Detect and Define the Beast we have to confront...

The beast? Just one? That would be wonderful. The beast is inner conflict, fear, anger, confusion, etc. on just one level. The beast is within, the one we use to lash out at others. The beast could even be thought of as our shadow self. In a book I am reading, the shadow self is compared to a compost heap of emotional issues and past situations that we don't want to deal with or know how to deal with. Like the compost pile, if we don't turn it, it becomes stagnant and affects our lives on all levels. Yes, this means work people. If we properly tend the compost pile it becomes useful and helpful. If we face our shadow self and sort through all the negativity, we are able to release our pain and move forward making something terrible into something productive and enhancing to our life. Whereas I understand and somewhat agree with this analogy, I think that our shadow self also encompasses our fears, nightmares as well as our secret desires. These too are things we don't know how to handle and are afraid to look at. The shadow is not Jack the Ripper, or the monster under our bed. It is our own creative mind numbing irrational beast of burden. What are your thoughts? There are other beasts. The beast that murders, mulilates, ravages, and abuses others. The beast that enjoys harming others. Some we have met. Some we have only read about. But there are yet other beasts. Not just the proverbial monster under the bed or residing in the closet. Which beasts are you referring to?

the only thing that comes to mind right now is the number in the Revelation 666. but even that number has been said a mistake, it should be 616. quite a few people in the history have been accused as 666 and so they were brought down. But I feel this beast is yet to come, maybe not even in my lifetime. It's been a long time since I read the bible so don't remember much aside that it did say it is among Christians. so the beast can't be a moslem or a follower of other religions, since they are never followers of Christ, they are never among Christians. 666 is a traitor. it claims itself a Christian but its very action denies Christ in every way. Someone told me about Maleachi or similar name prophecies. We will know that the time is close when the whole word becomes Christians, the second Pope after John Paul II will be murdered, the world will use one currency. there are 7 prophecies, I only remember 3. I could be wrong though. Like I said it's been some time. But to think that the world will have one currency and one religion, well that sounds way too far ahead of my time. It does make sense though, if you want to control the lives of billions of people, you need to make them believe what you believe and fight your enemy (why fight them yourself if you can get others to do it?). and to control people's lives, means to control their hearts and minds, the next step is their bread and butter. anyway just my 2 cents. hope you catch something.

Can you be more specific about what beast refers to, please. If you don't want to expose it, I'll consider your talking about the same thing we are already discussing, and the groups of beast doing what shark does when it's hungry :)