{"id":9059,"date":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miekemosmuller.com\/blog\/the-division-between-the-divine-and-the-demoniacal\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T22:00:00","slug":"the-division-between-the-divine-and-the-demoniacal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miekemosmuller.com\/en\/blog\/the-division-between-the-divine-and-the-demoniacal\/","title":{"rendered":"The division between the Divine and the Demoniacal"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBhagavad Gita, chapter 16<\/p>\n

Krishna describes a status quo, the division between the divine and the demoniacal as a fact. This fact is the starting point for a development toward the divine, or being bound in the demoniacal.<\/h2>\n

6. There are two types of beings in this world\u2014the divine and the demoniacal; the divine has been described at length; hear from Me, O Arjuna, of the demoniacal!
7. The demoniacal know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither purity nor right conduct nor truth is found in them.
8. They say: \u201cThis universe is without truth, without a (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?\u201d
9. Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellects and fierce deeds, come forth as enemies of the world for its destruction.
10. Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they work with impure resolves.
11. Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares ending only with death, regarding gratification of lust as their highest aim, and feeling sure that that is all,
12. Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain by unlawful means hoards of wealth for sensual enjoyment.
13. \u201cThis has been gained by me today; this desire I shall obtain; this is mine and this wealth too shall be mine in future
14. \u201cThat enemy has been slain by me and others also I shall slay. I am the lord; I enjoy; I am perfect, powerful and happy\u201d.
15. \u201cI am rich and born in a noble family. Who else is equal to me? I will sacrifice. I will give (charity). I will rejoice,\u201d\u2014thus, deluded by ignorance,
16. Bewildered by many a fancy, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the gratification of lust, they fall into a foul hell.
17. Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the intoxication and pride of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name, through ostentation, contrary to scriptural ordinances.
18. Given over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own bodies and those of others.
19. These cruel haters, the worst among men in the world \u2014I hurl all these evil-doers for ever into the wombs of demons only.
20. Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded birth after birth, not attaining Me, they thus fall, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that!
21. Triple is the gate of this hell, destructive of the self\u2014lust, anger, and greed\u2014therefore, one should abandon these three.
22. A man who is liberated from these three gates to darkness, O Arjuna, practises what is good for him and thus goes to the Supreme goal! <\/p>\n

It is clear what we have to do to release ourselves from the demoniacal – from the point of view of Krishna.<\/p>\n

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