Anger, frustration and bitterness are often the byproducts of being a long-term victim of Federal directed energy weapons testing / torture and psychological attacks including “gang-stalking.” Interestingly, such long term injustices can prove deadly for both the victim and the attacker! Recent studies are showing that the more mean-spirited and hostile a person is, the greater the likelihood of impaired lung function and damage. In fact, the cumulative effect of hostility on lung function is often greater than that suffered by smokers!

“In a study of more than 4,600 18- to 30-year-olds, Jackson’s team (Smith College, Northampton, Mass) found the more hostile, frustrated and mean-spirited the personality, the lower the pulmonary (lung) function. In other words, “it appears harboring hostility hurts,” according to the study, published in the journal Health Psychology…The more rapid the decline in lung function, the sooner people die…The effects of hostility, like smoking, accumulate over the years, gradually gnawing away at health.” The full report on this study is found on the Montreal Gazette (newspaper) website.

What lesson can we take from this? Mean-spirited, hostile people damage their own health and age faster than the kindhearted and forgiving. Isn’t that a good reason to avoid mean-spirited attacks on others? And, if we are the victims of such attacks, maintaining better health is a powerful incentive to let go of resentment and bitterness.

It may be purely anecdotal, but in observing the individuals employed in psychological attacks against me, I have long sensed the connection between mental disposition and health. I have seen enough of these individuals to know that over time, abusing others ravages ones’ own health. My persecutors often look quite a bit older and more “worn” than what is typical for their age. Now, science has revealed why!

Finally, for those who are victims of psychological attacks and directed energy weapons, learn to let go of anger and the desire to retaliate. You will feel (and look) much better if you do!

It is clear that the efforts of the Federal Agencies involved in testing directed energy weapons on me (along with community policing support through “gang-stalking”) are becoming desperate. They have gone to extraordinary efforts to infiltrate and poison every facet of my life, including my place of worship. They have greatly intensified the use of through-the-wall, remote acoustic and microwave based weapons in the late evenings while I sleep. These weapons may well be causing internal trauma along with the daily concussion-like symptoms I undergo. It is likely that these unrelenting attacks will finally compromise my health and cause my death.

I have no fear of my persecutors. Indeed, for over eleven years I have not run, hid or cowered in the face of unrelenting cruelty. I am not ashamed. To their utter disbelief, I have remained calm, resolute and uncompromised. This ongoing injustice may well cost my life. I consider death preferable to being seduced by evil. My antagonists have tortured, taunted, isolated, pressured, humiliated, and slandered me in an effort to provoke bitterness and retaliation. I have not, and will not step outside of the law, nor take the law into my own hands to obtain relief. In spite of over ten years of suffering they cannot charge me with a single act of violence either in word or deed. All violence committed has been by their own hands. Indeed, they are drenched in violence. For this, I am not ashamed.

Above all else, I deeply appreciate the Bible-based education that my parents saw fit to instill in me from youth. I have never forsaken it, and it has, and will continue to serve me admirably through this ordeal. For this, I am not ashamed. Perhaps most importantly, I know that God himself hears the cries of his servants. Ultimately, he will administer justice. With this comfort and assurance, I will never have reason to be ashamed.

“Return evil for evil to no one. Provide fine things in the sight of all men. If possible, as far as it depends upon YOU, be peaceable with all men. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but yield place to the wrath; for it is written: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says Jehovah.”—Romans 12:17-19

I witnessed something today that provides a glimpse into the often sad human drama concealed behind the use of community policing groups for “gang-stalking” in support of Federal covert testing of directed energy weapons on American citizens.

As is often my custom, I was at a local car wash on Central Avenue (Phoenix, AZ) this morning, washing my vehicle. The Federal agencies that provide covert surveillance always insure that local community policing group members participate in surveillance and psychological harassment when I am at this location. As usual, two of the vehicles near me were being washed by such individuals. I found one of them particularly interesting. She was of Hispanic origin, perhaps in her late-30’s. As she washed her car, I noticed welts and bruises on her thighs barely concealed by her shorts. Because of her light skin, these dark bruises were particularly noticeable. I then took careful note of her face. Her complexion was a map of small healed bruises and scrapes. While I am no expert in such matters, what I saw strongly suggested evidence of domestic violence.

