I don’t have sympathy for the devil; I have Empathy for the Devil.
I view the Devil, the true Devil, as truly only second to God. Û don’t get away with challenging God if Û don’t have a Good Reason to challenge HIM, or HER if Û know.
That’s why I don’t really believe that the Devil hates God. I think it’s an unofficial understanding of philosophy. Ü cannot challenge God. It’s impossible. To challenge God is to refuse Life. But Free Will exists, and unfortunately…
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I guess I wanted to skip to how I use my demons. I don’t put them in situations where they’re destined to fail. I put them in situations where they’ll die satisfied. My Pride loves himself. So I relent, and tell Him he’s the greatest part of me. But I tell him that power comes with responsibility. As the greatest part of me, He becomes my bargaining chip. I will worship my Pride while it’s still alive, but the moment I need something, my Pride is my first sacrifice. That’s the tradeoff.
Or with Wrath. It hates Life. So I let it remain N Death. That is, until Life no longer becomes consideration. I do not force my Wrath to experience the Hell of inaction. So, if I give Life to my Wrath, I give it under the condition of No Condition. I know that Wrath doesn’t want to experience Life, so if I release my Wrath, it must mean I must not experience whatever is happening even more. My promise to my Wrath is that I will take responsibility for whatever Wrath does in my absence.
I could give examples for them all. Greed being given a separate bank account. Lust being reserved for my wife. Gluttony & Sloth only awakening when I choose to smoke weed.
Envy is still a struggle for me…
I think I’ll end things here.