It is high time the field of psychiatry put aside some ill conceived notions about the mystery of God. Are you a psychiatrist? Do you specialize in the Religious? Do you have a patient convinced they have experienced a mystical experience?  This Tale of the Holy Spirit is designed for you, explaining simply and correctly about the main Life in the Spirit traditions, starting with the basics of Jewish Life in the Spirit. Other chapters expound various Christian and Islamic ways. Life in the Spirit is a mystical group telepathy experience. While of course there are specialist psychiatrists who do specialize in telepathy, and while the international medical encyclopedia explains that telepathy is an established medical phenomena, psychiatrists are still much in the dark as to how this works, how the brain adapts, or how to distinguish bona-fide telepathy from a delusion associated with a mental illness.

Tale of the Holy Spirit

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Foreword to Psychiatrists

This foreword is meant only for experienced, professional, psychiatrists, intelligent enough or with enough common sense to understand the "bottom line" of the purpose of this treatise.

Why does a person, one man, write this style of treatise? What makes that person so confident he knows what he is talking about? What theologian in the world, now or in the past or future, would have the audacity to write this type of treatise for psychiatrists? Defies explanation!

What makes it possible is "faith". What is meant by this? In a neuroscience sense of this word we are talking about a tight compact neural network shaped in a sphere, and when active the internal magnetic-like forces form a "focus" inside that neural network and that is "faith". Some Catholic theologians use the term "faith in every sense of the word" (or "faith in every sense of the word faith"). What does this mean? Compare to say "John owns his car in every sense of the word own." To comply with this "in every sense", John must have proof of ownership, the car must be parked in the garage or as appropriate when not in use, he must have the keys to the car, he must be seen driving it. If John bought a car for his daughter Mary, and Mary had the keys and pay for all regular maintenance and the car is parked in her garage and she uses it daily, then while John's name may appear on the legal documents as to who the owner is, the "true owner" is Mary. John does not own that car in every sense of the word "own a car".

The force of "faith" when it forms in a man or woman, rearranges the internal neural networks of the brain. It compels these to slightly re-wire so that the reason better appreciates what faith is in its own way. So, when the force of faith first forms in a person, a person can feel an intense "faith" within, then he can faintly hear his own thought bringing together passages from whatever they have faith in. So in a Catholic, when this forms, the person may faintly hear "let your faith be sufficient for you", the "each in accordance with their capacity to understand", then "remain in the state you are called."

These are faint thoughts, seem they come from the depths of infinity, they are not Jesus talking directly to a Catholic. It is that force of faith which is producing a compelling will so that neural networks organize these essential ingredients of a person's faith in a more structured way. Two fold reason for this. To maintain any strong magnetic-like field in the brain is an "energy expensive" business. The brain does not like this because it can re-wire or re-shape its own neural networks to "imitate" the nature of the strong force without the need to cause that force to begin. Hence, such a neural arrangement is passive when not in use, requires minimum effort of the brain to maintain, and when in use it is far more "energy efficient" than a powerful magnetic like force in the brain.

However, while the expression "let your faith be sufficient for you" may be found in the New Testament (or whatever work, the same neuroscientific principle applies), and "remain in the state you are called" may be found, it may not be possible to find "each in accordance with their capacity to understand". The reason here is because this is an overall impression that a person gains from reading a few passages, or say all of the letters of Saint Paul. It is still "faith" else the force of faith would not form this thought, even though there may not be direct evidence for it in the relevant work.

Faith is not Law. Faith is not about impartial evidence, it is a personal conviction and a belief system. True, the original apostles claim they witnessed Jesus performing miracles. That was back then, the average Christian may accept this as being so, but this is not "reality" the to ego. Faith, Christian faith but in particular Catholic Faith, is not based on direct evidence. To get a person to this state, sure, the Church may appoint Saints and the like which give an insight into the mystery or majesty of God, from their point of view, and help to enlighten a person into working to have more faith or refined faith in their life.