That got me thinking. What if her abusive husband or boyfriend was also a member of the community policing groups participating in “gang-stalking?” Would the covert agencies sponsoring these groups shield him from any criminal prosecution because of his role in covert community policing activities? The military and law enforcement are both notoriously sexist domains where scandals of sexual abuse and harassment are all too common. I can easily imagine this woman being powerless and unprotected in such a “macho” culture.

This brought back to mind a “family” that lived in the apartment below mine in Albuquerque, New Mexico two years ago. They were used in the pattern of “gang stalking” and psychological attacks for the time I lived in that development. What a sad collection of individuals! The children in the “family” ranging in age from about seven to fifteen years old, would routinely be loitering on the complex grounds when most children were in school. They were often outdoors as late as 11 or 12 at night without any meaningful parental supervision. Clearly, their “parents” had little genuine interest in them. The “mother” in this group had a barely disguised alcohol problem that was visibly eating away her health. One night, after the scent of marijuana wafted into my bedroom window at about 2:00 in the morning, I came downstairs to discover one of the children, about 13 years old smoking “pot” with an adult I had not seen before. In truth, nothing they have done to me is nearly as bad as what they are doing to the minds of these impressionable youths. That is truly repugnant.

The seeming social instability of so many of the individuals used in these abusive programs never ceases to amaze me. What are their stories? I feel sorry for many of them. In some ways, they too are victims. I am convinced that the same system that is targeting me for harassment has little respect for the common folks used as little more than human “body armor” in their covert routines.

“Man has dominated man to his injury.”-Ecclesiates 8:9

Perhaps the most practical examples of coping with the oppression that comes with government sponsored directed-energy-weapons torture and community policing support through gang stalking, can be found in the Nazi concentration camps and Stasi prisons. I want to highlight the marked contrast in the lives of two victims. The first, Josef Kneifel, a political prisoner of the Stasi secret police in West Germany. The second, Viktor E. Frankl, a concentration camp inmate under the Nazi regime. The contrast in their responses to oppression and the resultant outcome gives insight into how we can best respond to long-term injustice.

Let’s first consider Josef Kneifel. Josef was arrested by the Stasi (the East German secret police) for his role in efforts to destabilize the oppressive regime in East Germany. As a particularly hated political prisoner, he was subject to torture, isolation, and a constant barrage of dehumanizing treatment. The Stasi also arrested his wife although she knew nothing of his crimes and tried to convince her to divorce him. She was offered immediate release if she did so, but she refused.

Kneifel suffered emotionally and physically while incarcerated. The book Stasi, by John O Koehler, describes Kneifel’s response during his imprisonment. Full of pent up anger against the regime, he looked for every opportunity to vent his feelings. He would think of ways to “mock the regime and prison officials. Using the jagged end of a broken plastic spoon, he cut veins in his legs and collected blood in a plastic cup.” With his own blood, he painted caricatures on the whitewashed cell walls, ridiculing Stasi warders and communism. He would draw blood and pour it into the lock of his cell door. When a warder opened his cell door, Kneifel sprayed him with blood he had collected in a metal bowl. His unrelenting anger contributed to the rapid decline of his health. When Kneifel was released, he was prescribed a regimen of kidney dialysis. His health ruined, he never recovered.

