One friend succumbed to cancer, another to New Age mumbo-jumbo and delusional conspiracy theories
I recently lost a friend to cancer, Harry Deligter, with whom I’d done a number of projects dating back about 25 years. This kind of thing can cause one to reflect on the transitory and fragile nature of life. It’s sobering and also increases conscious appreciation of those who are still present in life and in one’s own life.
I have another friend, Dave, who I’ve known for 33 years and who expresses a very different sense about life. I first met Dave, a self-described seeker and refugee from Scientology, and his then wife, on a trip with a small group to Hawaii, in 1987. In those relatively carefree days, escapism into New Age nonsense, like channeling and chasing lights-in-the-sky, was just beginning to take root and I’d been invited to join this group on a little quest.
While I didn’t take it all that seriously, it did give me some of the material upon which I built a 12-year career doing New Age comedy. Dave, however, was a hook-line-and-sinker guy, especially when it came to falling for, and spending large sums of money to listen to, the drivel delivered in goofy voices with weird contortions, by the “channels” of supposed extraterrestrials, “light beings” and other non-existent entities.
I think there was something about the pretentious, concocted language used by these charlatans that Dave found familiar, perhaps because of an attitude of condescending, pseudo-superiority and authority that was a touch more flowery than the similarly hierarchal and manipulative terminology of Scientology, from which he’d escaped.
While there are still the extremely gullible, labile followers of a number of online con artists, purporting to channel “Pleiadians” and other imaginary beings, it’s assumed that any remaining old-timers from the glorious early days of the channeling carnival have sobered up and come to their senses, or what’s left of them.
Whatever the case, the decades passed and now the COVID-19 coronavirus era is upon us. So, when Dave started to send me conspiratorial videos endorsing the Flat Earth theory, a few years ago, I figured he was just having some fun with an obviously ridiculous new topic for the terminally dumbed down.
But I soon recognized that he was actually serious. At that point I asked him to not send me anymore of that idiocy. The Flat Earth propaganda drifted off into space somewhere and then, with the increasing presence of the coronavirus pandemic, I started to receive links to conspiratorial, disease-denial videos. I soon learned that a major source of Dave’s information was coming from people like conspiracy theorist, Jon Rappoport. It proved harder this time to get Dave to stop sending the articles and videos along with condescending, psychobabble responses to my requests.
So, why is this worthy of an article? Well, returning to my brief opening comments about the death of a friend, it struck me all the harder that so many people have trivialized – and denied – the stark reality of the disease and effects of the pandemic. Not only that, but they add ridicule to their denial and a contemptuous disregard for the losses and suffering of the many people directly and/or indirectly badly affected by the disease. Denial and ridicule about these matters bespeaks an avoidance of the reality of death and its inevitability, something that is a necessary element of study, in the spiritual teaching.
I’ve noticed that people who embrace conspiracy theories – and denial of the disease is a conspiracy-fueled phenomenon – tend to embrace them with a blind, fanatical fervor that not only eschews reason, logic, facts, etc., but also has no room for compassion, understanding and empathy. And there’s often a royal we/us* used to indicate that they belong to something, a movement, etc., which, if such exists, probably doesn’t know anything about them and their presumed membership. I have found this quite prevalent among the QAnon supporters I’ve known, etc.
I continue to receive emails from Dave, with an assortment of links to the various “experts” of his choice who claim there’s no virus, no disease, etc., etc. So, I told him that, since he wouldn’t stop, I’d post his comments for my readers, which he welcomed:
“Since liberals were always complicit to the Deep State criminality, they will be denied their next opportunity for the White House – for their own good, and the good of the world.
Trump WILL be your next President.
He who controls the NSA has made certain of that.
You can thank *us later.”
In response to my sending Dave a video from a doctor emphasizing many of the points presented by Billy Meier and the Plejaren that rebut the COVID deniers, he sent me this:
“OMG. Have you forgotten so soon: ALL REALITIES ARE OPTIONAL”
As I pushed back against such glib, fortune cookie like responses, Dave then treated me to a flourish of condescending mumbo-jumbo:
“Because consciousness is real EVERYTHING IS REAL – but not necessarily at the same altitude, duration or authority. Is Santa Claus real? YES (depending on who you ask). In the binary, black and white world of true/false. good/bad, right/wrong, one is BLIND TO COLORS. Are there absolute truths? Yes, but they are rare and external to this horror show. Keep searching Mike…”
“Likewise, you are free to believe as well. The difference is HOMEWORK, DEPTH AND CONTEXT. Mike you have been confined in the binary universe an awfully long time. Come up for some air…”
“No one on earth can question your heart and good intentions. This debate has always been about your depth of context…”
The above comment about “depth of context” prompted me to inquire exactly what that meant. To which I received this reply:
“In optics, parallax provides ‘depth of field’. Example: binoculars are superior to telescopes in this regard.
