I think I've pieced some of it together. A bunch of research down different rabbit holes combined with my real world experiences the last couple of months.
If you look at simulation theory or quantum theory they both point to the same thing. A shared universal consciousness. When you really study the Bible and some of the ancient texts you come to the same conclusion. It points to God being within us. The Bible is parable and allegory and mentions several times about the christ within.
Think of us, at the highest level, as one shared consciousness. For this conciousness to expand it fractured itself into our higher selves in a goal to understand and observe itself. Our higher selves (Super Ego) created a plan to learn and observe so they fractured or copied themselves into our 3rd density self (Ego) who has forgotten everything about the higher densities in order to, more efficiently, work on the items in their plan.
The unique thing about our reality is that each person could go through the same exact ordeal, but interpret it in a completely different way than the others. Now we introduce the antagonist who is there to help us learn… The Id. This creation feeds off of our desires/doubts/frustrations and is always in need of satisfaction.
For babies the Id is in complete control. If the baby has a need or a desire it MUST be satisfied right away. Over time the Ego develops to rationalize these needs and desires based on our reality.
Now if we look at the ancient Teachings, including the bible… and new theories, we can see that this is a conscious reality and that our thoughts (and dreams) have power. Even Q has mentioned the 'Hive Mind' and the fact that this board makes things happen and has more power than we realize. I believe Q was pointing to the manifestation of our thoughts.
This makes so much sense when you look at what aspects of our life have been controlled, and what has been kept hidden from us. Can you imagine what the world would be like if we realized we had the power of manifestation? I don't mean making something appear out of thin air, but that once you've properly sent your thoughts out, that the universe aligns itself to help bring those thoughts to fruition.
We really create our own heaven and hell, because the world around us is an outward reflection of our desires/doubts/fears, etc… It was supposed to be used to learn and grow, but it has become a shackle for humanity, and I believe the secret societies are to blame.
These teachings reach as far back as Ancient Mesopotamia, but I believe initiation into these secret societies was created. You see, from what I've ascertained, these societies used these secrets to entice people to join. Once joined you couldn't share the secret or you'd be punished… because you took an oath. Since there is much much more going on behind the scenes than realized, I believe these punishments to have an otherworldly effect.
Now the road to entering this higher state is long and requires a lot of mental legwork for the individual, so it appears they resorted to some sort of drug that induced the same kind of state. This was moat prevalent around the time of the Knights Templar and the Assassins of Alamut (they were political assassins who actually paid parents for their kids so they could initiate them into the guild). The assassins base was a mountain called Eagle's Nest. Wonder if it's a coincidence that Hitler's was too? This drug was addicting and withdrawal looked to be harsh.
At some point, it appears to me, that they created another shortcut and invented their own shared conciousness into a computer network and started assimilating people into this 'collective' (think borg) and are now using this as the completion. It always struck me as odd that Turing was working on ways to flush out artificial intelligence. Even more odd was that they called the movie about breaking the Nazi code the 'Imitation Game'.