Why would smart people believe in something so absurd? Well because quantum study has proven this already. Even more so than that, because this is the only "religion" where when you "pray" you actually get what you asked for. You need not a middle man to god. You need not a spiritual text. You are a spiritual text. The very fact you are conscious enough to read this post, is godlike. Believe it, know it. Change your world, change THE world. Are the two really any different.
