channeling a divine being
I read on a Chinese Buddhist website about the three possibilities that the entity that a person channels may not be a celestial being, although the entity proclaims itself to be. The three possibilities are 1) an evil spirit, or ghost, or whatever you want to label it as; 2) someone who wishes to use the identity of a celestial being to do certain things; and 3) the channeler's subconscious mind's personification of an entity. The fourth possibility is that the entity whom the person channels is indeed a celestial being. The website mentions different ways to discern, but the basic idea is really to have a balance of both intellect and intuition , as they serve as checks and balances for everything we encounter in this physical dimension. One distinction that that website did not mention, is ego. This comes with experience, and I suppose that author did not have the "honour" of experiencing all four possibilities. ^_^ Anyone who is not from the purest ...