{"id":22458,"date":"2024-10-07T00:07:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T00:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=22458"},"modified":"2024-10-07T00:07:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T00:07:13","slug":"the-messiah-delusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=22458","title":{"rendered":"The Messiah Delusion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Messiah Delusion, From believing in my own divinity to exploring the power of belief and hypnosis.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For a significant part of my life, I was convinced I was the Christ of this era. Raised in a prominent religious cult, I was taught from childhood that I was born of immaculate conception and that my mother was Mary. It wasn\u2019t a personal delusion but what later was diagnosed as a transferred delusional disorder by a psychologist. When I turned 18, I left the family cult and began to adjust to reality. Yet, an old friend encouraged me to embrace my role, leading me to gather followers and continue the charade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For five years, I lived as Christ, combining my deep religious beliefs with strong people skills and a knowledge of hypnosis and magic. To me, these methods were justified, believing that biblical Jesus used similar techniques. I thought I had a direct line to God, receiving daily guidance and performing what I considered miracles through both divine intervention and my own abilities. Despite skepticism from some, many believed in the miracles I performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually, as I came to terms with reality and witnessed the decline and imprisonment of my family members, my delusion began to unravel. I lost faith in any messianic figures and became a skeptic and atheist. It took another 3-5 years to fully discard the remnants of this belief. Today, I am an atheist, a passionate teacher and director, and an effective hypnotist, with a keen interest in human cognitive fallibility and belief systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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