It is helpful to master / embrace paradox (opposing viewpoints) by understanding that every viewpoint, opinion etc. is valid and real in the sense that it generates its own reality.
Now, because CONSCIOUSNESS is the most real thing ultimately, everything this real, however, NOT ALWAYS EQUALLY REAL in terms of duration, intricacy and authority.
The key is: 1) understanding the validity and relativity of opposing viewpoints. 2) Identifying the SP (specific gravity) and buoyancy (altitude) thereof.
One metric to consider: the higher the truth, the greater its buoyancy and capacity for love, joy and freedom.
Thought for Food”
“BINGO. Now, recognize from what altitude of consciousness that reality was concocted. Step 2: Stay in your own movie”
“Alright try this: What you lack in experience and humility, you more than make up for in arrogance and stubbornness”
“MIKE, YOUR CHOSEN CAREER IS TO SELL A STORY – A STORY WITH SOME DEGREE GLOOM AND DOOM. I AM SORRY IF EVERYONE IS NOT BUYING…”
“Although real, your story has no happy endings. I would rather live in my jubilant fantasies than flirt with your dismal, deadend dramas. At this point, you have left yourself little wiggle room for advancement. You are living proof and testimony to the cause & effect power of the Law of Attraction. I believe that is CHECKMATE.”
“I assure you Michael, you are confused and thoroughly unqualified to lecture ANYONE on the subject of consciousness and reality creation. You are trapped and frozen in a hopeless CAUSE/EFFECT matrix of your own making. It takes more than an angry old mind to understand such issues. Advancement for you would be the reduction of your dependence on outer illusions and the accentuation and ‘advancement’ of your own inner joy. Get back to me when you are serious about growing…”
“Mike, who is most likely to have a superior understanding of a battlefield?
1. A) The ground troops
2. B) The fighter pilots
3. C) The Generals who are listening to all personnel and processing all viewpoints and situations.
The logical answer is C – where paradox is KING.
Meet me there”
Dave’s ultimate conclusion about the coronavirus disease:
“just the common cold – REBRANDED.”
Each of Dave’s comments above were in response to my asking him to speak plainly, clearly and with recognition of reality (despite his conviction that “ALL REALITIES ARE OPTIONAL”). I was prompted to try to sober Dave up:
“Dave, For whatever strange reason, I don’t think you care a whit about real people and their suffering. Why else would you continue with your shallow, fortune cookie aphorisms when 10,000 people per day are dying in NYC?
Mental diarrhea conspiracies appeal to people who want to separate themselves from reality. And while maybe you think you score points with stupid people by perpetuating reality-defying facts, it really leaves a legacy of superficiality, banality, and intellectual deficiency.
So, try ‘embracing’ reality, verifiable facts and the real suffering that is only going to increase and which you make a terrible mockery of with your adolescent comments.”
I pondered whether I should publish all this info. Then I received this from Dave, who doesn’t have the disease but is in the same state of denial as these people who do, or…did. Of course, he included this comment along with the information about the German lawyer:
“MIKE, THE MYOPIC MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF NEAR-SIGHTED NURSES ARE NO MATCH FOR THE OBJECTIVITY OF GERMAN LAWYERS AND SCIENTISTS. PERIOD”
Close to Home
While Dave has churned out many dozens of emails touting the brilliance of some phony channel, conspiracy theorist, etc., to the best of my knowledge he’s never sent any emails referencing anything from, or about, the Billy Meier contacts.
In 2006, almost 20 years after our trip to Hawaii, Dave had come to Switzerland when I told him that we’d be making a documentary, which turned out to be The Silent Revolution of Truth. He participated one day by holding the boom mic for one of the interviews with Meier.
I guess for my friend Dave, along with an abundance of condescension, “all realities” are indeed “optional”…except for those based on verifiable evidence, and clear, rational, logical thinking. But perhaps most amazing to me is how…close to home Dave had come to finding what he’d originally been searching for but wasn’t able, or willing, to recognize.
See also:
- New ANTI-VIRAL N-95 Surgical Masks!
- Billy Meier Right Again: COVID Three-Month Asymptomatic Incubation
- BREAKING: Corona Lockdowns Should Be Implemented Immediately
- The Unstoppable Deadlier 2nd Global COVID Wave Is Here Now
Can we ‘loose’ another human being ?
It’s a figurative saying of course.
