I am a member of West African descent. I’ve been wondering for several years why our church doesn’t teach on this topic in depth, even though it is detailed in scripture and in the words of early prophets. Christians in other parts of the world often talk about how western Christians are spiritually asleep with regard to how spiritual influences are the root cause of many ailments, and behaviors. This topic definitely needs more attention, especially among bearers of the Priesthood after the order of the Son of God. Thank you for this❤
thank you for pointing this out! I was born into the church and remember as a child my mom specifically talking about what to do if we were to be approached by a spirit. We were told to test the spirit and that a spirit sent from God, (an angel) would never ask us to shake its hand. We were also told (and I am a firm believer of this and have used this countless times throughout life)to always call upon the name of Jesus Christ to cast it out. This has protected me many times!! I wholeheartedly agree that the church needs to talk about this subject now more than ever because we are in the throes of spiritual warfare because we are at the final hour before the Lord comes! Satan is no longer hiding what he is or plans to do to mankind! And in order to defeat the enemy, we need to first be able to identify the enemy!! Everyone at some point or another has been influenced or afflicted by evil spirits regardless of their righteousness. The New Testament is filled with stories of Christ dealing with them. Why else would we have a need for Jesus Christ if it wasn't for that exact purpose? To conquer the enemy!
Thank you for your insights. In Western societies, we have definitely fallen asleep in understanding the spiritual realm. A lot of that has to do with our scientific culture which benefits us a lot, but also closes our eyes to some very significant realities. And when we close our eyes to the realities of the spiritual realm, we become vulnerable to all kinds of deception and affliction.
Because we are a missionary church , only the basics such as faith, repentance, etc are taught to the general membership. Then, we are told to study on our own following prophets words and the many books, articles on advanced subjects. It's Like going from first grade to the second, we build on what we are taught/ learn.
@@latterdaypresentationsI’ve seen many RUclips testimonials from people who fell into new age deception and finally found Christ. Yoga, meditation (eastern meditation), law of attraction, etc. come under the guise of healing, positivity, exercise, etc. . The reality is that these are actually ancient occult practices. They open doors to the spiritual realm, leaving a person vulnerable to oppression. It’s basically witchcraft/sorcery repackaged in an innocent facade.
This has to be the most insightful thing I've ever heard in this area. For YEARS I've often said to others that we need to be questioning how many of our thoughts are our thoughts and how many are given to us by another spirit and it also coincides with my personal opinion that much of if not all mental health issues are spiritual in nature. Thank you so much for everything you do and I'm glad I've just discovered this channel. This is the first video I've seen from it.
@latterdaypresentations no doubt I'll love them. I plan on studying this video and its contents. This honestly has been a subject I have desired to know more about for a long time and I had a lot of speculation in my own life but it's good to hear that others have sources I wasn't sure existed that have confirmed those speculations and theories.
Wow, this resonnated with me. (Mental Health TW) At the beginning of this year, I began to disbelieve in both the church and Jesus Christ. It was an incredibly difficult time for me and I spent a lot of time grieving. A couple of things to note - I had a bout of depression the winter before that and had been in therapy for about 6-8 months when this happened. During this period of grieving my lost faith, I began to have a voice in my head that said life wasn't worth it and maybe if I died, I would know for sure whether there was an afterlife or not. I tried to push these thoughts away and I knew logically that they were objectively untrue. Still, they did not stop until I cried out to God in the name of Jesus to heal me. It was an "I don't know if you're there" prayer, but God took that voice away and I slowly began to believe again. Interestingly, in my first bout of depression a year before, I had no wish or thoughts of ending my life, even though it was much harder for me to get up in the morning and think positively about anything. There is something very real to the name of Jesus Christ and His healing.
Wow, that's an amazing example of this and thank heavens you had the courage to reach in your heart and mind for the Christ. He is so powerful and so good. Thank you for sharing this!
Keep holding onto the blessings you have received. Counting our blessings isn’t a trite saying, it is a way to mend our mental health as we recognize that even though we feel horrible now, there was a time we felt His love. We are all Worthy of feeling that love and it will come again, just as HE is coming again. Thank you so much for this presentation. I have been working to rid myself of the voices in my head.
I've had the algorithm recommend this to me at various times during the day today. Every time I saw the thumbnail, I felt drawn to the video like I "needed" to watch it. I put that feeling off for the past 10 hours, thinking it was silly to feel like I "needed" to watch anything on RUclips. I gave in and AM SO GLAD I did, and I wish I had heeded the inspiration earlier. This gave me so much light and understanding that I have needed over the last while. Thank you for making it.
Wow! This is SO FASCINATING! Thank you for making this video! This confirms so many of my own personal beliefs that I have been forming for the past few months about how the spirit world works as well as how spirits can influence us and even influence our own personal health (both mental and physical). I have had my own experiences lately with what I can only describe as a demon that was influencing me without my knowledge. I had been going though some financial struggles and I struggled feeling bitter and angry about it. I've also struggled with an addiction to p0rn my whole life and one day during my financial troubles I had an addiction relapse. Immediately afterwards, I began thinking about my problems and feeling so much more hopeless, and incredibly bitter and angry toward God. I was having a faith crisis and on the verge of giving up on my faith. However, it was time for my wife and I to read scriptures and pray as we had scheduled, but I didn't want read or to pray. I was feeling like it was worthless to pray because God was not answering my prayers as I wanted. My wife convinced me that we should just do it and get it over with as we scheduled. I agreed reluctantly and we read scriptures. As we read I felt the Holy Spirit come strongly into my heart and my anger, bitterness, pain, and hurt just evaporated. I felt the most amazing sense of peace and motivation that I hadn't felt in a long time. All of a sudden I wanted to go to the temple, pray, read scriptures and do the things I knew I should. I did a complete 180 from total anger and despare to peace and happiness. I realized that my addiction relapse opened the door to me being influenced heavily by Satan. I am certain that one of his demons was wispering in my ear tempting me and made me feel those bitter, angry, and hopeless feelings. I have struggled with depression and anxiety my entire life. After that experience I began feasting on the scriptures and General Conf talks like never before. I NEEDED to have more of that peace in my life. Since making it a habit of feasting on the scriptures instead of going through the motions, I have felt almost completely cured of my depression and anxiety. I have seen major improvements in my health and I've seen the power of God working through me, giving me answers to prayers that I haven't prayed about in a long time. I now know that evil spirits and good spirits are very real influences in our lives, even after we are baptized. I think about these things a lot more often now. I've been listening to paranormal podcasts and I've learned a lot about how the spirit world is all around us and how it works based on people's experiences. This video confirmed a lot of those things that I've learned both through the stories I've heard and the teachings of the Holy Ghost to my soul.
I think it a very important thing to realize is that it wasn't you feeling depressed and addicted to porn it was the spirits making you feel that way by the thoughts that they continuously put in to your mind. Not all thoughts are our own! Any negative thought about yourself or someone else is put there by an evil spirit! Any good thought about yourself or someone else is put there by a good spirit. We have to conquer them (the evil spirits) through Christ by calling them liars and doing the good despite the bad thoughts that these miserable spirits make us think are our own! Spiritual war is real 24-7, we suffer because if a lack of knowledge! These things are so goid to know as you can then realize the enemy is invisible but is very real and there! This knowledge has helped me see people who are suffering with physical and mental problems in an entirely new light!, they are bombarded by evil spirits! Schizophrenics are a perfect example if this, they are not hallucinations, they are hearing very real people! Some of these spirits when they were on earth died in their sins and addictions and flock to who they can get their fix through! Alcoholics are plagued by earthbound spirit alcoholics. Addiction is caused by the relentless thought stream from these spirits. Next time you feel this desire to look at porn (because of them)because you definitely will, realize they are right there over your shoulder. Turn around and face them and say with a loud voice "in the name of Christ, I command you leave my home!". I promise if you do this with authority they will leave! Thank you for sharing your experiences! This information has to be learned if we are to rise to the challenge and through Christ, all things are possible! God bless!
@justinbosley692 should really check out "conquering spiritual evil" by Douglas Mendenhall. Came across that a few years ago, great read, lots if nuggets in it, he's also LDS. Another treasure trove is the youtube channel "engineering mental sanity" with Jerry Marzinsky. I've learned a ton through his information also.
If your experiences are authentic, I hope you will treasure them and keep them sacred, instead of following the paths of people who have produced books and other materials that have led people astray from the gospel. ruclips.net/video/cQtPc0k2aI0/видео.html
@latterdaypresentations I do podcasts from time to time about my experiences on both sides of the veil as I am prompted by Heavenly Father. My patriarchal blessing speaks about me testifying of the special experiences I've been given to strengthen others' testimonies. I am careful I don't like to come under condemnation by Father. One must not teach to far past what an individual has a foundation for, less that person will stop desiring to learn. On the other side, if Father asks you to testify and you do not testify, you will come under condemnation. We must all learn to hear the spirit to survive in these days. Thanks for doing such a good job.
@latterdaypresentations I work hard to amplify the reason I chose to return to this earth. In the final scene of that NDE I knelt and begged to return to my body so that I might bring faith, hope and courage to all that I meet. The only book I have written was about reconnecting with my wife and my ups and downs of reconnecting with heaven to find the peace I knew on the other side of the veil. It's hard to live in a fallen world when you have a sure knowledge of the love and concern felt on the other side of the veil.
I was a missionary in Quito, Ecuador in the late 90s. One of my mission companions was possessed for three days. It was a terrifying experience. The only silver lining is that I have a very strong testimony that there IS a world around us that we don't see.
Thoughts and feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can always choose which one to surf and which ones to ignore. Good video and inspiring. Thank you !
That was amazing. It's so interesting to think about blending as an alternative explanation of living multiple lives. It makes so much sense. Thank you so much
One of the most important videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips. It’s chilling and sobering, and also necessary, to consider. Thank you for all your work on such an important topic.
I'm grateful you took time to go this presentation. Great information for those who are seeking to become one within themselves. Mind, body and spirit! Elder Christofferson did this in his April 2023 talk, One in Christ Becoming one in Christ happens one by one-we each begin with ourselves. We are dual beings of flesh and spirit and are sometimes at war within ourselves. As Paul expressed: “For I delight in the law of God after the inward man; “But I see another law in [the] members [of my body], warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.” Jesus was also a being of flesh and spirit. He was tested; He understands; He can help us achieve unity within."
@latterdaypresentations I was reading the history of George Albert Smith recently and he said this to a struggling missionary: "If you discouragement at any time... go to a quiet place and kneel down and pray to the Lord to rebuke the evil spirit for you may always know that discouragement and despondency are the result of an evil influence. Some of the best men in the world have been attacked by it and only by persistent prayer and faith have they been able to rebuke it. A man cannot be unhappy while the Spirit of the Lord is burning in his bosom." He experienced a whole bunch of health issues and depression and anxiety, even while serving as an Apostle. But he learned to trust the Lord and the Spirit to help him manage his ever anxious mind, thus helping his body handle his issues better. You don't have to speculate too far that the adversary knows about the mind- body- spirit connection!
As one who may have had an experience in childhood with an ACE and now must live with the perpetrator, how to heal and move forward is a critical topic. Within my "family" appears to be a part of me that is my defender and wishes to lash out. Another part has encouraged self-destructive numbing behaviors. The process has only just begun, and your presentation is invaluable to work with my mental health counselor.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video! As a convert, my old religion used to talk about this type of thing all the time. I was very frustrated that in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we did not learn about such things, or people seemed to read any verse about the adversary and rush through it. It was as if talk of such things was seen as taboo or not allowed. It was very puzzling to me because I know the adversary does in fact put thoughts in our minds. He uses personal pronouns to make us believe those thoughts are our own thoughts too! I have a lot to say about such things and like you I believe with President Nelson stating the Lord's coming is soon that we will see a greater need to know these things. The adversary of our souls knows his time is up, and I am sure he did not like the Lord's prophet speaking this way last conference while declaring such things with his authoritative priesthood keys. I digress. Thoughts from Satan are like: "I don't feel like praying, reading my scriptures, or going to the temple....I want to do (insert anything that keeps us from seeking and having the Spirit)….God doesn't love ME...Heavenly Father is not MY father...Why does Heavenly Father keep Heavenly Mother away from ME....I like (insert something that is contrary to the Gospel, The Family: A Proclamation to the World)….I am not or I am (anything related to the Gospel, the Savior, and the doctrine, like The Family: A Proclamation to the World)." These are just a few examples, as I am sure he has many different phrases at his disposal to use to keep us from seeking God. He confuses people into thinking these thoughts are their own because of the use of these personal pronouns; I and ME. I don't ever hear anyone at Church say these things. This is an important lesson for the youth to know. How else can you fight your enemy if you don't know how he operates? I have tried to teach my children such things, but it has been hard because of the culture of the Church to avoid such topics it is like I am coming out of left field and am being ridiculous, like a conspiracy theorist, well, how that word has become a pejorative in our American society. They refuse to see how him and his minions will put thoughts into people, and use all sorts of media to capture the hearts and minds of the youth. These things are a gateway to him either oppressing or outright possessing people. We know this from what we learn in the temple. I appreciate you going over the family connection. I have always felt that there are spirits who attached themselves to families over generations. I felt these verses (see: Numbers 14:18, Exodus 34:7, and Deuteronomy 5:9) were key to this idea of these spirits following around a family and attacking them in ways. Such as a family who has a high instance of drug addiction, depression, suicides, or sexual perversions to name a few examples of what you see the world stating as a hereditary issue when I have always felt it was a spiritual one. I feel like this is a spiritual attack from the adversary to attack a family because of someone in the family was not able to overcome and cast out this particular spirit who's "calling" it is to push a family towards any particular tendency/sin. I have heard somewhere how you can't cast out an evil spirit out of someone if they don't give you permission, but I think of the man in scripture who was cutting himself. HIs family asked the Lord to do it. Are there instances where this is OK? I am guessing his family was his parents. There has to be an OK for this type of thing if the parents, who have stewardship, can cast it out. I wish you had reference the verses during the slide at the 2:00 mark. This would have been helpful to me. I hope in the next video you will reference the verses on how you came to find the categories to these types of spirits.
