The two most powerful yeshiva experiences I had were in Shar Yashuv and later in the Mir in NY. But the same search for truth that led me to those two great places was the exact same thing that later led me to leave and go after false doctrines. The issue really was addressed by the Gra- in a powerful statement --the top signature on the letter of excommunication [חרם].
The trouble is the people get caught in a zone of illusion where they believe they have merited to great spiritual levels and Divine Light while in fact being led by the Dark Side which imitates holiness.
I wrote about this years ago but deleted everything since I wanted to keep my blog on a positive note.
Some of the problems that I wrote a lot about but deleted were these:
(1) Ego inflation. Once they imagine they are seeing great light they begin to think of themselves are super beings.
(2) He thinks his imaginations are true revelations from above.
(3) becomes possessed by an archetype--which he thinks is some higher level but in fact is a lower level than and sometimes from the Dark Side itself. And that is were his visions and miracles come from.
I wrote a lot about this but at some point it was getting me down and upsetting seeing the whole religious world running into this world of the Dark Side.
The trouble is the people get caught in a zone of illusion where they believe they have merited to great spiritual levels and Divine Light while in fact being led by the Dark Side which imitates holiness.
I wrote about this years ago but deleted everything since I wanted to keep my blog on a positive note.
Some of the problems that I wrote a lot about but deleted were these:
(1) Ego inflation. Once they imagine they are seeing great light they begin to think of themselves are super beings.
(2) He thinks his imaginations are true revelations from above.
(3) becomes possessed by an archetype--which he thinks is some higher level but in fact is a lower level than and sometimes from the Dark Side itself. And that is were his visions and miracles come from.
I wrote a lot about this but at some point it was getting me down and upsetting seeing the whole religious world running into this world of the Dark Side.
