Our twisted thinking - that non-stop voice playing over and over inside of our heads like a menacing “DJ of darkness” - that’s the problem.

One of the tricks that our own twisted thinking plays on us is making us believe that if we let go of it’s “warnings” - free ourselves from its foolish fantasies - then we will be left unprotected. Our twisted thinking - Mr. DJ - would have us believe that the only way that we will be able to travel safely down the road of life is with it as our master navigator - charting our course. Letting our thoughts guide us through life is like putting on a blindfold so that we may better see a beautiful sunset.

That clever ever-present voice inside of our heads will do whatever it takes for us to keep unconsciously following its instructions because the minute we cease to listen to its treacherous trash-talking is the moment it ceases to exist.

In fact that voice inside of our heads will do anything - tell us anything - to keep us from discovering its existence. Mr. twisted DJ knows very well that if we discover his mischievousness it will be the beginning of the end of his reign on our mental airwaves.

He knows that when we “truly” listen to what he is saying we will see the foolishness of his fantasy friendship and he will be destined to doom.

That is to say that when we become aware of exactly what it is that he is trying to do - when we see that his motives are only self serving and that he does not have our best interests at heart (because he has no heart), then we will be able to shine the light of Truth upon his shadowy ways.

And any time you shine light in a room where there is darkness - what happens - the darkness is gone. If when shine the light of Truth on our DJ of darkness, he too, will dead and gone. Our twisted thinking becomes unraveled and we are free from this foolish fantasy “friend.”

So he wants us to stay in our perpetual state of slumber while thinking that we are wide awake. He wants us to feel like we are behind the wheel - in the drivers seat and in control of our own destination - while all the time it is he who is pulling our puppet strings. Making us dance to the beat of his deceptive drum.

He is the one who is telling us that if we do not do exactly as he says - something horrible will happen to us.

Let the following illustration shine some light on this DJ of darkness.

Tim's Tremendous Talk

Tim was about to do the one thing in life that he dreaded the most. He was about to stand in front of four-hundred people - his peers - and deliver a speech. He had recently been given an award for “most outstanding contribution” in research for his bio-tech company.

Tim had always - as far as he could remember - avoided talking in front of people. In fact his nervousness around people had actually driven him into his secluded research field. In a way his fears had contributed to his material success. But he knew he was a failure at speaking. There was no doubt in his mind that he was about to make a complete fool of himself and that he would soon lose all of his new found respect from his co-workers.

He was a nervous wreck. The countdown to his final destruction had begun. The seconds were ticking and the bomb was ready to explode. It was doom time. Tim was trembling and felt both nauseous and faint.

Somehow he managed his way on to the stage and in front of the podium. His mind was racing so fast - it was as if he had no thoughts at all. “What a time for my mind to go blank” he said to himself. As the crowd applauded his arrival he reached for the glass of water sitting on the edge of the podium.

His hands were so sweaty that he almost lost his grip and dropped the glass. He quickly and carefully set the glass back down on the podium ledge. His throat was bone dry. He stared down at his wrinkled notes and began to mutter the first words that were written on the page.

Slowly, word by word, Tim began to inch his way through his speech. At first his voice was noticeably shaking but then something amazing began to happen. Tim became so focused on the words and sentences he was reciting that he forgot how scared he was.

Soon people were laughing at all the right places and had become totally intrigued with his unique perspectives. Before Tim had finished, he had the crowd in the palm of his hand. You could hear the proverbial pin drop. At the end of his speech they erupted in applause. It was then that Tim realized that he had forgotten how scared he was. He thought to himself “this sure wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be”. “In fact, I could do this again”.

In this illustration the main “character” is the one that we cannot see. We can only see the effects that this cunning character has upon Tim. And then we see our main character - at the end - die.

Who is this mystery actor? He is Mr. DJ himself. Our DJ of darkness and doom. Our disc-jockey of destruction. Our faithful friend of foolish fantasies. He is Mr. twisted thinking. Sir distorted thoughts. Captain cunning. Lord of the lies.

This character - whom we don’t see - is, at first, talking to Tim at a mile a minute. He is telling Tim that disaster awaits if he should step on the podium. He is telling Tim how he has kept him “safe “ all these years and pleading with Tim not to abandon his words of “wisdom” now.

Mr. DJ of darkness is scared to death that if Tim goes out on to the stage that he might find out that it is not such a bad place after all. Our DJ of doom is begging Tim to listen. “Listen to me” he tells Tim, “Run for your life”. And the closer it gets to Tim's time to talk the more frantically Mr. DJ’s pleas become.

“Timmy listen to me, I have been with you guiding you since you were just a boy. And look at yourself. We’ve made it this far haven’t we? Don’t leave me now Tim. I’ve never led you astray and I never will. I’m here to protect you. Oh Tim - for Gods sake - hear me now. There’s doom out there in stage-land. Horrible things will happen if you take but one more step. Timmy, flee for your life”

Mr. DJ of darkness knows full well the possibility that await out there on stage. That the spotlight that is on Tim may soon be shown on him. And if that happens - if Mr. DJ is discovered for who he really is - he will simply fade away.

And that is exactly what happened. As soon as Tim quit listening to Mr. DJ , he ceased to exist. And it is the same for us. As soon as we quit letting the twisted voices rule our lives we will began to live. As soon as we shine the light of Truth on our silent intruders of darkness - they will fade into the nothingness that they are.

Their purpose is to try to convince us that we cannot live without their constant direction. When actually the exact opposite is true. We will not truly live with there deceiving direction. We will only be puppets with them pulling our strings.

What we need to do is see these puppeteers for what they are and cut the strings. Then and only then will we be truly free. Free to live the life that we are destined to live.

And how do we cut the puppet strings? First by seeing that they are they are pulling us in whatever direction that they choose. And then we need to Dispute their “safety” claims with the Truth. These voices claim that they give us power and control when the truth is that they dis-empower us and they have control.

Watch and listen for Mr. DJ. Once you discover him he will be doomed. He will make an occasional attempt at resurrection through the voices of frustration and discouragement but when he does just shine the light of Truth upon the tricks of his and they too will fade away.