Thanks for the feedback. I think some of our reluctance to talk about these things in the church has to do with the fact that some people turn these kinds of concepts into really unhealthy gospel hobbies and they end up inviting evil into their lives. With this presentation I tried to avoid any kind of a sensational approach, because I would like for us to be able to have discussions that are straightforward and reasonable, not fearful or sensational.
I did a presentation called Accusation: The Epistemology of Hell, and that presentation relates to what you said here. ruclips.net/video/TbwiQfyneP8/видео.html
I have been reading the book “The Words of Jospeh Smith” by Cook and Ehat. In it George A. Smith was quoted as saying, “There was no point upon which the Prophet Joseph dwelt more than the discerning of Spirits” (“Minutes of Meetings held in Provo City,” 28 November 1869, Church Archives).
I just stumbled across this video and WOW!! This is a topic that I have a lot of personal experience with. The Holy Ghost has taught me so much in order to help me heal from intrusive, accusatory thoughts that caused severe anxiety in me for a few years. I am healed because of God. I love hearing videos like this that validate what I have already been taught by the Spirit. I can’t thank you enough for sharing this knowledge with me and others.
Thank you. I appreciate that you keep this focused on true principles of the gospel. More content from scriptures/words of living prophets would be great to always tie back what is being taught to scriptural and prophetic sources of truth
This was an incredible post and these truths need to be more often taught! It's amazing to me how often things come in clusters as I am seeking to better understand light and truth. This one came on the heels of others that have been teaching me these concepts and how critical it is to fill our environment, our minds, our hearts, and our homes with truth and light. I was hoping that Alma 34:34 would have been mentioned; I don't remember the minute in the video where he talks about: that we will not automatically turn into a nice person or have our mortal vices automatically undone, but this verse teaches and validates that very principal which was mentioned. I look forward to more 😊
Thank you for that Alma 34:34 reference; I wish I had put it in the presentation and clarified it. Some people might be tempted to say "yeah, I'll have the same spirit, but I'll be different!" What I tried to convey in the presentation is no, moving to the other side doesn't remove our tendencies at all. Same spirit, and the same tendencies that we have cultivated in response to the law and light we have been given.
@@barbarastrate8388 I know exactly what you mean. I have had such clusters myself. Including a conversation about science and religion. The DC Temple exhibition, a Indian lady at church questioning past lives. It is amazing how the spirit teaches us.
Thank you! This was my thought exactly. I have never understood why people wouldn't quickly change once in the spirit world and now I better understand the connection. Well said!
My husband teaches early morning seminary. One day we were in a grocery store. A man approached him speaking gibberish. We left him and let a store worker know that there was an individual that didn't seem right. I told my husband he seemed to be under the influence of an evil spirit. I just got a strong feeling. Ten minutes later the man approached us again and he started to attack my husband. I believe he actually was possessed of an evil spirit. I believe that spirit discerned that my husband was teaching the youth about Jesus Christ and the gospel.
I have to pause the video for a while cause I'm trying to grasp this new added knowledge, and that although it sure is insightful however, my head kind of hurt. This is probably the reason why sometimes God withholds a lot mystery, knowledge from us cause I don't think we could take them or maybe other could but for me , I kind of like fear a bit .. About the choices in the past that trapped me into addiction and If I was influenced by these spirits and choose their voices over my own and standing up through my own core self.. What this video said I know it make sense but waoh its mind blowing that I cannot take it whole like I would puke ... Maybe it will take some time .. Thankyou so much for sharing this knowledge.. I don't think my mind is ready for this that's probably why I reacted this way... 18:38 ( I'll get back to this after I calm myself lol)
First time viewer here. Your presentation came up on my feed because I like listening to Latter-day Saints podcasts talking about the scriptures and Book of Mormon. This was a great and much needed topic for the last days. Thank you.
Ephesians 6:12…. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
This is good. Tie this into Christs teachings of beattitudes. Using the beattitudes, forgiving, and thinking optimistically is the spiritual armor we need when we are embodied.
@latterdaypresentations me too. Can't remember who gave the talk..but she said in it "anytime a bad thought comes to mind "Satan begone, Satan begone. " and it works
@@latterdaypresentations if people use profanity on here, either block or report them. I have already sent a report against Markkris. It's one thing for people to disagree, but they don't have to say what he said.
This was very helpful. Thank you. I am an older member and very happy. I have never gone for counseling because I really have no reason to. I have surrounded myself with the best books from the best lds authors and other religious leaders and I feel like I have in them the best minds and friends in the world. I also feast on the scriptures daily but there is something that happens to me every once in a while and I have never connected it with any one circumstance: In a split second I feel another entity, like I am two people. It really frightens me and is very uncomfortable. It is impossible to explain. It is like my spirit just split in two. It doesnt last more than a few seconds. Anyway I think your presentation has shed some light on this for me. Thank you so much.
I sometimes feel that way, too. I think the adversary works harder on some people bc he knows they are doing their best to follow Christ. You are doing everything right and so give no heed to that; just pray in that moment and ask for that spirit to depart. Works every time.
Not to sound crazy or add anything that takes away from the overall message here. When i was on my mission as a 21year old, i experienced a few otherworldly experiences. One was me being possessed by an evil spirit. One was encountering an evil spirit (not seen, just in the form of a man), and feeling the heavy presence of evil spirits. The possession happened last. And upon reflection i can see because i didnt "cleanse" myself prior, it allowed this tag along spirit to get me. I dont tell people this. Ive only told my family. Because it sounds crazy, feels crazy to admit too. We encountered a man on whos door we knocked, door was open, we could see right down his hallway. When he came in sight and saw it was missionaries. He almost ran at us foaming at his mouth, swearing off his head and we could see when he got close his eyes were just black. No colour, just black. We felt urgently to leave. We did. Next was in an investigators home. He had alot of skull ornaments and loved really strange things that made me feel off. And lastly was one night after companionship study, i was feeling off. I couldnt put my finger on why. I started thinking i was going crazy because. I thought i was hearing a voice in my head. And i looked at my companion and told him somethings wrong. He straight away went to give me a blessing and my leg started shaking uncontrollably. I couldnt stop it. And 3 times he had command the spirit to leave me. The first 2 times it resisted and the shaking got worse. And the voice he said he could actually here now in his mindd swearing at him calling him all sorts of names. On the 3rd go my comp got very loud and forceful with "in the name of jesus christ." But as soon as that happened my leg stopped and i felt like someone had removed a weight from my chest and the next door neighbours dog started barking off its nut..... Spirits are absolutely real. But i dont share my experiences ever because even members seem to think your crazy wnd like its not real.
These are definitely real phenomena, and the depictions we see from Hollywood don't do justice to the variety of manifestations we observe. Thanks for sharing.
Ive had a few of those experiences. In fact, im having to deal with some of that stuff here lately. Maybe this is why this video popped up on my suggestions.
When I walked onto the property of the Nauvoo Temple for the first time, I saw people dressed from another time floating around. As soon as I stepped on the property. I asked my husband if he sees this. He didn’t.
Very Interesting! This fits with Christ casting out evil spirits. For whatever reason we don’t see very many individuals with spirits that cause them to be thrown about, etc.
@@latterdaypresentations I unfortunately had this experience as a fairly new member of the church. I had to have a Priesthood blessing to have the evil spirit leave my body. It was terrifying. I was aware of it but I didn’g !know what to do. I knew when it entered my body and I felt it leave. It was chilling
I have been learning more about this topic randomly over the past year. I feel like God keeps putting things in my path that keep teaching the same thing: Satan is real, his followers are real, the spirit world is real, and its all right here around and inside us. I do wish our leaders talked about this more. It would help us know/realize what we're up against. But i guess that is what they're doing by saying, "go to the temple as often as circumstances allow..." "Repent daily...". "Spend sacred time with God every day..." They're giving us the tools, and i feel like as I've learned about the reality of the spiritual war we're in, i want to heed their advice and take it WAY more seriously. My question, if you do a follow up video: What can we do to detatch these "others" that are in our minds? How do we locate them and get them out without therapy? And how can I cast out an evil spirit without the priesthood as a woman? Do all ailments and sicknesses come from evil spirit influences? So many questions, those are just a few.
Those are great questions. My own view (based on my experience- don't consider this doctrinal) is that evil influences are removed from us when we take the sacrament with a heart that is sincerely repentant. I have had countless experiences where I have come to the sacrament full of negativity and confusion, and then after taking the sacrament I have felt through the rest of the sabbath that my soul fills with light and all of the evil is dispelled. I also strongly recommend learning how to fast. Fasting well is a really powerful discipline for dispelling evil from us. And no, not all ailments and sicknesses come from evil. Most are just a reality of living in our fallen world. I'm glad this presentation was helpful to you, and I hope you'll spend some time on some other presentations we have done.
As I began listening to this, my first thought was that it reminds me of the 'Inside Out' movies from Disney/Pixar 🙂 After listening to all of it, however, I see much more depth and insight here, and this really resonates with me. I want to explore more on this topic and listen to this again and share it with others. Thank you!
Inside out has some really strong parallels to the IFS model of the mind. I'm not sure IFS gets everything right, but I do think it points to something real about our minds. And the spirit phenomena are definitely real. Thank you for the feedback!
First of all I have a friend who is not a member who talks to me about her parts who she has learned to live with. Traumas are the result of this, her phscyologist told her. It is completely fascinating to me how she manages to live with all of these parts in her life and how they have become part of her. I’ve never been sure they are always a positive influence on her and a few of her parts are young children and teenagers. I understand it so much better after watching this. I will listen to this again. I need to understand it myself before I would be tempted to share it. I’m not sure how she would receive it but I would love for her to have a spiritual understanding. A few of her parts have told her, they like me. It’s strange that I always felt it was a good thing but I couldn’t explain why. This has explained so much to me and it resonates with me and how my friend tries to manage her life. My husband and I also know someone who quite likes the darker side, shall I say but suffers from very low mood and depression and very much isolates herself. Lives in a house that’s on it’s own. I think she would call herself a goth. She loves petrifying scary movies. She loves the dark side. How? I have always felt this is not good for her or anyone for that matter. I watched Carrie years ago before I became a member. I was thirteen and I felt petrified and it scared me half to death. I figured out that my spirit didn’t like it without knowing why at the time. I used to love programs that were wholesome and felt good without really understanding why. When I was in the MTC I had an incredible experience with people’s spirits. I had the privilege of feeling people’s spirits on a higher level. I noticed very quickly that each spirit was very different. Some I felt, nothing at all. When I was lying in bed at night I knew that there were spirits all around me. They kept me awake at night. It was overwhelming. I am able to discern spirits to this day and I can feel a room change immediately in certain situations. I can have someone smiling at me and I know they don’t like me at all. It can often be a blessing but sometimes it can be a curse. It’s up to me to win those spirits. They won’t change by themselves. I need to exercise my agency in these situations, usually with service opportunities. Thank you again for a wonderful presentation. I would recommend. The ‘Light of the perfect Day’ as a valuable talk to read!
There is very much we don't know. I am grateful for mature people who dig and discuss and even individually test ideas without then declaring them doctrine and without leading the unready astray.
Always appreciate the steady and reasoned approach you bring to discussions. I’ve been giving so much thought to the subject of spiritual influence as I’ve been trying to overcome my own weaknesses and grow closer to Jesus. Thank you for making this video. I look forward to your book.
22:30 and 34:36 are the times I spoke of on my comment a few minutes ago. I also love the part about that our choice to live the gospel well in mortality affects and helps our progenitors! Good stuff! Thanks!
This is a great find. Thank you for this presentation, I've always been interested in such topics (spirit, ghost, etc..) I know they are real because they are in the scriptures. But this explanation clarifies certain points with references from President Brigham Young. No wonder Jesus Christ keeps on telling us that we must pray always. Hoping for more of this kind of vids. This makes sense. Kudos.
I also believe that evil spirits can use past experiences that have caused slight traumas that a person had no idea were coming because of the wickedness of others and evil spirits can bring those back to our recollections in various ways. Without going into too many details about it , I have had to hear a lot things out of people and I have also witnessed a lot of bad things out of people over the years. That includes church members who have since been excommunicated and many non-members. In my area there were a lot of bad people in the schools, college, and in the job places. There were a lot of good people too, but many were just bad. Eventually, I wised up and kept to myself a lot, but I do believe I got some scars from some of the language I heard and some of the things I witnessed. But having said that, I haven't witnessed what some combat soldiers have witnessed. I have been around a few of them and I heard a few of the stories. In fact, some people say that I remind them of a military person even though I knew not to go military. Any way, the scriptures say that the , “the field is white already to harvest” (D&C 4:4). I believe it also says that the laborers are few. For some reason, I thought of this scripture on this topic.
I'm glad you talked about being in the good to keep the evil spirits away. We know in our church that Satan wants all glory. When we entertain the idea that he is influencing us, we are bringing glory to him, because he wants us to know of his evil and his powers. When we focus on it then we are giving glory. We believe the Article of Faith "anything Virtuous, Lovely or of good report or praiseworthy we seek after these things. We know in "The Book of Mormon" Moroni 7:13 Everthing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God. If that's true then all you have to do is be in the presence of good and darkness will prevail.
I get what you're saying here and it's also important to know our enemy's tactics. Just like a sports team or military group study their enemy, so must we. Of course, our Savior is our focus in this life and we know that the war has already been won and to Jesus Christ be all the glory.
What is the name of your upcoming book? Also it doesn’t say anywhere in this you tube post what your name and credentials are. I would like to read your book when it comes out.
Hi there. My name is Dan Ellsworth and I write for Public Square Magazine. I haven’t finalized the title of my book yet, but I will announce it on this channel when it comes out. If you subscribe to the channel with notifications, you’ll know as soon as I release it. Thanks!
