How the Devil Hijacked the Modern Mind

Added: 2026-04-28

[00:00:00]And it always comes back to man is a god. God is man.

[00:00:04]>> Yeah.

[00:00:05]>> And as Alistister Crowley says, do what thy will shall be the whole of the law.

[00:00:09]In other words, what we would say from an Islamic perspective is >> indulge your corrupted desires and do what you want.

[00:00:16]>> Yeah. Essentially, that's what you saw him acting out, his disciples acting out. Yeah. And it's funny because if you look at one of the fundamental philosophies of the Enlightenment, >> it was exactly this notion Yeah. that man replaces God. Man is the one who determines law, determines what's true, >> determines morals, you know, and direction of humanity and all of these things. So that idea is almost being manifested on so many different levels >> and you can see the metaphysical aspect of this which is wanting people that's the goal, isn't it? To turn people away from God >> and to to towards worshiping anything else. And I think this is the thing what we have to understand.

[00:00:56]>> The devil's been around long before me and you.

[00:00:59]>> Yeah.

[00:01:00]>> Devil's going to be around after me and you probably go to our graves.

[00:01:03]>> Mhm.

[00:01:05]>> Devil's seeing humanity in its infancy.

[00:01:07]He was there at the creation of Adam.

[00:01:09]And I say, you know, imagine the devil being like Super Freud.

[00:01:15]Super Freud. He He knows your psyche. He and he knows how to manipulate. And like I say, I believe that, you know, I can't say that I've got the minutes of the meeting. Yeah. I believe that the devil has worked out and said, "Okay, they don't believe in God anymore." And maybe they they've kind of don't believe in us, but what can we do to misguide them a little bit more?

[00:01:39]>> Yeah.

[00:01:39]>> And now technology has become the means to misguide.

[00:01:43]>> I mean, psych psychologically, it's very from Okay. So if you look at it purely from an existential philosophical perspective, >> I'm just analyzing what you're saying from that lens, >> as soon as you disconnect someone from God, >> a human being.

[00:01:55]>> Yeah.

[00:01:56]>> The ultimate logical outcome is nihilism.

[00:01:59]>> There's no way around that.

[00:02:00]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:02:01]>> Meaning everything is meaningless.

[00:02:02]>> Mhm.

[00:02:03]>> And that has a huge impact on one's psyche. Yeah.

[00:02:06]>> One's spirit, one's soul.

[00:02:09]>> People, it makes you flat.

[00:02:11]>> You almost become like you said sheep.

[00:02:12]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because now you and there's also the fra which is >> yearning for meaning and direction for its creator.

[00:02:19]>> And if that's removed then there's a there needs there needs to be a surrogate a replacement.

[00:02:23]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:02:24]>> Humans will keep searching. That's why the existentialist philosophers became popular because humans were after the death of God as Nietze said >> which is misunderstood anyway but they needed a replacement.

[00:02:34]>> Yeah.

[00:02:35]>> And then they came with the ideas and philosophies and which failed anyway.

[00:02:38]Yeah.

[00:02:38]>> But the point is it's very interesting if you analyze this now from a bird's eye perspective.

[00:02:44]>> Enlightenment you can say even further back renaissance etc. But during the enlightenment this shift takes place eventually moving people away from God.

[00:02:50]The idea of God and spirituality.

[00:02:52]>> Man becomes God.

[00:02:53]>> Yeah.

[00:02:53]>> Therefore now man determines what's right and wrong. Man determines the moral outlook, the ethical outlook, what life is about.

[00:03:00]>> Yeah.

[00:03:00]>> Man is in charge.

[00:03:02]>> His desires are in charge. And what and where attacks is like you said was which is in the mind which is your psychology >> and like you said I was speaking to a brother about this yesterday he's a master psychologist you can say yes >> he understands your psychology better than Freud or anyone else would >> exactly >> and that's where he attacks you most which isa more than physical manifestations those happen as well but the primary mechanism is wasa >> I've always believed and I say this through my own experiences and speaking to other people as Well, I think the physical attack of the of the devil is a last resort >> because the psychological one hasn't worked. Meaning, they haven't got you to give up hope in God. They haven't had you to have some spiritual crisis. So, okay, we've tried. Let's try the physical. Let's try if the physical, let's go head straight on. I'm going to pin you down on your bed. You do you know what I mean? That's the last resort.

[00:03:59]>> That's the last resort.

[00:04:00]>> Very interesting. and and it seems to be less common.

[00:04:02]>> Yeah.

[00:04:03]>> But nevertheless, it's like >> wasaite is predominant, you know, it's there.

[00:04:07]>> It's there when you wake up.

[00:04:09]>> It's there when you're at work. It's there when you're with your family. It's there when you go to bed. And it will be there when you wake up. It is there all the time. And it's about understanding it as well. And I think this is so important that we un understand that negative thoughts that may be calling us to harm oursel or to harm other people indiscriminately or could call us to to doubt God's abandoned me, God's left me.

[00:04:40]>> It's kind I look at it like this. God never abandons or leaves us. It's we as humans that walk away from God, >> but God never walks away from us.

[00:04:49]Metaphorically, of course, >> right?

[00:04:51]>> And that's the way I see it.

[00:04:52]>> Yeah.

[00:04:53]>> But the devil wants to get you to that point where you just walk away. And then, like I say, if you've given up hope, you could, you know, sadly lead yourself to commit suicide or you just say, "God don't exist. I'm going to do what I want, how I want, where I want, and I don't care who gets