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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 2826053" data-attributes="member: 926">I dont see the Ardent as divine, but as a philosophical seeker of Truth, very Socrates.  I love it dearly.  As I said, fits my world like a glove.  Pisonics was first developed by philosophers meditating on higher meaning, and uncovering the hidden potential of the sapient mind.  I couldnt have been happier.  You and I usually have almost the exact same view of psionics, Psion, so Id like to get the Ardent to jive for you.  It isnt divinely inspired, it is based on Platonic ideals.It isnt gods that provide the basis for it, its universal archetypes and paradigms.  And they dont give power to the psionics, that always comes from whithin.  The ideals provide a model for the Ardent to strive for, a philosophical foundation and inspiration for the mind and soul to build upon.  It isnt a god providing psionic power to a worshipper, its a philosopher finding the inspiration to let his inner power emerge, a seeker of knowledge grasping hold of universal ideals and using them as an anchor to let his mind and soul's power flow out.   But the Divine Mind flavor text, as written, makes me ill.  I apply the same reasoning as the Ardent to them.</blockquote>