This is a good article. There is nothing new for me but everything you talked about I have had to learn from experience. When I was a child, occasionally the older folk would talk about devil and I would get the heebie-jeebies and every time, I would have the same nightmare where I would be running from someone who I could not see and I would be running as fast as I could, but it did not seem I could run fast enough, but then, fortunately, I would wake up and I would be fine. Then when I went on my mission to Chile, we started teaching a couple. The wife was a spiritualist and she would go into trances and she would paint and write revelations. At that point in time, I did not realize that it was demon possession. Anyway, the couple went to church with us, and in our next meeting the wife told about her experience in the meeting. I did not understand the language very well, so I did not understand what she was saying, so on the way home, my companion told me what she said. She told him about her spirit guide who would appear as an eye and when she would go into a trance, the eye would inhabit her body. She said that when they went to church, that the eye was circling around the ceiling of the meeting house. I got the heebie-jeebies so bad, I was very afraid. I told my companion about it and asked him for a blessing. After he gave me the blessing, I was never afraid of the devil again. Over the years, I learned from experience how the devil uses our emotions against us, like fear to stop us from doing good things, and lust to get us to commit prohibited sexual acts and to steal, and anger and vengeance to get us to kill and destroy. I also learned by sad experience how the devil uses anger to possess us. When a person gets so angry that he loses control, the demons are there to take control. It's happened to me more than once in my life. Fortunately, as soon as a person takes back control the demons have to leave, but we have to bear the responsibility for the havoc they caused while they possess us, because we let them do it. I have since learned that whenever people lose control, for any of a variety of reasons, the demons can step in to take control. Substance addiction and most mental heath problems are symptoms of demon possession. Homosexuality and transgenderism are symptoms of demon possession caused by pedophilia. I wish I had known all this when I was in my first marriage. My wife at the time, became very angry and got possessed of the devil. I had not yet learned how to discern evil spirits and I had never had the experience of casting out demons, so I did not realize she was demon possessed until after she had kicked me out of the house and we were separated. I was over visiting her one day, and she got very angry with me and I turned around and left the house. As I was walking away, she yelled out, "Don't you walk away from me." I turned around and I saw the devil himself standing in her laughing at me and he said to me, "I have got her now, and you cannot have her," If I had know then what I know now, I would have cast the devil out and I might have been able to save my marriage. It was not until years later that I learned to discern demon possession and the Lord told me it was time for me to start exercising the priesthood to cast out the demons. I have been casting out demons ever since. There are rules governing spirits. One rule is that God does not force anybody into hell unless they have pacts with the devil and their sins are against God himself, like a religious leader who has a pact with the devil and his actions bring many people into bondage to the devil, like the false prophets who set up graven images. When a person sins, he is in captivity to the devil. When people die in their sins, the devil can drag those people down to hell, but he does not always exercise that option. Many of the dead, who have been in the devil's service in life, he allows to continue working for him among the wicked people who are in government and religious power. Because God cannot force anybody into hell, many people who have died in ignorance, continue to haunt the earth after they are dead, not knowing that if they listen to the angels, they can repent and go to a higher level of existence to wait for the resurrection. When Jesus organized the angels during the three days his body was dead, the job of the angels was to give a choice to the dead spirits to repent or go to hell. Because of that, many people do not let the angels talk to them and they keep haunting the earth. Demon spirits, those spirits who followed Lucifer from before the foundation of the world, have no restrains. Because they have no physical sins to repent of they cannot be bound down to hell. They can be cast out of a person, but they can just go and look for another body to possess. You might find this interesting. People who have drug and alcohol addictions will be possessed by demons while they are getting high, but when they go to sleep, they demons leave and never feel the torment of withdrawal or the hangover the next day. Anyway, since finding out all this information, it has become part of my ministry to cast out spirits wherever they belong. Every night, before going to sleep, by the authority of the priesthood, I tell dead spirits they cannot haunt anymore and to listen to the angels and repent or I will cast them down to hell. Then I wait a few minutes and cast the dead spirits who decide not to repent, down to hell. Then I cast the demon spirits that come into my jurisdiction into outer darkness, and let me tell you, I get rid of one batch and by the next evening there is a new batch to cast out and there is still a lot more spirits out there. I can see the change in the world. I started this before the pandemic, when it seemed like the demons were taking over the world, but since I started doing this, I have seen the tide change and the people are waking up and the demons and dead spirits do not have the same power they used to have. They are still there and it would be nice if other priesthood holders would do the same thing I do every night. The idea is to get the unrepentant and demon spirits off the earth so the missionaries can do their work with less opposition and so the earth will be prepared for the second coming. Jesus was born into a demon possessed world. He is not coming back until most of the demons are gone and the unrepentant are in hell.
Thanks for your thoughts. A big part of my interest in this topic stems from my mission experiences as well. My guess is that there are many, many returned missionaries who have come home with questions along these lines.
Ephesians 6:10-20 addresses this topic. Certainly we are wrestling with unseen influences. As you note in the video, it is interesting how many cultures have come to an understanding of this.
This might sound like an odd question, but since we as Latter Day Saints know that the soul of man is body+spirit combined, how do medications affect these spirits? Has study and experience around the world suggested that pharmaceuticals help these spirits detach from us or to dive deeper to latch on harder?
That's a great question. There are good reasons to believe that some medications can affect the body/spirit bond, and even affect our ability to feel God's spirit. I had a personal experience with that years ago. In the book I referenced in the video, they said that spirits find openings to the psyche in situations where people are dividing the mind/body connection through drug use.
@@latterdaypresentationsfor one example of this read "Return From Tomorrow" by George Ritchie where he sees these spirits enter the bodies of drunks who have passed out.
I have always found it interesting that they called alcohol "spirits" sometimes. I find often there is much truth in advertising even subtle words convey truths. Alcohol and drugs affect the person often in same ways. So, it makes you wonder if anything pushed by the world as a "'cure" is good. There are a lot of old quotes from Joseph Smith and Brigham Young about the use of doctors and their cures. How people should rely on the herbs the Lord gave us and then turn to the priesthood power for a blessing. I could say more, but I fear I may have said too much.
As far as scriptural knowledge about the spirit world is concerned, we do receive rest, for the righteous souls, even from evil spirits. We retain our personality, but it is not a place where Satan's followers have any further influence. However, if we have an unrighteous/unrepented desire , that DESIRE can remain until we are able to work that out- like swearing, for instance. But I cannot believe that Satan's emmisaries can still have influence over us after this life if we are in the Spirit World. There are veils between the two worlds, and they cannot pass. Spirit Prison? Well, that's a new subject allrogether. I firmly believe that they can in that place, as that is their jurisdiction.
In the book "You Are Receiving Revelation", the author makes a well reasoned and scripturally supported argument that our spirit receives messages from the adversary (or his followers) in the same way and mode that we receive messages from the Holy Ghost. Same energy, same modality, just different messages. Ever wonder why we almost instantly begin to doubt a prompting? Spirits can hear spiritual messages, and quickly begin to counter the promptings of the HG. IFS is very interesting, but loses me in practice when the therapist begins to speak to the various parts as if there are multiple separate personalities within the individual, rather than recognizing different facets of a single psyche.
I love this topic and have studied this for many years. Something the saints should be highly educated on. Unfortunately this subject has not been touched upon from the GC conference for many many years
The challenge is, for some people it can become an obsessive gospel hobby that leads them some awful places. My guess is that church leaders are cautious for that reason.
General COnference is just that-general and is supposed to be that way. We are to ask, seek, and knock for ourselves, not be spoon fed. It is one of the most beautiful things I have learned-that I must deep dive at the banquet, and not expect others to feed me. As I search, ponder and ask, personal revelation reveals the truths deeply hidden within the scriptures and talks. Truly, nothing is hidden. Studying then becomes electrifying, exciting, and revelatory. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is beautiful and all encompassing!
The link between the mind/spirit and body health is a well documented one. Trauma in childhood for example is tied to huge increase in rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and autoimmune disorders, just as one example. Distress caused by a negative spirit could easily create disease in the body.
In the Journal of Discourses Brigham Young states that evil spirits cause all illness/disease. I didn't believe it for a long time and felt bad because I didn't believe a Prophet. But experience has changed my mind. The evil spirit disrupts the normal action of a body part. When a person receives a blessing for healing, and the person is healed, the evil spirit leaves taking the disruption with it. I've received instant healing from blessings in the past and all returns to normal instantly. Miracles.
One possibility floated by Richard Swartz, the instigator of IFS (who is, in the interest of full disclosure, neither a member of the Church of Jesus Christ nor even a believer in any sort of religion, so far as I know). He says that parts can "push on" existing physical weaknesses & vulnerabilities. They may not necessarily *create* the original illness (though I personally believe this could happen, Schwartz doesn't go that far), they can exacerbate it and make it worse. An example he gave is if he is nervous or stressed or afraid, his asthma sometimes will act up even if he isn't around a lot of dust. But also, even after having done parts work on himself, he will still get asthma in a dusty room. So he still has some asthma, but much less if he is managing his parts well. More dramatically, in cases of multiple personality disorder, medically documented cases have shown individuals when one personality is manifested will have diabetes or nystigmatitus (lazy eye), whereas other personalities will not exhibit these very same symptoms.
This could be a timely video for me. I have been experiencing some intense spiritual attacks here lately. A lot of the members in my area don't really understand these things.
When you are a part of the world, the world will love you if you're no part of the world. The world will hate you. So you never lowered your guard down by being part of the world because if you lower your vibration to a more negative vibration of being bubblers of pleasures and lovers of the flesh and all these things and not turn away from these things then you are destined for. Possession
Almost all of the quotes are from Bob Falconer's book The Others Within Us, and from Discourses of Brigham Young. I also have the quote from Jennifer Rockwood and another from Aaron Franklin toward the end. I'm glad you found the presentation helpful.
Definitely not. But I recommend this from Elder Pearson: "Perceptions of the Church will continue to be driven, at least in part, by personal experiences and perspectives shared and discussed through social media. This is how information is discovered and evaluated in our time. To counteract and overcome misunderstanding, the Church, its members, and other independent, faithful voices must be proactively and effectively engaged on all media platforms. This is part of our sacred and imperative duty to the rising generation and to the pure in heart." ruclips.net/video/XWBqMRtPBAk/видео.htmlsi=baVtHE5-Un8Jls_y
The last talk I am aware of I President Faust in 2007, "The Forces That Will Save Us," January 2007 First Presidency Message. It draws substantially upon his October 1987 talk, "The Great Imitator." I highly recommend reading & studying both of them. Elder Bednar is fairly circumspect but provides very helpful principles and tools in his devotional "Quick to Observe," printed in the December 2006 Ensign.
I'd like to learn more details about how our own righteousness affects our ancestors. Giving them joy is obvious, but how does our righteousness benefit them?
Our ancestors observe us, and when they have moments of proximity to us, they learn from us. The way that we live and our Christ-orientation and the resulting light that we possess have the effect of teaching our ancestors and leading to the healing of their souls.
@@latterdaypresentations Wow! Thank you!! I definitely hope you're including that in your book, and in the followup video. May I ask also how you know that?
@@jimwinebrenner620 We have a lot of witness testimony to that effect. Elder Gong has shared several stories in general conference in recent years, and I have a friend who is writing a book with a very direct account of this. IFS practitioners also see a lot of instances where ancestors are maintaining some involvement in a person's psyche, and as the person learns to be spiritually well, the ancestor spirit becomes willing to move toward the light.
Do you have any thoughts or content related to the difference between being physically afflicted versus spiritually afflicted after we die? It’s said that we will be afflicted by spirits who afflict us now but does that include physical ailments as well? All of us deal with physical affliction to some degree or another no matter how righteous we are. Brigham Young was also quoted as saying that All physical ailments are rooted in the power of the adversary. In other words, what kind of spirits will maintain control over a person even after they have passed away?
The adversary is a being of chaos, and fallenness is mainly just chaos. Illnesses are generally a product of that fallenness that characterizes our world, which Satan promotes as the ideal. It's not possible for spirits to replicate physical ailments in a spirit-only form, but they can replicate the psychological and emotional dynamics among spirit beings.
The word for Han in English: Inner strife. Maybe not the best fit and it's two words, but it's the description I've always used for it, or the one I relate to.
I struggle with the pride our leaders and we as members exhibit in relation to the rest of the world, there are multitudes of devoted followers of Christ who exist outside the membership of this church, is Brigham Young in essence saying these people have less protection !! Particularly as your discuss, Mark 9
People have protection from these influences to the degree they have God's light with them, and there are many people outside of the church who have a tremendous amount of God's light. If you are feeling negative about God's servants, I suggest this other video I did. ruclips.net/video/jfEq4IyuC4I/видео.html
@@latterdaypresentations Thanks, you make my point, because that is not what Brigham Young said. I agree with your sentiments and find your delivery calming and enlighening, however, the closer I come to Christ the more I feel that heirarchies are, 'Horizontal not Vertical', the leaders of the church play very little part in my life, rarely have I ever heard something that I didn't already know let alone actual revelation, I am responsible for my own learning and conversion, it saddens me when I see members fawning over men when Christ is our 'Everything'. I very much feel like Joseph when he said he could learn more taking his Bible in to the woods and learn more..... I find answers in the scriptures or through the intimations of the spirit. I noticed you use a lot of Brigham Youngs words, yet virtually all of his teachings have been disavowed by the church and other Presidents of the church have stated that he taught false doctrine, he taught polygamy and Joseph taught against it, so they were at odds, particularly after Brigham's revision of Joseph's and church history. My heart yearns for truth, and ultimately that is where I believe God will look, at our hearts. I am not suggesting that I am better or know more, but I have felt significanlty more fulfilled as I have not judged my relationship with Christ based upon my church involvement, or callings. I believe Christ wants me to be authentic, and honest. Thank you for taking the time to engage, I very much enjoy your spirit. I went and watched & listened on the link you suggested.
