Most religions believe entities, outside our perception, interact with us in various ways. Even religions without deities acknowledge a greater entity in how humans and the environment interact. Taoists acknowledge heaven, though heaven is not composed of any particular being. Many religions stemming from the Mediterranean acknowledge deities in the form of angels and demons.
Angels have wings of a dove and demons encompass an array of appearance. Religions like Hinduism have a God who runs everything. He is called Rama. Everyone cites helping with a caring nature towards humanity as good, harming humanity for selfish reasons as evil.
The division of angels and demons has a clear philosophical point-of-view. The angels are good, because they life better. Demons are evil, because they make people suffer. Beyond philosophy, angels and demons as real entities, the Bible contains defines this relationship.
God offers blessing and punishment in relation to following the recommended way of life (Lev 26:8, 14-17). How are these blessings and punishments enacted? It could be repercussions for harming another person or harming themselves by acting inappropriately. However, it is possible both angels and demons are acting together to carry out God's will.
This spiritual inaction is found in several parts of the Bible. In Exodus 14:19-20 a cloud appears before Hebrews while escaping from Egyptians in the parting of the Red Sea. The angel protects them from their enemy. The cloud moves behind them and turns into a pillar of fire. To Hebrews it is light in the night; however, to Egyptians it is hostile threat. Fire is also associated demonic activity.
The entity is performing God's will. God helps Hebrews find freedom so they may worship God in peace after returning to the place of their origins. Egyptians want to keep the Hebrews as slaves and deny their ability to practice religion.
Many stories relate to angels and demons in modern life. They are probably correct accounts; except, in one factor. People make assumptions about angel and demon activity based on an erroneous philosophical standpoint. This creates exaggerated characteristics when attempting to establish them as exact opposites. When a person understands they all enforce God's will stories change drastically.
Think of a child who is harassed by several people and isolated from other students. The students may want to harm the child. The isolated child starts to see imaginary people. Are they intervening to protect the child? The child sees them as good. The child becomes and adult and still sees the entity as good. They want to do well by the entity and express loyalty. If they believe they saw a demon and believe the stories about demons, as an adult they are predisposed to emulate the demon; however, they are unaware the demon wants to maintain order. Therefore, when the child grows up and harms other people the same entity appears to turn on them. The demon now favors another innocent being. They don't work for humans. They work for God.
This does not remove the horror of seeing a demon. Only a confident person would know they are not in danger. Many people engage in exorcism; however, the interaction could be misinterpreted. If acting on the person's behalf, removal of the demon places an innocent person in danger. If the demon is delivering a punishment, the demon is no longer pacifying a harmful person. Other people are no longer safe. It is difficult to be certain what the entity is trying to accomplish. Yet it is certain God is taking care of things. People may return to regular lives when the issue is resolved.
The common angel and demon philosophy makes people strive for an unattainable good; ergo, they justify sin. In this paradox, as the person suffers by giving more than what they own to charity, lose friends to maintain integrity and suffer in a loveless relationship because temptation is evil; they turn outward wanting to make other people miserable.
The best action is to talk to people and offer assistance in the form of advice. The entity might be acting as a messenger so the person avoids harm, change a harmful thought process, or contain a situation. On that note I have written about the system of forgiveness from God. The best way to assist in containing situations is to help a person figure out how to atone for their sins or acknowledge how other people might be plotting to harm them. Resolving issue releases or changes the angel or demon's ongoing activity in their life. Medicine could also be a method to create a physical cure along with spiritual healing.
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Spiritual Reactions
Karma is known as consequences related to harming another person. Eye-for-an-eye evens the score when someone steals from a person. When you steal from someone, the person stolen from gets a sheep from the person who stole their sheep. Karma is a threat. Be a good person or else. God, earth and victim seek vengeance.
Many people believe good acts are not rewarded. This sounds silly. Maybe Karma rewards the victim not aggressor. However, doing things to help or make life better has a reward, even if it is living around people who work to help each other. Religious societies practicing selflessness and helping one another endured, while others cease to live.
Buddhists meditate on being nothing. Selfless acts are the most rewarding. Christian societies recognize leaving grapes on the vine for orphans and widows. Taoists recognize yin and yang. This model demonstrates selfish, selflessness. Being selfless can be selfish. Recognizing an individual is no one on their own people do well when recognizing everyone tries to be selfless. When struggling they become the person needing help.
Hinduism recognizes "Ganesh" a God with the shape of an elephant. He was cursed because of the misdeeds of his mother. Traditionally people show homage to Ganesh, because despite deformity he became a gracious and giving being. Hindus show respect to Ganesh by providing for those with disabilities. This is not karmic. It is finding favor with a deity. Yet, disabled people are cared for; therefore, if someone becomes disabled they will be cared for.