Misinformation is very dangerous. We see it with vaccinations, global warming, flat earthers, politics, religion. The University of Western Australia last year published an article that individual’s belief in religion, politics and social standing determines a their susceptibility to lies. Unfortunately, it is an uphill battle to change their mindset. And when pushed, the misguided person can turn violent. We see this with the assasination attempts on Billy M because his message contradicted their beliefs. Misinformation made Hitler, Mussolini, Fidel Castro, Stalin, and Hugo Chavez. We have seen how misinformation has put us in wars, destabilized countries and now threatens our democracy. It is the music from the Pied Piper that mesmerizes the misinformed.
Hi Michael!
It’s 10,000 deaths a day around the world.
Not 10,000 a day in NYC.
You don’t have to post this.
Tim
Thanks for the correction Tim!
My condolences Michael.
Ditto on the rest of it.
Keep it all up as able.
Much appreciated.
BEAM (& Ptaah) has the most difficult task of all of us.
Then there is the Federation & the 144,207 spirits too, etc…
Michael I am sorry to hear of the passing of your friend. It always comforts me to remember how friends enriched the world.
I am glad you posted the messages. It for me, is more prophetic than the most accurate data. The truth being a narrow doorway and other paths being a wide boulevard. The phantasms that Billy talks about being prevalent at this time. The ideology absolving responsibility.
Finally Ejmanuell talking about the seeds of wisdom falling on rocks. Billy talking about not looking for respect from those with none.
While it may be in my nature to examine predictions and be cautious of repaired records. It is undeniable that humanity is working against nature. Both its own and that of creation.
What a starting point for these prophets. Anything rational is sneered at and anything truthful attacked. What a starting point for the Pljeren. Anything great is feared and any power is coveted.
I am comforted that it will get better. I am also comforted that the human spirit aligned with creation can make a difference. It is also most comforting that the difference may not be in this lifetime.
That said, I am prepared for this crazy train. I hope I can be as dignified in my role as those I have respect for. I also hope humanity looks for a siding rather than a cliff.
Peace and love.
Great article Michael. Unfortunately it is the deniers of the reality and its truth who will suffer the most from the current epidemic, along with those that are close to them (literally), due to their deluded self-chosen misunderstanding of the reality and its truth.
For the herd-followers of conspiracy-theories it also appears they are fixed in always being right, unable to accept the facts in front of their faces, because they have placed responsibility for their own lives in someone else’s self-centered beliefs.
It is really too bad they may never learn how to think for themselves. This in reality will be the cause for all the causal-foreordinations and the ultimate effects they will encounter and experience in their lives, with only the possibility of blaming someone or something else for their unhappiness and misfortune.
If they would only take responsibility for their OWN thoughts, feelings and actions.
That ER nurse’s testimony is a stark and sad reminder of how unprepared some people’s consciousnesses are to deal with reality.
You’re not alone Michael in being in receipt of those attitudes about the case. My family is like that and many friends, as I’m sure many frequenting here have also experienced.
Some people take an initial interest but if it doesn’t mention God, blow smoke up their channelers, politics, hero, or fit a pre-existing view of how the world should be, they only see the doom and gloom, whilst those aspects of this case are only to warn them that supporting blind nonsense, philosophical cul-de-sacs, politics, religion and empty heroes doesn’t end well for humanity so, maybe, try a different way as… isn’t that already obvious? Usually not in most cases.
My view is that some people consistently lie to themselves to the point where they can’t identify reality, with all energies going into to twisting things to make them fit a wrong picture, all from an irrational fear of an idea that must be avoided at all costs, or patronised and rebuked.
In this sense, those claiming to be mental athletes aren’t even able to stretch their consciousness long enough to walk around in some single reality, true truth, shoes for a while, see how they fit, test them out, investigate THAT reality for a bit and find out what thoughts and ideas are stirred and provoked by that and stick with them long enough for the 100 metre sprint and see the end results. Now that’s just closed minded.
My condolences on the loss of your friend.
Please accept my condolences too, Michael.
Thanks Chris and to all who sent their kind sentiments.
My condolences regarding the loss of your friends. I lost the best friend I ever had about a year ago. Every now and then I think about him and remember his contemplative and quiet demeanor. He helped save my life. I would not be blogging on this blog-site if I had not received his love and friendship. He came along when I was desperately in need of his guidance and friendship. He was a Christian, but not the kind that proselytize and think that they are always right about their religion. He was well-educated and perhaps the brightest person I have ever met. BTW, your friend is misguided, delusional, arrogant, narcissistic and just plain crazy. He has the same character defects that he said you possessed. There’s an old saying I learned when I was working the Alcoholics Anonymous Program. “If you spot it, you got it!” Keep up the great work! Salome, Mark
Hi Michael!
