Religions were founded by schizophrenics

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I've been doing some research on the prehistory of religions. It seems as though shamans and prophets were schizophrenic. I was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Actually two out of three said I didn't have it and the third one said I am on the spectrum. He also said that no one really knows what schizophrenia is. I think it's the subconscious mind working harder than the conscious or the intuitive mind is stronger than the rational mind. Albert Einstein said that the intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is its faithful servant.

When I was a kid I was more autistic but I think those traits are gone now because I worked very hard at healing myself. Plus, I was thrown in with a bunch of NT's growing up and I had to sink or swim. I'm telling you all this because I don't want people to think I'm just making negative judgments on religions or that I'm trolling. I studied many religions and still am fascinated by it all. But, I can't help to think that much of it is just wrong while some of it is profound and very real.

About 2 percent of the population is able to go in and out of altered states of consciousness at will. It is a gift but it can also be very negative if the visions are not properly analyzed by the rational mind. People used to hold schizophrenics in high regard as they were the priestesses, oracles, and priests of the societies. Often times oracles were used by politicians and heads of state. Schizophrenics have a strong intuitive mind but modern society values the rational mind more which now has displaced these different thinking types. Religions are set now but in the past they were formed by people who held their beliefs as if they were facts due to the fact that enough people believed their beliefs.

I'd guess that since schizophrenics tend to come up with some bizarre and unreal beliefs, make wrong connections and so forth that the religions also contain a high rate of inaccuracy. Many schizophrenics claim to be plagued by demons and such. Actually, one of the criteria for schizophrenia is that the person has a preoccupation with religions or spiritual matters. We still cling to religions that claim that demons and angels exist but at the same time it is believed that if anyone claims to have made some sort of divine contact with these entities, then these people are crazy.

Jesus would be considered a schizophrenic if he was analyzed by a modern day psychiatrist. Even if he performed miracles the doctors would say that it was a placebo effect or that it was just coincidental.

Makes a lot of sense to me!

Religions are a multifaceted phenomena with many diverse roots and functions in society. It is dangerous and probably violently simplified to try to nail them down to a single cause. No doubt deranged people probably played a role on their development as did politics, scammers, masses of frightened and confused and gullible people, and people genuinely curious about the general nature of the universe. It is a fascinating social stew.

Well, it is pretty common for shamans to take hallucinogenics to open the portal so to speak. Caves contain high amounts of negative ions which also tend to alter the consciousness. The ocean also gives off lots of negative ions to bring about that state of oneness. Ever notice how surfers are so relaxed and in tune with nature? Nature gives off the spirit to which these thinking types respond to.

It's also a mistake to say it's all or nothing. I believe there are parts of the brain that can infuse information at an extraordinary rate. It needs to be refined, and taught in our culture because we are humans and we learn from one another. No one should have to go it alone. Isolation can drive a normal person mad. NT's are lucky because they have group support and guidance. We are just misfits because there is no banning togetherness, no knowledge being passed down, no interpretive skills to the visions because only 2 to 3% of the population thinks in this abstract subconscious manner. One can be alone amongst many people if he/she is misunderstood. Although, shamans do tend to accept the fact that they are alone. It's part of the initiation process as is healing oneself is also an initiation rite. But then again many shamans die during this process or lose their minds.

i think the first spirituality would have coincided w first signs of art, the creation of "what isnt there"

heaven/a second realm

spirit/a second body

a statue/a second manifestation of a person

an amulet/a second manifestation of a concept

art is traced 175 000 years back
homo sapiens is traced 200 000 years back

i wonder
how old alcohol and hallucinogenics are traced back. and i wouldnt be surprised if they coincide as well.