•  Elise   ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) OP
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    Super interesting! Saved it so I can go over it again later.

    Regarding religion I have a funny story. I once met this guy and we had this amazing spiritual connection. Really powerful. So anyway we connect. He’s like I can give you some lessons if you like.

    So a year or two later I pick him up on that. He says next Saturday at 1300 sit down and close your eyes.

    Mind you I meditate and I’ve had some powerful experiences, but it seemed he didn’t quite catch on to that. I was like well do you want me to meditate? Where? And so on, trying to get details out of him. But he wouldn’t give me any. Just had to close my eyes at 1300 on that specific day. I dunno, crazy stuff, but why the heck not.

    So I went out into the forest with a good friend and it was nearly 13. So we sit down on the path and start meditating.

    My dude I was having a most interesting experience! I was on a beach and it was pitch black at night. And over the water this huge elephant person floated towards me. I am talking like 1km high. It looked a lot like one of those Indian gods. It was quite moving and a unique experience.

    So I was all like wow that was amazing I can’t wait to talk to him. I got home and called him and told him the story.

    😂 He was speechless and had no clue wtf I was on about 🤣

    Apparently he’s into some kind of esoteric cult that has like a hierarchy and I was gonna end up paying him for it. He was gonna like hook me up to their mental social network. Like wow one of the biggest wtf moments of my life.

    It made me wonder a lot about how that can be. That two people can feel such a powerful emotional spiritual connection, but then just absolutely have different ideas about how it works. This guy wasn’t crazy or stupid or anything, but well, I did piss him off somehow. I dunno I guess he was prideful 🤷🏻‍♀️

    FYI I left a top level comment