10 Commandments for a Successful Married Life

Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."
~ Erich Fromm
 
1. Love Comes First: Physical love is good, but there has to be genuine spiritual love also in your heart. Your immediate neighbor is your own spouse. So let charity begin at home and set an example by loving your spouse first and foremost. Follow the scripture: "Love thy neighbor as thyself".
 
2. Narrow the Gulf: Whether it is a love marriage, arranged marriage or forced marriage, differences are bound to arise. Both of you come from different backgrounds, upbringings and environments. You must be ready to overlook the sharp differences, lapses or shortcomings.
 
3. Forgive & Forget: Remember, to forgive is divine, and keep doing it, even if you have to repeat this process for infinite times.
 
4. Begin the Day Cool: Early in the morning, both spouses should try to remain calm and cool. No discussions or arguments in the early morning hours.

 5. Silence Can Save: When you leave home for work in the morning, be at your best behavior. If one of you is provoked or complains, silence is the best answer. Conversely, you can say, "We will discuss it in the evening".

6. Inquire & Appreciate: After you return home, inquire and take interest in one another's activity during the day: "How was your day?" You must show your genuine appreciation and sympathy. Top it with a pleasant smile.

7. Listen & Sympathize: Do listen to your spouse attentively and sympathetically. Never ignore. Even at your place of work, if you get a telephone call from your partner, be polite and courteous, in spite of your busy schedule.

8. Don't Forget to Compliment: Make use of "Thank you", "Well done", "You have done a good job", and "I am sorry", as frequently as is necessary. Be generous in your praise and compliments.

9. Don't Compare: Do not enter into comparisons. No one is 100% perfect or 100% imperfect. We all have flaws and shortcomings. Always look at the good qualities of your spouse.And last but not the least;

10. Keep Smiling: Be cheerful and smile away your problems. Give a smile as often as you can. Only a human person is endowed with this blessing. Animals do not have this rare faculty. Did you know you use only 20 muscles for a smile but 70 muscles for a frown? So, keep smiling!

Mantra Chanting With Psychic Symbols May Connect You to the Entities, Reptilians and Aliens

What is a mantra or a spell?

Mantra is a sequence of mystic worlds having concentrated thoughts and a very divine potency. Utterance of a mantra can creates the cosmic sound vibrations which enable the seeker to attain the state of super consciousness or self realization. Each mantra creates a stream of specific vibration in the cosmos when chanted in a repeated, rhythmic and continuous manner. It creates purity, divinity, spirituality and desired effects in the mind and the life of the seeker.

Nature of the mantra

The mantra is a force like gravitational, electrical and magnetism. Every word of the mantra has a specific weight, shape, size, form, power, colour and quality. The rhythmic utterance of a mantra can creates a specific pattern of waves in the universe which have definite frequency, vibration and energy. The sound vibrations produced during mantra chanting are mechanical waves which always requires a medium [like solid liquid and gas] for their transmission.

Presiding deity of the mantra

Each mantra has a presiding deity to whom it was revealed and attains divine self realization by meditating on it. The specific deity bestows the powers, fulfillments and self realization to the seeker. When we meditate on a particular deity our heart becomes illuminated with his grace, divinity, love and light, and we attain super consciousness state.

Medium needed for travelling a mantra

The gross or the physical part of the mantra such as the sound vibrations appears to travel in the medium like solid, liquid and gas. But the subtle energy of the mantra travels in the Manas or Mind-Substance filling all space like ether and it serves as a vehicle for the mantra.

Need for modulation of mantra waves

Sound wave vibrations produced by mantra chanting have transmission energy losses in the medium because of our limited range of vocal cord capability and the friction offered by the medium particles. Hence the divine vibrations of the particular mantra might not reach to its final destination of the desired deity due to severe energy losses in the medium. Hence modulation of the mantra waves is required.  Modulation is the process of facilitating the transfer of information over a medium by mixing low frequency wave [information signal] to a much higher frequency wave [carrier wave]. Like in a radio transmission the basic audio sound waves are added to the radio wave of having much higher frequency known as the carrier wave to produce a new signal of higher potency which can be successfully sent in the medium to the desired destination. In the final receiving destination the desired signals are decoded to achieve the original copy of the sound wave.

