Having been a target of psychological attacks and directed energy weapons torture for eleven years, I have had the opportunity to observe my antagonists at length. In some cases, I have been in proximity to the same individuals participating in my harassment for two to five years. This gives me the opportunity to study them. I have been especially interested in discerning the long-term effects of hostility and mean-spiritedness on a person’s physical health. Doing so is a far more meaningful exercise to me than simply becoming provoked by their appearance.

In essence, I have watched a number of these individuals age before my eyes. While my observations are only that, merely observations . . . I come away convinced of the enormous physical and emotional toll that their occupation wreaks on their own bodies and minds. To my eyes, it appears that many of them are afflicted in middle age with maladies normally associated with old age. You also see the signs of a temperament hardened by cruelty. Recent studies have documented the long-term effects of hostility on the body. I was doing some research on this issue and found an excellent article that discussed the challenges law enforcement officers face in coping with anger. Dr. Dorothy McCoy, a clinical counselor, provides helpful tips in this column that can be of great value to the victims of long-term injustice as well. Here is a quote I found especially useful.

“. . . Approximately 90 percent of all situations are neutral. That means they are neither negative nor positive until you process them through your belief system. You decide if they are stressful or not. We create the majority of our stress and anger. If we believe that we can successfully resolve a situation, then we do not consider it stressful.”—My Thoughts Create My Anger?

This shows the powerful role played by our own attitude in determining if daily provocations become a source of stress. In many cases, it is not the situation that creates stress. We make the decision to respond in a stressful way. If that is the case, we also have the power to decide not to respond with stress-producing anger or frustation!

I found a fascinating thought in this regard in a Bible prophecy that discussed Jesus Christ’s response to the enormously stressful events he endured leading up to his death—the ultimate act of injustice. In Isaiah 50:6, commenting on what he faced, it says: “My face I did not conceal from humiliating things and spit.” This refers to the humiliating treatment Jesus would face of being punched, cursed, reviled, and spit upon shortly before his death. Humiliating and stressful treatment indeed! However, notice his response as revealed in the next verse (Isaiah 50:7): “But the Sovereign Lord Jehovah himself will help me. That is why I shall not have to feel humiliated. That is why I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.” Jesus, confident of his Heavenly Father’s support, chose not to feel humiliated by humiliating events in his life. He chose not to be ashamed. Likewise, we can also choose our response to the humiliating and potentially stressful events we face. Choosing not to become angry and mean-spirited, with its resultant stress, can be a tremendous protection for our emotional and physical health. It will also allow us to control the outcome of potentially harmful encounters. Our controlled and principled response is an admirable display of genuine courage in imitation of the flint-like determination of the Christ.

So, in closing, how will you choose to respond?

 ”In fact, to this [course] YOU were called, because even Christ suffered for YOU, leaving YOU a model for YOU to follow his steps closely.”—1 Peter 2:21

Every now and then I come across a story in the news that highlights the best of human behavior. I find such stories of great value, as they provide noble examples worthy of imitation. And, they remind me of the more important things in life. This is especially vital now as a precipitous moral decline grips our society.

On a recent segment of the ABC television program “What Would You Do?” the question was posed: “If Someone Falls Down on the Sidewalk: What Do You Do?” An actor portrayed a homeless person collapsing on the sidewalk to see if passerby’s would provide any assistance. Scores of individuals walked by, ignoring the fallen individual. However, one women stopped and persistently offered help and comfort, prompting another passerby to call for an ambulance on a cell phone. Her story can be found in the embedded video. You will find it inspiring and of great significance if you are currently a victim of long-term injustice.

What I found most touching was the plight of the woman who stopped to help and comfort the fallen man. Linda Hamilton was herself homeless, and partially disabled. Yet, she demonstrated extraordinary compassion and kindness. Her warm humanity in spite of her own suffering stood in sharp contrast to the willful insensitivity of the other passerby’s. Rejecting the prejudice and hatred that blinds many to the plight of others, she acted in a merciful way.

