In the last week, I’ve had to disengage from two people with psychic abilities who also espouse political conspiracy theories. It’s too much for me. It’s not just the theories, but it is the mean-spirited intent behind the information being shared which makes me have to cut off these relationships. I wonder, “How can people who espouse spirituality and have psychic gifts, believe in and promote anything mean-spirited?” And, why do they mix the spiritual and the political?
I asked a couple of my psychic friends why they thought this happened. The first one told me that everyone sees life through their own filter. Even people who are psychic/spiritual/enlightened will believe the things which make sense in their lives.
What I don’t understand is the meanness.
I asked a second psychic about this and he wrote a whole blog post regarding conspiracy theories.
This is an excerpt from mystic Mark Janssen’s blog post.
“Some people who are psychics, who are supposed to be spiritually enlightened, believe in political conspiracy theories.
“The first thing to remember is that we are all mere mortals. PC theorists can use their free will to espouse whatever they want. Doing so does not make them spiritual. It does not mean that they are exercising their spiritual gifts or talents in any way whatsoever. It means that they are indulging themselves in what are, in their social circles, politically correct theories.
“Espousing such theories under the guise of being spiritual is utter rot. It displays spiritual immaturity. It may well help to explain why I am not a fan of those men and women who would waste their time—and mine—with such nonsense.
“The kindest thing I can say to them is it’s time to grow up and put on your big boy pants.
“If you espouse conspiracy theories, expect to find yourself cut off from people. You may have known some people for a long time. You may think you’ve known them well. But you have placed some not-so-spiritual ideas before your friendships, before the relationships which spiritually tied you to the Divine and each other.
“Political conspiracy theories are wild-eyed tomfoolery which drive humans apart. Truly spiritual people are those who constantly work to tie themselves to that which is outside of themselves. PC theories are narrow and confined. They fail to bring us to the life of the Spirit.”
You can read the entire post by clicking here.
Synchronistically, today’s Huffington Post had an article about why people believe conspiracy theories. One of the things I took from the article was that people try to organize information so that they can understand what is going on. They take two completely different facts and link them together so they have a story about what is happening.
My example: The sun is shining. My husband’s neck hurts. Sunshine makes his neck hurt.
This example has no facts. No underlying truth. But it appears to explain my husband’s neckache. It doesn’t. The only thing which could make this theory worse is to take it to the next level: We must obliterate the sun to reduce neckaches. Then, we move to “The other political party refuses to obliterate the sun.”
You can read the Huffington Post article by clicking here.
Instead of believing whatever we read, we need to look for facts. We need science. We need to listen to people who are experts in their field. Not just the outliers, the experts too.
The thing about science is that it evolves. Maybe we thought something was correct two months ago. Now, we have new evidence, so scientific advice changes. And the science will continue to change. These updates are based on facts, not on whimsy or political advantage.
I like to think that spiritual people hope for good outcomes for everyone and are willing to pull together to make the world a better place. I’m naive. I want to think that people who tap into mystical sources are spiritual all the time. However, they are human too. Maybe that’s the answer. There is a tension between high-minded and being in a body. Sometimes, enlightenment wins. Sometimes, being human wins.
When enlightened people espouse theories I don’t agree with, I can at least wonder if there might be some truth to the theories. But when they promote meanness, I am out of there. Bye.
Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com
I asked a couple of my psychic friends why they thought this happened. The first one told me that everyone sees life through their own filter. Even people who are psychic/spiritual/enlightened will believe the things which make sense in their lives.
What I don’t understand is the meanness.
I asked a second psychic about this and he wrote a whole blog post regarding conspiracy theories.
This is an excerpt from mystic Mark Janssen’s blog post.
“Some people who are psychics, who are supposed to be spiritually enlightened, believe in political conspiracy theories.
“The first thing to remember is that we are all mere mortals. PC theorists can use their free will to espouse whatever they want. Doing so does not make them spiritual. It does not mean that they are exercising their spiritual gifts or talents in any way whatsoever. It means that they are indulging themselves in what are, in their social circles, politically correct theories.
“Espousing such theories under the guise of being spiritual is utter rot. It displays spiritual immaturity. It may well help to explain why I am not a fan of those men and women who would waste their time—and mine—with such nonsense.
“The kindest thing I can say to them is it’s time to grow up and put on your big boy pants.
“If you espouse conspiracy theories, expect to find yourself cut off from people. You may have known some people for a long time. You may think you’ve known them well. But you have placed some not-so-spiritual ideas before your friendships, before the relationships which spiritually tied you to the Divine and each other.
“Political conspiracy theories are wild-eyed tomfoolery which drive humans apart. Truly spiritual people are those who constantly work to tie themselves to that which is outside of themselves. PC theories are narrow and confined. They fail to bring us to the life of the Spirit.”
You can read the entire post by clicking here.
Synchronistically, today’s Huffington Post had an article about why people believe conspiracy theories. One of the things I took from the article was that people try to organize information so that they can understand what is going on. They take two completely different facts and link them together so they have a story about what is happening.
My example: The sun is shining. My husband’s neck hurts. Sunshine makes his neck hurt.
This example has no facts. No underlying truth. But it appears to explain my husband’s neckache. It doesn’t. The only thing which could make this theory worse is to take it to the next level: We must obliterate the sun to reduce neckaches. Then, we move to “The other political party refuses to obliterate the sun.”
You can read the Huffington Post article by clicking here.
Instead of believing whatever we read, we need to look for facts. We need science. We need to listen to people who are experts in their field. Not just the outliers, the experts too.
The thing about science is that it evolves. Maybe we thought something was correct two months ago. Now, we have new evidence, so scientific advice changes. And the science will continue to change. These updates are based on facts, not on whimsy or political advantage.
I like to think that spiritual people hope for good outcomes for everyone and are willing to pull together to make the world a better place. I’m naive. I want to think that people who tap into mystical sources are spiritual all the time. However, they are human too. Maybe that’s the answer. There is a tension between high-minded and being in a body. Sometimes, enlightenment wins. Sometimes, being human wins.
When enlightened people espouse theories I don’t agree with, I can at least wonder if there might be some truth to the theories. But when they promote meanness, I am out of there. Bye.
Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com
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