A profound contrast is found in the life of Viktor E. Frankl. Of Jewish heritage, he served as a psychiatrist in government clinics and hospitals in Vienna during the 1920-30’s. However, in 1942, along with his wife and parents, he was sentenced to hard labor in Theresienstadt concentration camp. “Though assigned to ordinary labor details until the last few weeks of the war, Frankl tried to cure fellow prisoners from despondency and prevent suicide.” Since it was forbidden to actively intervene in a suicide attempt, such activity had to be both preventative and clandestine. He secretly worked with inmates after long days spent in manual labor. His wife and parents died in the concentration camps. Frankl acknowledges that his spirituality and selfless efforts to help others protected his own mental health and allowed him to quickly adjust when released from the camp at the end of the war. In the post war years Frankl published more than 32 books including the highly regarded Man’s Search for Meaning. He served as a professor of neurology and psychiatry.

Here are two individuals who suffered great injustices at the hands of their governments. One gives in to bitterness and self-destructive anger, destroying his own health in the process. The other uses his limited resources to help fellow inmates at the risk of his own life. Both suffered great loss. Who made the better choice in responding to injustice? How did the choice each made affect their long-term mental and physical health?

These two examples provide a powerful encouragement for modern day victims of long-term injustice: Choose your attitude and response wisely! “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” —Mahatma Ghandi

The truth contained in the statement above can be of great aid to victims of gang stalking and other harassment that is part of a program of psychological attacks. Often those responsible for such attacks successfully recruit neighbors, relatives, and workmates to work against you (This is evidently a tactic used by covert agencies like the FBI). It may be that persons you have a measure of affection and trust for have played a role in psychological violence you’ve endured. Do you hold on to anger and resentment against them? Or, do you forgive?

Willingness to forgive often carries a far greater benefit for the forgiver than the one being forgiven. “Forgiving others is more about your peace of mind then it is about their feelings . . . The issue is learning how to transcend the hurt, how to get to a place in your heart and mind where the hurt is no longer holding you back from fully caring for others and allowing yourself to be cared for by others.”

Being able to transcend hurt and move on is essential for those victimized by psychological attacks such as “gang-stalking.” The longer we harbor anger and resentment, the more damage we do to ourselves mentally and physically. Forgiving others gives us a measure of peace that contributes to a healthy mental outlook. Studies has shown that forgiving others lowers blood pressure, slows the growth of cancer, among other health benefits. I can personally attest to the almost immediate feeling of relief that forgiving provides. It is only when I have forgiven others in my heart for the pain they caused that I healed emotionally and moved forward. Of course, at times, forgiving can be very difficult to do. However, as Ghandi observed, it provides evidence of strength of character, something we can all cultivate.

In the context of psychological attacks that include “gang-stalking” and other forms of emotional violence, forgiving means being able to shake off the accumulation of daily humiliations and abuses. Do not hold grudges, let go of resentment, let it go! Start each day free of the emotional baggage of the prior. This helps you to avoid the accumulated emotional damage that leads to suicide, or other self-destructive behavior.

‘Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord. —Bible, New Living Translation. That Bible counsel may seem unrealistic to some. However, it provides vital emotional and physical benefits that protect the health of victims of evil. When you forgive, you benefit yourself most.

References:
NPR: Studies Suggest Forgiveness Has Health Benefits
Stanford Forgiveness Project
Forgive and Be Well?

Is there a connection? Or, is it merely a coincidence? As the pattern of directed energy weapons torture and community policing based gang-stalking takes on national proportions, so does another phenomenon: Hollywood’s releasing of a torrent of comic-book based “superhero” movies. What connection can there be between these two trends?

First, lets look at what these two trends hold in common; they both glorify vigilante violence. Gang-stalking, as practiced by community policing groups, is a form of state-sponsored vigilantism designed to isolate and destroy individuals targeted as victims by covert government agencies. What does this have in common with every comic-book superhero ever created? “The implied policy message in comic books is one of vigilantism, in which moral justice trumps legitimate criminal procedure.” —Cultural criminology and kryptonite: Apocalyptic and retributive constructions of crime and justice in comic books. This book (source of the aforementioned quote), written by two leading criminology experts from St. Francis College, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice (USA), explores the concept of vigilante justice and retribution by comic book heroes.