On the topic of Covid denial, I came across this rather sad article by a nurse who works with Covid patients. You might find it interesting that folks are so completely brainwashed from drinking that orange kool-aide.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-nurse-jodi-doering-dying-covid-19-patients-think-its-fake?source=cheats&via=rss
MH, from my humble, hopefully standpoint, it’s impossible for me not to opine . . . that you’ve written a body of verbiage that could VERY WELL represent one of the greatest truths that any young, mid-aged, and / or elder human being of Earth could ever imbibe! It is a loving reminder, that tears serve a wealth in understanding, to the point where I don’t feel I could ever contribute to this, your awesome effort, blog again.
My condolences to your friend Mike.
I’m curious about Dave. Why does ignore evidence that would make his assumptions or conclusions invalid? It’s understandable to come to a conclusion that maybe wrong because one didn’t have or were denied information to make better conclusions or assumptions. No one has to believe everything what Billy Meier says because it isn’t a religion but the same should be applied to Flat Earth and other stuff I would reckon.
I think the trap most folks that I’ve come across with Flat Earth, as an example, is that this theory conveniently stays within the argument boundary of how that theory was thrown at them. Very little is made to venture outside that discussion which would incorporate new information and what not. Rather than trying to get new information to make a more informed opinion or judgement, we’re circling the argument. This is like a reverse application of double-think/speak where we select a subset of information to build a ‘world view’ or Weltanschauung coined by Immanuel Kant. You can have several different worldviews at the same time it seems without having them contradict since they’re packaged or wrapped in the argument.
Thanks Ned. I should say that, fortunately, Dave is still here and that line in my blog referred to how I feel he kind of went…missing in action in terms of information about a number of things.
IF at all possible, please correct my keyboard fumbling, because I constantly backspace, and become lost in a lack of ability to patiently proofread … the word ‘healthy’ was meant to slide in between ‘hopefully’ and ‘standpoint’. My sincere condolences . . . yet, the next personality to be driven by your friend’s spirit, will benefit, overall, by way of another opportunity to define UNconditional, Creational wonder!
Sorry for your losses Michael,
and would like to share a story about the loss of my oldest sister in March. Robin was a good person who made many mistakes in her 65 years, but had overcome most of the negative effects in time. She had been a heavy smoker and drug user for decades and after realizing what that lifestyle had truly brought her, she stopped drinking and drugging but never quite smoking. She had suffered from Bronchitis for many years, but two years ago her coughing only worsened, yet every time she went to see her doctor they kept insisting it was just her smoking in conjunction with Bronchitis that she was suffering from. January 15th 2020 came and her coughing was now paired with bleeding when she coughed as well as bleeding when she used the toilet and struggled to get enough oxygen when she breathed. she went to her doctor and this time, instead of their usual conclusion she was told she had to undergo several tests when they finally told her she had an inoperable tumor wrapped around her pulmonary artery and that she likely only had weeks to live. At this time barely a whisper of Covid-19 was out there for the masses, by March 5th she was heavily medicated and on March 18th she passed. Knowing what we were told we never expected the cause of death to be listed as complications due to Covid-19. She was never told she had Covid-19, WE were never told she had Covid-19 and at that time no precautions like masks or social distancing were being advised. Since that day not one of my family members have come down with symptoms nor have any of us been positive. I don’t buy into conspiracy theories but there is corruption all over the place and the hospitals do get federal funds for Covid-19 and it is my contention that this is why Covid-19 was listed on my sisters death certificate.
.. This kind of thing can cause one to reflect on the transitory and fragile nature.. and, why not cured? The cancer cures are in: Dr. Clark’s protocols. Essiac that cured Ted Kennedy’s son’s ‘terminal’ bone cancer. Hoxey’s herbs.. (“the quack who cured cancer”. He was arrested over 100 times, more times than any other medical practitioner, but his Texan prosecutor subsequently became his attorney after Hoxey cured his brother of cancer)! Germany’s ozone, (that cured Pres. Reagan’s lung cancer). Dr. Burzynsksi’s secret formula in Texas. Drs. Clark, Beck and Rife’s Zappers, electrical resonance devices. Curcumin, 2 teaspoons a day. Vitamin D3+K, 8000iu/D. Buffered Vitamin C 15gms/D with bicarb. Cannabis oil. Sunderlandia. Papaya leaf tea. Bosnian Pyramid Tunnels with theri massive, very ancient, man-made, ceramic, measured-healing energy stones.
With cancer, and other things, there isn’t necessarily a one cure that fits all. And there are often other factors involved in diseases, including cancer.
In Harry’s case, he also was a publisher of videos and books about…health.
I know an elderly gentleman who never believed man landed on the moon ever!
“Nah.. it is all a big bluff ‘ he used to say.
There was another person who believed there is definitely a Creator and that there are things beyond science.
They were both law abiding people, compassionate and helpful to others.
Your friend despite false believes has made himself worthy of remembering.