Like others I'm somewhat seeking clarification of what you mean here.
Is it a case of 'sweet - wanna play that game, then when I do step over into
that world THEN we can dance?'
If so - heres just some thoughts (and if not, well, heh, heres some thoughts anyway) :
Sometimes what these *things* may do may be seen like some sort of 'game' being played. Sometimes its a little tempting to play along and have a go
at them back.
One problem with that (and I'll put aside another more obvious *problem* others will see, ie:Ghosts aren't real, this is all fantasy without
scientific proof and pure delusion. My own thoughts/experience are they are real, but hey, each to their own) is that games are games are games.
For instance - sometimes you may find that if you do decide to 'match fire with fire' what you wind up doing is playing the game right alongside
them, right alongside that 'opponent'.
Games tend to have rules.
Unfortunately the rules of the game can become binding on both players.
What you may find is that if you elect to, say, step in the ring with one of these *things*...then you may find all you're really challenging are the
BantamWeights...the weak hitters. To begin with anyway.
Thats the game. Sucker you in with the easy wins. Get you to see it all as *your* power, *your* ability, *you* being the big bad mud-hole
stomper...
...then the next Weight-Class tends to come out and play. By then you may well be right in the game.
And so it goes...you may take the win against the next class and so forth...but sooner of later you'll come up against a hard hitter that'll just
feed it to you on a platter.
The greater the level the bigger the Devil.
Kinda like that movie, Wargames.
The only winning move is not to play.
Don't play the game. Don't make it personal, don't individualise it.
If you do, you buy into it all being about you...
You may on some level deliver a punch, but if its personal and individual then its YOU also that receives the punch back.
...hey...mad ramblings maybe...but ya get that occasionally...
Peace.
[edit on 29-10-2009 by alien]