Invisible War

...not just a great PC game.

Ok. Here's the deal and it might sound strange. In fact I am not sure how it will even sound as I'm typing. I consider myself somewhat suseptable to spiritual things. Though my faith has only really been a part of my life for 9 years or so, I have always taken an interest in religion and paranormal topics. Light and dark. I have had many occasions when I have had "occurances" with things I can't define and I'm not talking about considences or feeling the mood change in a room.

The topic was brought up by a movie preview. The movie is based on a true event but obviously it has been hollywoodized. The movie is "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" about Anneliese Michel who was born in the 50's and led a difficult life which ended in the 70's. She had been possesed in much the same way as "Legion" had. Curious about her story I researched and found a good bit on it. I also found a good bit on posession, it's causes, methods, and survivor stories about posessions. Do I believe in posession? Yes. Do I think much about it? No.

To me their is as much intangible and undefined reality as their is defined. It was built this way as purposfully as anything else and at times lines cross. I don't know how or why, but they do. Anyway, I was reading these survivor stories and became wrapped up in them. I realize they may be false or exagerated, but for the moment lets assume they aren't. Consider what this means to us. Consider the dangers we walk beside every day that we can't see. Sure we can learn to look both ways before crossing the street or to carry mace when we walk home in the dark but we aren't ready for this. We aren't prepared.

I considered the thought, "what is posession?". It is often thought to be like the exorcist movies, violent and terrifying. But that is not posessions true definition it is what we watch on the screen. So, lets again make the assumption that a person can be posessed or in struggle for posession without being in such dire circumstances. Ok, so, could it be you? It could be me.

As I read these stories a connection was made in my head. If I were not a believer I might toss it aside in my disbelief. But I know to much to be true to simply neglect the possiblity. What does this mean to me? Maybe it means I am fighting demons in a more literal sense as apposed to the figureative meaning. It might sound almost like a copout on my part to point the finger at the unseen like that. I am not one to blame another for my screwups but I can't ignore what has happened and still does. It reminds me of a book I read once long ago. Where demons atached themselves to people but people couldn't tell they were their. Each one represented a different sin or mistake and they would cause the people to faulter in such departments. Interesting book.

The questions for us are...

• What is the difference or line between a strong addiction and an overpowered will?
• How does the addiction move you without your decision? (Is it simply habit?)
• Where do you draw the line between the sounds of night and the wisperings of those unknown?
• How can you tell the difference between a clear voice in the open air from a trick of the mind?
• Can you ignore the literal healing hand on your shoulder that you can not see?
• How do you explain the you in your head that speaks to you when you don't expect? (Not talking about your concience.)

...and why would we distningish our faith as real without (available) tangible proof and then disregard these possibilities which are already a documented part of our faith? (All be it an unspoken part and not up-beat.)

What might this mean? Nothing. Or maybe something. With so much "maybe" and so little "definatly" it is hard to make a general statement on it. So, this is just my ramblings on the topic which peaked my interest and a time of sharing.