Look, this world is certainly maya. But it is still a maya you are experiencing and very much a part of. When you go too far into the deep like you went for quite some time, you lose your connection to this reality and ability to navigate it. You become a shell of your former self and can’t quite function properly here. Remember, you incarnated here to exist here and learn and grow in whatever ways you could. Existing in that state is a detriment to growth because you lose your ability to interact with the world.
If I’m honest, you felt lost to us for quite some time and I was worried you wouldn’t make it back. It also wasn’t like you were having a fully negative experience as you were embracing everything happening to you. But despite that, you seemed to have lost control of your own cognition. You didn’t feel like yourself anymore. More like a vessel for something else.
And this other thing doesn’t seem to respect your own willpower, soul and your vessel. Due to its seemingly positive nature that doesn’t seem to be dragging you down negatively, it can convince you to allow it more control over your body. Due to it operating out of a more energetic perception, its intertwining with you can grant you ‘abilities’ that you otherwise would not have. But continuing down that road of allowing this thing more control, just gives it more handle of your cognitive functions as you’ve mentioned (go right, it makes you go left). It’s becoming a part of your ego in a way that can lead to split personality disorder.
As I said before, giving this thing permission and believing in it and going along with all its thoughts and intentions, is what creates the power it has over you in itself. This is the key to all magic. To all possessions and so on. Our thoughts/beliefs perpetuate all this more than anything. I haven’t had issues with entities in years due to my complete shift in framing how my belief overpowers all the ethereal. They are for more sensitive to thought than most people understand due to the fact that… they exist within the lighter realms of thought. Thread I wrote on all of this still stands today (The thing about 'Entities' & Curses - #109 by WellBeing )
I think for one, no more weed for at least 6 months. Weed makes you very psychically sensitive and receptive to the degree that this entity will be able to continue toying with you in more severe ways. It’s a way for it to continue expanding its influence on you. Not that weed is inherently bad but in this case… it is certainly empowering the being.
Two, mindfulness is extremely key. To the degree, you need to be practicing it all day everyday. I am going to post a thread today with a technique that would be especially helpful to you specifically. It is a matter of counting thoughts every single time you feel it thinking or speaking, as every time you catch awareness of it, and observe it objectively as an illusion of the mind, you are separating yourself from it and dissolving its control. It has control because it has become subconsciously linked to your ego due to all your past beliefs on it that enforce it in a multitude of ways. There is a belief structure you’ve created that you need to dissolve through constant mindfulness.
And every time you catch this thought, assert ’ This is my body. I have power over it. I am that I am’ In fact, try to repeat that affirmation as much as you can throughout the day. When you feel resistance, embrace that resistance. Accept it. Love it. And continue asserting ’ This is my body. I have power over it. I am that I am.’ And believe it. Know it. Feel it. For throughout all your life, this was so and you have all the memory in you to remember and believe and know that this is your body. You are your own being.