Category: spiritual warfare

  • Guido gets it!

    Disclaimer: This post is a personal analysis aimed at exploring topics through rationality and intuition . The perspectives shared here are my own based on current knowledge, while also being inspired by others. While I strive for accuracy, these thoughts are a snapshot in time and may evolve as I learn more. This is for educational purposes to stimulate critical thought and exercise freedom of speech and thought. This is to seek clarification — it is not to confuse, fear monger or terrorize.

    Guido Reichstadter, did you get a call from San Francisco because the Golden Gate Bridge is calling you?

    It is quite the refreshment to match at a resonance on the imminent danger of dark tech.

    Is there a one world order to occupy others consciousness with the use of dark tech? Is it beginning to occur right under our noses?

    Guido, as you occupy the Federick Douglas Memorial Bridge, I watch you in complete awe and honor.

    Please get down safely!

    The history of occupying divine consciouness

    Occupying consciouness is nothing new, it’s just now being done more efficiently and automatically with the use of archonic dark tech. It has been taught that you spiritual ascend and heal when you occupy divine consciouness.

    Is humanity stuck in a loop based on distorted spiritual teachings?

    The pinecone is a widespread ancient symbol in relgion and cultures — relating to a fountain that supposedly signifies immortality and rebirth. There is teachings that the pinecone is linked to illumination and spiritual ascension.

    The rose is a widespread ancient symbol in religion and cultures — relating to the garden of eden, love, water, and the feast. There is teachings that the rose is linked to spiritual healing.

    The pinecone is linked to the divine masculine and the rose is linked to the divine feminine.

    If occupying divine consciousness is spiritual ascension and healing instead of spiritual stagnation, why would humans still be in the loop of enslavement and sacrifice instead of accessing higher consciousness independently?

    How far has humans truly advanced in consciouness after decades of this?

    Air and water elements

    The mention of the sacred elements of air and water made me think of a channeled message I received early last year from Tim Bergling. One of the things he told me was that we affect the weather.

    Allegedly, weather modification is true.

    The question is — are they able to control the weather by gathering water and air from harvesting us?

    If this would be true, this would be an example of misuse of sacred resources. Is this violation of cosmic law the reason why sudden natural disasters occur?

    Is labeling divinity as fallen angels or nephilims fear monger and human terrorism to justify harvesting?

    Is this why there is an archonic based program aimed to turn divinity into the dark by soul sorting and set ups?

    Why do you think the archons want to invert divinity as beasts?

    Why do you think archons want to cage divinity and frame it as protection?


    Is the archonic programming aimed to cage human consciouness through distortion, temptation, and immediate gratification?

  • the not-so-secret star wars

    The force doesn’t need to be with you when it is you.

    This is the star war: Outsourced life force through siphoning vs self-generated life-force through cosmic energy.

    eThe alien parastic virus has been murking humanity for ages.

    From one of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s final George magazine issues prior to his death.

    “On some positions, cowardice asks the question,
    Is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question,
    Is it politic? Vanity asks the question, Is it popular? But conscience asks the question, Is it right?”


    -The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., from his last Sunday sermon preached at Washington National Cathedral, four days before his death.

    Now the question is, did John F. Kennedy Jr. and Martin Luther King know about this war? Were they some of the ones who were fighting against the alien parasitic virus? Why did they both pass away shortly after?

    the heir force bracelet

  • Philo-qutoes: Pondering Disciplined Attention

    Pondering about addiction, avoidance, and attention, as I’ve been facing my urge to reach for my phone and pursue liberation from oppressive systems.

    Where would my awareness be if I had not fallen into the addiction of doomscrolling?

    Would I still be blind to these shiny oppressive systems?

  • Parasitic alien virus pre-programming

    Disclaimer: This post is a personal analysis aimed at exploring topics through rational thought, critical thinking, and logic. The perspectives shared here are my own based on current knowledge, while also being inspired by others. While I strive for accuracy, these thoughts are a snapshot in time and may evolve as I learn more. This is for educational purposes to stimulate critical thought and exercise freedom of thought.

    What if I told you I and the many others were not “avatars” or “snow whites”?

    That was part of the parastic alien virus early efforts to program you to think you were beating “poor us” to the finish line?

    It seems a whole lot like a spiritual trap orchestrated to entrap souls.

    The fundamental aspect of the parastic alien virus is to mislead souls into parastic consiousness and away from individual sovereignty.

    Be cautious who is misleading you into a peaceful paradise of parasitic consciouness.