Comic books and community policing based psychological terror campaigns have the same core theme: Vigilante justice is the preferred way to restore the role of law in a community. However, the irony of real-world gang-stalking is that it is being developed as a tool of covert federal agencies. In this, we also see a precedent in comic books. Isn’t it true that comic books have long promoted the clandestine relationship between government and the “bad boy violence” of superheros? That is, as long as superhero violence benefits those in power.

Is it merely a coincidence that a barrage of superhero movies are being released concurrently with numerous complaints of injustice stemming from covert agency sponsored psychological terror campaigns supported by community policing groups? USA Today, in the article “Hollywood, Pentagon Share Rich Past“ (3/07/05) states: “The FBI created its entertainment office in the 1930s, around the time James Cagney played a fearless FBI agent in the 1935 movie ‘G’ Men. The agency “realized a lot of people were getting their information from popular culture” and wanted to ensure agents were portrayed accurately. . .” The article further notes that the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the CIA all have Hollywood liaison offices. These offices exist to promote movies that provide a favorable view of the respective government agencies and their agendas. Can Hollywood be used to subtly promote a favorable view of government-sponsored covert extralegal vigilantism occurring in our communities?

I have often observed a fondness for the iconographic symbols of superheros by many individuals who engage in gang-stalking in my community. Often, the younger participants will have their vehicles emblazoned with the logos of Batman, Superman and other comic book characters. In fact, one participant would often wear a superman t-shirt under his postal uniform. Another, in Newark, NJ, had his vehicle customized to resemble the Batmobile.

How may the seemingly endless string of comic book based movies benefit government agencies developing national psychological (psyops) operations that include directed energy weapons and community policing based gang-stalking? Well, think of the appeal in the opportunity to be a “superhero” in the local community, supporting the “good guys” by operating outside the law with their covert protection and approval? Modern movies can exert a powerful influence the thinking and attitudes of the common man in this regard.

I would be remiss if i did not mention one departure from the classic model of superhero violence in my experience. In comic books, the hero usually wreaks his violence upon a conscious victim. Not so with directed energy weapons used by covert Federal agencies. With remote technology employed from a nearby apartment or home, the “hero” beats his victim even as he sleeps; using the silent blunt force of infrasound through-the-wall weapons, and the nerve damaging effects of targeted microwaves.

Again, I ask. Is there a connection? The warped justice of comic books is coming to our communities in the form of federally sponsored psyops (psychological operations). These operations trample true justice by targeting and terrorizing individuals without due process of law. Many victims are being used as involuntary test subjects for cruel new technologies. Others may be whistle-blowers or targets of vendettas. The innocent are being abused. Whether the connection to superhero propaganda is intentional or coincidental, there is no question that we are on the threshold of a cruel new age of real-world comic book violence.

Practical Considerations and Modern Trends

Are the constant stream of superhero movies that glorify vigilante justice for the “greater good” a form of propaganda preparing the nation for martial law and the suspension of constitutional rights? Serious students of current events are aware of the enormous powers granted the President and Federal agencies such as FEMA during a catastrophic national event. As an insightful article by the Air Force Law Review (The Imposition of Martial Law, Spring, 2000) indicates, the military would play a dominant role in civilian affairs that citizens may resist. The challenge is to suppress any “traditional prejudice against military involvement in civil affairs.” In a speech by Congressman Jim McDermott before the House of Representatives on Martial Law Concerns, he stated that “FEMA has practiced” for the possibility of martial law and large scale internment camps in the United States.

It may well be that the harassment that innocent victims of directed energy weapons and community policing “gang-stalking” are experiencing are federally sponsored covert training routines for this murky scenario. We may be the early victims in a paradigm shift in the way our government treats its citizens. In my experience, after more than ten years of such persecution, this has little to do with traditional law enforcement. The military origins of these routines become more obvious with time. Something is “brewing.” I cannot say for certain what the true motives behind these attacks are. However, what I am certain of is my response. I will uphold superior Godly principles in my dealings with my fellowman and refuse to be swept into the cesspool of intrigue and violence that surrounds me.