This reminds me of a powerful lesson taught by Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ parable of The Good Samaritan, a priest and a Levite (who should have been exemplary in compassion) on seeing an injured man walked past him on the opposite side of the road rather than turn aside to help him. It was a Samaritan, typically despised by Jews, who extended aid to the stricken man. Indeed, Jesus by both word and deed demonstrated compassion for the poor and took a personal interest in their needs. —Luke 10:30-37.

This video provides a another powerful lesson. Suffering can give us a wonderful gift. Enduring suffering can make us more compassionate and merciful if endured with the right attitude. No doubt, Linda, having suffered homelessness herself, became more sensitive to the plight of those in similar conditions. She was moved to help as a result. Linda did not allow her own suffering to overwhelm her to the point that she could not focus on the needs of others. Doing good to others helps us to minimize our own difficulties, and contributes to our emotional and physical well-being.

Finally, I am reminded to never allow suffering to embitter me. I must not adopt the callous attitude that afflicts so much of society. In the video, more than 80 people walked past the homeless man lying on the sidewalk, doing nothing to come to his aid. That insensitivity reflects what is going on in larger society. It is shaping how neighbor treats neighbor. I can choose not to be that way. I must use the suffering I face to become more sympathetic to the suffering of others. Also, I cannot simply feel compassion for others. Like Linda, I must demonstrate compassion and kindness to those who suffer, especially strangers. Developing such beautiful qualities, refined by suffering, can only endear us more to God and fellowmen.

 ”The people who are at peace with you will deceive you. Those who eat food with you will set traps for you, and you won’t even know about it.” —Obadiah 7, God’s Word Translation

One of the components of the ongoing psychological attack (directed energy weapons torture & gang stalking) that I have endured for over ten years are covert government-sponsored operatives masquerading as friends. These are individuals who insinuate themselves into your life with malicious objectives. It is this aspect of the psychological attacks I undergo that demands the greatest degree of sober vigilance and insight.

These individuals have three major objectives: They provide interference so that genuine friendships of the targeted individual are either lost or exploited, contributing to isolation and loss of support. Secondly, they gather information, looking for weaknesses to exploit. Thirdly, they hinder the victim’s ability to obtain legal recourse for the abuses he has suffered.

It is in my workplace, and place of worship that a concentration of these individuals have occurred. It appears that covert agencies in our country use a strategy similar to the Stasi (former secret police organization) in East Germany; recruiting and training operatives who then make a  career or obtain positions in the organizations they have infiltrated. Their true role will generally only become apparent to the individuals they target. This is the case with the covert personnel I have encountered.

There are a four major traits I have observed in covert operatives who have sought to gain my confidence:

1. The “friendships” start at an unusually rapid pace.
I’ve noticed that these covert “friendships” tend to build quickly, far more rapidly than genuine friendships. The jump from total stranger to close friend is carefully orchestrated by the covert operative so that they can get up to speed with minimal delay. The covert operative may highly praise other individuals that are coworkers in their scheme, hoping that you befriend and trust them as well.

If the first covert operative’s “friendship” effort fails, a “backup” will step in and seek to gain your confidence. Of course, he will have studied the reasons why the first effort failed, using the lessons learned to gain your confidence. All of the individuals used for these roles are carefully selected for characteristics deemed attractive to the target.

2. They seem to share, and know, all of your interests.
It is rare to have genuine friends that like everything that you do. Even marriage mates differ in tastes and interests. However, the covert operatives seeking to quickly gain your confidence have done their homework. They know your interests primarily due to information gathering surveillance. Their understanding of your interests may be wide but shallow and seems a bit forced and unnatural. It also seems a bit intrusive, as if someone watched you and made a list of your daily activities. In truth, that is exactly what has happened!