Also, as Dan pointed out in his presentation, you only need a testimony of Jesus in order to cast out demons. Personally, I believe the Priesthood of God is a very helpful thing which I try to revere and honor, but my understanding is this is not at all required.
This was truly helpful. One question I have is do these evil spirits, those who were never born, have the capability of physically harming someone? For example, can they scratch you or shove you across a room?
That I don't know. There are some stories of demonic possession that seem to suggest that, but in the two cases I witnessed on my mission, there was nothing like that. There are some indications that some spirits have learned some kinds of laws of motion that allow them to influence the physical world, but it's hard to know anything more specific than that. Glad this video is a resource for you.
From my experiences and from the testimony of others, evil spirits have the power to move objects and use force on people. I don't know about scratching but evil spirits can throw objects and with much force. Deceased righteous spirits can also move objects, but because of their righteousness, they don't harm anyone.
Do these spirits cause physical illness or just emotional ones. Are all mental/emotional issues caused by them or just some. How to discern if its a spirit or medical issue. How to get rid of it. Would there be residual effects after getting rid of it and how to deal with them
These are fantastic questions. They are only partially addressed in this presentation, but much more can be said. Luke 13:16 has some of the answer; spirits definitely can cause physical afflictions. I also recall someone I baptized on my mission, who felt relieved of a chronic pain. That might have been due to the departure of a spiritual influence, or maybe just the weight of sin being lifted.
Being unfamiliar with this line of thinking, I have to admit a certain amount of skepticism. Perhaps it's part of the Greek influence of our society working on me. But there is something here that resonates, and so I am keeping an open mind, at least to ponder and pray about what I've heard here.
That's a really good question. I can't personally identify the difference, but I do know of people whose multiple personalities (dissociative identity disorder, or DID) has been healed through priesthood blessings. But DID is not the same as schizophrenia. DID involves multiple parts/personalities that come to dominate the psyche, whereas schizophrenia is a "split" from basic reality. There are IFS practitioners who go so far as to say that multiple personalities is the norm, that DID is just a manifestation of parts. I suggest that is going too far, and that there should be a distinction made between ordinary parts that don't completely hijack a person's psyche, versus the DID situation where they do. I'm going to study up on this some more, and maybe do a follow-up presentation on it if I can find more clarity.
@@latterdaypresentations thank you. As mortals specially aging our bodies are ridden with mental and physical diseases. some mental illness doesn’t manifests until the early 20s like schizophrenia. I also know the promised of endowment has a protection against the power of the destroyer
@@latterdaypresentations I would love a presentation on schizophrenia, my wife got it last year, she says her mind split after giving birth which led her to those hallucinations. From my point of view in observing her spiritual belief system of the past 10 years in the new age occult, its not hallucinations but possession from the adversary. God blessed me with a gift of spiritual discernment to know this is true.
@@manro0211 I suggest you are probably right. Many instances of spirit-attachment come from experiences of dissociation through bodily trauma. I recommend watching this video. I'm not a fan of much of the content on that channel, but this video I recommend. ruclips.net/video/qHePxu7o2QA/видео.htmlsi=QkWDGwrhDZ46x6c5
I wonder if we can, when we're free of our mortal bodies, visit the moon? We won't be encumbered by gravity or distance. On Earth we love our fast and beautiful cars and motorcycles. We keep them washed, polished and in good working condition, and we show them off every chance we get. We also choose friends and associates who encourage us in these hobbies. Then we die. And suddenly we discover our earthly love interest in these vehicles were simply toys, and are no longer relevant. In fact, if we become so attached to our earthly possessions-our cars, guns, wealth, tablets, movies, communications-all those things can act as tethers that will distract us in the world to come. In mortality, we were wealthy. We had these “things” that made us so. Now in the Spirit World, what do we have? Where's our stuff? Where are our clothes? Where do we stay? Are we as wealthy there as we were here? No wonder we fear death. We fear change. Get a new job? Change. Go through a divorce? Change. Now death? The ultimate change! Then we discover we'll be judged. Wow. Three o'clock at the Hall of Justice for an intensive life review, where everything you experienced on Earth will be examined in the tiniest detail. And all those memories you went to therapy to forget now will be displayed in ultra-high 3D definition. That alone makes death a terrifying proposition!
Some time ago we did a presentation on judgment, and we think of it somewhat differently than you have expressed here. ruclips.net/video/2VKHr0TviuM/видео.html
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Sorry, this was definitely a challenge for this presentation. Some of the quotes had lots of words. Maybe I'll put the text of the quotes on a separate page.
I wonder if those who believe Brigham young had a near death experience considered whether or not it was just his speaking style to say things in a very didfinitive and strong way about almost all topics. You could pretty easily aggregate his speeches now days and do a statisticsl analysis to determine this with the advamcements of LLMs, I would think. A lot of the statements made by historians on any subject should probably undergo some major analysis this way 🤔
What if you have a mental illness or a disability? I have autism and suseptible to all kinds of "spirits" due to a fractured mind. I can strive for and adhere to gospel principles, but sometimes my mind is easily corrupted because of negative energies that I don't fully understand or comprehend. (In other words, I don't fully understand my own feelings, I often misinterpret body and verbal language, and I'm easily distracted and overwhelmed.) My hope is that I would be free of this disease in the next life. Even with therapy, these impulses remain because it is how my brain is wired. Any insights you could give would be helpful.
I can't give you any kind of medical advice, but I can give you general advice from my experience, that really learning how to fast (to where it becomes something that you enjoy and look forward to) is amazing for quieting negative impulses and spirit influences. IFS might be a good framework to explore, because it avoids pathologizing things that don't need to be pathologized.
@latterdaypresentations Thank you. I appreciate it. Fasting is difficult because of medical issues, but what I am finding helpful is avoiding social media and listening to music. I will continue to explore your content. This video was really insightful and I will use its principles going forward.
I agree with your conclusions independent of IFS, which I had never before heard of until I watched your podcast. Tell me, why is this not a mingling of the philosophies of men (IFS) with scripture? And how is this not self-seeking, which Christ prohibited? I'm not being snarky. My question is sincere.
Joseph Smith: “One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.” I don't know what self-seeking is.
Self-seeking is the tool of psychotherapy. It is trying to find happiness and fulfillment by turning our attention inward to ourselves, analyzing ourselves, pleasing ourselves. I don't think your presentation does that directly, but what little I've read of IFS certainly does this. IFS therapists persuade their subjects to speak to these parts of ourselves. Given that these parts may actually be the "...devils, or the evil spirits that dwell in the hearts of the children of men," (Mosiah 3:6) it would be better to have Jesus cast them out than to speak to them and integrate them into our selves. Luke 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth. 1 Corinthians 10:24 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. Philippians 2:21 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Matthew 16:24-25 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. 26 And now for a man to take up his cross, is to deny himself all ungodliness, and every worldly lust, and keep my commandments. 27 Break not my commandments for to save your lives; for whosoever will save his life in this world, shall lose it in the world to come. 28 And whosoever will lose his life in this world, for my sake, shall find it in the world to come. 29 Therefore, forsake the world, and save your souls; for what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? JST, Matthew 16:25-29
@@latterdaypresentations "To this end, I extend to members of the entire Church...to take charge of your own testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Work for it. Nurture it so that it will grow. Feed it truth. Don’t pollute it with false philosophies of unbelieving men and women." Russell M. Nelson, October 2022 General Conference.
The developer of IFS, Richard Schwartz, is a believer. He’s a good man who has good intentions towards healing. As a therapist I utilize IFS with my clients and find it to be very helpful, especially as a way to access Christian ideals without talking about Christ (something I sadly don’t have the luxury of doing with non-believers).
The FALSE, UNCLEAN and LOST spirits (the once mortal spirits), are they working for Satan / with the demons? Also for spirits that have no physicality, how is it they can move objects? 🤔
The false/unclean/lost are generally just continuing behaviors they developed in mortality, and trying to validate those behaviors by implementing them in other people's lives instead of repenting. It is not fundamentally different from how mortals behave. As far as moving objects around, it seems that some spirits have come to understand some laws associated with manipulation of physical matter to some limited degree.
It definitely can be. I addressed this topic because it's one that I see people have a hunger to understand better, and I wanted to provide a faithful perspective on it.
At the 3 minute mark it’s mentioned that we know Young’s experience with the spirit world is true because he can describe it with great detail. I couldn’t agree more. It’s how I know Muhammad is the one true profit due to the way the Quran is so descriptively written.
@@ilenekuhns3463 I don't see the connection between critical thinking skills and denigrating a belief. I'll watch the presenter's link to see if that's where you thought he denigrated someone's belief.
I’ve read the Quran once and the book of Mormon many times. I’m convinced the Quran is totally true. But it seems like there’s a lot more information in the book of Mormon compared to the Quran.
@@latterdaypresentations Totally agree, some good info in the Quran. I just think the BoM has considerably more doctrinal information. My 2 favorite statements in the Quran are to put oral agreements in writing (so wise), and I do love the description of the righteous and honest receiving "gardens with rivers flowing beneath," as described repeatedly in the Quran.
I like some of the points you are making here, but i don't believe we have to have a deep intellectual study (14:00) to believe in or understand the spirit world. In fact mingling the gospel with the philosophy of men will more than likely lead us away from it. Stalwart and practiced faith are the prime requisite, not intellectualism.
@tvsnow. No. He was talking about the entire "subject". See my timestamp. Nowhere in the scriptures do prophets require you to have a deep intellectual study to learn of these things.
@@fightingfortruth9806all that is really required is obedience. the rest comes naturally as we keep obeying and working towards becoming like Christ. I know more now than I ever did as a teenager. Obedience brings greater light and truth as we seek-search, ponder and pray. I will say that the greater the intelligence, the more capable a person might be and perhaps even more useful to the lord, but it is not necessary for our salvation. receiving and keeping our covenants-obedience-is necessary.
@@sandrahurst4123 I agree 100% about our salvation. Latter Day Presentations however is doing a righteous service for those of us who are having a real fight with evil spirits who are determined to remove us from our dedicated service to Jesus Christ. We're in the last of the last days and the war is real and it's been escalated. If you or anyone isn't yet afflicted by this evil, you are most blessed. But anyone who is having the problem, the information given in this Latter Day Presentation is MOST helpful and it hit my nail right on the head. It's been an answer to fasting and prayer. Now I just need to know how to apply it safely and effectively. But that answer will come with more fasting and prayer. I ask "fighting" and any others in doubt, "Have you prayed about it?"
Brigham definitely was mistaken on a number of things, but he was 100% correct on other things. I did a presentation on fallibility here: ruclips.net/video/DWulheYclbg/видео.html
I am a member of West African descent. I’ve been wondering for several years why our church doesn’t teach on this topic in depth, even though it is detailed in scripture and in the words of early prophets. Christians in other parts of the world often talk about how western Christians are spiritually asleep with regard to how spiritual influences are the root cause of many ailments, and behaviors. This topic definitely needs more attention, especially among bearers of the Priesthood after the order of the Son of God. Thank you for this❤
thank you for pointing this out! I was born into the church and remember as a child my mom specifically talking about what to do if we were to be approached by a spirit. We were told to test the spirit and that a spirit sent from God, (an angel) would never ask us to shake its hand. We were also told (and I am a firm believer of this and have used this countless times throughout life)to always call upon the name of Jesus Christ to cast it out. This has protected me many times!!
I wholeheartedly agree that the church needs to talk about this subject now more than ever because we are in the throes of spiritual warfare because we are at the final hour before the Lord comes! Satan is no longer hiding what he is or plans to do to mankind! And in order to defeat the enemy, we need to first be able to identify the enemy!!
Everyone at some point or another has been influenced or afflicted by evil spirits regardless of their righteousness. The New Testament is filled with stories of Christ dealing with them. Why else would we have a need for Jesus Christ if it wasn't for that exact purpose? To conquer the enemy!
Thank you for your insights. In Western societies, we have definitely fallen asleep in understanding the spiritual realm. A lot of that has to do with our scientific culture which benefits us a lot, but also closes our eyes to some very significant realities. And when we close our eyes to the realities of the spiritual realm, we become vulnerable to all kinds of deception and affliction.
Because we are a missionary church , only the basics such as faith, repentance, etc are taught to the general membership. Then, we are told to study on our own following prophets words and the many books, articles on advanced subjects. It's Like going from first grade to the second, we build on what we are taught/ learn.
@@latterdaypresentationsI’ve seen many RUclips testimonials from people who fell into new age deception and finally found Christ. Yoga, meditation (eastern meditation), law of attraction, etc. come under the guise of healing, positivity, exercise, etc. . The reality is that these are actually ancient occult practices. They open doors to the spiritual realm, leaving a person vulnerable to oppression. It’s basically witchcraft/sorcery repackaged in an innocent facade.
I couldn't agree more. I've been wondering about this for 2 decades. Thank you for bringing this to the LDS podcast platform!
This has to be the most insightful thing I've ever heard in this area. For YEARS I've often said to others that we need to be questioning how many of our thoughts are our thoughts and how many are given to us by another spirit and it also coincides with my personal opinion that much of if not all mental health issues are spiritual in nature. Thank you so much for everything you do and I'm glad I've just discovered this channel. This is the first video I've seen from it.
Glad this resonated with you, my friend. I hope you like the other videos too.
@latterdaypresentations no doubt I'll love them. I plan on studying this video and its contents. This honestly has been a subject I have desired to know more about for a long time and I had a lot of speculation in my own life but it's good to hear that others have sources I wasn't sure existed that have confirmed those speculations and theories.
Wow, this resonnated with me. (Mental Health TW) At the beginning of this year, I began to disbelieve in both the church and Jesus Christ. It was an incredibly difficult time for me and I spent a lot of time grieving.
A couple of things to note - I had a bout of depression the winter before that and had been in therapy for about 6-8 months when this happened.
