Identity Crisis - The Spiritual Issue For A New Era
Are you feeling divided? Are you living two lives - an inner one and an outer one? Or perhaps a “real” life and a “virtual” one. Maybe several "virtual" ones? Is there a vast difference between the way the world sees you and the way you see yourself? Or the way you present yourself in certain contexts? Do you feel like you’re just playing a role, or that you have different roles to play in different aspects of your life, and you can never be yourself? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may be experiencing the identity confusion that can described by the word “demonic.” Now, stay with me here. In our culture, “demonic” is too often a facile synonym for “evil.” But historically, it has a much deeper and more useful meaning. A “demon” can simply be something from outside ourselves that divides or confuses our lives, and that disrupts the integrity of our personality identity and our relationships. One of the core id