What are the psychic -symbols?

Psychic- symbols are the symbolic or pictographic condensed thought patterns or forms which can anchor your consciousness. In mantra chanting loss of awareness and sleep are the biggest obstacles which reduce its potency. Chanting a mantra while concentrating on three types of psychic- symbols like subtle, medium and gross, the seeker can easily concentrate his vague awareness. Reiki symbols, Cross, AUM sign, the Pentacle, fire, mystic images etc are used as the psychic- symbols.

Need for psychic- symbols

Mantra chanting can activates your conscious mind but your unconscious mind remains wavering to all irrelevant topics, visions and thoughts. As soon as you visualise a psychic- symbol in the third eye chakra or in your subconscious plane, instantaneously your unconscious mind reaches to a very high degree of concentration, releasing an extremely high frequency of thought wave vibrations which can effectively travel to any corner of the universe.

Medium needed for psychic symbols to travel

The pictographic thought patterns or forms used as a psychic-symbol are of extremely high frequency hence needed even finer medium for their transmission. Like electromagnetic waves travels in ether medium the psychic- Symbols or the condensed symbolic mental images travels in the Astral -Substance. This is made up of super fine particle of consciousness filling the entire universe. When a psychic- symbol crosses the Astral - Substance it gives rise to a tremendous high frequency vibrations and travels in the direction of desired deity of that particular mantra.

Psychic- symbols as carrier waves

The frequency and the energy of the thought waves are much higher than the sound waves. Hence to minimise the transmission energy losses which occurs during mantra chanting, the psychic -symbols of extremely high frequency and energy are used as a vehicle to carry the mantra to its destination. Continuously chanting mantra from your conscious mind and simultaneously drawing psychic -symbols in you third eye chakra in your subconscious mind plane, and chanting internally the name of the psychic symbols can produce a series of extremely high frequency vibrations which can cross any barrier or disturbance present in the universe. For e.g. from your conscious mind you may utter any famous spell or a mantra like Gayatri mantra, Christ spell, angels or archangels spells etc, and simultaneously drawing reiki symbols in your third eye chakra and chanting internally or subconsciously their names [ name of reiki symbols]. Consciously uttering or whispering a mantra from your mouth and subconsciously drawing reiki symbols and uttering their names inside can powerfully connect you to the extreme high vibrational entities present in the outer world.

Outer world entities

They are psycho-subtle extraterrestrial creatures having extremely high frequency vibrations. They are present in the outer world orbit like entities, aliens, reptilians, angels and archangels etc. According to Indian mythology the devatas, pitras, gandharvas, kinnar, naagas, Kumar's are the some outer world entities. The outer -world entities can manipulate your world by possessing "human" bodies, and they can operate in the frequencies of the fourth density. These are referred to as "hidden spaces and planes unknown to man". These entities exist only just outside the frequency range of our physical senses.

False or pseudo destination of a mantra

Instead of reaching to a specific deity, the vehicle of psychic symbol carrying the mantra can be easily interrupted by an outer-world entity. These entities can easily manipulate our mind, psyche and thoughts. They can projects themselves as a pseudo deity in our dreams or visions, to obstruct our spiritual progress. They may gain spiritual powers of the mantras earned by the seeker.

Spiritual disaster or pseudo enlightenment of the seeker

The seeker can be easily manipulated by the outer world entities to increase their power and control on this world. They can easily manipulate the dreams, thoughts and emotions of the seeker and misguide him on the real path of spirituality. Repeated dreams of constant blackouts and perverted sexuality, rape, fear, hate, anger and enmity are the sure symptoms of interference from the outer -world entities. The seeker may fall in the false or pseudo perception of elevated consciousness, enlightenment and blessings of the desired deity's grace. But in the long term the outer world entities may induce a state of delusion, distress, guilt and psychosis in the seeker. The seeker will become bankrupt of all his spiritual earnings.

Good vs. Evil

We often hear conflicting moral teachings from our religious and secular leaders. Many claim to have the true message of God or the true message of Christianity. We hear about "Christian values," or "God's will," or "The Bible says...," or "Jesus says...,", etc. How can we tell who is interpreting the Bible with true understanding and who is, consciously or unconsciously, merely using it to serve their own ends?

