I'm either crazy or decieved or...

[Student of X]

...or I am a very special person. I haven't figured out which. Maybe I'm too scared to.

I doubt I'm crazy, because many of my supernatural experiences have been objectively verifiable and shared with other people.

So maybe I'm being deceived by a supernatural trickster(s). I've read The Trickster and the Paranormal...great book. The archetype of the trickster is part of the paranormal. It can't be avoided. But that doesn't mean that it's all just 'mind tricks'. That's much to simple and glib an explanation. I can see why it's a tempting one, though.

I'm an expert in comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, parapsychology. I'm no stranger to the archetypes of world religion and myth...including the trickster archetype. Of course the trickster isn't the only archetype I'm acquainted with. As a mystic who has achieved profound altered states of consciousness, all the archetypes of the collective unconscious have been activated in my psyche. For many years they have been active. I've had a great many profound encounters with them, both objective and subjective.

So if I'm not "crazy" and I'm not completely under the power of the trickster archetype then I am 'a son of God', mystically speaking. A 'buddha' or something like that.

[Gharib]

Why not just a human who has great amount of knowledge and experiences, but instead the son of God?

[Me Myself]

Why cant you be the 3 options with avariety of intensities of each?

[-Peacemaker-]

I'm always a little skeptical of how learned people who are self proclaimed "experts" are.

[Gjallarhorn]

Originally Posted by Student of X

...or I am a very special person. I haven't figured out which. Maybe I'm too scared to.

I doubt I'm crazy, because many of my supernatural experiences have been objectively verifiable and shared with other people.

So maybe I'm being deceived by a supernatural trickster(s). I've read The Trickster and the Paranormal...great book. The archetype of the trickster is part of the paranormal. It can't be avoided. But that doesn't mean that it's all just 'mind tricks'. That's much to simple and glib an explanation. I can see why it's a tempting one, though.

I'm an expert in comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, parapsychology. I'm no stranger to the archetypes of world religion and myth...including the trickster archetype. Of course the trickster isn't the only archetype I'm acquainted with. As a mystic who has achieved profound altered states of consciousness, all the archetypes of the collective unconscious have been activated in my psyche. For many years they have been active. I've had a great many profound encounters with them, both objective and subjective.

So if I'm not "crazy" and I'm not completely under the power of the trickster archetype then I am 'a son of God', mystically speaking. A 'buddha' or something like that.

Fourth option: you are experiencing a common psychological phenomenon, which is why it is shared with other humans.

[Student of X]

Originally Posted by eselam

Why not just a human who has great amount of knowledge and experiences, but instead the son of God?

I didn't say 'the', I said 'a'. There have been, are, and will be many sons of God. They are fully human and yet fully Divine.

[Daemon Sophic]

Originally Posted by Gjallarhorn

Fourth option: you are experiencing a common psychological phenomenon, which is why it is shared with other humans.

Of all the possibilities, they most often choose the latter-most.

Joan of Arc vs. the infinite possibilities - YouTube

[Student of X]

Infinite my ***.


Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime" - YouTube

There is water flowing underground. Same as it ever was.

[Daemon Sophic]

Originally Posted by Student of X

Infinite my ***.


Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime" - YouTube

There is water flowing underground. Same as it ever was.

Ahh. Yes. There is a fifth option; but I thought we weren't supposed to discuss hallucinogenic drugs in the forum. My bad.

[Sir Doom]

Originally Posted by Student of X

...or I am a very special person. I haven't figured out which. Maybe I'm too scared to.

I doubt I'm crazy, because many of my supernatural experiences have been objectively verifiable and shared with other people.

So maybe I'm being deceived by a supernatural trickster(s). I've read The Trickster and the Paranormal...great book. The archetype of the trickster is part of the paranormal. It can't be avoided. But that doesn't mean that it's all just 'mind tricks'. That's much to simple and glib an explanation. I can see why it's a tempting one, though.

I'm an expert in comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, parapsychology. I'm no stranger to the archetypes of world religion and myth...including the trickster archetype. Of course the trickster isn't the only archetype I'm acquainted with. As a mystic who has achieved profound altered states of consciousness, all the archetypes of the collective unconscious have been activated in my psyche. For many years they have been active. I've had a great many profound encounters with them, both objective and subjective.

So if I'm not "crazy" and I'm not completely under the power of the trickster archetype then I am 'a son of God', mystically speaking. A 'buddha' or something like that.

Your question seems loaded to me. We must choose between lunacy, thralldom, or complete enlightenment. I am not one to insult people when I first meet them, and so calling you a lunatic or a thrall right off the bat is not likely to happen. So, now I'm left with supposing you are some kind of special someone?

Then, you go on to explain how your expertise in a variety of related areas make you well qualified to answer the question for yourself. This seems to me like an attempt to preemptively discredit any posters who aren't similarly eclectic in their expertise. In other words, "If you aren't the supreme executive in charge of determining reality than you need not post (unless you agree that I'm super-special and awesome)."

So, I have seen nothing in your post to confirm or deny that you belong to any of the three categories you've presented.
I can, however, say with all confidence that you most definitely believe it is the super-special enlightened option.
I also doubt that anything anyone says in this thread will change that perception you have of yourself.