Thread: poetic demon

Dear undothemystery

Well, congratulations are in order. People who are inherently Demonic are never targeted by Demons. Such an affliction is held exclusively toward the Good and the Holy.

And this is where we arrive at the Demon's taunt -- "Everyone you see, everywhere you go, doesn't matter what they know, they'll never see your Face". This is to imply that the Modern World has lost its discernment for Goodness -- its ability to make Moral Distinctions. You are an inherently Good Person, that is, the thoughts that come from out of your Heart have an intrinsic Goodness. This, your Spiritual Face, is the Golden Purity of True Virtue. But in this Materialistic World there is no test for it, and it will go largely unrecognized.

Except for people with intuition. You have probably heard people speak about your eyes. You are always complemented on your eyes, aren't you. This is the recognition of your True Face.

I know, I know, the Demon had said that nobody would ever know. Well, the first thing about Demons, well the second thing after that they stink so bad, is that they are terrible liars. As Socrates said, one Good Man can always recognize another. Indeed there are two parallel stories, one from East and one from the West. In one Zen story, this almost middle-aged 'student' laments to his Master that his life has gone by in Spiritual Pursuit with scarcely a positive result. Patience is advised. Well, some time later, the Student Monk is on an errand to town when he is suddenly hit by the Satori Experience. Still a mile away from the Temple the Old Master looks out upon the approaching road and sees his Student and instantly KNOWS, and sends a delegation out to carry him back on their shoulders. It was a fun story. Then, years later I found that I was reading the exact same story but it was about Saint Bernard and one of his Monks. The exact same story, simply trading in the particulars. This indicates that Goodness can not be hidden from the Good. The Demons may be blinded to the Light -- making the vampires blink and whither -- but the Good use the Light to See.

Leo-
The eye comment really hit home. I have a friend that would definitely qualify as "intuitive" even though I always question this, and he's been telling me for as long as he's known me about my eyes and how they are "special". I'm a very skeptical person and always blew his comments off or at least highly questioned them, but I'll put more consideration into that now.