“The children of God and the children of the Devil are evident by this fact: Everyone who does not carry on righteousness does not originate with God, neither does he who does not love his brother. For this is the message which YOU have heard from [the] beginning, that we should have love for one another; not like Cain, who originated with the wicked one and slaughtered his brother. And for the sake of what did he slaughter him? Because his own works were wicked, but those of his brother [were] righteous.” - 1 John 3:10-12

References:
Comic Book Movies Keep On Coming
An article from the Dept of Defense on their collaboration with the makers of major superhero movies
American Forces Press Services article on Air Force collaboration on “Iron Man” superhero movie
Air Force Law Review: The Imposition of Martial Law in the United States
Time For Heroes: Propaganda & The Superhero
Time For Heroes: Guardian Newspaper

When considering the recent abuses attributed to the covert use of directed energy weapons by government agencies and community policing based gang-stalking and psychological terror tactics, we need to see the “bigger picture.” They are simply manifestations of larger trends in modern society.

Nobel Prize winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said that if asked to identify in a few words the principal trait of the 20th century, he would say: “Men have forgotten God.” He continued: “The entire twentieth century is being sucked into the vortex of atheism and self-destruction. . . . All attempts to find a way out of the plight of today’s world are fruitless unless we redirect our consciousness, in repentance, to the Creator of all: without this, no exit will be illumined, and we shall seek it in vain.”

“Men have forgotten God.” Do you agree with that observation? As men lose interest in God, families disintegrate, concern for our fellow man is replaced by overarching selfishness. Ignorance and cruelty replace tolerance and reason.

Former Justice Francis T. Murphy of the Appellate Division says that modern man “does not know the ultimate meaning of his life and doubts that life has any meaning. Whatever his moral pretensions may be, he has in fact driven God out of his life, out of his office, out of his home. He therefore lacks a moral center.”

Life has no meaning. Man lacks a moral center. When our lives lose meaning, they lose value. In turn, we devalue, or cheapen the lives of others. A declining morality means that cruelty, prejudice, and fear become the dominant attitudes driving our view and treatment of others. In this context, it is not surprising that such trends are increasingly being reflected in the actions of governments, businesses and local communities. Although a pretense of morality (or belief in God) is held by many, we are being sucked into “the vortex of atheism and self-destruction” as Solzhenitsyn keenly observed.

As a result, I am not surprised by the cruelty that surrounds me in the form of directed energy weapons torture by government agencies and psychological terror campaigns by community policing groups. It reflects the cheapness and depravity of life in our modern times. It is a natural byproduct of our rapidly declining values.

“Violence and oppression are before me; strife and contention keep on rising. In the presence of this, the law is slack and justice is not at all applied; for the wicked encircle the righteous, hence justice goes forth perverted.”—Habakkuk. 1:3, 4, “The New Berkeley Version. (Holy Bible)”

I have found that coping with daily attacks by directed energy weapons and community policing based gang-stalking cannot be left to chance. One of the best coping mechanisms I employ is personal Bible study. It provides a rich trove of good examples that furnish lessons I can apply to my situation.

One recent personal study session revealed a sterling quality of Jesus Christ that I seek to imitate in dealing with others. In Jesus’ day, people who lived in Judea and Galilee generally had “no dealings with Samaritans,” their closest neighbors (and distant relatives). (John 4:9) A saying recorded in the Talmud no doubt expressed the feeling of many Jews: “May I never set eyes on a Samaritan.” The Mishnah even included this rule: “Cattle may not be left in the inns of the gentiles (non-Jews) since they are suspected of bestiality.” Such blanket prejudice against all non-Jews was unjust and quite contrary to the spirit of the Mosaic Law. (Leviticus 19:34) Other man-made rules demeaned women. The oral law said that a wife should walk behind, not beside, her husband. A man was warned against conversing with a woman in public, even his own wife. Like slaves, women were not allowed to offer testimony in court. There was even a formal prayer in which men thanked God that they were not women.

