"Who would want to know?" indeed!

How about a healthy questioning mind and soul? And for me personally - the part of me that would prefer to know if I'm being manipulated, lied to, or defrauded. Negative ego I guess. What bullshit! Ignorance is not bliss IMO. And blind faith isn't either.
Truth whether it is painful or not is preferable. I have faced disillusionment of something I believed in for many years, and while my awakening wasn't entirely fun, I'm grateful that I did wake up to what was happening around me enough to break away. Pardon a quote from Lazaris but to be willing to be wrong in search of what is right, a concept that is quite valuble. Too much stuff swept under the rug and eventually that pile under there was getting pretty distracting, even if it was concealed by the pretty patterns on the wool.
May we all honor our own authoritah!
I once asked L about my skepticism. He said nothing wrong with that - just be skeptical of my skepticism. And I was. It was valuble to me to examine my motivations for my skepticism.
Did I want to be deluded? NO! And was it out of being cynical? NO again! For me it is the unexamined conflicts that can give rise to cynacism. Much of my life has been about discovering my spirituality, and questioning - honoring my discernment, and being willing to go on has been important. I recognize that I have given my power away before but I am determined that I will not do that again. That is the crux of what has been so valuble to me about this site. I see others that are going through this process and it gives me heart as well as a deeper knowing that I am not insane to have been disturbed by - for example the outrageous crystal hawking. I will not dismiss my thoughts and feelings with a tidy little - oh bad me I must be in neg. ego, listening to the trickster, nemisis or other convenient label to discount myself.

A curious aspect of the material is that while it is stated that love/positivity are more powerful than the negative, the convoluted nature of the way all the negative parts of ourselves are presented gives another impression altogether. Seemingly unending aspects to unravel.

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Sad fact is that none of us take kindly to being rudely awoken out of an illusion (think about how a friend might react to info about her cheating boyfriend), and some of the people still involved in that circle seem downright vicious. Spooky but true.

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The cheating lover is a good analogy. As many of us have discovered, it can be very dangerous to be the bearer of that news. Some people appreciate it, but for the most part, it is met with anger, resentment, and will end a friendship in the blink of an eye.

Some people just don't want to know the Truth, they find it much more cozy to live a lie, even when in some cases, the lie is putting their family, security and sanity at great risk.

Nice to see you again!!

Katie