Meditation for April 10th, 2016
Being Right
For some of us being right is more important than being loved, cared for and happy. For some of us we will not drop the point if it means compromise or admitting defeat. Even if we are right but our peers don’t recognize this, we walk around empty and sad. We care so much that we are knows to be right we put our friendships at risk.
This is because the need to be right is a sign of being possessed by a demon. The original story of the angel Satan was He challenged and second-guessed God’s work, so He was cast out of heaven because He would not admit he was wrong. Now He is in control of Hades and He has dispatched demons to possess human beings to hopefully take over the world and steal God’s treasured creation.
It probably happed when we were sick or we were in our beds watching the sixth episode in a row of Friends and eating funyuns, which by the way is getting all over the sheets. Somehow we let down our holy guard and we were violated by a demon that will make us only serve the master of being right.
Sometimes we think our cause is just. We take the flag and wave it for our cause. We will isolate from ourselves from others and turn our back on our closest friends just to be right. We think our point is so valid that we find ourselves talking about it for weeks afterwards. If a majority who doesn’t share our opinion beats us, we find ourselves bitter, resentful and alone. Our demon delighted.
Other times we don’t even know we are doing it. We just disagree with someone purely out of instinct. We brush their truth off like dust on our knees. We don’t even realize that we are hurting the people we love. We are just so in need of being right that it becomes second nature. We will never humor anyone for anything.
The demons inside of us have only one goal, to completely isolate us from any love and connection with others by making us a self-righteous asshole. We won’t let it go, we won’t back down and we will destroy all that opposes us. We would rather die than be dishonored by being wrong. Our demon is gleefully guiding us to relationship ruin.
Prayer
Nabu,
I have a point I have to make,
I can’t believe that there is anyone who would disagree with me,
But there are a few,
And I must change their minds.
I must or it will kill me.
I will try every argumentative trick in the book.
I will use a priori argument,
And just say it is written.
I will even use the ad hominem argument,
Where I just attack my detractor’s character.
I will argue in circles,
Use a bunch of jargon, science and complicated theories I know nothing about,
I will blame them for not knowing all the things they need to know.
There are so many consequences for not listening to my argument.
Heed my warnings!
I am an expert!
I have experience with this.
I am older than you.
I am smarter than you.
You are not as educated,
You are too educated.
You grew up wrong,
In the wrong place,
By the wrong people.
I read it.
I heard it.
I was there.
These smart people agree with me.
These smart people have written blogs about this.
I generalize people to prove a point.
They have go to change their opinions about this matter.
If they don’t,
They weren’t listening.
St. Thomas More
This person really wants to be right.
I guess we’ll just do it his or her way,
And if it doesn’t work,
We’ll try something else.
This is just so this person will shut up about it already.
He or she just said I grew up with the wrong people,
So we need to put a stop to this now.
Smile and just shrug my shoulders,
So that person knows I don’t care.
But nothing proves someone wrong than to just let him or her get their way and watch their idea turn to shit.
Amen.
Craft
How to exorcise a demon
First off, lets get to know your possessed person. The symptoms other than the need to be right all the time is looking at their phone all the time, smelling like sulfur, mood swings, interest in politics when before they haven’t really cared, dried lips, a sudden love for hip hop, a strong mansplaining habit – even if it’s another man.
First thing you need to do is sneak up on your possessed person while they sleep in their bed with dental floss. Tie the target down on the bed with the floss and make it tight enough where they can’t escape but not tight enough that they wake up.
Choose water or salt.
Sprinkle the salt or water over the haunted.
Recite this prayer while sprinkling.
O’ God of the heavens and the stars.
If you want to help me,
That would be great.
I think I need this demon to like leave.
If you think that is cool.
I think it would be cool.
‘Cause this guy is such an asshole,
When he’s possessed.
You should know,
You like made him,
And now he doesn’t act like he has any of his stock personalities you gave him.
So if you’re free,
Get this demon thing out!
Amen.
Stick a wallet into your target’s mouth because he is about to have some demon expelling seizures.
Wait 72 hours.
Tickle your target. If your target laughs, he is clear of his demon; if he does not laugh, you will have to stick a stake in his heart.
Goal
If you feel alone because you are misunderstood or you have to be right all the time, you are probably possessed by a demon. Get to you neighborhood Catholic Church and ask for an exorcism. Don’t let that thing be in you for long, for it grows with power as it wins useless arguments. The more you stick to you being right, the bigger the demon gets.
Try admitting you’re wrong and see if the demon leaves from that sheer willpower.