The dictionary definition of faith is not really what is meant by "faith" in some parts of this treatise. The dictionary definition is a more a common sense definition and sometimes in any treatise the common sense meaning is being implied. However, the "faith" that is meant in some parts of this treatise does refer to that powerful force formed in a neural network that prepared itself over time to do this. In the Polish language, there is not equivalent of the English word faith in the syntax. The word "wiara" means "belief" and that also means "faith" in the syntax of the language - but, in the semantics of the language the Poles use the expression "mocna wiara" (strong belief) to convey "faith" in the English sense. The semantically correct translation of "mocna wiara" is "faith", while the correct syntactical translation is "strong belief".

In fact, in any parts of this treatise, some of the key words such as "understanding" or "submission" or "enlightenment" implies "in every sense of the word."

However, Darth, the key person in the Tale, is the Holy Spirit in accordance with the myths and legends of the telepaths, that psychic community. The question begs to be asked "how does his ego cope with this?" There is no simple answer, however, a lengthy narrative from a genuine "natural" interaction, this one in the Jewish high level Life in the Spirit known as Holy Ways, might reveal to the astute psychiatrist how his ego has adapted to this.

Extract from Tales in the Spirit The in the spirit interaction had lasted for weeks. Darth was so tired. As the awareness lifted the state of mind began to reduce to what the simple innocent Hebrews at the beginning were like. The imagery that finally form was surreal - a kind of vast light bluish plane and inside he as a small Darth Vader like figure. An image of a Rabbi, cute cartoon like formed near him, and pointed to him, "you are our God." Darth took a deep breath, wondering what to reply, or to remain silent. The Rabbi image did not seem to insist on a reply, it moved to the left and sat down, a white line in a circle formed around him. Then two smaller images, one male and one female, formed near Darth. Cute, clever mental images. The words in white formed in the void, "should I and he have sex." The girl image pointed to the male. Darth knew that in these "primeval" types of interactions, word flows were not used, somehow the brain conveyed the meaning by projecting words or symbols onto the light bluish plane. However, since Darth knew these two, this he could sense, could cope with word flows, he imagined walking down to them and sitting down, and saying meekly, "you know, if I had a grown up daughter, or son, I honestly would not expect them to ask my permission to have sex. Your question suggests to me you are immature in the spirit. That's like a seven year old daughter coming to me explaining to me that the eight year old boy next door wants to have sex with her and is that all right? I am not sure how any parent would respond to that." The imagery froze while another imagery superimposed. This was a typical Jewish technique in the spirit. The two people compelled their spirit to quiten, while they used their reason to consider this. In the imagery that formed, and this was much closer to ordinary life images not cartoon like or symbolic images, a neatly dressed young woman walked to a man sitting on the lounge, turned to him. "Uhm, as an adult, that is a sick question we just asked God. Darth is God in this Holy Way interaction, that's how they relate to the man who is in control of the interaction at the will level. Anyway," she waved her hand, "sorry, I don't want to get technical. Why is the spirit in us asking if it is all right to have sex? What does it even mean in the spirit? Sex is a human concept, the spirit is trying to convey something using sex as a...a..comparison." "Are you sure?" The young man replied. "Maybe this is what Jews do? Once we are in the spirit, maybe there is a requirement to have sex with the person you interact with?" "Please." The woman turned her head aside, embarrassed perhaps ashamed by what her friend in the spirit (and husband to be in the spirit, in the tradition of Life in the Spirit, not husband in ordinary life, the two would not know one another in ordinary life.) "It is possible, isn't it?" The young man insisted. "And I know what you look like, I saw your true to life image and loved your figure!" This faded, now the spirit projected the spiritual image again. This time the girl image asked God (Darth). "Is it all right for a man to desire a woman?" Darth excused himself and walked to the Rabbi image, saying quietly, "eh? What sort of question is that? Aren't they adults? I sense they are." "No, you don't understand." The Rabbi said quietly, "in the spirit they are Adam and Eve, free of original sin, in that sense you are also a serpent." "God and serpent at the same time?" Darth scratched his head and walked back and sat down by the boy and girl, ever so small, images. "All right. Let me try to put this into perspective. If you desire sex so you can consummate a tradition, and you believe this is the way to do it, then who is going to stop you? Whether I say YES or NO, you will make up your own mind anyway. If your question actually is 'is this how the Truth Marriage tradition for bona-fide Truth Marriages went? We don't know cause we lost them all in the Holocaust. My guess is that it probably was, not necessarily to go through with it, but to get together in ordinary life and talk it over. They would have to bypass the "do not commit adultery" commandment which is a heavy deliberation you see, and acts to transcend the spiritual above the physical - at least it does in Catholic Faith Marriages - but you, the true Jews, in this state of mind, are already in the spirit, you don't need to have it born in you, so this is not the same as a Faith Marriage hypothetical. For some reason, the spirit in you is relating sex to something important for you two do - except it may not be sex in the human sense - it could mean "mate" or something like that. God said "be fruitful and multiply", is that not what is written? That means in the spirit yes, you can mate." "So." The young man said. "Does this mean that in ordinary life if we meet, and say arrange to talk over sex, if we both go into the spirit, we have a right have sex?" Darth excused himself and walked over to the Rabbi figure sitting. He sat down and whispered. "In accordance with the tradition, you as well as the groom to be, would have also seen, in a vision, what she looks like in ordinary life. She must be hot, that is all I can say, cause this young man is dying to have ...uhm...what is a polite expression God might use?...an in-depth date with her.' "I am older, not so attune to female looks, but yes, she would be...hot...to that young man..or any young man around her age." The Rabbi considered after some wondering about this. Darth pondered on this and returned to the young couple and sat down. "Well, I don't know. From the spirit point of view, you two are united in the spirit, you are the true husband and wife, holy to the Lord your God. The spirit does not care one way or the other if you have sex or not, but your human ego does, you might feel terribly depressed after the awakening of what you done sinks in. So, I don't know, each couple to work this out on their own. In principle, it seems a requirement because after all that is what married couples do, they do have sex you know. In practice, it depends on you both. If both of you have problems in your ordinary marriage, things like, you might even benefit emotionally from such. You would be an idiot to confess to your physical spouse what you did though." Darth reflected on this and walked back to Wisdom (the Rabbi) flowing quietly. "Father, I think I was God and serpent at the same time just then. How do you read this?" The Rabbi shook his finger, "no, no, you are not allowed to call me Father at this depth of the mystery, because technically you are God." "Oh, sorry, minor sin." Darth shrugged as he sat down next to Wisdom.

