I know exactly what you mean. Its unpleasant to get into with a "familiar stranger." & awkward too.
It didnt feel unpleasant .... I think it may have been awkward for her .... it was certainly getting awkward for her boyfriend when he saw the way she was looking at me . Also my friend that witnessed it felt awkward ( but he isnt really in tune with things like this ) .
I think, to follow up on that one rather quick meeting (it was at a party ) would have been pleasant for me . Actually, it was fairly pleasant for me anyway ..... she seemed to be doing okay , that ' s good .
I had a similar occurrence with a old co worker once. Thanks for sharing your Sufi prayer. I've recently have been researching and learning about Sufi related culture. ( synchronicity again) Do you find that the entity brings you a deep serenity when you are distressed not just a voice reason that protects?
Yes , and a lot more than deep serenity .
If so that would be "angelic" energy. Some people around the world including some in my culture believe everyone is born with something similar to one angel & one demon. We do not call them that though. We call them "Guaiopia" (respectively day spirit more angelic by nature) or "Maboya"(dark spirit more demonic nature) They are always there and have a mission to guide you. The one you have strongest connection to is the one that affects your life and afterlife the most. There are rituals to rid yourself or have a deeper connection etc. Some people are gifted or more connected allowing them to be aware on that level.
Yes. This is common all around the world and through different times . ( I study Cultural Anthropology and Comparative Religion , so I have encountered this. )
The one angel and one demon thing (in Levantine religions ) seem to come from Zoroastrian teaching where the good manifests as the halo and the bad as two serpents coming out the shoulders .
Your tradition sounds more like the indigenous view here .... for the general populace .
However , in my case (and others ) the 'Maboya' would be 'tamed' and made 'obedient ' under the Magical Self ' and that 'under' the protection of 'Guaiopia' (ie the ' basic magical contract ' ) .
Another example would be in my indigenous teacher ; in his tribe there are spirits like 'maboya' that people fear or are at least wary of . But for my teacher they are his spirit guardians .
Its not a an unknown process, although it may be little known ;
The Magician
O Lord, deliver me from hell's great fear and gloom!
Loose thou my spirit from the larvæ of the tomb!
I seek them in their dread abodes without affright:
On them will I impose my will, the law of light.
I bid the night conceive the glittering hemisphere.
Arise, O sun, arise! O moon, shine white and clear!
I seek them in their dread abodes without affright:
On them will I impose my will, the law of light.
Their faces and their shapes are terrible and strange.
These devils by my might to angels I will change.
These nameless horrors I address without affright:
On them will I impose my will, the law of light.
These are the phantoms pale of mine astonied view,
Yet none but I their blasted beauty can renew;
For to the abyss of hell I plunge without affright:
On them will I impose my will, the law of light
- Eliphas Levi .... I think ?
