Mental Illness

The spiritual journey can be psychologically challenging, but if we keep turning to grace, we are safe. Mental illness can arise when we lose our connection to the earth. Without grounding, we risk becoming trapped in a kind of virtual reality. In many Eastern cultures, mental illness is viewed as a step on the path to enlightenment

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We think we are these individuals,

But we are dream figures.

But this can be very confusing and psychologically very challenging because it actually is,

You know,

In mental illness,

That is when somebody gets lost in a kind of virtual reality.

They lose their connection to the earth plane.

They don't get to enlightenment.

They get stuck in a halfway spot of virtual reality.

Right.

And the answer to mental illness really is a huge embrace,

Coming back down to the ground and surrender to truth.

Because as I've said many times in the East,

Mental illness is seen as a transition step into enlightenment.

I know some of you worry about your sanity a little bit.

When we're making steps,

We're going higher,

We can feel very insecure psychologically.

But you're very safe in this process,

You guys,

Because of grace.

You keep turning to grace.