[Seth]

Erin, I really appreciate all the time you take offering guidance and answering questions. Anyone can write an article and be done with it, but you seem very approachable and eager to discus your beliefs. And that’s good news for me, because I need your help!

I was raised Catholic but always thought it was mumbo-jumbo, turned atheist in college, and am now back to trying to understand spirituality. I’m currently using Steve’s computer-and-software metaphor to keep things straight. I have loaded Catholicism, Atheism, and David Icke’s “We are living in a matrix controlled by alien reptilians and we’re screwed in 2012.” I’ve finally consciously chosen to believe in God, not just because my mom dragged me to church, or because finals are two weeks away. I agree with the belief that “we are all one, we are all God.” I like that MUCH more than worshipping some magical man in the sky with a white beard, and fearing his judgment. Regardless of how screwed up and plagiarized the Bible is, if Jesus can save you from vampires on the astral plane, he’s good enough for me!

So now I have some hard questions. If the astral realm is taken at face value, then there are definitely powers, conscious beings, and entire dimensions outside of oneself. How then, are we “all one?” If you are not Jesus, and an astral vampire, and everything else, then we are not One.

Steve’s subjective reality falls flat on its face outside of the physical plane. In the astral realm, there are objective qualities such as “good” and “evil.” They’re not subjective, and they’re not a projection of your consciousness. The astral vampires aren’t “dark workers” or whatever, they are EVIL. Furthermore, they relish their evilness and work at being more evil. They’re not “helping themselves first to eventually help others.” Also, you say that no matter what I believe, I will go to the astral realm when I die. I want to trust you, Erin, but I’m wary of believing in your “one true religion” where anyone who doesn’t believe is wrong.

The only reason I am on the fence between choosing “good” or “evil” is that I have a tremendous respect for evil. If I ever met Hitler, I would shake his hand and say “well played.” Furthermore, I feel compassion for murderers. Everyone else is thinking of how to get revenge, but I forgive them. Is it bad to be cool with murderers? As long as they don’t mess with me or anyone I know, I don’t mind that they kill people. According to you, the victims planned the whole thing anyway before they incarnated. Do some kids get murdered just to stick it to their parents for being so horrible?

The only recurring nightmares I had as a child were about the Red-Eyed Monster in my closet, who looked a lot like the astral vampire you described. I don’t remember why the dreams stopped, but I haven’t had them since I was about 6. If I saw him in a dream now and managed to not be afraid, I would like to hang out with him and joke around. I wouldn’t want him to fade into a happy normal guy like your Freddy Krueger. I respect evil for what it is. Is that the same as loving evil, or just falling under its spell? If I tried to hug an astral vampire like meeting an old buddy, do you think he’d respect me, or suck out my soul? Why did you say “god damn you!” to him when you believe in love!? Why do you run around killing Evil with a light sword if thou shalt not kill? I thought the point of your gladiator dream was that you learned to love evil. When you give love to evil, does it have to die or get vanquished or whatever? I don’t want to kill evil, I want to respect it and forgive it. Can I be friends with the Devil AND Jesus?

I have no clue what my life purpose is, but I am certain of my astral purpose, if such a thing exists. I want to mediate between good and evil and show them that we are all One. Obviously the astral plane is infected with duality just like the Earth. But duality is only an illusion! We are all One.

Erin, I don’t see how you killing astral vampires with a light sword is any different than us killing terrorists. The evil doesn’t go away, it just dissipates and rematerializes. If you had a list of every evil person on Earth and killed them all, Evil would simply redistribute itself. And that is exactly what Evil wants. Am I wrong? You are just as bad for the world as the astral vampires, going around and killing in the name of love. Your light only makes the dark darker. Can you imagine Good ever eliminating Evil on the astral plane, or on Earth? How would that happen? When you kill a demon do you really feel like it changes anything? If it does, then I’ll pay you double your income to stay astral and kill demons 24/7. Why aren’t you in the Astral Army to save the universe?

David Icke says “infinite love is the only truth,” and agrees with you that all evil is love in disguise. But I don’t understand how there can be good without bad. Is it possible to accept good and bad as One, or do we have to somehow convert all bad into good?

Erin, I’m really looking forward to your reply, and I welcome any comments from everyone else! I almost wish I'd stayed Atheist, cause this spirituality stuff is confusing as hell.