What Happens When You Feel Like You've Been Touched By God, But You're An Atheist?

One of the most annoying things about being bipolar are the occasional Delusions of Grandeur. You don't really notice it when it's happening, of course, but looking back on it you sure do feel like an idiot.

Mental hospitals are chock full of people who will tell you they are Chosen By God to do something Big. It's a physical feeling that you can't deny. You really believe that you are Blessed. It's like cocaine times ten. 

But what about people like me who feel the same feelings but don't believe in some Supreme Being? It's easy when whatever you're feeling is just some kind of dictate from God Himself, but what happens when you have to figure it all out on your own? 

I didn't make it down to the Highland Games today, which was kind of a shame 'cause I had a couple new bagpipes to show Aaron, of the Wicked Tinkers. One was made from PVC pipe and nylon tube, as detailed in the new book. The other was the Pictish War Pipes, which may very well never be seen by anybody.

It's been four or five years since I've been down there and I wasn't sure if I was ready to check in with the Craig Clan yet, anyway. 

About four or five years ago, I had a bit of a manic episode and decided that the president of the local Clan Craig chapter had to go. He was a nice enough guy, but Clan Craig was a joke. I did a little research and found that the Craig Clan as a whole hasn't had a proper Chieftain in, like, two hundred years! So I found the body that was in charge of all the Scottish Clans and made my pitch. I contacted every person named Craig I could find on the internet and tried to convince them that it was high time the Craigs were taken seriously and that I would be proud to lead that effort. 
 
I was sure that I was about to be on the same level as the Pope, but without all that stupid Christianity. I had big plans. And then I got with my current psychiatrist, Katie, who got me on lithium.

​But what of all the other mentally ill people who have the same feelings but don't believe in a god? 

That's pure crazy.

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