QUESTION:

A question from J.M. "A Marine friend of mine says he is drawn to reading only books about murder, such as "Helter Skelter," and the one he is currently reading is about a husband who murders his wife. When I asked him why, he says he doesn’t know. He also told me about another Marine who regularly writes to and receives letters from Charles Manson, and he also likes to drink his own urine. Why would someone have these inclinations and how can I help or counsel my friend?"

COSMIC AWARENESS:

This Awareness indicates the mind is often drawn to focus on that which is disturbing to it, or to that which is unusual and fascinating, fascinating perhaps because it is foreign, and the entity, becoming involved in the Marines, may recognize that he has been trained to kill, and thus may become fascinated by the concept of killing, knowing it is a potential, and thus, wants to know more about the concept.

This Awareness indicates that it is difficult to know the exact reason for this anonymous person seeking to read murder mysteries and stories, for each individual is different in his or uniqueness. This Awareness indicates that it is obvious the entity has a certain intrigue. It would be helpful to promote an interest in the subject of killing that is not associated with murder itself; that you might present the entity with stories of the old West or stories relating to police work, or of stories of war, to gradually wean him away from the fascination of murder, or to lead him into fictional stories, such as the Sherlock Holmes type, so that he is not so absorbed by reality.

This Awareness indicates that a gradual weaning away from the fascination with true murder events and stories would be a step toward leading the entity into a different direction. This Awareness suggests that this could be the beginning. It would be a long trail leading the entity away into more healthy readings and books. The entity is not seen as one who would likely jump a great distance in terms of topics; the entity would possibly move toward fiction that was intriguing and contained hidden or fictional type of intrigue that could lead him into a more science-fiction type of interest, but it would have to be the kind that held his attention with the same intensity as these murder mysteries.

This Awareness suggests that you might introduce him to Stephen King or Hitchcock-type stories that are less realistic and more fictional in nature, or to spy novels something that gradually leads him away from his previous obsession with murder, but which contains similar kinds of suspense and intrigue.

FOLLOW-UP QUESTION:

I wonder if that fascination with murder and Manson and so on, isn’t just an extension of his training. As I understand it, these Marines are taught, in their basic training at least, to charge across the fields with their bayonets and yelling "Kill, Kill, Kill!" and that sort of thing. Would this be a logical extension of that programming?

COSMIC AWARENESS:

This is in the affirmative.