6 – Binds and Counter-Binds

Onwership

I found myself in a position that I never would have imagined.   I suddenly had ownership and responsibility for a demon.  Not a true demon, mind you, but still as demonic as one might find.

It wasn’t what I wanted.  However, at that point, I didn’t feel like there were any choices.  Something needed to be done by someone, and I was it.

One might think the temptation to take command over a highly useful, weaponized demon, and use it for my own ends, would be tempting and even consuming. After all, one of Omen’s primary purposes was being an Assassin.

Binds

But I had absolutely no interest in doing anything with him.  Even though I was given the binds, I never touched them. 

I found that if needed, I could just command them remotely. The only time I used them was to make the binds, themselves, bigger.  Omen had grown since they were put on him, and they were constricting him.

As to how I controlled the binds, I wasn’t sure.  I set the intention, and that seemed to do the job.

As previously stated, my plan was to give Omen his freedom.  To give him the chance to grow and pursue his own path. I also had to ensure that Omen didn’t get drunk on his newly found freedom and consume every Soul that he possibly could.

According to information I discovered much later, Omen didn’t need to consume souls for himself to survive. He was doing it on behalf of another, more dangerous being, that he had been connected to.

I did not know that at the time, but I took steps to ensure that a balance was kept.

Why Let Him Live?

So, I did.  I couldn’t remove the binds because that would have killed him.  Omen had so many of his soul layers removed that all that was left of him was a corrupted, void like being that vaguely looked like Venom from The Marvel Universe.

The binds were holding him together, keeping him alive.

You might be wondering why I let such a being live?

There were a couple of reasons.

First was that it is not my place to decide what lives and dies. Universal Law and Universal Balance already has a perfect grasp on such things.

The second reason was that it felt like the right thing to do. (Which I discovered, much later, that it most certainly was.)

The moralities of the 3D worlds have little to no bearings on the greater reality. Our laws do not apply, nor can you make such things apply.

Having said that, I hated the thought of anything being enslaved.  The binds remained a pending issue.

Handlers

From what I understood, there were always a couple of handlers in The Triquerta, Omen’s former Masters, who were controlling his binds.

It was intriguing to me that The Triquerta seemed fine with me having new ownership of Omen; and, in fact, said they gave me their blessings.

Personally, I suspect The Triquerta thought I would either mess things up, or all would go bad very quickly and Omen would be back in time for lunch.

I also suspect that, as they control the lines of Fate, they may have set this up, to eliminate me. Still, two can play that game.

Counter-Binds

As ownership had now passed onto me, The Triquerta stopped controlling the binds.  Whether by design or mechanics, this caused Omen a lot of pain.  I am not sure what purpose the mechanics had.  But I knew in either short or long terms, it was going to be a problem.

Omen said he would do things to distract himself from the pain.  Regardless, I knew that unless I did something about it, things would end badly.  

I came up with a plan to create Counter-Binds that were intended to cancel out the agony he felt.

After suggesting it to Omen, he commented that he seriously doubted such a thing was in my capacity or within anyone’s skill to do.

Still, the word impossible never stopped me before.   I certainly was going to give it a try.

Mind’s Eye

Exactly how I was going to create these Counter-Binds, I had no clue.  Still, that wasn’t going to deter me.

Whenever an issue comes up that I need to deal with on the Astral levels, I just do what feels right.

After discussing this with Mari (a highly valuable colleague and assistant with all things Astral), I said I would work on the Counter-Binds while she worked on some method to fuse them to the existing binds.

In my Mind’s Eye, I found I was able to look at the binds.   I saw they were red, glowing, and quite nasty.

Adjustments

I then started to create the Counter-Binds that would cancel them out.  I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew it would take about three days; and when they were done, I felt it.

I arranged a time for Mari , Omen and myself to chat.   Using Mari’s fusing method, I was able to apply the Counter-Binds.

If I had expected it to go smoothly, then I was disappointed.  They were initially hindering him and constricting his movement.

I kept making adjustments using my psychic energy, and each time I fixed something, another element would be out of place.

Turning point

All in all, it took around four hours of adjustments to finally get it right.   I had not taken into account that Omen had wings and hooks for hair.    I adjusted, coaxed, and shifted energies until the pain had vanished and he could move about freely.

It was exhausting.  It also felt strange having somehow done the impossible.

Prior to the Counter-Binds, Omen had no respect for me.   This, however, was a real turning point.   After what he referred to as the “no pain thing,” he changed his attitude.  For a little while, he became a very useful source of information.