During this period of grieving my lost faith, I began to have a voice in my head that said life wasn't worth it and maybe if I died, I would know for sure whether there was an afterlife or not. I tried to push these thoughts away and I knew logically that they were objectively untrue. Still, they did not stop until I cried out to God in the name of Jesus to heal me. It was an "I don't know if you're there" prayer, but God took that voice away and I slowly began to believe again.
Interestingly, in my first bout of depression a year before, I had no wish or thoughts of ending my life, even though it was much harder for me to get up in the morning and think positively about anything. There is something very real to the name of Jesus Christ and His healing.
Wow, that's an amazing example of this and thank heavens you had the courage to reach in your heart and mind for the Christ. He is so powerful and so good. Thank you for sharing this!
Keep holding onto the blessings you have received. Counting our blessings isn’t a trite saying, it is a way to mend our mental health as we recognize that even though we feel horrible now, there was a time we felt His love. We are all Worthy of feeling that love and it will come again, just as HE is coming again.
Thank you so much for this presentation. I have been working to rid myself of the voices in my head.
You’re not alone.
I've had the algorithm recommend this to me at various times during the day today. Every time I saw the thumbnail, I felt drawn to the video like I "needed" to watch it. I put that feeling off for the past 10 hours, thinking it was silly to feel like I "needed" to watch anything on RUclips. I gave in and AM SO GLAD I did, and I wish I had heeded the inspiration earlier. This gave me so much light and understanding that I have needed over the last while. Thank you for making it.
Glad you found this helpful, my friend.
I've had that happen so many times, I believe the spirit can work through the algorithm 😂❤
I truly believe this is why we need the “protection” we are covered by through our temple experience. 24-7.
I 100% agree.
Wow! This is SO FASCINATING! Thank you for making this video! This confirms so many of my own personal beliefs that I have been forming for the past few months about how the spirit world works as well as how spirits can influence us and even influence our own personal health (both mental and physical).
I have had my own experiences lately with what I can only describe as a demon that was influencing me without my knowledge. I had been going though some financial struggles and I struggled feeling bitter and angry about it. I've also struggled with an addiction to p0rn my whole life and one day during my financial troubles I had an addiction relapse. Immediately afterwards, I began thinking about my problems and feeling so much more hopeless, and incredibly bitter and angry toward God. I was having a faith crisis and on the verge of giving up on my faith. However, it was time for my wife and I to read scriptures and pray as we had scheduled, but I didn't want read or to pray. I was feeling like it was worthless to pray because God was not answering my prayers as I wanted. My wife convinced me that we should just do it and get it over with as we scheduled. I agreed reluctantly and we read scriptures.
As we read I felt the Holy Spirit come strongly into my heart and my anger, bitterness, pain, and hurt just evaporated. I felt the most amazing sense of peace and motivation that I hadn't felt in a long time. All of a sudden I wanted to go to the temple, pray, read scriptures and do the things I knew I should. I did a complete 180 from total anger and despare to peace and happiness. I realized that my addiction relapse opened the door to me being influenced heavily by Satan. I am certain that one of his demons was wispering in my ear tempting me and made me feel those bitter, angry, and hopeless feelings.
I have struggled with depression and anxiety my entire life. After that experience I began feasting on the scriptures and General Conf talks like never before. I NEEDED to have more of that peace in my life. Since making it a habit of feasting on the scriptures instead of going through the motions, I have felt almost completely cured of my depression and anxiety. I have seen major improvements in my health and I've seen the power of God working through me, giving me answers to prayers that I haven't prayed about in a long time.
I now know that evil spirits and good spirits are very real influences in our lives, even after we are baptized. I think about these things a lot more often now. I've been listening to paranormal podcasts and I've learned a lot about how the spirit world is all around us and how it works based on people's experiences. This video confirmed a lot of those things that I've learned both through the stories I've heard and the teachings of the Holy Ghost to my soul.
Thanks for the feedback, my friend!
I think it a very important thing to realize is that it wasn't you feeling depressed and addicted to porn it was the spirits making you feel that way by the thoughts that they continuously put in to your mind.
Not all thoughts are our own! Any negative thought about yourself or someone else is put there by an evil spirit! Any good thought about yourself or someone else is put there by a good spirit. We have to conquer them (the evil spirits) through Christ by calling them liars and doing the good despite the bad thoughts that these miserable spirits make us think are our own! Spiritual war is real 24-7, we suffer because if a lack of knowledge! These things are so goid to know as you can then realize the enemy is invisible but is very real and there! This knowledge has helped me see people who are suffering with physical and mental problems in an entirely new light!, they are bombarded by evil spirits! Schizophrenics are a perfect example if this, they are not hallucinations, they are hearing very real people!
Some of these spirits when they were on earth died in their sins and addictions and flock to who they can get their fix through! Alcoholics are plagued by earthbound spirit alcoholics. Addiction is caused by the relentless thought stream from these spirits. Next time you feel this desire to look at porn (because of them)because you definitely will, realize they are right there over your shoulder. Turn around and face them and say with a loud voice "in the name of Christ, I command you leave my home!". I promise if you do this with authority they will leave!
Thank you for sharing your experiences! This information has to be learned if we are to rise to the challenge and through Christ, all things are possible! God bless!
@@ryanthemetalman7161 Yes! That is what I am beginning to learn! Thanks for your support!
@justinbosley692 should really check out "conquering spiritual evil" by Douglas Mendenhall.
Came across that a few years ago, great read, lots if nuggets in it, he's also LDS.
Another treasure trove is the youtube channel "engineering mental sanity" with Jerry Marzinsky. I've learned a ton through his information also.
@@ryanthemetalman7161 Wonderful!!!
I have had extensive NDE's. This is the best presentation on this subject I've seen. Everything he said is true about the spirit world.
If your experiences are authentic, I hope you will treasure them and keep them sacred, instead of following the paths of people who have produced books and other materials that have led people astray from the gospel.
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@latterdaypresentations I do podcasts from time to time about my experiences on both sides of the veil as I am prompted by Heavenly Father. My patriarchal blessing speaks about me testifying of the special experiences I've been given to strengthen others' testimonies. I am careful I don't like to come under condemnation by Father. One must not teach to far past what an individual has a foundation for, less that person will stop desiring to learn. On the other side, if Father asks you to testify and you do not testify, you will come under condemnation. We must all learn to hear the spirit to survive in these days.
Thanks for doing such a good job.
I would love to hear your NDEs if you would share them. They could help so many people hearing them. But that is between you and Heavenly Father.
@latterdaypresentations I work hard to amplify the reason I chose to return to this earth. In the final scene of that NDE I knelt and begged to return to my body so that I might bring faith, hope and courage to all that I meet. The only book I have written was about reconnecting with my wife and my ups and downs of reconnecting with heaven to find the peace I knew on the other side of the veil. It's hard to live in a fallen world when you have a sure knowledge of the love and concern felt on the other side of the veil.
You've almost died so many times you've had "extensive NDE's"?
I was a missionary in Quito, Ecuador in the late 90s. One of my mission companions was possessed for three days. It was a terrifying experience. The only silver lining is that I have a very strong testimony that there IS a world around us that we don't see.
Wow, interesting. I wonder what opened him up to possession. Usually it's some kind of experience involving a disconnection between mind and body.
Thoughts and feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can always choose which one to surf and which ones to ignore.
Good video and inspiring.
Thank you !
Well said!
That was amazing. It's so interesting to think about blending as an alternative explanation of living multiple lives. It makes so much sense. Thank you so much
Yes, I think it’s a much better explanation than assuming multiple lives.
One of the most important videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips. It’s chilling and sobering, and also necessary, to consider. Thank you for all your work on such an important topic.
I'm grateful you took time to go this presentation. Great information for those who are seeking to become one within themselves. Mind, body and spirit!
Elder Christofferson did this in his April 2023 talk, One in Christ
Becoming one in Christ happens one by one-we each begin with ourselves. We are dual beings of flesh and spirit and are sometimes at war within ourselves. As Paul expressed:
“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man; “But I see another law in [the] members [of my body], warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”
Jesus was also a being of flesh and spirit. He was tested; He understands; He can help us achieve unity within."
Glad you found it helpful!
@latterdaypresentations I was reading the history of George Albert Smith recently and he said this to a struggling missionary:
"If you discouragement at any time... go to a quiet place and kneel down and pray to the Lord to rebuke the evil spirit for you may always know that discouragement and despondency are the result of an evil influence. Some of the best men in the world have been attacked by it and only by persistent prayer and faith have they been able to rebuke it. A man cannot be unhappy while the Spirit of the Lord is burning in his bosom."
He experienced a whole bunch of health issues and depression and anxiety, even while serving as an Apostle. But he learned to trust the Lord and the Spirit to help him manage his ever anxious mind, thus helping his body handle his issues better.
You don't have to speculate too far that the adversary knows about the mind- body- spirit connection!
@@establishingzion688 I’ve managed to overcome the chronic effects of stress with the help of this supplement.
As one who may have had an experience in childhood with an ACE and now must live with the perpetrator, how to heal and move forward is a critical topic. Within my "family" appears to be a part of me that is my defender and wishes to lash out. Another part has encouraged self-destructive numbing behaviors. The process has only just begun, and your presentation is invaluable to work with my mental health counselor.
Thank you for sharing, and I hope this can bring some clarity to your hard journey.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video! As a convert, my old religion used to talk about this type of thing all the time. I was very frustrated that in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we did not learn about such things, or people seemed to read any verse about the adversary and rush through it. It was as if talk of such things was seen as taboo or not allowed. It was very puzzling to me because I know the adversary does in fact put thoughts in our minds. He uses personal pronouns to make us believe those thoughts are our own thoughts too! I have a lot to say about such things and like you I believe with President Nelson stating the Lord's coming is soon that we will see a greater need to know these things. The adversary of our souls knows his time is up, and I am sure he did not like the Lord's prophet speaking this way last conference while declaring such things with his authoritative priesthood keys. I digress.
Thoughts from Satan are like: "I don't feel like praying, reading my scriptures, or going to the temple....I want to do (insert anything that keeps us from seeking and having the Spirit)….God doesn't love ME...Heavenly Father is not MY father...Why does Heavenly Father keep Heavenly Mother away from ME....I like (insert something that is contrary to the Gospel, The Family: A Proclamation to the World)….I am not or I am (anything related to the Gospel, the Savior, and the doctrine, like The Family: A Proclamation to the World)." These are just a few examples, as I am sure he has many different phrases at his disposal to use to keep us from seeking God.
He confuses people into thinking these thoughts are their own because of the use of these personal pronouns; I and ME. I don't ever hear anyone at Church say these things. This is an important lesson for the youth to know. How else can you fight your enemy if you don't know how he operates?
I have tried to teach my children such things, but it has been hard because of the culture of the Church to avoid such topics it is like I am coming out of left field and am being ridiculous, like a conspiracy theorist, well, how that word has become a pejorative in our American society. They refuse to see how him and his minions will put thoughts into people, and use all sorts of media to capture the hearts and minds of the youth. These things are a gateway to him either oppressing or outright possessing people. We know this from what we learn in the temple.
I appreciate you going over the family connection. I have always felt that there are spirits who attached themselves to families over generations. I felt these verses (see: Numbers 14:18, Exodus 34:7, and Deuteronomy 5:9) were key to this idea of these spirits following around a family and attacking them in ways. Such as a family who has a high instance of drug addiction, depression, suicides, or sexual perversions to name a few examples of what you see the world stating as a hereditary issue when I have always felt it was a spiritual one. I feel like this is a spiritual attack from the adversary to attack a family because of someone in the family was not able to overcome and cast out this particular spirit who's "calling" it is to push a family towards any particular tendency/sin.
I have heard somewhere how you can't cast out an evil spirit out of someone if they don't give you permission, but I think of the man in scripture who was cutting himself. HIs family asked the Lord to do it. Are there instances where this is OK? I am guessing his family was his parents. There has to be an OK for this type of thing if the parents, who have stewardship, can cast it out.
I wish you had reference the verses during the slide at the 2:00 mark. This would have been helpful to me. I hope in the next video you will reference the verses on how you came to find the categories to these types of spirits.
Thanks for the feedback. I think some of our reluctance to talk about these things in the church has to do with the fact that some people turn these kinds of concepts into really unhealthy gospel hobbies and they end up inviting evil into their lives. With this presentation I tried to avoid any kind of a sensational approach, because I would like for us to be able to have discussions that are straightforward and reasonable, not fearful or sensational.
That's why we are told not to criticize the Lord's anointed....we can fall into their trap...
I did a presentation called Accusation: The Epistemology of Hell, and that presentation relates to what you said here.
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I have been reading the book “The Words of Jospeh Smith” by Cook and Ehat. In it George A. Smith was quoted as saying, “There was no point upon which the Prophet Joseph dwelt more than the discerning of Spirits” (“Minutes of Meetings held in Provo City,” 28 November 1869, Church Archives).
Thank you for this! That quote is a keeper.
I just stumbled across this video and WOW!! This is a topic that I have a lot of personal experience with. The Holy Ghost has taught me so much in order to help me heal from intrusive, accusatory thoughts that caused severe anxiety in me for a few years. I am healed because of God. I love hearing videos like this that validate what I have already been taught by the Spirit. I can’t thank you enough for sharing this knowledge with me and others.
Wonderful, I’m glad this was helpful to you.
Thank you. I appreciate that you keep this focused on true principles of the gospel. More content from scriptures/words of living prophets would be great to always tie back what is being taught to scriptural and prophetic sources of truth
Thank you so much for putting this video together. It is incredibly helpful for us to understand these things!
Glad it was helpful!
This was an incredible post and these truths need to be more often taught! It's amazing to me how often things come in clusters as I am seeking to better understand light and truth. This one came on the heels of others that have been teaching me these concepts and how critical it is to fill our environment, our minds, our hearts, and our homes with truth and light. I was hoping that Alma 34:34 would have been mentioned; I don't remember the minute in the video where he talks about: that we will not automatically turn into a nice person or have our mortal vices automatically undone, but this verse teaches and validates that very principal which was mentioned. I look forward to more 😊
Thank you for that Alma 34:34 reference; I wish I had put it in the presentation and clarified it.