Jesus gives us the answer in the parable of the good and bad fruits. He tells us to judge a teacher or minister by his or her deeds, not by his or her claims. Just as a fig tree produces only figs, a good teacher will advocate only good deeds and will live a life of good deeds. Just as a tree that produces poison fruit, a false teacher will advocate evil deeds and practice evil deeds, even while claiming to give godly advice. 

"Beware of false teachers who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are wolves and will tear you apart. You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You need never confuse grapevines with thorn bushes or figs with thistles. Different kinds of fruit trees can quickly be identified by examining their fruit. A variety that produces delicious fruit never produces an inedible kind. And a tree producing an inedible kind can't produce what is good. So the trees having the inedible fruit are chopped down and thrown on the fire. Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit produced. "Not all who sound religious are really godly people. They may refer to me as 'Lord,' but still won't get to heaven. For the decisive question is whether they obey my Father in heaven. At the Judgment many will tell me, 'Lord, Lord, we told others about you and used your name to cast out demons and to do many other great miracles.' But I will reply, 'You have never been mine. Go away, for your deeds are evil.' (TLB, Matthew 7:15-23)  

The true teachings of the Bible will be consistent with the two great themes of the Ten Commandments and the Greatest Commandments of Jesus : reverence to God, our Creator, and respect for all persons, everywhere.  

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. (NIV, Luke 6:45)  

False teachers will preach a doctrine filled with prejudice, hate, greed and covetous desire which is distorted to sound as if these things were virtuous. False teachers will take Bible verses out of context and convolute their meanings to serve their own ends. The Apostle Paul warned the people of his churches to be wary of those who teach a false gospel. 

Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (NAS, Romans 16:17-18) 

The prophet Isaiah and Jesus both warned against misleading others into sin. 

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight! (NAS, Isaiah 5:20-21)

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. "Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! (NIV, Matthew 18:6-7)

Learning the wisdom of the Bible helps us discern good from evil and good teachings from evil teachings. Even when evil teachings are disguised as good, and argued shrewdly, we will not be easily fooled. There is no better application for the wisdom of the Bible than to be able to distinguish good from evil, and to practice good in our own lives. 

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, Guarding the paths of justice, and He preserves the way of His godly ones. Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity and every good course. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; Discretion will guard you, understanding will watch over you, To deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things; From those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; (NAS, Proverbs 2:6-13) 

Wisdom is a buffer against life's constant battering of conflicting ideas and desires. Wisdom frees us from the tyranny of popular opinion and from the emptiness of a status-seeking existence. The wisdom of the Bible is a solid foundation on which we can base our attitudes and actions. It is the key to making the best choices throughout our lives.

Parents and Children

The single most important function of the family is the raising of children. The family provides for the physical needs of children and teaches them how to grow into well-adjusted, responsible adults.

Schools can teach the knowledge and skills needed to earn a livelihood, but children learn their values primarily from the example and teaching of their parents. As parents we must both practice and preach our values. The author of this proverb speaks as a father would instruct his own son or daughter:

Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, and give attention that you may gain understanding, For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my instruction. When I was a son to my father, tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments and live; Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not proceed in the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn away from it and pass on. For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; and they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day. (NAS, Proverbs 4:1-5, 14-18)

Of course, the parents' instruction does no good if the child rejects it. Our parents may not be perfect, but they have loved and cared for us, and they deserve our respect. The Bible advises children to honor and obey their parents:

Children, obey your parents; this is the right thing to do because God has placed them in authority over you. Honor your father and mother. This is the first of God's Ten Commandments that ends with a promise. And this is the promise: that if you honor your father and mother, yours will be a long life, full of blessing. (TLB, Ephesians 6:1-3)

 Listen to your father's advice and don't despise an old mother's experience. Get the facts at any price, and hold on tightly to all the good sense you can get. The father of a godly man has cause for joy-- what pleasure a wise son is! So give your parents joy! (TLB, Proverbs 23:22-24)

 

