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Cantando · 05-15-2009, 08:12 AM

I have explored many of these beliefs and practices for nigh on 40 years now. I was hypnotizing people and using the ouija board when I was 17 (when many of you were still in your nappies, or just a glint in your grandfather's eye

).

I have experienced channelling at first hand. Yes, it was fascinating at the time. It 'resonated' with me. But, then what? Nothing - just vacuous, empty nonsense.

If one looks at these things with one's eye open, taking in the wider context, one may come to understand the provenance of such things.

I quite understand, in this quick-fix, 5 second attention span, current age, that many just want to feel good right now, and find what 'resonates' with them. 'I am God' - wow, fantastic! 'I create my own reality' - wow, incredible! Gimme more.

But, to me, that is a limited, blinkered view. It's not all about feeling 'good' right now, and what 'resonates' with you.

Some of us bandy around another term - being 'tranfsormed', like some magical spaceship is going to come down one day and whisk us all away to some wonderful, heavenly place reserved for the elite manipulators of energy. It's so easy to be taken in.

I'm sorry, but it's just wishful thinking. It ain't gonna happen.

At one end of this fantasy spectrum, we have the timid, shrinking violets, who hide within a fluffy world of 'all is love', or whatever. At the other end, we have the more macho, fascistic, starship troopers who are going to 'transform' the world and make it part of some inter-galactic, trekky empire.

I would go so far as to say that it reflects an almost pathological inability to face up to the stark reality of life - that you will grow old (if you're lucky), endure pain, then die, as will all your loved ones. Get used to it (if you have the courage).

Please, don't take the above too seriously or personally, or feel offended. After all, it's just words being interpreted within your subjective reality.

The above was channelled by Glob, a multifarious, multi-pack (buy 1, get 6 free) nonentity from the 45th dimension (who loves us all soooooooo much, that it just makes me want to cry!).

'When you are lost in the desert, don't take the hump' - Mustafa Kamel Attaboy (1638 - 1519), Selected Writings.

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Cantando Family Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: England Posts: 1,436	I have explored many of these beliefs and practices for nigh on 40 years now. I was hypnotizing people and using the ouija board when I was 17 (when many of you were still in your nappies, or just a glint in your grandfather's eye ). I have experienced channelling at first hand. Yes, it was fascinating at the time. It 'resonated' with me. But, then what? Nothing - just vacuous, empty nonsense. If one looks at these things with one's eye open, taking in the wider context, one may come to understand the provenance of such things. I quite understand, in this quick-fix, 5 second attention span, current age, that many just want to feel good right now, and find what 'resonates' with them. 'I am God' - wow, fantastic! 'I create my own reality' - wow, incredible! Gimme more. But, to me, that is a limited, blinkered view. It's not all about feeling 'good' right now, and what 'resonates' with you. Some of us bandy around another term - being 'tranfsormed', like some magical spaceship is going to come down one day and whisk us all away to some wonderful, heavenly place reserved for the elite manipulators of energy. It's so easy to be taken in. I'm sorry, but it's just wishful thinking. It ain't gonna happen. At one end of this fantasy spectrum, we have the timid, shrinking violets, who hide within a fluffy world of 'all is love', or whatever. At the other end, we have the more macho, fascistic, starship troopers who are going to 'transform' the world and make it part of some inter-galactic, trekky empire. I would go so far as to say that it reflects an almost pathological inability to face up to the stark reality of life - that you will grow old (if you're lucky), endure pain, then die, as will all your loved ones. Get used to it (if you have the courage). Please, don't take the above too seriously or personally, or feel offended. After all, it's just words being interpreted within your subjective reality. The above was channelled by Glob, a multifarious, multi-pack (buy 1, get 6 free) nonentity from the 45th dimension (who loves us all soooooooo much, that it just makes me want to cry!). 'When you are lost in the desert, don't take the hump' - Mustafa Kamel Attaboy (1638 - 1519), Selected Writings. Last edited by Cantando; 05-15-2009 at 09:47 AM.