3. They will try to crowd out and replace your long-held and trusted friendships.
That is perhaps the most obvious and consistent trait of all the covert operatives I have come in contact with. They slyly steer you away from long-held friendships. They will find ways to divert your attention and time. They may invent schemes that give them the opportunity to come to your aid in some way, thereby gaining your confidence and admiration. Their intent is to isolate you so that eventually they and fellow covert operatives are the only friends you have.

These individuals are trained to destroy the good name of the persons they target. They will use their role as your “closest friend” to raise doubts about you to others. Eventually, you will be maneuvered into a situation that leads to a loss of reputation, employment or other personal disaster. As a result, they must be treated with extreme caution.

3. They actively hinder the victim’s ability to obtain legal recourse or protection under the rule of law.
In this, we see similarities to an earlier program of government sponsored abuses. During the Tuskegee Experiment, the U.S. Public Health Service conducted a 40 year study on 399 black men in the late stages of syphilis. They were willfully denied treatment so that upon their eventual death, their corpses could be used for medical research. To keep the unwitting participants from getting proper treatment or information about their condition, an elaborate scheme of lies and manipulation was set in place that demanded the coordination of both Federal and local health and education agencies.

The modern programs of involuntary testing done with directed energy weapons and psychological attacks uses a similar strategy to insure that its victims never have access to any meaningful protection from the basic human rights abuses. The covert personnel masquerading as friends play an ongoing role in this drama.They are the frontline of lies and manipulation intended to weaken and confuse any efforts by their victim to obtain legal protections under the law.

It can be an enormous challenge discerning the difference between genuine friends and covert operatives seeking to gain your confidence. In fact, in some cases it is only after these covert individuals have done their damage that I discovered their true motive. After eleven years of psychological attacks and covert victimization, it is easier now to detect them early in their attack. I am better at spotting the signals. However, a hard-earned mental and emotional balance must be maintained. It is quite easy to misjudge the motives of well-meaning individuals.

These covert individuals are highly trained and appear to be employed or contracted by the government in some way. I have noted that quite a number of these have military career backgrounds (they like to boast about that) and often their family members are participants in supportive surveillance / gang-stalking routines.

Keeping false friends at a distance is not always easy as they will persistently infiltrate all areas of your life. At the very least, it may be possible to severely limit contact with some of these interlopers. Others can be neutralized simply by the fact that you are aware of what they are and exercise caution in their presence.

One powerful lesson I’ve learned is the need to choose friends wisely. Close friendships should not be happenstance events. Especially when surrounded by individuals who are deceitful by profession.

Why Is This Happening?
The fact that seemingly endless resources are being invested in ways to covertly track, torture, and ruin the lives of persons who are not a threat to any institution cannot be explained as merely an isolated secular phenomenon. Simply placing the blame on a few government agencies working outside of public scrutiny does not uncover the root cause of this fast-growing cultural trend. Once cherished concepts of justice and human rights are dying. Like the shocking levels of naked greed that brought on the current international collapse of banking systems and larger economies, it reflects a growing darkness enveloping all of human society. It brings to my mind a scripture that provides the only explanation that makes any sense:

“But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power.” —2 Timothy 3:1-5,

Reference:
ACLU Report: The Surveillance Industrial Complex-How the American Government Is Conscripting Businesses and Individuals in the Construction of a Surveillance Society

Can you imagine this being your life story? Your older brothers sell you into slavery as a final act of abusive hatred that started in your childhood. As a slave, you are falsely accused of attempted rape, and incarcerated. All told, despite your innocence, thirteen years of your life are spent as either a slave or prisoner. How would that experience affect you? Would it break your spirit? Would you spend your days planning an escape, brooding, seeking a way to retaliate against those who wronged you? Would a string of injustices that began in your childhood make you forever distrustful and incapable of love or happiness?

These are the true-life experiences of Joseph, whose account is found in the Bible book of Genesis. I found his life story a source of great inspiration for any today who may be victims of long term injustices such as directed energy weapons torture and forms of psychological warfare that include gang-stalking.

