Originally Posted by
Mystical Soul
When I first started to study Sanatana Dharma, I encountered a concept which at the time was sobering but the more I think of it makes sense. That being that God made the devils or Asuras and loves them just as he loves us. Accordingly, Shiva grants them boons and eventually will take them into the realm of self realization. OK, I have always been taught that they are in competition with God and that the demons are god's forever enemies and that they can never come back into favor.