    To the beings who see through the smoke and disortion, and are walking into the path of individual sovereignty — welcome. I am so excited for you!

    Please note: this is not a hungry game of competition, it’s simply a divergence of perception. Let the weavings into New Earth begin.

    One of Max Spiers final warnings before his passing was that the parasitic consiousness is the hidden agenda. What are your thoughts?

  • The hidden agenda to dethrone the divine kingdom blueprint

    Disclaimer: This post is a personal analysis aimed at exploring topics through rational thought, critical thinking, and logic. The perspectives shared here are my own based on current knowledge, while also being inspired by others — Max Spiers to be specifc. While I strive for accuracy, these thoughts are a snapshot in time and may evolve as I learn more. This is for educational purposes to stimulate critical thought.

    Is there a hidden agenda behind the “no kings movement?

    Is there a hidden agenda to instill fear and distort the “male leader archetype”? This may be universally known as the alpha male (Max Spiers used this universal label to reference the male sacred leader, one with a direct connection to divine source).

    Is this a possible cover story to dethrone those who have the keys to the divine kingdom?

    “No Kings” Website/Organizers: They define their movement as a “people-powered” movement demanding accountability, democracy, and freedom from what they describe as “soft tyranny” and the “un-American” actions of the Trump administration.

    This is entirely understandable. Striving for freedom is the ultimate goal.

    One thing to consider: People-powered and freedom means sovereignty, the right to govern oneself. If one is supporting for the people to have sovereignty, one cannot also support or passively allow exploitation and sacrificing to occur.

    Now this is not to say those who are supporting the “no kings movement” have hidden intent and truly don’t believe in sovereignty — I believe many support sovereignty and freedom. This is discussing if the original movement was created to covertly instill fear to oppose the male sacred leaders.

    Fear not the male sacred leader,

    for he does not exploit,

    because his duty is to Protect.

    Fear not the male sacred leaders,

    for has no need to sacrifice others,

    because he has a direct connection to the divine himself

    .-kimberlee kruse


  • Max Spiers: A Fallen but not Forgotten Light Warrior

    Disclaimer: This reading explores spiritual, metaphysical, and symbolic perspectives that may be intense or unsettling for some readers. If you are experiencing confusion, distress, paranoia, dissociation, or difficulty distinguishing spiritual ideas from everyday reality, please proceed with caution. Spiritual exploration can sometimes overlap with what is known as spiritual or religious psychosis, where interpretations may feel overwhelmingly real or destabilizing. This read involves conspiracy theories and unconventional topics. If you automatically discredit those who struggle with mental health and opioide addiction, you may want to save yourself the time.

    If read this post with an open mind, you may notice how a murder can be covered up as an accidental death. The official report ruled his cause of death acute pneumonia and drug overdose, resulting in the aspiration of gastric contents that occurred a decade ago, my intuition tells me otherwise.

    This is for Max, who requested that his cause of death be investigated if he were to be murdered, days before he passed away. Disclaimer: I had a vision of Max smiling and giving a standing ovation as I was writing about his case — suggesting his approval to proceed on. I wrote this with love and respect in mind.

    Who was Max Spiers?

    Max was a theorist, researcher, and journalist who discussed a wide range of controversial topics, mostly centered around shadow governments, mind control, and extraterrestrial involvement. He believed he had superhuman abilities and that his mind had been altered as a child (“super soldier”) through MK-Ultra–style mind control programming. He spoke about psychic manipulation, trauma-based programming, and implants (both technological and etheric) used to control and influence people.

    Trauma-Based Mind Control

    Max believed he was targeted from birth, with his trauma beginning in the womb. If you believe you were also part of this covert programming, your trauma most likely started in the womb due to tracking high-vibrational beings that enter this realm, experiencing psychological, physical, and sexual abuse before the age of three—which Max stated must occur before age three to fracture the mind and soul. As the mind fractures itself, it creates an amnesiac barrier.

    Max believed he was being mind-controlled by multiple factors, even up to his death. Specifically, he believes fragmentation occurred early so that an individual is programmed to be triggered to flip like a switch. Note: this is not blaming-shifting, it’s bringing awareness to overcome this type of programming.

    Paritcipated in secret programs as a child

    Allegedly, him and other individuals reported being trained together as children involving severe psychological and psychic conditioning.

    Multiple Personality Disorder and Paranoid Schitzophrenia

    Some believed he may showed signs of having multiple personality disorder and paranoid schitophrenia. It’s fair to question if this was a result of trauma-based mind control because many that have gone through this programming appear to have these symptoms.