By the time he reached the age of 17, Joseph had a serious problem within his own family. His older brothers saw that Jacob, their father, “loved [Joseph] more than all his brothers.” Consequently, “they began to hate him, and they were not able to speak peacefully to him.” (Genesis 37:4) We can imagine the anxiety and stress that this situation caused Joseph. Eventually, the hatred of Joseph’s brothers became so intense that they sold him into slavery.—Genesis 37:26-33

While a slave in Egypt, Joseph had to resist the immoral advances of his master’s wife. Angry at being rejected, she falsely accused Joseph of trying to rape her. He was given “over to the prison house,” where “with fetters they afflicted his feet, into irons his soul came.” (Genesis 39:7-20) What a distressing outcome! For about 13 years, Joseph was either a slave or a prisoner because of injustices brought on him by others, including members of his own family.—Genesis 37:2; 41:46.

What is exemplary about Joseph is his refusal to be crippled by hatred and bitterness. How do we know that he resisted the tendency to become bitterly angry during his trials? Consider how he reacted when he did have an opportunity to take vengeance on his brothers who had come to Egypt to buy grain. The account says: “[Joseph] turned away from them and began to weep. . . . After that Joseph gave the command, and [his servants] went filling up [the brothers’] receptacles with grain. Also, they were to return the money of the men to each one’s individual sack and to give them provisions for the journey.” Later, when sending his brothers to bring their father to Egypt, Joseph encouraged them with the words: “Do not get exasperated at one another on the way.” In both word and deed, Joseph proved that he had not let bitterness and resentment poison his life.—Genesis 42:24, 25; 45:24.

Yes, instead of harboring self-destructive anger, Joseph took the opportunity to help his brothers when they were in need. He did not allow bitterness to destroy his good qualities. Can we learn a lesson from that?

Secondly, Joseph never allowed his circumstances to control his life. We can become so preoccupied with what we cannot do in a distressing circumstance, that we lose sight of what we can. While serving as a slave, Joseph worked diligently and distinguished himself. As a result, he was appointed as head of his master’s household. When he found himself in prison he again applied himself and was appointed to run the prison by the chief officer. His resourcefulness and hard work earned him a high ranking position in the Egyptian government upon his release.

Joseph made the best possible use of his resources in spite of his environment. He even earned the respect of individuals who would normally not have his best interests at heart! His unpleasant circumstances never robbed him of his civility and dignity.

Those who are unjustly victimized by programs of psychological warfare and covert torture can learn much from Joseph. There are things we face that we have no control over. However, there are areas of our life where we can make the best of our situation. Do not let bad circumstances determine the path your life takes! Realistically, we still must earn an income, and live our lives to the best of our ability. We must still be productive members of society and good neighbors. We must also learn to interact with those who target us for abuse in a civil way! Keeping a positive outlook on life, and focusing on the good we can do can protects our mental health and prevents self-destructive behavior.

The lessons learned from Joseph have been of great encouragement to me. I take great pleasure in doing the best work that I can, looking for ways to help others, and maintaining a pleasant disposition before all. Of course, it is not easy. But it is worth the effort! Reflecting on this account also helps me to appreciate that I am not alone. Injustice and oppression afflicts many. Learning how to respond in the best possible way is vital to my survival and long-term emotional stability.  It is possible to choose a response to long-term distresses that allows us to live the best possible life under any circumstance!

Set The Example For Your Persecutors
The ability to restrain the urge to retaliate is an act of singular courage. Knowing that I have treated even those who harbor ill will towards me with civility and decency promotes inner peace. Vindictive, spiteful people are always ‘watching their back’ worried about running into someone they’ve harmed. I do not have that fear, nor the host of nagging anxieties that come with it. Of course, this does not mean I throw all caution to the wind. Certain individuals must be treated with caution when their bad motives become apparent. However, my civility and restraint will teach them a far more powerful and meaningful lesson than any returned slight, insult or bitter tirade ever could.