What usually happens after a while is that balance gradually returns and the person integrates their new found spirituality into their life. If balance doesn’t return, it’s considered a spiritual imbalance and the person becomes less effective, functional and happy as a human being.

Spiritual addiction and temporary imbalances can make life difficult, but in themselves they definitely do not constitute mental illness.

I believe however that a long term spiritual addiction can leave someone more susceptible to mental illness.

My advice is – don’t go swimming if you fear you might drown (so to speak).

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The fact is that having metal “illness”, and being spiritually conscious, psychic, intuitive or channeling, etc. are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are usually highly correlated, in my experience.

I do have fairly extensive experience in this area, and not of my own choosing. Through familial afflictions, the attraction of such clients, and consultation with other intuitives I’ve formulated some theories which seem to be quite valid.

Joseph Campbell said that the psychotic is drowning in the waters in which mystics love to swim. In other words, it’s a matter of control and knowledge.

Some misguided people say that psychosis should be untreated and allowed to run its course because the afflicted are being “spiritual”. Bullshit.

The deciding factor is: can you function with things the way they are, or can you not? Some people have had serious psychotic episodes (which may or may not have been spiritual revelations, etc.), but eventually learned to incorporate these experiences into the common reality that we all share. One need not give up a special connection with the Divine in order to live in this reality…but it takes work.

We all came here for a reason, and I believe that in the case of people with psychosis, they came here primarily to be healed. Something happened (most likely in a past life) that in a sense scrambled their psychic structure and thus made it difficult to live in this reality. They live in two worlds and so cannot function properly in either.

All of which is to say that you can have your cake and eat it too…have your spirituality, your insights, your revelations…and still live as normal a life as you wish, if you only find the balance between expressing these things and tending to normal life and relationships. Becoming aware and then controlling your emotions and thoughts (and actions) is the key to this.

You can do that and also continue to seek healing. I don’t know anything about this type of cord cutting, but I do know that the various possible types of damage to the psychic structure can be repaired – to an extent. As I do with my clients, however, I will advise you to choose a path in regard to your healing and stick with it. Constantly spending all of your money on various types of readings or healings is a circular trip and can become an addiction.

Good luck.

Michael