False Enmity: Why we should court the Devil for a change.

FALSE ENMITY

Somehow, being good and proper has little or no benefits. Figure this out. being good and proper are relative terms of appeasement. What is good and proper in one place may be the exact opposite in another. But what I learned is that everyone has some sort of enemy. Even Priests work tirelessly against imaginary enemy they call Satan or Christened Devil (I do not know whether Islam or Buddhists have an equivalent). 

Often, we are our very first enemy because we always forget about ourselves in the morbid pursuit of happiness and success. The more we climb the success and happiness ladder, the less we have, or recognize our presence and role in it. Then the enemies multiply. We need to do personal recollections, reflections and situation of us, during the pursuit of happiness and success.

When we start to slip and fall; when our innovation is no longer selling; our products are getting stale; our arguments no longer impress other minds anymore; our health are failing us; our wrinkles are weighing heavy on our skins and pulling, twisting our faces asunder; our bank accounts are not fattening; our crops not growing -- when our efficiency pales in the face of high expectations, demands, and changing times; then our enemies also multiplies. We start to hate ourselves and poison it. Stuff it with substances - drugs, alcohol, strange penetrations, piercings, tattoos, starve the body...The more we appear to be failing, the more we intensify the self destructive endevours.

Literally, we start to see enemies and Satan where none exist. The common narratives of - someone is bewitching me; he was poisoned from work; the boss is racist/tribalist/sexist/hates me; the devil has resurrected; the person who denied me service wanted bribes etc. I even hear some artists claiming that someone hates them, someone stole their swagger....It is the business of creating and believing in false enterprise of enmity. 

Imagine, the poor Satan - that is, if he is there. Anyone who is falling short on luck or poor planning, or afflicted with lack of judgement, greed, wickedness etc, will blame the Devil. In fact, in the world of "good" people, the Devil is the celebrity. We hardly look back to see our own deficits in preparing for a new opportunity - every new moment.

I want to make friendship with the devil. I want to know him, know his vices and see how his mind works. I think he is such a brilliant "thing" that we always blame for every shortcomings in our lives - The Devil. If publicity is publicity, whether good or bad, then the Devil is the unsung hero who gets free publicity from nearly everyone - the Devil is the one who makes things change. We must celebrate him and invite him to come in the open just as we invite Angels and Spirits. If indeed, being good or proper is fruitful.
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