@Cobratate Women were not created to make men happy. Women have evolved more in the last 100 years than men ever have. Women will save humanity because of their emotional intelligence. 99% of men have zero emotional intelligence as you have just demonstrated. Stop moaning and level up.
@Cobratate Only the most insecure people need to have an ego that big to mask their vulnerability. I am sorry your mother devalued you so badly you have never got over that wound and project your hatred towards her onto all other women
The demons work through thoughts. St. Anthony the Great—a man who spent decades in the desert face-to-face with demons—spoke of this directly: 'The demons have no power over us by themselves. They merely suggest thoughts to us—nothing more.'
What was he thinking? He refers not to the thought itself, but to the first impulse—a spark. Have you ever noticed this? You are calm, and then suddenly, for no reason, a feeling of frustration toward a loved one arises. Or a heavy, unnecessary gloom descends like a fog; or you suddenly want to say something offensive, and the words are already on the tip of your tongue."
Abba Dorotheos of Gaza described Eight Generic Logismoi (tempting thoughts):
1. Gluttony (gastrimargia): Excessive focus on food/drink.
2. Lust (porneia): Sexual immorality or delusional thoughts.
3. Avarice (philargyria): Attachment to money/possessions.
4. Sadness (lype): Grief arising from unsatisfied desires.
5. Anger (orge): Malice or rage.
6. Acedia (akedia): Spiritual listlessness, the "noonday demon".
7. Vainglory (kenodoxia): Seeking human praise.
8. Pride (hyperephania): Self-exaltation and separation from God.
Eight doors and at each door someone is waiting for us when we open it. Abba Evagree spoke not of sins, but of thoughts, of the first movement, because sin does not begin when we have done evil, but the moment we held on to a thought, we accepted it, we began to consider it. Abba Dorotheos of Gaza explains it this way: In the beginning, a thought comes. This is not yet a sin. Then we start talking to him, this is already a danger. Then we agree, this is already a defeat.
Three steps. Every single time. No exceptions. And the amazing thing is that this is exactly what is described in the Gospel, in the story of Christ's temptations in the desert. The devil did not force Christ with force, but offered, throwing away the thought: Turn stones into bread because you are hungry - this is reasonable. Throw yourself down, angels will catch you, that will prove your faith.
Bow down and ye shall receive all the earthly kingdom of the world - this is effective. Every time - a reasonable argument, every time - logic, and every time Christ responded with the word of God. Not with your own reasonings, but with the Word. This is a lesson for each of us. But here arises the question that is more important than it seems: If the devils only throw our thoughts at us, then they do not know what is inside us, then they act blindly? Pay attention here, because the answer to this question explains a lot of things in your life..
@Matt_Pinner That 99% of the population are sheep and to be nothing like them. To be unapologetically genuinely myself amd because of that and my mother's lesson to have Faith, i transcended the normal level of consciousness and have something important to share with the world.
@Cobratate Women were not created to make men happy. Women have evolved more in the last 100 years than men ever have. Women will save humanity because of their emotional intelligence. 99% of men have zero emotional intelligence as you have just demonstrated. Stop moaning and level up.