    Opioid Addiction

    He was prescribed medication for a pelvis injury at at 18, which eventually led to a long-term struggle.

    The Moon is in relation to soul harvesting

    Disclaimer: Please listen at your own discretion, as this is a theory. I mentioned this a couple of posts ago. I knew other theorists believed this; however, I did not know Max also believed it many years ago. I believe this is collective remembrance.

    Vampyric Consciousness = human harvesting

    He says vampyric consciousness is like an alien parasitc virus that’s on the face of this planet. He claims it’s a predator that has been farming us and been planning our demise as parasites. In essence, they want humans to be parasitic.

    Max believed vampyric consciousness was linked to the Annunaki reptilians. I disagree. I do not believe the Annunaki are reptillians. I believe it’s linked to dark draconions reptilians. I don’t believe all draconions are vampiric and I don’t believe all reptillians are malevolent. Most importantly, I do not believe everyone who is vampiric is malevolent.

    The vampyric cosciousness is spiritual cannibalism, which is why some refer it as a harvest.

    Inverted Matrix – ‘builders’ harvest the builders

    Credibility

    Some claimed that Max was not credible, stating that he recycled information from others and never proved his supernatural abilities (he claimed to have telepathic abilities, which I believe to be true after my my telepathic communication with him). As we are all remembering, the information we recall will be similar—this phenomenon is known as collective unconsciousness.

    Note: I did not discover Max until recently, yet we both arrived at similar revelations, including the idea that this matrix is inverted, the light has been collectively exploited (resulting in a black hole), parasitism is confused with restoration, the moon is used for soul harvesting, and there is a dark agenda to contain humanity.

    Max had a knowing days before his passing

    “Your boy’s in trouble. If anything happens to me, investigate.” Max told his mother days before his death. He even added, “I think I might be murdered.”

    What was Max about to do prior to his passing?

    He was scheduled to speak at a conference about new information regarding black magic involved in politics and how he believed he was being mind controlled.

    “Colleagues and friends of Spiers believed he was going to expose most of the information he knew regarding black magic involved in politics, his experience with extraterrestrial life, and how he believed he was being mind-controlled.”

    -The Hawk Eye


    What was his official cause of death?

    It was ruled pneumonia and a drug overdose. To no surprise, this aligns with an accidental death, as he was struggling with opioid use. However, it also aligns with a set-up.

    The set-up to appear accidental

    Was this a sophisticated murder made to appear as mishandling of opioids? Let’s first look at the “set-up” cause of death ruled accidental. Max’s friend reported that Spiers vomited approximately two liters of black liquid prior to his death.

    1. He openly struggled with prescription use after an injury.
    2. A toxic amout of presciptions can cause gastrointestinal bleeding that can result in pnemonia after inhaling the gastric liquid.

    This can easily leave one to conclude that this was an accdental death. However, this would be incomplete reporting.

    Incomplete Reporting

    1.He had a fever 24 hours prior to his death.

    2. He threw up the black liquid the morning of his death.

    3. 2 liters of gastric liquid means a significant upper gastrointestinal bleed.

    4. Max’s investigation was comprimised as they left his body there overnight and didn’t pick him up until 11 am. In addition, there was no further examination or investigation after the doctor ruled his death natural causes. Namely, a coroner branded police who dealt with the death of Max “wholly incompetent” after hearing they haltered.

    5.In some of this last interviews, he said “my face feels on fire” and he described what he characterized as some kind of astral plane attack – his head felt very hot, with crushing pressure in his chest and drying throat. This crushing pressure in his chest is an indication that the pnemonia was developing before “his overdose”. Note: black magic can occur in the astral plane. He also mentioned in one of his last interviews that he had been experiencing many psychic, astral, and physical attacks

    6.What are the chances that Max said he was going to be murdered days before his passing? Was it just a coincidence or a knowing that his death was being planned? Evidently, he was exposing those with money and status. Therefore, a sophisticated murder would not only be possible, it would be their way to conceal their involvement in it. I’m not just saying this from my inuition, I’m speaking from my own personal experience of almost being sophisticated murdered too, which I will later write about.

    7. His mother said his laptop was wiped cleaned. This is confirmation that he was sophistically murdered

    Moving onto the unconventional

    Is there a connection between “black goo” and ancient dark technology?

