Kuroshitsuji - and some Spiritual Parallels

Just revisiting some of the recent anime OP songs.. haha.. :







Someone commented that these 3 animes quite similar... well, in order of preference, I like Kuroshitsuji, 7 Ghost, Pandora hearts.. :)

Anyway, for some time I wanted to post some thoughts on the anime 'kuroshitsuji' - in the context of spiritual warfare. Though one is just an anime, which is sometimes what we consider purely 'entertainment' or 'humour'... we can actually draw some parallels into the spiritual life...

Firstly, in the anime, the akuma/demon is called by a human and when a contract is made, serves to fulfil the human's wish, in return for his soul. In the demon's context, he will "raise" the human soul until it is ready for consumption. And for example, the human soul which achieves revenge, is sought after - to the extent of having a few demons fighting for the same soul. On the other hand, the demons are acting as the "butlers" of the human, and sometimes the human comes to rely greatly on the demon. We get the feeling that there is some kind of relationship building... friendship, but at the end of the day, the demon only sees that when the human has achieved his goal (usually something angsty), the soul that will taste great at the end.

In the spiritual life, we are at war. There are angels and demons around and definitely some parallels exist. For example, the idea of a soul getting revenge. Doesn't satan wish that for all of us, to be bent on revenge... and this kind of "soul" will be so much "tastier" to him? Satan and his minions also work slowly. They get into our good books, day in and day out. Sometimes, like the akuma-butlers in Kuroshitsuji, they appear to be at our disposal. But this is diabolical disposal. At the end of the day, they only want to devour our souls, ensuring that we will never be with God.

Therefore, for those who are with God, believers of christ, they have so much difficulty -- trying to worship God versus getting lured away, even subconsciously, by evil. You may wonder, what is really evil in this world? Well, anything that draws you away from God. So it could be anything that we do. Even things we do to gain better standing in the world, more money, more security, more etc... actually draw us towards ourselves, and away from God.

So satan is smart. As seen in this anime, he is like a handy butler, at our right hand side. Sometimes, even looking really cool and really helpful. Sometimes, we come to love him. But at the end of the day, he just wants to "raise" up our souls to his desired state, and to consume us at the end of the day. His desired state is that we walk away from God's ways, and disobey, doubt, or even rebel against God.

And, we, live lives comfortably, or more like indifferently...

Even living indifferently or moderately means we are just staying "safe". But in other words, we are not really participating in God's commandments to "love others" - because if we just love ourselves we stay safe and don't affect others, but we don't really bring God's love to others.

So even if we think we are safe, are we really?