Some people might be tempted to say "yeah, I'll have the same spirit, but I'll be different!" What I tried to convey in the presentation is no, moving to the other side doesn't remove our tendencies at all. Same spirit, and the same tendencies that we have cultivated in response to the law and light we have been given.
@@barbarastrate8388 I know exactly what you mean. I have had such clusters myself. Including a conversation about science and religion. The DC Temple exhibition, a Indian lady at church questioning past lives. It is amazing how the spirit teaches us.
Thank you! This was my thought exactly. I have never understood why people wouldn't quickly change once in the spirit world and now I better understand the connection. Well said!
Thank you
This is a very good explanation and very helpful and easy to understand.
Very much appreciate this presentation.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ive listened to this 3 times already and will many more.. each time my mind learns something. Its fascinating.
Awesome, I hope it's helpful. I have lots of other videos available as well.
Repetition is really important. I also hear something new each time I listen again.
My husband teaches early morning seminary. One day we were in a grocery store. A man approached him speaking gibberish. We left him and let a store worker know that there was an individual that didn't seem right. I told my husband he seemed to be under the influence of an evil spirit. I just got a strong feeling. Ten minutes later the man approached us again and he started to attack my husband. I believe he actually was possessed of an evil spirit. I believe that spirit discerned that my husband was teaching the youth about Jesus Christ and the gospel.
Sorry to hear about this. Possession is very real.
Did he cast out?
Very interesting.
I have to pause the video for a while cause I'm trying to grasp this new added knowledge, and that although it sure is insightful however, my head kind of hurt. This is probably the reason why sometimes God withholds a lot mystery, knowledge from us cause I don't think we could take them or maybe other could but for me , I kind of like fear a bit .. About the choices in the past that trapped me into addiction and If I was influenced by these spirits and choose their voices over my own and standing up through my own core self.. What this video said I know it make sense but waoh its mind blowing that I cannot take it whole like I would puke ... Maybe it will take some time .. Thankyou so much for sharing this knowledge.. I don't think my mind is ready for this that's probably why I reacted this way... 18:38 ( I'll get back to this after I calm myself lol)
Hang in there, friend.
@@latterdaypresentations I finished the video , thanks for the insights and added in depth understanding about spiritual matters.❤
First time viewer here. Your presentation came up on my feed because I like listening to Latter-day Saints podcasts talking about the scriptures and Book of Mormon.
This was a great and much needed topic for the last days. Thank you.
Glad you found this helpful, my friend. I hope you'll look through some of the other videos we have done.
Ephesians 6:12…. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
This is good. Tie this into Christs teachings of beattitudes. Using the beattitudes, forgiving, and thinking optimistically is the spiritual armor we need when we are embodied.
We are taught in the temple how to cast out evil spirits/satan.
That is true, and I can say from personal experience that it works.
@latterdaypresentations me too. Can't remember who gave the talk..but she said in it "anytime a bad thought comes to mind "Satan begone, Satan begone. " and it works
@@markkrispin6944 You can call whatever you want. Your narrow delusional empiricist worldview doesn't determine the parameters of reality.
@@latterdaypresentations if people use profanity on here, either block or report them. I have already sent a report against Markkris. It's one thing for people to disagree, but they don't have to say what he said.
This was very helpful. Thank you. I am an older member and very happy. I have never gone for counseling because I really have no reason to. I have surrounded myself with the best books from the best lds authors and other religious leaders and I feel like I have in them the best minds and friends in the world. I also feast on the scriptures daily but there is something that happens to me every once in a while and I have never connected it with any one circumstance: In a split second I feel another entity, like I am two people. It really frightens me and is very uncomfortable. It is impossible to explain. It is like my spirit just split in two. It doesnt last more than a few seconds. Anyway I think your presentation has shed some light on this for me. Thank you so much.
I sometimes feel that way, too. I think the adversary works harder on some people bc he knows they are doing their best to follow Christ. You are doing everything right and so give no heed to that; just pray in that moment and ask for that spirit to depart. Works every time.
Glad this was helpful, Alene. When I became aware of the IFS model of the mind that I've presented here, a lot of things started to make sense to me.
Not to sound crazy or add anything that takes away from the overall message here. When i was on my mission as a 21year old, i experienced a few otherworldly experiences. One was me being possessed by an evil spirit. One was encountering an evil spirit (not seen, just in the form of a man), and feeling the heavy presence of evil spirits. The possession happened last. And upon reflection i can see because i didnt "cleanse" myself prior, it allowed this tag along spirit to get me. I dont tell people this. Ive only told my family. Because it sounds crazy, feels crazy to admit too. We encountered a man on whos door we knocked, door was open, we could see right down his hallway. When he came in sight and saw it was missionaries. He almost ran at us foaming at his mouth, swearing off his head and we could see when he got close his eyes were just black. No colour, just black. We felt urgently to leave. We did. Next was in an investigators home. He had alot of skull ornaments and loved really strange things that made me feel off. And lastly was one night after companionship study, i was feeling off. I couldnt put my finger on why. I started thinking i was going crazy because. I thought i was hearing a voice in my head. And i looked at my companion and told him somethings wrong. He straight away went to give me a blessing and my leg started shaking uncontrollably. I couldnt stop it. And 3 times he had command the spirit to leave me. The first 2 times it resisted and the shaking got worse. And the voice he said he could actually here now in his mindd swearing at him calling him all sorts of names. On the 3rd go my comp got very loud and forceful with "in the name of jesus christ." But as soon as that happened my leg stopped and i felt like someone had removed a weight from my chest and the next door neighbours dog started barking off its nut..... Spirits are absolutely real. But i dont share my experiences ever because even members seem to think your crazy wnd like its not real.
These are definitely real phenomena, and the depictions we see from Hollywood don't do justice to the variety of manifestations we observe. Thanks for sharing.
Ive had a few of those experiences. In fact, im having to deal with some of that stuff here lately. Maybe this is why this video popped up on my suggestions.
When I walked onto the property of the Nauvoo Temple for the first time, I saw people dressed from another time floating around. As soon as I stepped on the property. I asked my husband if he sees this. He didn’t.
I don't doubt it. The spirit world is right here.
Very Interesting! This fits with Christ casting out evil spirits. For whatever reason we don’t see very many individuals with spirits that cause them to be thrown about, etc.
Yep. The full possession experiences are rare, but spirit influence is very common.
@@latterdaypresentations I unfortunately had this experience as a fairly new member of the church. I had to have a Priesthood blessing to have the evil spirit leave my body. It was terrifying. I was aware of it but I didn’g !know what to do. I knew when it entered my body and I felt it leave. It was chilling
I had a friend also serve in Brazil and said he had several experiences with evil spirits and the power of the priesthood.
Yes, it is frequent there. Please pass this presentation to your friend if you are in touch.
@ I will I shared it with some friends already!
I have been learning more about this topic randomly over the past year. I feel like God keeps putting things in my path that keep teaching the same thing: Satan is real, his followers are real, the spirit world is real, and its all right here around and inside us. I do wish our leaders talked about this more. It would help us know/realize what we're up against. But i guess that is what they're doing by saying, "go to the temple as often as circumstances allow..." "Repent daily...". "Spend sacred time with God every day..." They're giving us the tools, and i feel like as I've learned about the reality of the spiritual war we're in, i want to heed their advice and take it WAY more seriously.
My question, if you do a follow up video:
What can we do to detatch these "others" that are in our minds? How do we locate them and get them out without therapy?
And how can I cast out an evil spirit without the priesthood as a woman?
Do all ailments and sicknesses come from evil spirit influences?
So many questions, those are just a few.
Those are great questions. My own view (based on my experience- don't consider this doctrinal) is that evil influences are removed from us when we take the sacrament with a heart that is sincerely repentant. I have had countless experiences where I have come to the sacrament full of negativity and confusion, and then after taking the sacrament I have felt through the rest of the sabbath that my soul fills with light and all of the evil is dispelled.
I also strongly recommend learning how to fast. Fasting well is a really powerful discipline for dispelling evil from us.
And no, not all ailments and sicknesses come from evil. Most are just a reality of living in our fallen world.
I'm glad this presentation was helpful to you, and I hope you'll spend some time on some other presentations we have done.
Thanks and I hope to see more content from you! This was very well documented and presented.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm writing books these days, so that has slowed my production of videos. But I will try to do some more.
I cannot wait to watch your other videos! Thank you for sharing.
Excellent, I hope you find the other videos helpful.
As I began listening to this, my first thought was that it reminds me of the 'Inside Out' movies from Disney/Pixar 🙂
After listening to all of it, however, I see much more depth and insight here, and this really resonates with me. I want to explore more on this topic and listen to this again and share it with others. Thank you!
Inside out has some really strong parallels to the IFS model of the mind. I'm not sure IFS gets everything right, but I do think it points to something real about our minds. And the spirit phenomena are definitely real.
Thank you for the feedback!
First of all I have a friend who is not a member who talks to me about her parts who she has learned to live with.
Traumas are the result of this, her phscyologist told her. It is completely fascinating to me how she manages to live with all of these parts in her life and how they have become part of her. I’ve never been sure they are always a positive influence on her and a few of her parts are young children and teenagers. I understand it so much better after watching this. I will listen to this again. I need to understand it myself before I would be tempted to share it. I’m not sure how she would receive it but I would love for her to have a spiritual understanding. A few of her parts have told her, they like me. It’s strange that I always felt it was a good thing but I couldn’t explain why. This has explained so much to me and it resonates with me and how my friend tries to manage her life.
My husband and I also know someone who quite likes the darker side, shall I say but suffers from very low mood and depression and very much isolates herself. Lives in a house that’s on it’s own. I think she would call herself a goth. She loves petrifying scary movies. She loves the dark side. How? I have always felt this is not good for her or anyone for that matter. I watched Carrie years ago before I became a member. I was thirteen and I felt petrified and it scared me half to death. I figured out that my spirit didn’t like it without knowing why at the time.
I used to love programs that were wholesome and felt good without really understanding why.
When I was in the MTC I had an incredible experience with people’s spirits. I had the privilege of feeling people’s spirits on a higher level. I noticed very quickly that each spirit was very different. Some I felt, nothing at all. When I was lying in bed at night I knew that there were spirits all around me. They kept me awake at night. It was overwhelming. I am able to discern spirits to this day and I can feel a room change immediately in certain situations. I can have someone smiling at me and I know they don’t like me at all. It can often be a blessing but sometimes it can be a curse. It’s up to me to win those spirits. They won’t change by themselves. I need to exercise my agency in these situations, usually with service opportunities. Thank you again for a wonderful presentation.
I would recommend. The ‘Light of the perfect Day’ as a valuable talk to read!
Thank you for sharing your insights and that book. I'll look into it.
@ It’s not a book it’s a talk. The Light of the Perfect Day - Ensign March 2016 - ensign I hope you are inspired by it as much as I was.
@@katmax7451 Oh, thank you for clarifying that. I'll give it a read this weekend.
I can also sense spirits. I think it's a special blessing. Thanks for sharing.
There is very much we don't know. I am grateful for mature people who dig and discuss and even individually test ideas without then declaring them doctrine and without leading the unready astray.
That was what I attempted to do here. I hope this was helpful for you.
Always appreciate the steady and reasoned approach you bring to discussions.
I’ve been giving so much thought to the subject of spiritual influence as I’ve been trying to overcome my own weaknesses and grow closer to Jesus. Thank you for making this video. I look forward to your book.
22:30 and 34:36 are the times I spoke of on my comment a few minutes ago. I also love the part about that our choice to live the gospel well in mortality affects and helps our progenitors! Good stuff! Thanks!
Thank you. This is so awesome to get a deeper understanding as a member on how to be more faithful
Thank you so much for sharing video. I really appreciate it and needed it 🙏
I'm glad this was helpful to you!
This is a great find. Thank you for this presentation, I've always been interested in such topics (spirit, ghost, etc..) I know they are real because they are in the scriptures. But this explanation clarifies certain points with references from President Brigham Young. No wonder Jesus Christ keeps on telling us that we must pray always. Hoping for more of this kind of vids. This makes sense. Kudos.
Glad you found it helpful, and I hope my other videos are helpful too.
This was excellent, thank you.
Glad you found it so.
I also believe that evil spirits can use past experiences that have caused slight traumas that a person had no idea were coming because of the wickedness of others and evil spirits can bring those back to our recollections in various ways. Without going into too many details about it , I have had to hear a lot things out of people and I have also witnessed a lot of bad things out of people over the years. That includes church members who have since been excommunicated and many non-members. In my area there were a lot of bad people in the schools, college, and in the job places. There were a lot of good people too, but many were just bad. Eventually, I wised up and kept to myself a lot, but I do believe I got some scars from some of the language I heard and some of the things I witnessed.
But having said that, I haven't witnessed what some combat soldiers have witnessed. I have been around a few of them and I heard a few of the stories. In fact, some people say that I remind them of a military person even though I knew not to go military. Any way, the scriptures say that the , “the field is white already to harvest” (D&C 4:4). I believe it also says that the laborers are few. For some reason, I thought of this scripture on this topic.
I'm glad you talked about being in the good to keep the evil spirits away.
We know in our church that Satan wants all glory. When we entertain the idea that he is influencing us, we are bringing glory to him, because he wants us to know of his evil and his powers. When we focus on it then we are giving glory. We believe the Article of Faith "anything Virtuous, Lovely or of good report or praiseworthy we seek after these things. We know in "The Book of Mormon" Moroni 7:13
Everthing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God. If that's true then all you have to do is be in the presence of good and darkness will prevail.
That's exactly it. We need to fill our souls with light and goodness.
I get what you're saying here and it's also important to know our enemy's tactics. Just like a sports team or military group study their enemy, so must we. Of course, our Savior is our focus in this life and we know that the war has already been won and to Jesus Christ be all the glory.
Another great video as always, thanks Dan!
