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Nov 24, 2019, 03:53 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Thank you, fern. 
There's a ton of info online about the possible connection between spirituality and psychosis (as you probably know).
Years ago I attended a lecture by Stan Grof (author of the book Spiritual Emergency). It's fascinating stuff for those who are stable enough to delve into the potentials and possibilities (and wealthy enough to hire an "emergence coach").
I certainly understand how interesting it all can be. Sometimes it's frustrating to me, however, when even a pdoc or therapist suggests that since I "seem" so calm when I describe psychotic experiences, that perhaps I'm channeling beings or etc. And growing up/living in Northern Calif, well, there is no shortage of people who go for all sorts of alternative ways of looking at mental illness (and plenty making big bucks by giving mental illness some other label).
But I'm not calm, inside. I'm actually coming apart inside. I think I dissociate, so it appears as calmness.
Anyway, whether I'm channeling who or what-ever, I don't want it. It holds zero interest for me and I resent that some astral being might want to use me as a conductor. Part of the reason is that I know a so-called "being" can rapidly becoming truly threatening, saying things to me that cause me to be so terrified and upset that I really do start to lose objectivity. That's why I tend to go with "hallucination that is brain-based."
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