To be clear, I had already read the Sequences long before I did any of the many crazy things I ended up doing. However, I absolutely agree that going back to them is important. One read is insufficient to actually grok the material, as best as I can tell. You have to actually practice the skills - which I did not do. The sequences were cool, but implementing them in my life didn't happen.
Reasonable in retrospect, but not available to me at the time. However, having read the Sequences I should have known better to even play-act at religion. This was practically a classic case of belief in belief.