Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict

As empty space Is devoid of form, color or image, So too, mind itself Is free of form, color or image.

When mind looks at mind, The waves of conceptual thought disappear.

At the retreat each employee and the owners worked separately with their own outer demons related to the company, led by a facilitator who took them through the five steps of feeding the demons. When they got back together as a group, they compared demons and allies. There was a lot of laughter, and everyone was able to use their demons to talk abo

recognizing how we create our enemies, which may give us the ability to resist demonizing others.

it is attachment to a dualistic perception of our world, not the outer or inner experiences themselves, that generates demons.

The ego fears its own demise and is devious in avoiding detection; our demons are the ego’s worker bees.

After the dualistic split is established, the ego forms as a kind of central headquarters that sends out feelers into the environment, testing every situation to see if it is threatening, enhancing, or neutral.

The ground of being has always been there, but it hasn’t been seen.”

Then he picked up a piece of paper and covered his teacup. “This paper represents loss of awareness of the ground of being, and the confusion of the ego that comes from that loss.” He gestured to the paper and said, “The drama of our lives unfolds on top of this paper, with the ground of being hidden below it. The ground of being is right there, bu