In addition to instruction and a good example, children need discipline to grow into responsible adults. Through discipline, children learn the consequences of their actions and learn to control their behavior:

Discipline your son and he will give you happiness and peace of mind. (TLB, Proverbs 29:17)

Teach a child to choose the right path, and when he is older, he will remain upon it. (TLB, Proverbs 22:6)

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (KJV, Proverbs 23:13-14)

The verse above, and a few similar ones, are sometimes used to justify a harsh parenting style based on corporal punishment. However, the dominant theme of the Bible is not to beat one's children, but rather to "teach a child to choose the right path" through instruction and discipline. Beating with a rod is an example of how discipline may have been practiced in Old Testament times. Unfortunately, beating and spanking embitter the child and teach him or her to control others by physical force. The child may change his or her behavior out of fear but does not learn self-control.

Fortunately, modern parenting methods offer us a better alternative. The methods of natural and logical consequences teach self-control and values without causing bitterness between parent and child (Dreikurs, Kober). In New Testament times, the harsh Old Testament teachings about discipline are replaced with verses such as these:

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. (NIV, Colossians 3:21)

And now a word to you parents. Don't keep on scolding and nagging your children, making them angry and resentful. Rather, bring them up with the loving discipline the Lord himself approves, with suggestions and godly advice. (TLB, Ephesians 6:4)

Jesus greatly valued children and the innocence of youth, saying we should humble ourselves before God the way a child does before an adult. He also placed anyone who would corrupt a child among the most despicable of sinners:

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. "Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! (NIV, Matthew 18:1-7)

The enthusiasm and idealism of youth can be a potent force. Young adults are often able to see the simple truth of a complicated matter and are able to work tirelessly for a good cause. Paul gives this advice to Timothy, his young friend and associate:

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. (NIV, 1 Timothy 4:12)

On the other hand, the temptations of youth may be a trap for those who have not yet developed a strong sense of right and wrong. Even children must take responsibility for their own actions. Wrong is wrong and evil is evil. It cannot be not justified because "Everybody does it," or "I won't get caught," or "I won't get punished," or "I was mad," or "I just felt like it," or "I wanted it," or "I did it to get back at __________." (Fill in the blank: my parents, teacher, brother, sister; that bigot, bully, cheater, grouch, show-off, hypocrite, etc.:)

Run from anything that gives you the evil thoughts that young men often have, but stay close to anything that makes you want to do right. Have faith and love, and enjoy the companionship of those who love the Lord and have pure hearts. (TLB, 2 Timothy 2:22)

Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right. (NIV, Proverbs 20:11)

A strong and supportive family bonds husband and wife in a union of love and mutual respect. It is our refuge from the pressures and disappointments of the world and is the instrument for giving our children the things they need most: protection, love, training and discipline. The more we cultivate strong family ties, the more fulfilling our lives will be.

 

Marriage and Divorce

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. (KJV, Mark 10:6-9)

The family of biblical times had the husband as "lord" of the household and the wife as his helper. The husband worked diligently to provide material needs and protection while the wife worked diligently at domestic chores (Ward, pp. 92-94). In these New Testament passages, the need for a strong, healthy marriage is expressed in terms of the idealized family of the ancient world:

Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. (NIV, 1 Peter 3:1-4, 7)

Contemporary marriages may follow the biblical model or may be quite different. Regardless of how we divide the roles and responsibilities in our marriages, though, we must be sure the marriage fulfills its essential family functions and provides a loving environment for children to grow into responsible adults.

Unselfish love is the "glue" that holds families together. In marriage we must subdue our own egos and selfish pride for the sake of the family. The Apostle Paul states it eloquently in this passage from First Corinthians:

Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (NAS, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

Divorce is a genuine tragedy. It often leaves the marriage partners embittered and disillusioned. It robs the children of the love and security of a healthy family and denies them a good role model for their own future marriages. The expense of divorce may consume the family savings. The work and expense of maintaining separate households means more work and less time for ourselves and our children.

We need to make an effort each and every day to keep our marriages strong and not let them drift toward divorce. We must put aside our anger, forgive our spouse a million times over, always be faithful, subdue our own pride and ego, and always let love guide our actions.

