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Accurate prophecies are no
guarantee of positive intent.
Deceptive
sources may make successful predictions solely to win blind devotion,
induce feelings of doom, or create self-fulfilling prophecies. When
positive sources give prophecies, they respect freewill and present
probabilities without macabre coloring or undue fatalism.
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That a body
of material contains identifiable truths does not necessarily make it
valid.
Deceptive
sources may pile a heap of lies upon an otherwise factual basis, while
the sloppier cases simply slap together fragments of existing
material. In contrast, positive material is always more than the sum
of its parts and presents extra information that is novel, practical,
and verifiable.
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Preoccupation with lower truths can distract from the pursuit
of higher truths.
For
instance, obsession with exposing political corruption can distract
from gaining necessary spiritual empowerment, which is a popular
tactic employed by hyperdimensional entities
and their human agents. Positive sources prioritize by framing
lower truths in their higher context.
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Just
because something contains convoluted trivia, complex jargon, and
voluminous pages, it does not necessarily contain profound truths.
The
illusion of profundity sends people on a wild goose chase for grand
truths better found elsewhere. Positive sources are complex only
for the sake of accuracy and conciseness.
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The
alternative to a fallacious belief system may not always be a better
alternative. Rejecting something and seeking its diametric opposite
could simply be going from self-deception to self-destruction.
Positive sources do not subscribe to this mechanical binary thinking
and instead present balanced solutions that transcend such false
dichotomies.
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Deceptive
sources win allegiance by stroking the ego and playing upon
insecurities.
We are all
special and here for a reason, but these dark forces diminish humility
and cater to self-importance by assigning one grandiose titles,
messianic roles, and outlandish past life histories. Positive sources
help you achieve a humble understanding of your place in the universe
without exalting or repressing who you truly are.
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Sometimes
an action toward balance can overshoot equilibrium and become a new
type of imbalance.
For
instance, removing harmful contaminants from your diet can bring a
healthier balance, but removing too many foods without proper
substitutes can lead to nutritional deficiency. To avoid this trap,
corrective actions must always be gauged relative to equilibrium.
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The right
method for the wrong person can give detrimental results. For example,
the Fourth Way methodology aims to grow souls within those who
have none; if people who need soul awakening rather than soul growth
limit themselves to such a system, they will assume they are less than
they truly are and spiritually suffocate. By knowing yourself, you
will know what is right for you [by Fourth Way, I mean the
system of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, which is incomplete
and skewed. For a more balanced and complete treatment, see the system
outlined by Boris Mouravieff in Gnosis].
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Gifts are
not always given with sincerity.
Alien
abductees are frequently given psychic powers and even healing
abilities, but to the aliens these are worthless trinkets they don’t
mind trading for spiritual and biological ownership over the abductee. Gifts are only
sincere when given unconditionally and selflessly.
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Being under
attack is not always a sign of being on the right path.
Attacks can
sometimes serve as false confirmation in order to cattle-prod the
paranoid into clutching more tightly onto their deceptive belief
system, such as devout Catholics receiving demonic attacks
because they are easily herded this way and fed upon. For those on the
right track, attacks are far more sophisticated; they seek to
undermine faith and pressure one into committing self-sabotage.
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Astral
deceivers often impersonate impressive characters such as historical
figures, ascended masters, archangels, Jesus, or aliens.
They do
this in order to form a parasitical bond with those who believe this
deception, and they go to great lengths to build up their characters.
Material should always be evaluated on its content, not its source,
and deceptive sources will give cunningly flawed or empty material
regardless of their self-proclaimed credentials.
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Noble
intentions can be diverted onto quixotic endeavors.
Those with
good hearts can, due to a lack of knowledge or ungrounded idealism, be
led onto a primrose path demanding much time, energy, and resources in
order to keep them spinning their wheels thinking they are making a
difference when in the big picture their talents could be better
applied elsewhere. Discernment requires not letting subjectivity and
wishful thinking mask the warning signs that one is pursuing an
inefficient path.
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Group
consensus is a double edged sword.
While
conferment and agreement between multiple individuals lowers the risk
of personal bias, if the entire group can be entrained into agreeing
upon a false idea, then any individual dissenting on the side of truth
will be rebuffed on the rationalization that an individual is far more
likely to be wrong than an entire group. Personal communion with
one’s heart and mind should always take precedence over group
consensus because the truth is within.
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Anything
good can be shown in a bad light; anything bad can be shown in a good
light.
By taking
the best promises of a deceptive path and comparing it to the worst
risks of a productive path, the deceptive path may falsely seem like
the optimal choice. Only by examining the totality of each option can
one make an informed choice.
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That a
method or system “just works” and produces visible results is
no guarantee that the system is ultimately beneficial.
What
results you see may be matched by greater amounts of detriment you
cannot see, which is especially true of systems that emphasize
substituting technology, ritual, or formula for spiritual practice,
self-determination, and discovery. The best one can do is consider the
benefits but hunt for the potential shortcomings of a system and guard
against them.
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Deception
seeks to emulate truth as closely as possible while propagating just
the opposite.
It shares
the superficial characteristics of a positive source and hopes the
target audience does not look past the shallow mimicry. Ultimately,
something always tends to feel “off” about these sources despite
surface appearances indicating nothing out of the ordinary; once
intuition alerts you, it is the job of reason to help you zero in on
the problem.
