are mentally strong the devil will not be able to occupy your mind space, it will not be able to read your mind. Have faith in yourself, be confident, with confidence and faith even the size of a mustard seed can move mountains.