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from Jesus:
I ask you to recognize that
if you did not already have an intuitive sense that there was something
not right about this direction, you would not have asked me this question.
It is important for people to become aware of such intuitive feelings
and then seek to clarify them by using the higher reasoning faculties
of the mind—which is really your Christ self.
In this case, take a look at the direction, “Take my hand and
be with me in the One.” If this is to have any meaning as a protection
against dark spirits, then “the One” must be God. As a side
note you might consider why the word “God” wasn't used?
Do you think Archangel Michael is shy about using the word God?
Anyway, the central point here is that it is perfectly true that evil
will not and cannot enter into oneness with God. Yet the real question
is, “Can you enter into oneness with God?” If you can, then
you have experienced the Presence of God, and that means you know the
vibration of God’s Presence and God’s truth. This gives
you an absolute standard for testing the spirits, because you can instantly
tell if a spirit vibrates at a level that is too far below the vibration
of God’s Presence. Thus, you have no need to test the spirit in
a way that depends on the reaction of the spirit. You simply know from
within. So one might say that if you are able to enter into oneness
with God, then you don’t need this direction because you have
a better way to test the spirits.
Now consider what happens to a person who follows this direction yet
is not able to enter into oneness with God. If you cannot enter into
a sense of oneness with God, why would a dark spirit be afraid to enter
into oneness with you? In other words, you have just invited the spirit
to enter your being, and that is the last thing you want to do with
a dark spirit. So one might say that this direction is useless for those
who could take advantage of it and dangerous for those who cannot. Do
you think the real Archangel Michael would give such advice?
So how do you test the spirits? Your first line of defense is to invoke
spiritual protection, namely by giving Archangel
Michael’s rosary or the Rosary
for Daily Growth. In the beginning, this might not remove all spirits
that have interfered with your lifestream, but by being diligent and
determined, you will eventually remove most such spirits and also build
a shield of light that keeps most other spirits away.
If you feel you encounter a spirit, you can make a simple call: “Beloved
Jesus, beloved Holy Spirit, beloved Christ self, test this spirit for
me and show me whether it is of God.” You can also say: “In
the name of Jesus Christ, I demand that you show forth your light or
go away.” While these calls will work, their effectiveness depends
on your attunement with your Christ self.
There are many beginning students who want to hold on to the idea that
invoking spiritual protection and making the above calls is all you
need to do and that such measures will defend you against all dark spirits.
So if you have a strong attachment to this belief, then the following
teaching will be uncomfortable for you. The reality is that there is
no technique or call that will defend you against all dark spirits.
The simple reason being that no spiritual technique can work against
your free will.
For example, say you give Archangel Michael’s Rosary every day
and call for the binding of all dark spirits. Yet you maintain a subconscious
belief that is distinctly anti-christ in nature. This belief is based
on a serpentine lie that you accepted, perhaps many lifetimes ago. As
long as you have not consciously uncovered that lie, seen it for what
it is and abandoned it by making a better choice, then the lie will
give some dark spirits an inroad into your consciousness. In other words,
your calls for protection will keep out most dark spirits. But they
will not keep out the spirits that have embodied the lie or lies that
you still keep in your consciousness.
My point is that you need to realize that God’s law actually allows
certain dark spirits to tempt you in order to test your spiritual maturity,
your discernment and your willingness to surrender all imperfect beliefs.
You will note that I was tempted – tested – by the devil
after my stay in the wilderness. In other words, if you maintain certain
serpentine beliefs, the spirits that embody those beliefs will be allowed
to test you. The only defense is that you expand your understanding
of truth and your contact with your Christ self, so that you can consciously
see through the temptations of these spirits and then rebuke them, as
I rebuked the devil.
I am not giving this teaching to induce fear. My point is that at the
beginning stages of the path, a soul needs the belief that certain mechanical,
outer measures will automatically protect it from all evil. Yet at the
more mature level, the soul needs to recognize that the prince of this
world will keep coming to you as long as he has something in you. And
he has something in you as long as you maintain a belief in any of the
serpentine lies. Such a belief sprang from a decision you made, and
you are the only one who can undo that decision. Free will is the ultimate
law in this universe. Nevertheless, even if you still have some serpentine
beliefs, you can benefit greatly from invoking spiritual protection
or making calls to test the spirits. These measures will keep away most
of the spirits, especially the lower spirits.
My point is that at a certain level of the path, the soul needs to build
a wall of high-frequency light around itself as a defense against dark
spirits and lower energies. The soul is still too vulnerable, so it
needs a wall to separate itself from darkness. We might say this is
a force-based defense, like the medieval kings who built a fortress
with thick stone walls. The weakness is that any wrong belief will be
like an opening in the fortress wall. You also have to constantly make
the calls to reinforce and rebuild the walls of light as they are broken
down by the energies of the world.
As you climb the path, you can begin to apply a higher form of defense,
namely that of transparency. When the prince of this world has nothing
in you, you no longer need a fortress wall because anything sent at
you by dark forces will pass right through you without having any effect
on you. And when the dark spirits test you and see they cannot make
you react, they will eventually leave you alone—although they
can potentially test you as long as you are in a physical body.
So the most efficient form of spiritual defense is to transcend the
darkness, which means that you no longer need to continually maintain
a wall to keep it out. You are literally in such a high vibration that
the darkness cannot make you react to it. And when it approaches you,
you instantly recognize it by its vibration. This is an attainable goal
for all sincere spiritual seekers. It may take some time to reach the
goal, but it is entirely possible.
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