reply to post by OldThinker
Ok, the video also stopped for me at 8:02 which I expected. Not really that weird.
The Devil does indeed exist, yet he is not what we have come to believe based on our mythologies and ideologies. In religion the "devil" is
representative of the EGO. We have all heard the saying "his greatest trick was getting us to believe that he doesn't exist". This is a common
misconception. It is better put "his greatest trick was getting us to believe that he IS us" which is a pointer to our identification with the voice
in our head as who we are.
A Course in Miracle states that they are 2 voices in the head. One God created, the other YOU created. One can be considered the EGO (devil), the
other the Holy Spirit (conscience).
We ALL seen this depicted clearly many times in our lives. For example; in older animated cartoons, whenever there was a difficult decision to make,
what happened??!!
Poof, Poof. A angel (Holy Spirit) on one side, a devil (Ego) on the other. Both representative of the 2 voices we ALL possess.....or that possess us.
More times than not the angelic voice is cast aside and we roll with what the devilish voice is saying.
The Devil only ever existed in our minds.
[edit on 20-10-2009 by InthekNOwla]