abu_rashid wrote on Jul 12
th, 2009 at 3:07pm:
Quote:I'm betting Abu has a jinn [a demon]. Roll Eyes
[imo ....Most men, and women, have 'demons
Not most, ALL.
And Jinni doesn't mean demon, a Jinni could be good or bad. This is a common misconception though.
abu,
It is not difficult to know if our jinni [spirits] are good, or evil.
What desires do they [the jinni] have,
and what actions do they entice us to express?
And what evil, will they convince us of, to do, to achieve our 'good' objectives?
Many jinni beguilingly tell us,
"Let us do evil, that good may come."Dictionary,
beguile = = charm or enchant. trick into doing something.But
we
, are the 'gatekeepers' of our hearts.
That is our purpose, and that is our test.
We have discernment, and
we should exercise that discernment, of what is good or evil!
Again, that is our purpose, and that is our test.
"And what is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good - need we ask anyone to tell us these things?"
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M Pirsig
We are all God's [spirit] children, who [in this 'life'] inhabit this 'prison', our earthen bodies.
Why?
This life is a test.
This life is affliction.
How we respond to the afflictions that come upon us in this life, and the choices we make as a consequence of our afflictions, reveals our worth, and reveals our spiritual 'discernment',
....or lack thereof.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee [Israel], but not with silver;
I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Proverbs 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold:
but the LORD trieth the hearts.
We are spiritual creatures, [and we are] prisoners within these earthen bodies [within this 'reality'],
for a short time.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts....
Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
.....For in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
.....LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, and RIGHTEOUSNESS.+++++++++
The Koran....
"Behold! they fold up their hearts, that they may lie hid from Him! Ah even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knoweth what they conceal, and what they reveal: for He knoweth well the (inmost secrets) of the hearts."
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/011.qmt.html#011.005"Then, on the Day of Judgment,.....Then would they offer submission (with the pretence), "We did no evil (knowingly)." (The angels will reply), "Nay, but verily Allah knoweth all that ye did;"
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/016.qmt.html#016.027.v 27, 28