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They provide money, power and prestige to whoever/whatever they believe in

Quite so! The challenge is controlling/refining/aligning the human structure so that the Uncreated can shine/transmit its Intent through the humanness. Currently human society is more interested in maintaining power and control

I quite often meet various entities while meditating. If they want to connect, I first test for smell, and then intent. Then I might push them up through the planes to see where they can operate. Then I might put them in a light-dark spectrum to see where they are most comfortable If they pass the tests, by then I will have some sense of their quality and purpose and I will consider closer interaction

True believers are highly prized

Rightness of instincts requires consistency with the intent/directionality of that part of the local universe. That of course assumes that there is inherent intelligence within a universe. Some prefer to believe in randomness

I am not sure human concepts of good and evil are particularly useful in the cosmos. On the other hand The Source of All presumably was not just mucking around when generating various universes. Accordingly there may be merit in carrying out human actions so as to support the intent underlying the existence of this universe. Since that intent is largely unknown conceptually, perhaps it is a matter of humans having right instincts

No it is not guesswork. We can recognize what it is NOT. Binary worlds are wonderful

How does that work with parallel timelines?

I had a girl friend who remembered being burned as a witch. She said it was a very cold experience - as may be detected in the above photo She also said (from experience) that drowning is the easiest death - one panic breath of water then all is peaceful. She was annoyed at being rescued from the bottom of the pool

If we do not know how to test for spiritual mastery are we reduced to guesswork?

Of what is the spiritual master, a master? Surely there is more to master than the persona (mask) of a human. How to test for mastery of transpersonal energies?

The original question may be seen as a bottom-up view or as top-down Thus the human perspective of what is a spiritual master may be quite narrow, based on dense observations and beliefs. A top-down perspective might be quite different where those out of or beyond incarnation (within various species) may cause flows of emotional and mental energies and use higher intent to promote political outcomes that contribute to the development/purposes of the civilization and of this planet. It seems that each culture comes to a time of bearing fruit, after which it declines and is replaced by the next development in humanity

Long ago after a few years of meditation I was pleased with how harmonious I felt - 95% of the time. Then my meditation shifted to a deeper level and emotional trauma showed itself. I had suppressed that most of this life. Largely it was past life trauma including attention from the Holy Inquisition.

It may be that the state of relatively free flow of Light through the persona (mask) is the entry price for entering into the local cosmic community. Then, through work and experience the new cosmic worker progressively increases the flow of Light through the transpersonal bodies/vehicles - buddhi, atma etc After the transpersonal vehicles the cosmic worker begins to develop cosmic, universal and trans-universal vehicles and relationships to contribute to the great work In some accounts the local cosmic community is managed through Sirius, but there are many levels beyond The other day I was thinking that trans-universal is a clunky term. Immediately the word Empyrean came spelt into my mind In ancient European cosmologies inspired by Aristotle, the Empyrean heaven, Empyreal or simply the Empyrean, was the place in the highest heaven which was supposed to be occupied by the element of fire (or aether in Aristotle's natural philosophy). I suspect that Aristotle has been interpreted through religious filters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyrean

Quite so. Does the manifested Existence have any purpose? If it does, does the human race have any purpose? If it does, how do we go about it? Perhaps the Absolute was feeling bored when It decided to cause Existence?