In the Old Testament Law, a man was allowed to divorce his wife at will. (Wives did not have the same privilege.) Jesus saw the injustice and pain of divorce, though, and said that neither husband nor wife should separate from the other:

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." "Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?" Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." (NIV, Matthew 19:3-9)

The Apostle Paul echoed Jesus' sentiment:

Now, for those who are married I have a command, not just a suggestion. And it is not a command from me, for this is what the Lord himself has said: A wife must not leave her husband. But if she is separated from him, let her remain single or else go back to him. And the husband must not divorce his wife. (TLB, 1 Corinthians 7:10-11)

Adultery destroys marriages. The adulterer shows total disregard for the marriage vows and for his or her spouse. In this passage, Jesus reminds us that not only should we always be faithful, we should also avoid any actions or situations that might eventually tempt us into adultery:

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery'; but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. (NAS, Matthew 5:27-28)

Unfortunately, some marriages cannot and should not be saved. A viable marriage is a contract of mutual love and respect, as reiterated in Ephesians:

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (NIV, Ephesians 5:33)

When one partner seriously violates the marriage contract, as by emotional, physical or sexual abuse, the marriage cannot endure. None of us should feel obligated to endure an abusive relationship.

Getting Rid of Diseases - I

All our diseases are our own fault. These diseases may result from a number of reasons created by us.

Neglect of taking care of the body is one of them. “Why do you wash the inside of the cup? Don’t you understand that the One Who made the inside is also the One Who made the outside?” (The Gospel of Thomas, 89), said Jesus. Lack of basic medical knowledge, neglect of simple rules of bodily hygiene, smoking, drinking, nutrition that includes corpses of animals contrary to Jesus’ advice (see more details about this below) — all these are ethical reasons.

Just washing the body with soap every morning helps to make the state of the organism better, healthier.

And giving up eating bodies of killed animals allows one to get rid of many diseases of the digestive, vascular, and nervous systems — this stops contamination of the organism with the salts of uric acid, and with bad energies remaining in the corpses of animal since their death.

There are also congenital diseases, diseases caused by traumas and various accidents, infectious diseases, oncological diseases, and others, which look as if they are not caused by a fault of the diseased. But this is just an apparent impression: one may always find the objective advisability of these cases when investigating them. For example, God decided to stop a person in some of his/her activity, to make that person think, to direct at studying the reasons and mechanisms of diseases from the medical standpoint in order to become more broad-minded, to develop intellect. Or it was necessary to show to the one who maimed someone in past life what it is like — to be a cripple…

There are cases when a person gets ill in order to meet someone through this and receive spiritual awakening thanks to this acquaintance.

There are also diseases of purely energetical nature, for example, resulting from energetical incompatibility with sexual partner, or due to diabolic qualities of some family members or colleagues at work. Sometimes one should take this as signs from God for making a drastic change in life — to change domicile, work, etc.

Sometimes a disease may lead to useful contacts with healers. And many people certainly received spiritual awakening from them.

With the help of severe diseases, God made many people turn to Him — when addressing Him is the only hope for relief. Some of them got healed soon after that, others improved the destiny for the future incarnation by forming an initial aspiration to Him. In both cases it was good. Of course, it would have been better if they had done it voluntarily, without disease.

Jesus and His disciples performed miracles of healing with two purposes: a) to present people with the facts of miracles and thus awake them to making personal spiritual efforts, and b) to draw the attention of people to the healer and make them listen to him.

Jesus said addressing the Father: “… Your Son also may glorify You, even as You have given Him authority over all flesh…” (John 17:1-2). And to people: “The Father Who dwells in Me, He does the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me” (John 14:10-11).

However, the situation for healed people is not always simple: many of them received the healing for free. Thus, the healing was given to them “in advance”: if you will change your life — good, and if not — the situation may become even worse for you. So, to some of the healed Jesus said: “Daughter, be comforted; your faith has saved you” (Matt 9:22), but to others: “Behold, you are made whole. Sin no more lest a worse thing come to you” (John 5:14).

Many healings performed by Jesus and the apostles were connected with driving out demons (Matt 8:16; 8:28-34; 9:32-34, etc). In relation to this, it makes sense to discuss what demons are.

