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Every one of us has the capability to be a demon. If you want to believe in relative truths, that's alright but the  "You don't know the power of the dark side" issue exists, and is very seductive. A demon is simply someone who has taken the lower nature that we all have and developed it. We have a choice to develop our higher nature or to develop our lower nature. Chief among the lower nature qualities: lust, anger and greed. This is going on in this physical plane,yes there are "bad" people out there, so why not on the astral?

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You do realize that you don't actually have to be a god to absorb energy from an individual that's on their knees 'praying'... If I wanted to, I could come into you thought space, wait until you started praying and absorb every ounce of energy that you freely put out into the cosmos. Now, if I can do that, what do you think super advanced entities can do?

The point is, there is no entity named 'GOD'. It's a general term referring to 'good' that was written into the bible. God = Good and Devil = evil.

What about an entity named Krishna, or Allah, or any one of hundreds of names that refer to the same supreme being? your looking to the Bible for substantiation, yet you reject the main focus of the Bible, the Supreme Absolute Truth embodied in a person.I agree that God is a generic term, but I also believe there is an Absolute Truth.

PR,  there is absolutely no way to prove that God exists. Conversely, one cannot prove that He doesn't. There must be faith, not blind faith, but faith based on knowledge. Knowledge comes from direct perception or books. I can perceive that there is an order in the universe, I have books that can tell you what dates the phases of the moon are in 2050, in this way I see the universe as a gigantic watch and watches indicate to me an intelligent maker. You say that the knowledge of others is worthless to us.  Actually, most of what we learn comes from the research and knowledge of others. If I read a book that warns me not to steal or murder etc. because of the punishments that I may receive, ie. jail, death sentence, etc., and I avoid those activities, isn't that more intelligent than going out and performing the activity and actually having to experience such punishments? Shastra (scripture) is no different. By the way I never said I was a Christian, actually I lean more toward Eastern religion.

To answer some of your questions, how about common sense? Possibly that is one reason that the major religions agree on this. The other is, dare I say it?...GOD laid down rules for human behavior. Yes, GOD, the original person, Ishwara the supreme controller, Krishna, Allah, Yahwey, There are literally hundreds of names for Him. In the different cultures of the world spiritually advanced persons, call them sages, seers, saints, whatever, that He trusts because of their devotion, He has revealed these codes of conduct to create peace and prosperity to the people in general. The people in general take a relative view on morality and  motivations such as lust, anger, greed and other desires tend to color that relative morality. I mean, do men of intelligence and discrimination need to to be told ,"Thou shall not kill", Thou shall not steal", "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife." isn't it obvious that these actions are wrong? Well, God didn't think so, so he CARVED THEM IN STONE . God is whom I trust to give the absolute morality, who's your candidate?

personalreality I have read your post and a few points really stick out. I have no doubt that your faith may be stronger, I think better is the wrong word, but let me ask you this; If someone came into your house and murdered your wife, would you think, O this the plan of my higher power, or would you take action against the perpetrator? You may not believe in the forces of good and evil, even though every major religion teaches otherwise, but I do because I have direct perception of such beings. In one sense, even if what I say is true it's not going to bring back my son. But I can't help to wonder WHY?
Evil is nothing more than ignorance, if perpetrators of evil had knowledge of the consequences of their actions they would cease to commit such acts. Evil acts only cause suffering in the person to whom the act is committed and to the person that commits such an act. Unlike you I believe there is a judgment after one dies, and that is the absolute morality.   

Geass, You and I think alike, I've always heard of the dangers of the astral world and of powerful ghosts, if you will, that inhabit the darker regions of that world. In the Vedas there are stories of powerful ghosts called Brahmana Rakshasas that are so powerful that they can kill outright. When I say 'Ghost' I mean the mind, intelligence, and ego without a gross material body,(the five senses manifested in a body made of earth, air, fire, water, and ether). Because these 'ghosts' have no body to enjoy the senses. They can be very envious of those of us that do and therefore try to enter into a body during the dream state. If that dreaming person is in a weakened state, said ghost can enter into the body and wreak havoc. I had a feeling that this could have happened to my son, but I wanted to see if others had similar thoughts, the reason for this is that he had such a great outlook on life and I could not bear to think that he despaired so much that he took his own life. There was no indication of despair in any of the longs talks we had during the week preceding his death. 

The thrust of my search is to find meaning to the recent suicide of my son. His wife said that he had a dream during the night that was very disturbing. In fact he was in a pitiful state and crying when she left to take their son to school, when she returned she found him in the kids room, he had hung himself. I had just talked to him the night before and he was in great spirits as we talked about an upcoming vacation we had planned for June. Among his belongings was an astral projection book by Robert Bruce. His wife said that he was interested in the subject and had tried doing some of the exercises. The grief I feel has not subsided and I know that perhaps this is just a futile attempt to find some reason for a seemingly heathy and happy father, husand, son to snap so mysteriously.

Does anyone know of a dream being lethal on the gross platform?By "gross platform" I meant on this physical plane. How about one being influenced by subtle beings into committing a violent act such as suicide?