Battling the Dark Forces

I borrowed the expression 'dark forces' from Anastasia (by Vladimir Megre), a book series that I would recommend to everyone who likes to read books on spirituality that are a little off the beaten track. The spiritual literature has gravitated towards the ego concept in recent years, which stands in contrast to the soul. Sometimes we also distinguish the little I from the so-called True-Self. I think these are pretty good approximations of the battle that goes on inside of us, but I think we should still refine our vocabulary a bit more to really get a handle of the force that pushes us off our spiritual path.

When I meet a soul sister in the street, I can look at her eyes, her face, or simply her 'gestalt'. In contrast, I can choose to look exclusively at her body. At work, I can view a colleague as a soul brother on a secret mission to look out for me, and I can view him as a threat to my career  and can try to undermine him. Again, the choice is entirely up to me and you and, in response, the Source will shuffle Its cards very differently.

We are all taken in by these dark forces at times. You then choose fear over love as the Course in Miracles points out, but it is still the same Divine you afterwards, and it is certainly in your power to correct your misstep in the next moment and to return to the path of love and divinity. The spiritual path traveler will try to keep the dark forces at bay while being able to listen to the gentle and quite voice of love in the background. Unfortunately, the cry for sex, status, wealth and power is so loud that sometimes the call for reason is overheard. But fortunately there is the Tao that reminds us moment by moment to make the right choice. If you happen to call the dark force ego, then I would deviate a little from Freud's concept and call this holy connection, the Tao, the It. If you truly take the time and have the attention to listen to Its gentle invitation moment by moment, then the battle is over and the dark forces have run their course.