Looking at the issue from a nonreligious viewpoint, actions have reactions. Think about getting involved in relationships. Seducing another's true love leads to an awful relationship, wherein: the seducer is unhappy; the seducer's true love is unhappy, and the former couple is unhappy. Mistrust and infidelity are stimulated. Karmic repercussions come true.
A matchmaker sees two people in love. They are selfless and help unite the couple. They are rewarded by avoiding pain and suffering and gain new friends and respect. Without any magical influence of appeasing the God of Love, friends say they are a great person. This improves their reputation and network. If single their friends tell potential love interests of the good deed, creating a positive impression when the matchmaker meets their true love.
Appeasing God and God's is good enough. It is okay to think about why the Word of God addresses issues. One of the 10 Commandments states hating God is punished by cursing your family for three generations. If you knew someone who hated God the correct action is to talk to them; find the reason why they hate God, and try to help them not hate God. It is a selfless act. The individual and three generations are spared. Perhaps there is no monetary reward, but the spiritual reward is blissful.
Most people relate to everything through monetary reward. Money also has karmic attachments. A consumer is fooled once and no longer purchases items from a liar or a cheat. An honest person develops steady consumers and thrives. When promoting through offensive means people feel provoked to a lawsuit. Honest marketing produces satisfied customers. In this case, you can clearly see rewards from God, earth and benefactor.
Often people only see hurt and punishment. There is also a path full of rewards. We can fill our lives with joy and happiness. We are not tossed to the winds destined to live in fear. Some say the reward isn't as sweet if performed for other motivations. I say it doesn't matter. Two of the mentioned religions are atheist. Reading about ancient civilization, our lives are exponentially better compared to ancient people. Practice goodness in order to find true goodness. Perhaps Karma plays out negatively, but good deeds are rewarded.
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Many people believe good acts are not rewarded. This sounds silly. Maybe Karma rewards the victim not aggressor. However, doing things to help or make life better has a reward, even if it is living around people who work to help each other. Religious societies practicing selflessness and helping one another endured, while others cease to live.
Buddhists meditate on being nothing. Selfless acts are the most rewarding. Christian societies recognize leaving grapes on the vine for orphans and widows. Taoists recognize yin and yang. This model demonstrates selfish, selflessness. Being selfless can be selfish. Recognizing an individual is no one on their own people do well when recognizing everyone tries to be selfless. When struggling they become the person needing help.
Hinduism recognizes "Ganesh" a God with the shape of an elephant. He was cursed because of the misdeeds of his mother. Traditionally people show homage to Ganesh, because despite deformity he became a gracious and giving being. Hindus show respect to Ganesh by providing for those with disabilities. This is not karmic. It is finding favor with a deity. Yet, disabled people are cared for; therefore, if someone becomes disabled they will be cared for.
Looking at the issue from a nonreligious viewpoint, actions have reactions. Think about getting involved in relationships. Seducing another's true love leads to an awful relationship, wherein: the seducer is unhappy; the seducer's true love is unhappy, and the former couple is unhappy. Mistrust and infidelity are stimulated. Karmic repercussions come true.
A matchmaker sees two people in love. They are selfless and help unite the couple. They are rewarded by avoiding pain and suffering and gain new friends and respect. Without any magical influence of appeasing the God of Love, friends say they are a great person. This improves their reputation and network. If single their friends tell potential love interests of the good deed, creating a positive impression when the matchmaker meets their true love.
Appeasing God and God's is good enough. It is okay to think about why the Word of God addresses issues. One of the 10 Commandments states hating God is punished by cursing your family for three generations. If you knew someone who hated God the correct action is to talk to them; find the reason why they hate God, and try to help them not hate God. It is a selfless act. The individual and three generations are spared. Perhaps there is no monetary reward, but the spiritual reward is blissful.
Most people relate to everything through monetary reward. Money also has karmic attachments. A consumer is fooled once and no longer purchases items from a liar or a cheat. An honest person develops steady consumers and thrives. When promoting through offensive means people feel provoked to a lawsuit. Honest marketing produces satisfied customers. In this case, you can clearly see rewards from God, earth and benefactor.
Often people only see hurt and punishment. There is also a path full of rewards. We can fill our lives with joy and happiness. We are not tossed to the winds destined to live in fear. Some say the reward isn't as sweet if performed for other motivations. I say it doesn't matter. Two of the mentioned religions are atheist. Reading about ancient civilization, our lives are exponentially better compared to ancient people. Practice goodness in order to find true goodness. Perhaps Karma plays out negatively, but good deeds are rewarded.
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