From a reader: “Please explain how we can save ourselves from Satan.”
First we must understand that Satan is not a person, but a negative cosmic force that is continually being “fed” by the negative thoughts and deeds of sentient beings (not just humans). It is like a vat of acid–if we do not touch it, no harm comes to us.
By negative thoughts, words, and deeds we come into alignment with Satan and are influenced by it, just as a powerful river or its undertow will carry us away if we jump into it. If we are continually in alignment with Satan, in time we will become “possessed” by it and become its tool. This is the state of a large potion of humanity today.
We “save ourselves from Satan” by not going near it or touching it, just as we cannot get wet or drowned if we stay away from the river!
What if we are already “in the river”? We get out by deliberately changing our words, deeds, and thoughts. After all, Satan is just a “thing” and we are intelligent beings with the power of will.
Don’t worry and wonder if you are helplessly possessed by Satan, for if you were it would never occur to you. The fact you ask the question is proof that, even though you may be influenced to some degree, you are not its prisoner and can remove yourself from its influence.
Practical steps
Prayer and meditation are the surest ways to escape and distance yourself from Satan. Continual repetition of Om ensures your escape and freedom.
Nevertheless, you must change your life, eliminating all that is negative and bringing into it all that is positive.
In conclusion, never forget the assurance of the Apostle John: “Ye are of God, little children: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (I John 4:4)
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