What is the name of your upcoming book? Also it doesn’t say anywhere in this you tube post what your name and credentials are. I would like to read your book when it comes out.
Hi there. My name is Dan Ellsworth and I write for Public Square Magazine. I haven’t finalized the title of my book yet, but I will announce it on this channel when it comes out. If you subscribe to the channel with notifications, you’ll know as soon as I release it. Thanks!
This is a good article. There is nothing new for me but everything you talked about I have had to learn from experience. When I was a child, occasionally the older folk would talk about devil and I would get the heebie-jeebies and every time, I would have the same nightmare where I would be running from someone who I could not see and I would be running as fast as I could, but it did not seem I could run fast enough, but then, fortunately, I would wake up and I would be fine. Then when I went on my mission to Chile, we started teaching a couple. The wife was a spiritualist and she would go into trances and she would paint and write revelations. At that point in time, I did not realize that it was demon possession. Anyway, the couple went to church with us, and in our next meeting the wife told about her experience in the meeting. I did not understand the language very well, so I did not understand what she was saying, so on the way home, my companion told me what she said. She told him about her spirit guide who would appear as an eye and when she would go into a trance, the eye would inhabit her body. She said that when they went to church, that the eye was circling around the ceiling of the meeting house. I got the heebie-jeebies so bad, I was very afraid. I told my companion about it and asked him for a blessing. After he gave me the blessing, I was never afraid of the devil again.
Over the years, I learned from experience how the devil uses our emotions against us, like fear to stop us from doing good things, and lust to get us to commit prohibited sexual acts and to steal, and anger and vengeance to get us to kill and destroy. I also learned by sad experience how the devil uses anger to possess us. When a person gets so angry that he loses control, the demons are there to take control. It's happened to me more than once in my life. Fortunately, as soon as a person takes back control the demons have to leave, but we have to bear the responsibility for the havoc they caused while they possess us, because we let them do it. I have since learned that whenever people lose control, for any of a variety of reasons, the demons can step in to take control. Substance addiction and most mental heath problems are symptoms of demon possession. Homosexuality and transgenderism are symptoms of demon possession caused by pedophilia.
I wish I had known all this when I was in my first marriage. My wife at the time, became very angry and got possessed of the devil. I had not yet learned how to discern evil spirits and I had never had the experience of casting out demons, so I did not realize she was demon possessed until after she had kicked me out of the house and we were separated. I was over visiting her one day, and she got very angry with me and I turned around and left the house. As I was walking away, she yelled out, "Don't you walk away from me." I turned around and I saw the devil himself standing in her laughing at me and he said to me, "I have got her now, and you cannot have her," If I had know then what I know now, I would have cast the devil out and I might have been able to save my marriage. It was not until years later that I learned to discern demon possession and the Lord told me it was time for me to start exercising the priesthood to cast out the demons. I have been casting out demons ever since.
There are rules governing spirits. One rule is that God does not force anybody into hell unless they have pacts with the devil and their sins are against God himself, like a religious leader who has a pact with the devil and his actions bring many people into bondage to the devil, like the false prophets who set up graven images. When a person sins, he is in captivity to the devil. When people die in their sins, the devil can drag those people down to hell, but he does not always exercise that option. Many of the dead, who have been in the devil's service in life, he allows to continue working for him among the wicked people who are in government and religious power. Because God cannot force anybody into hell, many people who have died in ignorance, continue to haunt the earth after they are dead, not knowing that if they listen to the angels, they can repent and go to a higher level of existence to wait for the resurrection.
When Jesus organized the angels during the three days his body was dead, the job of the angels was to give a choice to the dead spirits to repent or go to hell. Because of that, many people do not let the angels talk to them and they keep haunting the earth. Demon spirits, those spirits who followed Lucifer from before the foundation of the world, have no restrains. Because they have no physical sins to repent of they cannot be bound down to hell. They can be cast out of a person, but they can just go and look for another body to possess. You might find this interesting. People who have drug and alcohol addictions will be possessed by demons while they are getting high, but when they go to sleep, they demons leave and never feel the torment of withdrawal or the hangover the next day.
Anyway, since finding out all this information, it has become part of my ministry to cast out spirits wherever they belong. Every night, before going to sleep, by the authority of the priesthood, I tell dead spirits they cannot haunt anymore and to listen to the angels and repent or I will cast them down to hell. Then I wait a few minutes and cast the dead spirits who decide not to repent, down to hell. Then I cast the demon spirits that come into my jurisdiction into outer darkness, and let me tell you, I get rid of one batch and by the next evening there is a new batch to cast out and there is still a lot more spirits out there. I can see the change in the world. I started this before the pandemic, when it seemed like the demons were taking over the world, but since I started doing this, I have seen the tide change and the people are waking up and the demons and dead spirits do not have the same power they used to have. They are still there and it would be nice if other priesthood holders would do the same thing I do every night. The idea is to get the unrepentant and demon spirits off the earth so the missionaries can do their work with less opposition and so the earth will be prepared for the second coming. Jesus was born into a demon possessed world. He is not coming back until most of the demons are gone and the unrepentant are in hell.
Thanks for your thoughts. A big part of my interest in this topic stems from my mission experiences as well. My guess is that there are many, many returned missionaries who have come home with questions along these lines.
Thank you. Eye opening. Every thing just cake into focus.
Mission accomplished, thanks for the feedback.
Ephesians 6:10-20 addresses this topic. Certainly we are wrestling with unseen influences. As you note in the video, it is interesting how many cultures have come to an understanding of this.
Excellent reference. Thank you for mentioning it!
This might sound like an odd question, but since we as Latter Day Saints know that the soul of man is body+spirit combined, how do medications affect these spirits? Has study and experience around the world suggested that pharmaceuticals help these spirits detach from us or to dive deeper to latch on harder?
That's a great question. There are good reasons to believe that some medications can affect the body/spirit bond, and even affect our ability to feel God's spirit. I had a personal experience with that years ago. In the book I referenced in the video, they said that spirits find openings to the psyche in situations where people are dividing the mind/body connection through drug use.
@@latterdaypresentationsfor one example of this read "Return From Tomorrow" by George Ritchie where he sees these spirits enter the bodies of drunks who have passed out.
I have always found it interesting that they called alcohol "spirits" sometimes. I find often there is much truth in advertising even subtle words convey truths. Alcohol and drugs affect the person often in same ways. So, it makes you wonder if anything pushed by the world as a "'cure" is good. There are a lot of old quotes from Joseph Smith and Brigham Young about the use of doctors and their cures. How people should rely on the herbs the Lord gave us and then turn to the priesthood power for a blessing. I could say more, but I fear I may have said too much.
As far as scriptural knowledge about the spirit world is concerned, we do receive rest, for the righteous souls, even from evil spirits. We retain our personality, but it is not a place where Satan's followers have any further influence. However, if we have an unrighteous/unrepented desire , that DESIRE can remain until we are able to work that out- like swearing, for instance. But I cannot believe that Satan's emmisaries can still have influence over us after this life if we are in the Spirit World. There are veils between the two worlds, and they cannot pass. Spirit Prison? Well, that's a new subject allrogether. I firmly believe that they can in that place, as that is their jurisdiction.
In the book "You Are Receiving Revelation", the author makes a well reasoned and scripturally supported argument that our spirit receives messages from the adversary (or his followers) in the same way and mode that we receive messages from the Holy Ghost. Same energy, same modality, just different messages. Ever wonder why we almost instantly begin to doubt a prompting? Spirits can hear spiritual messages, and quickly begin to counter the promptings of the HG.
IFS is very interesting, but loses me in practice when the therapist begins to speak to the various parts as if there are multiple separate personalities within the individual, rather than recognizing different facets of a single psyche.
Thanks for that reference. I'll check it out.
Wonderful content!
Thanks for the feedback, my friend!
I love this topic and have studied this for many years. Something the saints should be highly educated on. Unfortunately this subject has not been touched upon from the GC conference for many many years
The challenge is, for some people it can become an obsessive gospel hobby that leads them some awful places. My guess is that church leaders are cautious for that reason.
General COnference is just that-general and is supposed to be that way. We are to ask, seek, and knock for ourselves, not be spoon fed. It is one of the most beautiful things I have learned-that I must deep dive at the banquet, and not expect others to feed me. As I search, ponder and ask, personal revelation reveals the truths deeply hidden within the scriptures and talks. Truly, nothing is hidden. Studying then becomes electrifying, exciting, and revelatory. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is beautiful and all encompassing!
@@sandrahurst4123 well articulated and I agree. ☝️
To much mingling scriptures with doctrines of men. You dont need the doctrines of men.
@@latterdaypresentationsI agree. But too many members suffer unnecessarily because of the lack of knowledge on this topic.
This is the second quote I see of B. Young that evil spirits can make us sick. I wonder how.
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Luke 13:16 has an interesting example of this.
The link between the mind/spirit and body health is a well documented one. Trauma in childhood for example is tied to huge increase in rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and autoimmune disorders, just as one example. Distress caused by a negative spirit could easily create disease in the body.
In the Journal of Discourses Brigham Young states that evil spirits cause all illness/disease. I didn't believe it for a long time and felt bad because I didn't believe a Prophet. But experience has changed my mind. The evil spirit disrupts the normal action of a body part. When a person receives a blessing for healing, and the person is healed, the evil spirit leaves taking the disruption with it. I've received instant healing from blessings in the past and all returns to normal instantly. Miracles.
One possibility floated by Richard Swartz, the instigator of IFS (who is, in the interest of full disclosure, neither a member of the Church of Jesus Christ nor even a believer in any sort of religion, so far as I know). He says that parts can "push on" existing physical weaknesses & vulnerabilities. They may not necessarily *create* the original illness (though I personally believe this could happen, Schwartz doesn't go that far), they can exacerbate it and make it worse. An example he gave is if he is nervous or stressed or afraid, his asthma sometimes will act up even if he isn't around a lot of dust. But also, even after having done parts work on himself, he will still get asthma in a dusty room. So he still has some asthma, but much less if he is managing his parts well.
More dramatically, in cases of multiple personality disorder, medically documented cases have shown individuals when one personality is manifested will have diabetes or nystigmatitus (lazy eye), whereas other personalities will not exhibit these very same symptoms.
oh. it happens.
This could be a timely video for me. I have been experiencing some intense spiritual attacks here lately. A lot of the members in my area don't really understand these things.
I hope it can be helpful to you.
I recently watched a NDE and the speaker said she learned that spirits are here, around us.
Yep. they definitely are.
When you are a part of the world, the world will love you if you're no part of the world. The world will hate you. So you never lowered your guard down by being part of the world because if you lower your vibration to a more negative vibration of being bubblers of pleasures and lovers of the flesh and all these things and not turn away from these things then you are destined for. Possession
I don't know about the vibration idea, but I agree that there are choices that invite the full spectrum of spirit influence.
Please list the source reference for each quote. Thank you for the great information.
Almost all of the quotes are from Bob Falconer's book The Others Within Us, and from Discourses of Brigham Young. I also have the quote from Jennifer Rockwood and another from Aaron Franklin toward the end. I'm glad you found the presentation helpful.
Would the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve allow a talk, such as this, to be delivered at General Conference?
Definitely not. But I recommend this from Elder Pearson:
"Perceptions of the Church will continue to be driven, at least in part, by personal experiences and perspectives shared and discussed through social media. This is how information is discovered and evaluated in our time. To counteract and overcome misunderstanding, the Church, its members, and other independent, faithful voices must be proactively and effectively engaged on all media platforms. This is part of our sacred and imperative duty to the rising generation and to the pure in heart."
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The last talk I am aware of I President Faust in 2007, "The Forces That Will Save Us," January 2007 First Presidency Message. It draws substantially upon his October 1987 talk, "The Great Imitator." I highly recommend reading & studying both of them. Elder Bednar is fairly circumspect but provides very helpful principles and tools in his devotional "Quick to Observe," printed in the December 2006 Ensign.
I'd like to learn more details about how our own righteousness affects our ancestors. Giving them joy is obvious, but how does our righteousness benefit them?
Our ancestors observe us, and when they have moments of proximity to us, they learn from us. The way that we live and our Christ-orientation and the resulting light that we possess have the effect of teaching our ancestors and leading to the healing of their souls.
@@latterdaypresentations Wow! Thank you!!
I definitely hope you're including that in your book, and in the followup video. May I ask also how you know that?
@@jimwinebrenner620 We have a lot of witness testimony to that effect. Elder Gong has shared several stories in general conference in recent years, and I have a friend who is writing a book with a very direct account of this. IFS practitioners also see a lot of instances where ancestors are maintaining some involvement in a person's psyche, and as the person learns to be spiritually well, the ancestor spirit becomes willing to move toward the light.
Do you have any thoughts or content related to the difference between being physically afflicted versus spiritually afflicted after we die? It’s said that we will be afflicted by spirits who afflict us now but does that include physical ailments as well? All of us deal with physical affliction to some degree or another no matter how righteous we are. Brigham Young was also quoted as saying that All physical ailments are rooted in the power of the adversary. In other words, what kind of spirits will maintain control over a person even after they have passed away?
The adversary is a being of chaos, and fallenness is mainly just chaos. Illnesses are generally a product of that fallenness that characterizes our world, which Satan promotes as the ideal.
It's not possible for spirits to replicate physical ailments in a spirit-only form, but they can replicate the psychological and emotional dynamics among spirit beings.
The word for Han in English: Inner strife. Maybe not the best fit and it's two words, but it's the description I've always used for it, or the one I relate to.
Thanks for that insight. You speak Korean?