Although raised in Galilee, Jesus rejected all such prejudices of his contemporaries. For example, he willingly engaged a Samaritan woman in public conversation, providing encouragement that blessed her and her family. (John 4:1-15) When a Gentile (Roman) army officer pleaded for his aid, he kindly responded. (Matthew 8:5-13) Jewish tax collectors were hated and shunned by their fellow countrymen. Jesus, however, was willing to help them, in spite of being criticized for doing so. (Matthew 9:9-13) In so many ways, he provides a wonderful example for us. He refused to allow the prejudices and stereotypes held by his contemporaries to affect how he treated others. Even when he was impaled and about to die as the result of an outrageous act of injustice, he consoled the condemned criminal impaled next to him with a promise of future restoration.

Jesus example in this regard teaches me how to treat my fellowman. Our modern society is also afflicted with deeply held prejudices, suspicions, and hatred of strangers. Such attitudes often lead to cruel actions. No doubt, this pervasive spirit contributes to the growth of community policing based “gang stalking” and related forms of state-sponsored bullying. Yet, in this climate, as a Christian, I must be like Jesus; refusing to allow the prejudices and cruel attitudes of others to shape how I treat neighbors and strangers. As Christ did, I must treat others in a way that demonstrates Godly qualities of love, kindness and mercy. This holds true in spite of the fact that some among my neighbors actively support the psychological war waged against me. In responding to their actions, I must be motivated by nobler qualities, not the weaknesses of my antagonists. In this way I imitate the Christ, Not only is it the right thing to do, it is also the wisest.

Practical Benefits of Treating Others With Kindness

When a person is victimized by a group (as is the case with gang-stalking) paranoia and a general distrust of others often develops as a result. The victim isolates himself emotionally and may frequently misidentify innocent individuals as participants in the psychological attacks against him. However, doing good to others requires overriding feelings of mistrust and acting in the best interests of others. This provides three key benefits:

1. You maintain and develop communication and interpersonal skills that help counteract the tendency toward isolation. I have seen this benefit in my own case. Although naturally shy, I have developed the ability to initiate friendly conversations with strangers in any setting. Simply providing a warm greeting or a ready smile to others warms my heart and neutralizes the tendency to regard everyone in my immediate environment with distrust. It also stimulates pleasant responses from others, bolstering my countenance in positive ways.

2. You greatly reduce levels of paranoia and mistrust. When psychological attacks are done by a large group (as in gang-stalking) it creates a tendency in the victim to see everyone as a potential participant in psychological torture. You will tend to perceive or imagine that the group attacking you is much bigger than it really is. However, it is only by actively and continuously reaching out to others with kindness that you realize that not everyone is against you. The enemy is “cut down to size.” Even if you do interact with someone who is covertly participating in gang stalking, so what? Their intent is to produce a bitter and irrational response in you. They have failed completely if you interact with them in a calm and pleasant manner!

3. Your pleasant countenance attracts others. People are naturally drawn to kind individuals. As you work to develop this quality, it will draw others to you, earning their loyalty and trust. This counteracts the isolation that is a byproduct of the psychological war waged against you. It helps the victim to maintain and develop healthy friendships that protect mental health.

You cannot control every aspect of the psychological campaign being waged against you. However, by actively displaying kindness to others at every opportunity, you are controlling negative thoughts. That protects your mental health! Looking to the age-old principles of the Bible to counteract the modern weapons of psychological warfare may seem foolish to some. However, with over ten years of experience in waging that battle, I can personally testify to the effectiveness of Bible principles. It is the secret to my success!

