Quick Guide to Buddhist Attainment (Utmost Sanity):
Do not read if you do not want or are not prepared for enlightenment.
In scripture we read that enlightenment causes earthquakes and Mara becomes so Furious and creates tornado. Harden your Life to withstand the blowback from Mara, as you really actually have to "give the Devil his due."
"The fetter which pervades the sky, with which mind is bound, with that fetter I will bind thee. Thou wilt not be delivered from me, O Samana." -Mara. Mahavagga 1.11.2
Buddha does indeed escape and brings many across with him, but here we can see Mara has worked very hard and delivered on his promise of how he would take over the Earth and Humanity.
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"For what purpose is a Mirror?" Clean up ones own kamma and psychic hygiene.
This life came to be, we Feel, and we Reap what we Sow, like meeting an Old Fren or Old Enemy.
Right View: The a-brahma (in Pali literally 'not-Brahma') Realm is the War between Deva and Asura. In other words, the Abrahamic Chess Match between God and Satan we find ourselves in the Middle of IS the duality of Pleasure/Pain, Creation/Destruction, Birth-Life/Death, Truth/Lies, Heaven/Hell, and NORTH/SOUTH (respectively).
Deva/Asura is both literal AND metaphorical, in the loose sense it just means Good/Bad beings, yet also refers more specifically to Spirits (the kusala-mula and akusala-mula) behind the scenes of Human Physical Reality.
"When one is good it's easy to be good, and hard to be bad.
When one is bad it's easy to be bad, and hard to be good." -Buddha
"One can be a Deva surrounded by Asura or surrounded by Deva,