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Greatly Inspired... Or Mildly Deluded?

If we are spiritual enough, do we get to the point where our every action is "Prompted", or do we act on our own, doing more good works of our own volition?

Ok, I have a family member that is either one of the most Inspired people alive, or has deluded herself into believing such.

An uncountable number of times each day, she announces "The Spirit told me to ..." Followed by whatever mundane task she feels like doing or needs to take care of:
- Go to this store and stock up on more discontinued stuff her family will never use.
- Do some laundry.
- Go buy 1000's more old books from another closed library and put them in your garage.

I get the feeling she doesn't know the difference between her own thoughts and actual promptings.

On the positive side, I've never seen her do anything the Spirit would disapprove of, she's a good person for sure. Even though I'm a very spiritual person overall, I can't stand to be around her anymore because the things she blurts out sound like nonsense to me. Can't she do anything good of her own free will? Is it true that every single action can possibly be inspired?

Driving me a crazy AND I feel guilty for judging her.

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If its making her happy and its not hurting anyone then be happy for her and just ignore anything you think is not regular. Consider how the people saw the prophets of old as crazy old men, who got the last laugh?

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, touche... Good point! I wish it were so simple, but my wife doesn't want to take the kids to visit them because of it. Makes me sad. I just roll my eyes and ignore it because I'm used to it.

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I am not saying they are but when mental illness flows through the genes of a family its hard for them to pickup anything abnormal because for them its all normal. People like this can be dangerous if they become too zealous an want to impose their thinking on others, so I can understand how your wife feels.

If their beliefs are just about influencing them rather than others then it mind be harmless. There is always the different in society, if there wasn't life would be boring.

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Why are we associating this with mental illness? Why can't it be that the person has a greater communication with the spirit than others?

Greatly Inspired... Or Mildly Deluded?

As one becomes more in tune with God though the Holy Ghost, slowly more and more decisions become the same as Gods or Jesus Christ's But most often, they do not involve everyday mundane task, but they can. It seems like the things she seems prompted to do, are more things she wants to do, to maybe avoid things that might be more constructive; but you have not explained what her role is in the family, a mother and etc.

I guess the question is self answering, if you ask, is she getting out of things, she would rather not do. And if you are the husband, you have a right to revelation of know what she is doing. Spirit speaks to spirit.

I am not sure why she vocally says, the Spirt told me to do this, that is not normally how people respond to the Spirit and relate it to others. It almost seems like she is letting everyone know, so they won't contest what she is doing.

I have the Companionship of the Holy Ghost, it has and is slowly making my feelings and thought one with the Godhead, but I don't go about mentioning it.



Edited: DavidLJ on 16th Dec, 2014 - 9:48pm