Back in 2010. At that time I was a couple years fresh from HS, doing research like I always do, when I came across a documentary called zeitgeist.
That movie shook me at a fundamental level, and really made me question everything I had been taught previously.
So from then on I began to read about conspiracies and alternate perceptions of history and stuff like that on abovetopsecret, which had a spiritual section. I was a smug scientific atheist at the time, but due to how much my thought processes were shaken up during the previous couple years I was a lot more opened minded to other religions and thought processes.
I came across a few philsophical websites that tintroduced me to the base level beliefs of a lot of spiritual traditions that I actually agreed with more deeply than I had ever found prior, so I did a couple years of research, started meditating, then looking for teachers of a many old traditions.