“There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions, as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one’s life.” That observation by Viktor E. Frankl, a neurologist and Holocaust survivor is apropos to victims of long term injustice, such as directed energy weapons torture and gang-stalking. In 1942, Dr. Frankl along with his wife and his parents were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp by the Nazi regime. Though assigned to ordinary labor details until the last few weeks of the war, Frankl tried to cure fellow prisoners from despondency and prevent suicide. He worked in the psychiatric care ward, headed a neurological clinic, and maintained a camp service of psychic hygiene and mental care for those who were weary of life. Although suffering the miseries of Nazi oppression himself, his efforts to help others gave meaning and purpose to his life.

“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Can you see how Frankl’s conclusion can help victims of long-term injustice? Even when adversity continues for years, we can choose our attitude, our response to that hardship.

What attitude should we choose in response to suffering? Dr. Frankl observed that those who became obsessed with retaliation against their abusers were often overcome by bitterness and disillusionment that continued long after they were released from the concentration camps. Such attitudes were most likely to destroy good mental health. However, those who maintained dignity in their view and treatment of others and a strong spirituality were best able to adjust to horrific suffering and maintain sound mental health. One of Frankl’s favorite quotes is the Biblical expression “. . . love is as strong as death is.” —Song of Solomon 8:6. The capacity to love our fellowman can survive any hardship or suffering. When we refuse to abandon love, by not adopting the hatred and cruelty of our oppressors, we retain our humanity and protect our mental health. Such excelling love is a byproduct of a healthy spirituality.

Can we benefit from suffering? The Bible says that Jesus Christ “learned obedience from the things he suffered” —Hebrews 5:8. What Jesus suffered when on earth refined his qualities of love, empathy and compassion while facing cruelty, injustice and wrongful death. Our noblest qualities can also be refined if we view and endure suffering with the right attitude.

While countless lives were being sacrificed in Europe during World War I, an amazing effort was underway to save lives in Antarctica. Famed Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew suffered catastrophe when their ship, Endurance, was crushed and sunk by pack ice. Shackleton managed to get his men to a safe haven—of sorts—on Elephant Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. But they still faced extreme danger. Elephant Island was bitterly cold, barren, and composed primarily of rock and ice. It presented a major challenge to the survival of Shackleton and his men.

Shackleton realized that their only hope of survival lay in sending for help from a whaling station on the island of South Georgia. That was 700 miles away, and he had only a 22-foot lifeboat salvaged from the shipwrecked Endurance. Their prospects were not good.

Leaving his men with the promise that he would return and rescue them, Shackleton and a small party set off in choppy waters for South Georgia. On May 10, 1916, after 17 harrowing days, they reached their destination. However, terrible sea conditions forced them to land on the wrong side of the island. They were faced with a 20-mile trek over uncharted, snow-covered mountains to reach their final destination. Against all odds—in subzero temperatures and without proper climbing equipment—Shackleton and his companions reached their destination, and he eventually returned to rescue all his stranded men. Why did Shackleton put forth such strenuous effort? “His one ambition,” writes biographer Roland Huntford, was “to get every one of his men out alive.”

Why is it that in the midst of World War I when millions of lives where being discarded on the battlefield, one man demonstrated such extraordinary concern for the lives of others? Why did he consider the lives of his crew to be worth such effort? His entire crew of 21 men, many of whom were ill, frostbitten and near starvation survived the four and a half months until Shackleton was able to find a way to return and rescue them. What saved them from complete despair in that bleak setting? Their confidence that their leader would keep his promise to rescue them.

At a time when many abuse and destroy the lives of others for selfish motives, it is rare to find men who adhere to high principles in their treatment of fellowmen. Shackleton greatly valued the life of each member of his crew. And he never abandoned the noble principles that drove him to expend any effort necessary to rescue them. In this true account, we can extract the secret of successfully surviving, and indeed, triumphing over psychological attacks that include directed energy weapons torture and gang stalking . . .

We will look at the qualities that enabled Ernest Shackleton to triumph over adversity in our next installment, and see how those qualities can help victims of directed energy weapons torture and gang-stalking to triumph over adversity . . .