I can totally empathise with people in walking the spiritual path when they encounter a fear of going 'crazy'. I believe it's actually a very natural part of the evolutionary process. Why?

We have been so conditioned to living life as an identity - a small self, constrained and limited within a box. Yet in many ways, that box can be comfortable, to a degree. It seemingly offers a measure of security - although looking at the world the way it currently is, I'd say the only security we can truly rely upon is that of absolute vulnerability - accepting the moment totally as it is.

So when we begin to step outside of the box, the very framework in which we've referenced the world is going to fall apart. It is something that can take a long time or happen quite suddenly. It just depends on how much conditioning we hold and how strong the impetus to evolve is.

It is my observation there will likely come a point though where we feel to cast off that old way of being and limiting relationship with the world entirely. This can feel at times quite destabilising in the beginning until the new open way of being integrates and our soul becomes comfortable with it.

Usually this process happens in stages. And I think this is another powerful benefit of the "Five Gateways". Each stage becomes a manageable step and we don't progress into the higher Gateways until we've truly integrated the lower ones. So we might get a taster of absoluteness early on, but it doesn't become a daily part of our reality until we're truly ready for it.

On that journey of full soul infusion and integration, there will likely be times when both the false self and true self are speaking alternatively through the same bodymind. In one moment we feel to be a particular way which can change quite suddenly in the next. It is understandable I guess that people would see these as 'medical conditions' and create various names for them. Indeed I've noticed that if the infusion of new consciousness is not allowed to happen or retarded by the use of suppressive drugs (for example), then a kind of 'inbetween' state can exist.

That's why it's so wonderful to see so many alternative healing practices coming to the fore. We need to provide space for people to explore and integrate their higher self consciousness in a protective and understanding way. It's also why we need to be quite careful what we share of our experiences and with whom. We must be clear that there will be an openness, understanding and acceptance of our reality by people not needing to control or limit it.

Chris