Let's look at this from the point of psychiatry. Say I am a psychiatrist and I come across this article on my desk. What am I to make of it? Illusions of grandeur? Delusion? Abstraction? Some kind of flight of fantasy under stress situations? I don't know, not without knowing the person who wrote the article, but common sense also suggests to me this could be "true" meaning a genuine insight into the mystery of God.

Let me, theoretically, assume it is. Do I have any patients who have expressed some ideas consistent, in some way, with what I have just read? If so, I might conclude that is there is such an experience as Life in the Spirit, then my patient may be connecting subconsciously to the experience, but his or her conscious can not make the quantum leap into actually visualizing and accepting this experience. If I have run out of ideas how to tackle such a patient, I might be inclined to show them (during the next session) this very article, get them to read it, and tell me their thoughts and feelings. Am I being the serpent? Chances are the patient will read, believe, and accept. Is it true? I don't know really but as long as my patient believes, this may be enough for his own ego to adjust and whatever caused him or her to come to me, it may become of no clinical significance.

What if this patient suddenly believes whoever wrote this, is a Saint or Holy or even the Holy Spirit? I might be tempted to send the person to a theologian to talk such things over, but I would not because, in my personal view, this would give me the best shot at exposing the natural ego and if I can do that, I can begin to shift some of the id into the ego and in my philosophy, like in Freud's, that is the best equation to improve mental health.

The bottom line: this treatise as a whole can aid psychiatrists, so I believe, with many patients especially those deeply religious. In a sense, this treatise is like a "medical tool". Is a medical tool holy or not? What does that mean? Maybe a cardiac surgeon might consider a surgical knife perfectly sterilized and perfectly sharp as "holy" - it is a touch relative what "holy" means, to whom, under what circumstances. So, even if the author of this treatise, for those who may read it and misunderstand its medical tool mature, risks being named a Saint or something by a Christian group, this is unlikely to happen during his lifetime and after that it is not an issue the ego is worried about.