Facing Your Demon

Everyone has a demon just as every light has a shadow, especially spiritual path travelers. When you aspire to be the Christ or the Buddha, when you want to be in touch with your True Self, then something inside you rebels and screams 'Hey, this isn't me!' This dark psychological force comes out in one form or another leaving the spiritual path traveler in desperation as you just cannot accept whatever is going on inside of you.

The trick is to first understand what destructive force is hiding deep inside of you. There is only one way to transcend this battle of good and evil, you have to leave it alone. Do not take sides, do not gang up with your ideal about your supposed True Self against the evil demon, just accept everything that is going on inside yourself. Period. 

The flip side of this coin is that you do not give power to the dark force inside you either. You are the authority that takes sides with neither and then you just see what happens. The one thing you can and should do however, is to explore how you can express this force inside you in a way that is consistent with your spiritual path. 

A little example. Say you have aggressive fantasies, so it may be a useful outlet to become more assertive without compromising on your kindness. Or say you are a worrier instead. It may be useful to take a little more risk only to find that the world is still standing afterwards despite your concerns. The point is that you have to deflate the air in your psychological bubble without compromising on your spiritual path. Your demon is here to define you. Don't hate it and don't love it, just accept it and do something with this psychological force. If you find your creative outlet and use it as a  pressure vent, I am sure that at the end of road you will be grateful for this dark force that in fact made you who you were born to be.