Thunderstorms

While most humans consider lightning as being potentially dangerous, there are some who believe it is but another physical manifestation of a holy being ( a God ). Some people, as the following patient, believe thunderstorms can procure extremely high levels of joy for the human being, if the human is receptive, of course.

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“ Sometimes the patient cannot resist the urge of running under the thunderstorms, unclothed. The patient describes this state as being a state of full happiness, as if he could touch a particle of divinity within this moment. The patient also adds that within this state, he feels that he is invincible and untouchable by the lightning because his mind only has pure thoughts. He also says that, metaphorically speaking, it is as if God Himself would clean his soul from all evil, leaving only laughter and smiles in his mind.

This behavior is considered foolish, immoral and even suicidal in the human society. However, the patient claims that, to him, this is the most natural and highest spiritual experience he has ever lived in his entire life. He also points out that there is nothing suicidal about this behavior and that it goes beyond the physical involvement of the lightning bolts - he claims the lightning is created by a Greater Force that is unknown to everyone including himself. He says it is a holy source of infinite happiness, which is very similar to the description given of the state of Buddhahood, the perfect state of enlightenment, found in the religion known as Buddhism. ”