Demons

 Buddha did not come upon Nirvana by simply reading books on wisdom or being a good social worker.  He got there by dealing with his demons.  This is a lot of what meditation is about, and why many people abandon it early on.  They want to feel good.  They don’t want the desert experience.  Loneliness, and darkness a silence, solitude are a bit too scary.  It is the realm of the demon who is quite at home in all this.  If you are human, you have demons.  Perfect and human is an oxymoron.  Jesus and Buddha never bothered to call themselves perfect.  They spoke about eternal life and Nirvana, but not becoming perfect human beings.  Jesus would do some healing and preaching and then go off to a deserted place before dawn.  Reconnect with the inner self.  Don’t give free space to your demons.  The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert after Baptism.  Beware of ones who offer to save the world, but don’t go into their desert.