Demons and devils are inhabitants of hell. They can be — according to their previous incarnations — people and animals of various biologic species: monkeys, crocodiles, dogs, rabbits, frogs, etc. Their common feature is that during last incarnation they enjoyed making harm to other creatures, developed corresponding abilities, and went to hell as a result of this. In this state, God uses them for correcting incarnate people.

Devils are more powerful energetically than demons. They may be people who developed “successfully” in black magic or just victims of perniciously unwise instructors of esoteric methods. I gave some examples of such instructors in the books [1,6,7].

Demons and devils can be seen (by clairvoyance) usually in the appearance they had in the last incarnation or in the form of a “lump” of black energy — either amoeba-like and moving or residing motionlessly in some organ of the body. Sometimes they can take on someone else’s appearance.

Usually demons try to avoid the influence of the healer directed at them — first by moving inside the body of the possessed person and trying to hide somewhere in it, and then they “give up” and leave the body.

Sometimes a healer encounters an especially strong spirit-devil who gives a powerful repulse that not every healer can withstand.

And sometimes it happens that demons move into the body of the healer if the patient did not deserve healing, but the healer (without approval of God) wanted to help that person very much. It is called “to take other’s karma on oneself”. In such a case, the healer has to heal himself or herself.

It is important to understand that demons and devils do not enter the bodies of people on their own will — they are sent by God. And only by the Will of God they leave the body of the possessed. But this requires that the possessed person make correct decisions in the situation of being ill.

A usual cure from demons and devils that Russian Orthodoxy offers to such possessed people is exorcism. This is a special ritual in which a priest directs at demons his hatred and recites prayers, including special prayers-damnations. These magic battles look very impressive: both the possessors and the possessed feel bad, the possessors manifest themselves through the bodies of the possessed by crying, cramping, the temple gets filled with barking, screaming, obscene words shouted by coarse male voices from female bodies…

But even if the possessors exit from the bodies of the possessed, they come back soon, because the latter did not make any correct decision.

Jesus said about this the following: “When the unclean spirit has gone out of man, he walks… seeking rest, and finds none. Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when he has come, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated (to enter into it again). Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first.” (Matt 12:43-45). Thus, we can see that Jesus did not approve such ways of healing.

What should the possessed do to heal themselves?

First of all, not to hate and not to fear, because the energies of the coarse human emotions are pleasing and attractive for the inhabitants of hell. They provoke people to such emotions in order to enjoy then their hellish states.

Jesus said, “… This kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” (Matt 17:21), i.e. by self-restrictions in “earthly” pleasures and by directing the attention toward God. I should note that repentance is an important part of fasting.

For example, it may be that they who torture now the possessed died painfully because of this person some time before…

In any case, all ethical principles taught by Jesus are valid not only for incarnate beings but also for non-incarnate ones. And if the possessed performed the necessary work on repentance, then the spirits-possessors can be persuaded to move to some other place pleasant to them. For example, to a crocodile one may draw a mental picture of how it is good to live in a river with other crocodiles, and that it may incarnate there and become again a small nice crocodile baby. If the possessors are evil dogs, then one may direct them at a slaughterhouse by picturing to them its “amenities”. Frogs may be directed to a nice froggy swamp… This is not a fantasy but my personal experience of successful healing.

The principal solution of avoiding the influence of inhabitants of hell is to move with a major part of the consciousness into the highest spatial dimensions, to realize in them one’s “new birth”, and to continue growing there. The inhabitants of hell cannot enter these eons. And, of course, one must not sin, so that God need not to cause him or her trouble again.

“The powers (of hell) do not see those who are clothed in the perfect light, and thus are cannot capture them.” (The Gospel of Philip, 77).

“There are some who come and say, ‘We are faithful’ in order to be delivered of unclean spirits and demons. But if they had had the Holy Spirit, no unclean spirit would have cleaved to them.” (The Gospel of Philip, 61).

“… There is one miracle which it is possible for (any) man to accomplish. It is when, full of a sincere belief, he decides to root out from his heart all evil thoughts, and when to attain his Aim he forsakes the paths of iniquity.” (The Life of Saint Issa, 11:8).