I haven't recognized myself in old photos, like as a kid, since 2003/2004 or so because I died. I was replaced. Reiki = Tendai Buddhism = Shin or True Pure Land Buddhism = Mahayana Buddhist Emptiness-Monks Ninjas. Their lineage is transmitted through spirit possession. We know this now. That is what they believe. That is what I did. What I did was -- Simile of the Bath-Attendant, a ritual found in the Vimuttimagga, by me in present day like only a few days ago. and Clark Chilson, did a podcast, on a new book published on secret Shin, and what makes them secret? well, like all esoteric lineages, the top of the totem pole is always haunted. I met , in college, very experienced Buddhists. but the point is that I said elsewhere, and previously... possession, and getting to the top of the totem pole, there is no totem pole... a monk is just a pole, like a lightning rod. that is why it is called middle way, the shaman stands on the ground, underneath them is the underworld, and the resting dead, above them are night-mare hags, their ability involves finding a loose ghost, a lost soul, and inflating it like a balloon, until it floats, and hags. for more information on this, don't argue, don't be a bitch, learn, and study other points of view, because they're here. now. in your backyard. not Japan. not Tibet. Here.
especially S.Korea, and Vietnam, through skills of comparative religion, such as studying Anglicanism, we can figure out, how the whole totem pole works.
I am the same profession as you , an undergrad, I can write an organized well thought essay but I won't post one to reddit because of character count limitations. I am shooting the shit. Nothing I said is word salad. Are you familiar with Heidegger?
"Being", c.f. -- Being In Time by Heidegger
ok?
You -- that is -- Being -- is separate -- from your consciousness. Completely separate things. You can throw an object into a beam splitter , technically, and separate its field from the entire object.
this is what shamans do
they don't use trance, they use their nose, and their mouth
in goes an entire ghost, out goes another entire ghost
the result -- new personality
this is not word salad, it's a plausible assumption based on academic research, comparison, experience and science