Are martyrs actually selfish auto-addicts?

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Even if Ra is always careful not to include his own bias, it’s very clear that he doesn’t think martyrdom is a good choice considering one’s own path, although he’ll respect it as it is a choice...

If martyrdom is a form of addiction, why would we consider it to be any more of a "choice" than other kinds of addictive behaviors?

You are right, though, that Ra gives very clear indications against martyrdom in the material.

I found the martyrdom was mentioned in 14 replies, and no less than 9 of them were directly cautionary to the channel herself. At one point, they all but spelled out that martyrdom was the "chink in the armor" that opened up the channel to negative greeting.

And even with all this, the channel clearly struggled to take Ra's advice to heart. Which is another indication of the addictive nature of it.

Ra also mentioned that, some 2000-ish years on, the entity known as "Jesus" who incarnated with a plan to martyr itself had "not yet, to any significant degree, balanced these distortions" which I personally find fascinating.

So in seeing all the fanaticism, unintended consequences and atrocious acts committed "in his name" this entity holds fast to its self-righteousness and refuses to balance itself with wisdom.

This is actually suggestive that the addictive nature of martyrdom transcends brain chemistry.

So here we are, with hordes of entities on the planet hailing from a density where love has been balanced with wisdom, yet they mostly go unheeded by the populace, who meanwhile continue to march innocent children off every Sunday to places which have been shown to be breeding grounds for pedophiles, all because one man decided to allow himself to be hung on a cross in order to supposedly demonstrate "love."

I'm failing to see any upside to martyrdom here.