Understanding Negative Internal Functions - entry 2
No matter how one defines "intelligence" there is a powerful connection to the concept of "mind". Too frequently a person might not be in control of his/her mind and as a result experiences tremendous pain and suffering. Living one's life in a state of "dis-ease" is not using INTELLIGENCE to any advantage.
The fifth cause of disease is the working of 'devils' from within that manifest in the form of mental illness. Devils, in this instance are personifications of negative internal functions. They represent selfish attachments and bad influences that hinder people's pursuit of truth and that work to prevent them from cultivating a strong positive life force. Devilish functions are aspects of our own lives that damage our health and hamper the pursuit of living a happy and healthy life. Devils represent the fundamental tendency of an individual's life toward disharmony of body and mind. Unlike the other four causes of illness, this affects the realm of the mind. lts source is located not in external influences but within the individual, so that the person's life is robbed of its brilliance. The result is the emergence of life's fundamental darkness or delusion.
