Originally posted by
Sam Hunter
It is my opinion now that many folks take their experiences that come in the form of dreams, visions, synchronicities, meditations and any form of imaginings as "messages from beyond," "memories of past lives," etc. That from this they begin to fantasize in ways no different than playing the game Dungeons and Dragons. Yet they are playing the game first on themselves and then... as their confidence grows, they begin to play it on individuals one by one. In time, they get so good at it that they then go to the next stage ala a Simon Parkes.
So my position now with these folks is... I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they believe their stories but I feel they are just making it all up.
Sure they get all sorts of confirmations coming from the reality... but my opinion is that this is all and only from the depths of their own sub conscious and not from "God" or their incredible "telestic abilities," their "gnosis," the Archangel Micheal, on and on and on...
I feel (just like I experienced myself first hand) that sometimes folks have a strong desire for relevancy... they want to be noticed, they want to impact and indeed change the world. Add in a dash of narcissism and the potential for megalomania and... well, I know for certain the combination of these three elements (the third being a messianic complex) is just the right recipe - things I have within me where I was one step away from heading down that same road. Thus its easier to see this in others though I could be completely wrong and everything all these others say is all 100% true.