On Conquering Evil
by Julia Melges-Brenner. Copyright Sabrina Scott, Inc. All rights reserved. Written for and originally published in Kajama.
Dear Julia:
I would describe myself as a
talented psychic who is confident about helping common poltergeists
cross over. However, I once encountered a very dark, powerful energy in
an old New England graveyard. The entire place reeked of corrupt,
negative energy. I believe there was a portal there as well as one or
more strong entities. At the time, I was young and unprepared for such
matters, so I ran away and never went back. Is it possible for humans
to cleanse a location that is this bad? What big guns or tools can
psychics use to conquer evil?
A.
Dear A.
My views on this subject may surprise a lot of people. I believe
we are wise to respect all life forms in the Universe, so I don't see
myself on the side of the good guys, battling evil. While good and evil
DO battle, if we want to make the Universe a brighter place, fighting
isn't the answer.
Instead of conquering evil beings, my aim is to help people who want to
heal find new well-being, guide people toward greater fulfillment,
learn my own personal lessons and radiate love into the world. So if I
had encountered what you did in that cemetery, I would probably have
done the same thing you did by leaving that darkness for a lighter,
happier place.
I view dark or evil entities much as most people view lions: they are
dangerous when hungry and should be respected as such, but they have as
much right to exist as any other creature. In some ways, they're like
deeply troubled teenagers: they may be lost and miserable but that
doesn't mean they want my help, share my values or are eager to become
more like me.
Instead of endlessly trying to improve upon nature, I try to remain
humble and trusting of it. We are all explorers in this vast spiritual
wilderness. Some creatures are dangerous to humans, but we don't have
to destroy, banish or attempt to tame them, we just need to stay away
from them.
In accordance with these views, I don't think it's our "job" to try to
cross over every earthbound spirit we meet or convert every demon that
crosses our paths. Even earthbound spirits have free will, which is why
guides and angels let them do their own thing until they ask for help
with moving on.
We're also wise to trust our instincts and intuition, as you did when
you fled that cemetery. Your question reminded me of the Grizzly Guy
who loved bears so much it literally killed him. (I'm referring to the
guy who befriended and made documentaries about bears and was attacked
and killed by one.) We feel profound aversion to evil energies for a
good reason. There are some endeavors that are foolish to pursue, and
single-handedly cleansing the Universe of evil is probably at the top
of that list.
While I'm not one to go looking for ghosts to bust, I do believe in
helping the troubled people and spirits I meet when I feel called to do
so. When I have felt called to try to clear a space of evil influences,
it has always been because it was affecting people there who wanted my
help, not because I felt the space itself should be different.
There are many people who actively engage dark forces out of a sense of
personal mission. While I would never question another person's
calling, for me this is just another drama people like to get caught up
in; instead of working on their own inner shadows, they seek shadows
outside of themselves to wrestle with. Of course, life itself is one
big drama we're all caught up in. We are definitely wise to act on our
passions and follow our hearts, so if some people feel called to
wrestle with evil, I say more power to them!
As concerns protection from evil, you may be able to put fancy things
like sage, incense, talismans, special rituals and the like to good
use, but they are ultimately unnecessary because the only thing strong
enough to ensure your success and well-being is an unwaveringly high
vibration founded on a combination of perfect love and perfect faith.
Working with evil will certainly test the strength of one's faith. This
truth is often illustrated in great legends where many seekers fail by
succumbing to fear/ego while the hero triumphs when his inner strength
and faith shine brighter and more powerfully than anything dark forces
can dish out.
I used to believe that there was great power in ancient religious
belief systems based on the combined energy of its many devotees. While
this may be true, I've heard from many people who called in a priest or
minister from a local church only to have the minister flee, falter or
fail in the face of evil. At the same time, I've heard many stories of
one person transforming an evil situation with nothing more than the
power of their own personal love, faith and wisdom. I thus believe that
when it comes to good vs. evil, the outcome depends entirely on the
inner qualities of the person or people trying to influence the
situation.
To achieve perfect faith, you have to know that nothing can truly harm
you because you are eternal. Our souls are like Etch-a-Sketches: every
experience draws a unique picture across the screen. Some are beautiful
and some are ugly, but none of them can damage us on a soul level. Once
we shake an experience off, we're ready for the next one. Further,
every experience is to be embraced, for every experience blesses us
with opportunities to learn and grow. When we are beyond any fear that
evil can permanently harm us and we know that everything happens for a
good reason, it's easy to relax into a state of loving trust. When we
love goodness more than we fear evil, we become powerful forces for
good in the world.
Trying to conquer or destroy anything ultimately doesn't work, so the
wise focus on creating what they want instead of trying to destroy what
they don't want. It is thus far more effective to infuse a space with
peace and love than to try to banish dark energies. Since what we
experience is a reflection of our own inner landscape, if we encounter
darkness and we want to be free of it, we have only to turn up our
inner light, for this will naturally move us from troubling territory
to a brighter psychic landscape.
The Universe is a mysterious, beautiful, wondrous and wild creation.
There is so much here that is beyond our understanding that we are wise
to trust in the way things are. To feel compelled to try to make things
the way we think they should be everywhere we go is a bit like walking
through the wilderness, trimming the hedges, pulling up weeds, mowing
meadows, etc. Nothing is broken; it's all perfect the way it is.
Ironically, it's when we can see and trust in this perfection that we
become most empowered to influence it.
All of the above aside, we are all free to choose where we'd like to
live via our vibration. Moment by moment, we are all always doing this
through our thoughts, feelings, beliefs and expectations. There will
always be mountain ranges, valleys and shorelines as well as swamps,
deserts and ghettos. There will always be lions as well as lambs. If
you focus on lions, whether you do so with love or a desire to rid the
world of them, you will tend to attract more of them into your
experience and give them more power through your attention. If instead,
you seek to embody peace and well-being, you will naturally find
yourself in beautiful places surrounded by lovely creatures, and the
world will be a bit brighter because instead of worrying, struggling,
and fighting the things that disturb you, you are radiating love, light
and faith.
- Julia
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