User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-24696772-20181208032717/@comment-24696772-20181222031321

Well it's more like supernatural and metaphysical in nature, spiritual bond is his main selection to have a more deeper meaning, almost similar like Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki using Ninshū from naruto, he does however practice in different forms of bonding and connection systems.

Well John never saw himself as a God because he doesn't have a god complex, but because people saw what he could do and him being OP in his inner world it would stand to reason that he would be both a perfect and ever growing being people would inevitably see him as a god, even people saw ordinary people as gods worship them already with John that would be an inescapable inevitable. That's why he named himself God of Humanity, so that way people will always see him as something that's not just a god but as a human the one thing he loves being the most ultimate or otherwise. But other then that it's exactly as you describe it having spiritual bonds.

Hmm that's impressive a psycho-symbiotic bond is very original concept, color me very impressed. Having all the components of the self really ignites the uniqueness of people which is by far the thing that makes people worth protecting especially beyond the grand safety selforge.

True John's people live in his Innerverse and under his omnipotent protection, which makes it the safest place in all of existence because no one can get to them and nothing bad has to happen without John knowing, but even many of them who where trained in the Psychospiritual arts tend to develop a powerful need to wonder of even outside John's Innerverse to find their own path and destiny in existence that's why John creates other forms of bonds to link them to both John and his Innerverse so they can choose to return and stay safe from the assaults from others.

Well it's can create empathic understanding by tapping into each other, channeling their inner and external selves with others and tapping into their spiritual essence. Creating powerful bonds of loyalty and friendship with anyone they bond with deeper meaning within their relationship and true companionship. And yes it's exactly like "understand each other better by spiritually sharing their feelings and experiences, like traveling together through each other's mental world, sharing parts of their respective story and helping each other to overcome their problems/flaws and become their best selves"

They do have tangible benefits to reinforce these bonds, but i don't know if it's like Mass Effect cause I never played those games 😅. When they bond they can create a telepathic-empathic link with each other, aiding and communicating with each other in their time of need, they can also unlock powerful abilities when they synchronize with each other's powers they can combine them to utilize new abilities to create new possibilities.

I hope this helps