When we speak of the devil, of what actually do we speak?

When we speak of the devil, of what actually do we speak?  A being?  A soul?  A curse?

I am bedeviled; he or she bedeviled me; that one has the devil in him.  I have come to know the devil as the prince of fear.  Every soul that enters your world is almost certainly introduced to the devil, and that usually begins at home with family.  The devil takes many forms: beguilement, bewilderment, anger, rage, resentment.  Each of these is a piece of the wardrobe that fear utilizes. 

There was a great long time ago an angel that came upon your world.  This magnificent angel had a counterpart, another radiant star.  This experiment called Earth could not be as it is without the balance, the dedication and commitment of these great angels.  Each anchors a half of wholeness, one darkness, the illusion of; and one light, the truth.

This world of duality is important because the soul that aspires to the greatness of God, the homecoming, begins its lesson in such a place, in what might be called the lower realms, the worlds of illusion.  By the grace of almighty God is every soul in your green Earth blessed with free will, free choice. 

Bear in mind, beloveds, the light of God, the seed of God, the radiance of God did not and has never created pain, suffering, evil.  While being human we have all done such a thing by ourselves.   How can one bind someone’s vision of an all-expansive God?  Simple: utilize fear.  Make somebody afraid and they are controllable, malleable, indecisive. There is no escaping that truth, to overcome such a malady we must stand tall and be responsible for our part, active or placid. 

This thing called the devil is still important in your world.  It is the final hurdle, if you will.  It lives because it is given permission, it is given power, it is given strength, it is endowed with and exudes the tool of fear.  The devil is not the great angel that came upon this world and anchored the illusion of darkness.  It is rather the result of a race consciously or unconsciously separating itself from its creator.  There are great benevolent beings working on behalf of love, attempting to heal and patch this separation before it goes too far.

Remember that everything, every thought is a choice, and if your thoughts are other than love, then so will you enlist the aid of illusion, will you encounter the devil that is fear.  Doing nothing is a choice, choosing ignorance is a choice, feigning indifference is a choice.  But how many would stake their claim to their birthright, face to face with the prince of fear?

Eventually we all must.  The prince wears many faces, many masks, so one must ask oneself, what mask do I wear today?  Am I who the world wants to see?  Am I an idea, an ideal, a façade?  Or am I the child of God in every way, okay the way I am? 

My children, the choices are constant, but they are simple: I am of God, as God, in God, always and in all ways.
Rumi