MENTAL ILLNESS IS DIVINE…SORT OF
That type of autism which psychologists have labeled as ‘Savant’ (as in the movie Rainman) may be defined as the manifestation of a single-minded genius in one direction to the detriment of many other ‘normal’ brain functions.
This phenomenon of Savantism is also found in the lives of many saints throughout history. But in this case, the mental disorder does not manifest from birth but is rather self-created by the saint from focusing too much attention on manifesting just one or two Divine virtues of God, to the detriment of all others virtues. Besides leading to some off-balance behavior, it of course leads to extreme genius in other areas—the very definition of Savantism.
However, trained Spiritualists of all sorts (magicians, shamans, yogis, etc.) spend years developing within themselves a highly controlled and disciplined ‘all-purpose autism’ on demand. Accomplished each in their own way, they uncover, study and master the Divine Principles upon which nature plays her never-ending, ever-changing dance. And by hard-won possession of these principles they are able to manifest genius in any direction they choose—voluntary, controlled Savantism on demand.
Some of the many so-called mental diseases discovered by psychology that are being touted before the public these days were at various times in history considered to be gifts from the Gods. The character of Cassandra in Homer’s epic “The Iliad” would today be considered mentally insane, manifesting schizophrenia or something similar. And yet she was able to accurately divine the truth of future events—but she was just ‘crazy’……right?
As long as the psychiatric community maintains it archaic, myopic, and narrow minded views of the mind and how it truly functions, there is no hope for anyone suffering with a so-called mental disorder.
It is the author’s assertion that some of the established so-called mental disorders, along with the multitudinous 3-letter dysfunctions being advertised (by drug companies) to the public ad nauseam, are in fact normal behaviors and need not be ‘fixed’ with expensive chemicals which to this day still have not cured anyone of the disorders their respective ads claim to help.
Honestly, who among us can truly say that someone afflicted with schizophrenia isn’t really hearing voices from other sources, places, dimensions? Spiritualists of all ages have actually trained themselves to acquire such abilities. Does anyone call them ‘crazy’? Most people would call them weird to say the least, but the fact that they can otherwise function in society in a more or less ordinary manner (depending on the spiritualist in question) means that the population will not run through the streets calling for their arrest or confinement in a mental ward.
It is an established fact throughout history that many people labeled as ‘insane’ were defined as such by people who were themselves insane. Many of the ‘crazy’ people were just being themselves or couldn’t help but react to the inhuman insanity around them.
…and the pot calls the kettle black.
