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THE ROOM OF 1000 DEMONS

6/8/2014

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"Feets, do your stuff."--Mantan Moreland
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A long time ago high up in the mountains of Tibet there was a Buddhist monastery that once every 100 years had a ceremony of enlightenment. Since it only happened once every 100 years it was a pretty big deal and seekers would come from all over to become enlightened.

So the monks would come down from the monastery to address the pilgrims and explain what they had to do to gain enlightenment. The head monk would explain:

"Now you've come here to become enlightened and since this only happens every one hundred years it's good that you're here now. Up there in the monastery is a room called The Room of a Thousand Demons. The room has a door you go in that locks behind you and on the other side of the room is a door you go out.

"In this room are a thousand demons that have the power to immediately know your deepest fears when you enter and then create the illusion that it's actually happening in the room. So if you have a fear of spiders they'll create the illusion that the room is full of big hairy spiders swarming all over you. Or if you have a fear of heights, they'll create the illusion that you're falling off a high precipice.

"It's all an illusion but some people become so paralyzed by their fear that they can't get out of the room and perish there. So you need to know this now and if you're not ready to face your fear and become enlightened, that's OK. But you'll have to wait until you reincarnate and come back in another one hundred years.

But if you decide to face your fears and become enlightened, there's two things you need to know when you enter the room and the door locks behind you and the demons begin to do their thing. Number one: It's not real; it's all an illusion that's in your head. And, number two: If you keep moving, you'll  get to the other side and out the door."

So, we overcome our fear by facing it. If we avoid it, we feed it and make it stronger. It's not easy but if we keep moving forward we'll get there.

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Katherine Powell
1/7/2015 01:15:49 am

I first heard this at a Bill O'Hanolon conference years ago. It provided me a powerful image that has helped me repeatedly. Thanks for sharing.

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1/8/2015 03:08:33 am

Hi Katherine--Thanks for your response. I also heard this story from Bill and get a lot of mileage out of it with my clients. Like most told and retold stories, they vary with each telling and Bill said he liked my version. If you haven't already seen it, I posted another Bill story, "Vishnu and the Fear Monster." My grand kids love this one. Thanks again for your response.--Jeff

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Tuomo link
2/1/2020 11:00:20 am

I like this story as I recently heard it from someone else too and it’s really helpful for helping people to overcome their deeper roadblocks.

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