Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict
What would it be like to greet the demon of desire, to “converse” with it as Milarepa had? I became committed to dropping my resistance so I could get to know this energy that was driving the wanting self.
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
Demons must be named to be defeated, just as our deepest and most vile urges or emotions must be acknowledged to be integrated
Θωμᾶς del Vasto (soul/acc) • Tweet
As Pema Chödrön puts it: “When the resistance is gone, the demons are gone.”
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
making friends with our own demons and their accompanying insecurity leads to a very simple, understated relaxation and joy.
Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
The nourishment of mindfulness will weaken anger, depression, and fear, and send them back to their places in the store consciousness as seeds.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Keeping the Peace: Mindfulness and Public Service
With practice, we discover that when our resistance is gone, the demons are gone.
Tara Brach • Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
So you must “receive” your demons, because when you fight them, you empower them. Has nobody ever told you this? When you renounce something, you’re tied to it. The only way to get out of this is to see through it. Don’t renounce it, see through it. Understand its true value and you won’t need to renounce it; it will just drop from your hands.