Viruses are a very unique microorganism. They are in a classification all on their own. They dont have the same machinery that bacteria and other little critters have. For the most part virus's are tiny little machines of death whose sole purpose is to multiply and take over. They are simple structures whose appearance is almost alien like. Some look like flying saucers and others like lunar landing modules who organic design is freakishly similar to something out of NASA.
They work by docking with our cells. Now you would think that our cells would recognize the apparent threat and oncoming invasion but the biometric security system that ours cells have is bypassed by this intruder because it knows and contains the code needed for the cell to view this enemy as a friend and as a result no only allows passage but facilitates it. Once inside the viral brains break out of its protective shell. We call it DNA or RNA...but you could call it a thought or new code because what it does is it inserts itself into the brain of the cell and tells it to start making more viral components. At this stage the cell no longer can differentiate between what it should be doing and what it is now being commanded to do. As a result it produces hundreds and thousands of new virus that organize and rebuild in the cell. When the cell can no longer contain the virus the viruses explode out killing the host cell.
A simple viral thought inserted into the complex machinery of our cells kills em all. Some thoughts are like viruses. Small ideas that trespass into our minds. We think we created them. They are familiar to us. Their bio metric composition doesn't cause us to raise any red flags or sound any alarms. Our security force is left unaware of the invasion. They insert themselves into our regular pattern of thinking and soon destroy us or hurt others.
The effect of a virus can be seen in our body. HIV, herpes, influenza, rabies, and adenovirus all can be seen once the infection is full bloom. The same is true of viral thoughts. They usually come in the form of relationship failure or self destruction. Do you have the wisdom to recognize that you are infected. Do you have the ability to recognize that something is wrong with you? Can you see that you are not the same? Most people don't. They just learn to live with the parasite in them taking medication to help curb the effects and give them hope or one more day of life.
Regular antibiotics can't kill a virus. It takes some serious special medication to eliminate them, but even then they don't always leave. Vaccines are created to help build immunity to the pathogens (but that's another topic).
In the end the first line defense is the recognize the invaders with thoughts like...that thought just came to me...or all of the sudden I thought this...
Second line of defense is to see the signs of its effects and seek someone (like a counselor or physcologist or pastor) to help you summon your military to attack and destroy.
Our thought life must be guarded with intention and purpose.