I struggle with the pride our leaders and we as members exhibit in relation to the rest of the world, there are multitudes of devoted followers of Christ who exist outside the membership of this church, is Brigham Young in essence saying these people have less protection !! Particularly as your discuss, Mark 9
People have protection from these influences to the degree they have God's light with them, and there are many people outside of the church who have a tremendous amount of God's light. If you are feeling negative about God's servants, I suggest this other video I did. ruclips.net/video/jfEq4IyuC4I/видео.html
@@latterdaypresentations Thanks, you make my point, because that is not what Brigham Young said. I agree with your sentiments and find your delivery calming and enlighening, however, the closer I come to Christ the more I feel that heirarchies are, 'Horizontal not Vertical', the leaders of the church play very little part in my life, rarely have I ever heard something that I didn't already know let alone actual revelation, I am responsible for my own learning and conversion, it saddens me when I see members fawning over men when Christ is our 'Everything'. I very much feel like Joseph when he said he could learn more taking his Bible in to the woods and learn more..... I find answers in the scriptures or through the intimations of the spirit. I noticed you use a lot of Brigham Youngs words, yet virtually all of his teachings have been disavowed by the church and other Presidents of the church have stated that he taught false doctrine, he taught polygamy and Joseph taught against it, so they were at odds, particularly after Brigham's revision of Joseph's and church history. My heart yearns for truth, and ultimately that is where I believe God will look, at our hearts. I am not suggesting that I am better or know more, but I have felt significanlty more fulfilled as I have not judged my relationship with Christ based upon my church involvement, or callings. I believe Christ wants me to be authentic, and honest. Thank you for taking the time to engage, I very much enjoy your spirit. I went and watched & listened on the link you suggested.
I recommend going through this entire playlist:
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@@latterdaypresentations Thanks, I watched that one last evening, I am working my way through.
Also, as Dan pointed out in his presentation, you only need a testimony of Jesus in order to cast out demons. Personally, I believe the Priesthood of God is a very helpful thing which I try to revere and honor, but my understanding is this is not at all required.
This was truly helpful. One question I have is do these evil spirits, those who were never born, have the capability of physically harming someone? For example, can they scratch you or shove you across a room?
That I don't know. There are some stories of demonic possession that seem to suggest that, but in the two cases I witnessed on my mission, there was nothing like that. There are some indications that some spirits have learned some kinds of laws of motion that allow them to influence the physical world, but it's hard to know anything more specific than that. Glad this video is a resource for you.
From my experiences and from the testimony of others, evil spirits have the power to move objects and use force on people. I don't know about scratching but evil spirits can throw objects and with much force. Deceased righteous spirits can also move objects, but because of their righteousness, they don't harm anyone.
Do these spirits cause physical illness or just emotional ones. Are all mental/emotional issues caused by them or just some. How to discern if its a spirit or medical issue. How to get rid of it. Would there be residual effects after getting rid of it and how to deal with them
These are fantastic questions. They are only partially addressed in this presentation, but much more can be said. Luke 13:16 has some of the answer; spirits definitely can cause physical afflictions. I also recall someone I baptized on my mission, who felt relieved of a chronic pain. That might have been due to the departure of a spiritual influence, or maybe just the weight of sin being lifted.
Being unfamiliar with this line of thinking, I have to admit a certain amount of skepticism. Perhaps it's part of the Greek influence of our society working on me. But there is something here that resonates, and so I am keeping an open mind, at least to ponder and pray about what I've heard here.
This is definitely a new way of exploring this gospel concept. Caution is very warranted.
Csn do you identify if a person has an attachment of an parasitic evil spirit
Vs schizophrenia ( mental health diseases )
That's a really good question. I can't personally identify the difference, but I do know of people whose multiple personalities (dissociative identity disorder, or DID) has been healed through priesthood blessings.
But DID is not the same as schizophrenia. DID involves multiple parts/personalities that come to dominate the psyche, whereas schizophrenia is a "split" from basic reality. There are IFS practitioners who go so far as to say that multiple personalities is the norm, that DID is just a manifestation of parts. I suggest that is going too far, and that there should be a distinction made between ordinary parts that don't completely hijack a person's psyche, versus the DID situation where they do.
I'm going to study up on this some more, and maybe do a follow-up presentation on it if I can find more clarity.
@@latterdaypresentations thank you.
As mortals specially aging our bodies are ridden with mental and physical diseases. some mental illness doesn’t manifests until the early 20s like schizophrenia.
I also know the promised of endowment has a protection against the power of the destroyer
@@latterdaypresentations I would love a presentation on schizophrenia, my wife got it last year, she says her mind split after giving birth which led her to those hallucinations. From my point of view in observing her spiritual belief system of the past 10 years in the new age occult, its not hallucinations but possession from the adversary. God blessed me with a gift of spiritual discernment to know this is true.
@@manro0211 I suggest you are probably right. Many instances of spirit-attachment come from experiences of dissociation through bodily trauma. I recommend watching this video. I'm not a fan of much of the content on that channel, but this video I recommend. ruclips.net/video/qHePxu7o2QA/видео.htmlsi=QkWDGwrhDZ46x6c5
I wonder if we can, when we're free of our mortal bodies, visit the moon? We won't be encumbered by gravity or distance. On Earth we love our fast and beautiful cars and motorcycles. We keep them washed, polished and in good working condition, and we show them off every chance we get. We also choose friends and associates who encourage us in these hobbies.
Then we die. And suddenly we discover our earthly love interest in these vehicles were simply toys, and are no longer relevant. In fact, if we become so attached to our earthly possessions-our cars, guns, wealth, tablets, movies, communications-all those things can act as tethers that will distract us in the world to come.
In mortality, we were wealthy. We had these “things” that made us so. Now in the Spirit World, what do we have? Where's our stuff? Where are our clothes? Where do we stay? Are we as wealthy there as we were here? No wonder we fear death. We fear change. Get a new job? Change. Go through a divorce? Change. Now death? The ultimate change!
Then we discover we'll be judged. Wow. Three o'clock at the Hall of Justice for an intensive life review, where everything you experienced on Earth will be examined in the tiniest detail. And all those memories you went to therapy to forget now will be displayed in ultra-high 3D definition.
That alone makes death a terrifying proposition!
Some time ago we did a presentation on judgment, and we think of it somewhat differently than you have expressed here. ruclips.net/video/2VKHr0TviuM/видео.html
Ubi Petrus ibi Ecclesia = Where Peter is there is the Church. Come home to Our Holy Mother the Church founded on Peter's faith and ministy - the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church 🕊🙏
I love and respect Catholicism, but no- it does not have God's authority on earth. It's clear that Pope Francis believes as much.
So interesting - have you read the book remarkable healings - she’s a non lds therapist that releases spirits? It’s also very interesting
I haven't read it, but thank you for pointing me to it.
Thank you for this presentation!! Would you consider making the quotes larger on the screen? I can’t read tiny words. Thank you!
Sorry, this was definitely a challenge for this presentation. Some of the quotes had lots of words. Maybe I'll put the text of the quotes on a separate page.
@ I enjoyed the info, though! Great job.
I wonder if those who believe Brigham young had a near death experience considered whether or not it was just his speaking style to say things in a very didfinitive and strong way about almost all topics. You could pretty easily aggregate his speeches now days and do a statisticsl analysis to determine this with the advamcements of LLMs, I would think. A lot of the statements made by historians on any subject should probably undergo some major analysis this way 🤔
That may be true, but the details were extraordinarily specific and unique. Plus, he hinted at something like NDE in a couple of his talks.
What if you have a mental illness or a disability? I have autism and suseptible to all kinds of "spirits" due to a fractured mind. I can strive for and adhere to gospel principles, but sometimes my mind is easily corrupted because of negative energies that I don't fully understand or comprehend. (In other words, I don't fully understand my own feelings, I often misinterpret body and verbal language, and I'm easily distracted and overwhelmed.) My hope is that I would be free of this disease in the next life. Even with therapy, these impulses remain because it is how my brain is wired. Any insights you could give would be helpful.
I can't give you any kind of medical advice, but I can give you general advice from my experience, that really learning how to fast (to where it becomes something that you enjoy and look forward to) is amazing for quieting negative impulses and spirit influences.
IFS might be a good framework to explore, because it avoids pathologizing things that don't need to be pathologized.
@latterdaypresentations Thank you. I appreciate it. Fasting is difficult because of medical issues, but what I am finding helpful is avoiding social media and listening to music. I will continue to explore your content. This video was really insightful and I will use its principles going forward.
I agree with your conclusions independent of IFS, which I had never before heard of until I watched your podcast. Tell me, why is this not a mingling of the philosophies of men (IFS) with scripture? And how is this not self-seeking, which Christ prohibited? I'm not being snarky. My question is sincere.
Joseph Smith: “One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.”
I don't know what self-seeking is.
Self-seeking is the tool of psychotherapy. It is trying to find happiness and fulfillment by turning our attention inward to ourselves, analyzing ourselves, pleasing ourselves. I don't think your presentation does that directly, but what little I've read of IFS certainly does this. IFS therapists persuade their subjects to speak to these parts of ourselves. Given that these parts may actually be the "...devils, or the evil spirits that dwell in the hearts of the children of men," (Mosiah 3:6) it would be better to have Jesus cast them out than to speak to them and integrate them into our selves.
Luke 17:33
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
1 Corinthians 10:24
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
Philippians 2:21
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew 16:24-25
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. 26 And now for a man to take up his cross, is to deny himself all ungodliness, and every worldly lust, and keep my commandments. 27 Break not my commandments for to save your lives; for whosoever will save his life in this world, shall lose it in the world to come. 28 And whosoever will lose his life in this world, for my sake, shall find it in the world to come. 29 Therefore, forsake the world, and save your souls; for what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
JST, Matthew 16:25-29
@@latterdaypresentations "To this end, I extend to members of the entire Church...to take charge of your own testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Work for it. Nurture it so that it will grow. Feed it truth. Don’t pollute it with false philosophies of unbelieving men and women." Russell M. Nelson, October 2022 General Conference.
The developer of IFS, Richard Schwartz, is a believer. He’s a good man who has good intentions towards healing. As a therapist I utilize IFS with my clients and find it to be very helpful, especially as a way to access Christian ideals without talking about Christ (something I sadly don’t have the luxury of doing with non-believers).
The FALSE, UNCLEAN and LOST spirits (the once mortal spirits), are they working for Satan / with the demons?
Also for spirits that have no physicality, how is it they can move objects? 🤔
The false/unclean/lost are generally just continuing behaviors they developed in mortality, and trying to validate those behaviors by implementing them in other people's lives instead of repenting. It is not fundamentally different from how mortals behave.
As far as moving objects around, it seems that some spirits have come to understand some laws associated with manipulation of physical matter to some limited degree.
Not sure how I feel 🤔 this feels like a taboo topic.
It definitely can be. I addressed this topic because it's one that I see people have a hunger to understand better, and I wanted to provide a faithful perspective on it.
Its because the presenter mingles doctrine with IFS therapists. Man made doctrines
It’s not taboo - just not spoken of a lot. But read D&C 50, it has a lot to say. Ad does other verses of D&C.
At the 3 minute mark it’s mentioned that we know Young’s experience with the spirit world is true because he can describe it with great detail. I couldn’t agree more. It’s how I know Muhammad is the one true profit due to the way the Quran is so descriptively written.
I did a presentation on critical thinking a while ago, and it might help you. Here's the link. ruclips.net/video/48HkDbCuCHg/видео.html
@@ilenekuhns3463 I don't see the connection between critical thinking skills and denigrating a belief. I'll watch the presenter's link to see if that's where you thought he denigrated someone's belief.
I’ve read the Quran once and the book of Mormon many times. I’m convinced the Quran is totally true. But it seems like there’s a lot more information in the book of Mormon compared to the Quran.
@@rd3324 The Quran has a lot of truth in it.
ruclips.net/video/8L2Us7tEnlE/видео.html
@@latterdaypresentations Totally agree, some good info in the Quran. I just think the BoM has considerably more doctrinal information. My 2 favorite statements in the Quran are to put oral agreements in writing (so wise), and I do love the description of the righteous and honest receiving "gardens with rivers flowing beneath," as described repeatedly in the Quran.
I like some of the points you are making here, but i don't believe we have to have a deep intellectual study (14:00) to believe in or understand the spirit world. In fact mingling the gospel with the philosophy of men will more than likely lead us away from it.
Stalwart and practiced faith are the prime requisite, not intellectualism.
I agree to some extent. My presentation is just an attempt to make sense of different sources of information and different things we observe.
That’s not what OP was saying - he was saying if you want to read the book he is using, that would require discipline and intellectual rigor.
@tvsnow. No. He was talking about the entire "subject". See my timestamp.
Nowhere in the scriptures do prophets require you to have a deep intellectual study to learn of these things.
@@fightingfortruth9806all that is really required is obedience. the rest comes naturally as we keep obeying and working towards becoming like Christ. I know more now than I ever did as a teenager. Obedience brings greater light and truth as we seek-search, ponder and pray. I will say that the greater the intelligence, the more capable a person might be and perhaps even more useful to the lord, but it is not necessary for our salvation. receiving and keeping our covenants-obedience-is necessary.
@@sandrahurst4123 I agree 100% about our salvation. Latter Day Presentations however is doing a righteous service for those of us who are having a real fight with evil spirits who are determined to remove us from our dedicated service to Jesus Christ. We're in the last of the last days and the war is real and it's been escalated. If you or anyone isn't yet afflicted by this evil, you are most blessed. But anyone who is having the problem, the information given in this Latter Day Presentation is MOST helpful and it hit my nail right on the head. It's been an answer to fasting and prayer. Now I just need to know how to apply it safely and effectively. But that answer will come with more fasting and prayer. I ask "fighting" and any others in doubt, "Have you prayed about it?"
Is this condoned by The Church?? I am not so sure. Be careful who you listen to. Test the spirits
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I have a hard time trusting a man that believed and taught blood atonement and that Adam was God.🤷🏼♀️
Brigham definitely was mistaken on a number of things, but he was 100% correct on other things. I did a presentation on fallibility here: ruclips.net/video/DWulheYclbg/видео.html
You mean like capital punishment?
IFS makes a lot of sense. Talking about spirits and superstition doesn't
That's a very narrow worldview that denies a massive amount of observable reality. At minimum, I recommend you read Craig Keener's book Miracles.