This has however the catch that everything passes through our perception filters, and the nature of the astral and mental realms seems to be impacted strongly by that.

This may sometimes just result in symbolism where your mind is not yet ready to understand. But nobody can guarantee you that you do not only communicate with a thoughtform you and others created - the "New Testament Jesus" compared to the real Jesus.

Very often misperceptions overrule objective truth, even in the most miraculous matters. Famous and confirmed stigmatists bleed out of their hands with no loss of blood... Surrounded by all kinds of small miracles and virtually unbelievable stuff, testament to the magical nature of our Universe.

But Jesus was not nailed to the cross through his hands! This is not possible. Only beginning with the wrist you can do this, the bones of the hand cannot carry the human body. So belief and a tradition of depicting like this have created powerful miracles that do not reflect historical reality.

Therefore I would be very, very careful about determining "ultimate truth" from anything remotely psychic, or relying on having met the "real deal". I do not say it is impossible, not at all. But the power of our common beliefs seems to create on its own, we all participate in creating the Universe. Maybe we are even changing the past every day... in the end, the past exists because we can remember it.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
(George Orwell, "1984")

Oliver