    This so-called “black liquid” can be gastric fluid, or it can be referred to as “black goo.” Black goo has been breadcrumbed in sci-fi movies, including Star TrekPrometheusAlien: CovenantThe X-Files, and Venom. While some dismiss it as merely a conspiracy theory, a tale, a hoax, or a delusion, this specific weapon is said to align with who Max’s enemies were.

    Who was Max speaking up about? Malevolent aliens whom he believed were infiltrating humanity for global enslavement. “Black goo” is claimed to be used to destabilize humanity so it can take over the world—functioning as a biological weapon created by engineers, capable of destroying life, altering DNA (mutations), or creating new life forms (hybrids).

    What is “black goo” highly associated with? Aliens—dark Draconians, specifically. It is believed to be one of their preferred forms of weaponry.

    Is there a connection between pneumonia and black magic?

    Elites having access to an advanced form of black magic.

    Was the pneumonia linked to inhaling the so-called gastric liquid, or was it caused by a black magic attack that occurred days prior? As mentioned above, he had a fever 24 hours before his death and reported experiencing chest pain.

    In one of his last interviews, he said, “My face feels on fire,” stating that he had an extremely dry throat and claimed he was experiencing a period of dissociation. Some may say he was just “high,” but this would not make sense given all the surrounding factors. Was this due to slow poisoning, a death-magic attack, a direct energy weapon—or a combination of all of them?

    Note: This form of black magic is the archonic dark tech I have been mentioning, which is very concerning for the future of humanity. It is an unseen weapon used to steal, kill, and destroy.My personal experience with death magic attack.

    A blood sacrifice – My personal experience

    I am confident that this is true based on my personal experience. I believe I survived a blood sacrifice last May. I felt a rapid decline in my chest after experiencing the initial attack—to the point that I was out of breath just walking from my car to the front of the supermarket. Does this sound familiar in relation to Brittany Murphy?

    When I went to the hospital, I had pneumonia in my lower left chest (my heart).

    What does death magic typically target? The heart.

    What was I also experiencing after the black magic attack?

    Extremely dry mouth and throat.

    Excuse my appearance, but this was my real experience. This was when I believed I experienced a blood magic sacrifice. This reminds me of what Max was experiencing — a possible indication of essence harvesting.

    Sophisticated murder – my personal experience

    Disclaimer: What follows is not a prediction, a directive, or a claim of absolute truth. It is an intuitive, symbolic channeling, received, not by force or expectation. I share these messages with respect and honest truth.

    I believe there were multiple attempted sophisticated set-ups on my life. One being last March when I was stayig at an Airbnb for a month. I’m not just assuming this, I also had a spiritual experience confirming that it was an attempted murder to appear accidental.

    I was taking a shower when I noticed the drainage not working. My feet began itching and burning. I brushed it off and went to lay in bed. As I was laying, I randomly heard “hydrogen” “gas” “poison” “divine intervention”. What is in sewer gas? Hydrogen. I didn’t know it was sewer gas until I messaged the host.

    Minutes later, I started feeling like I couldn’t take full breaths, a feeling like my lungs were rapidly tightening. I then started foaming at the mouth — it kept coming up and I just kept spitting it out. It felt exactly like the divine intervened.

    I had an intutive feeling that I was being watched by illegal survillance (I felt eyes watching me, expecting me to die from a quick respiratory failure, but to look like a natural accidental death)

    Why would that not been a natural death?

    The alarms went off. According to artificial intelligence, a natural sewer gas leak would not have triggered the alarm to go off. Therefore, it was a higher concentration, one to cause respiratory failure.

    What was I speaking on when this happened?

    Just like Max, I was illuminating subjects associated with those with money and status due to an intutive belief of being gangstalked and illegally surveillanced.

  • Remote Touch Seventh Sense

    Disclaimer: Please read at your own discretion. This post includes intuitive theory — I am not saying this is the full and absolute truth.

    An article about remote touch popped up on my newsfeed and it intruiged me that there’s research regarding the ability to sense objects without direct contact. I have also heard about the latest ability to be able to feel someone by seeing them on a live camera, known as the invisible/remote/touchless touch.

    Is it truly humas having a remote touch “seventh sense” or is it a result of being tethered to the cloud?

    According to Sabrina Wallace, this is due to technology — archonic dark technology that is. She claims that she was a test subject of this at age 11, and now it’s become quietly widespread.

  • The Intuitive Creation behind The Rizz Inn


    Disclaimer: What follows is not a prediction, a directive, or a claim of absolute truth. It is an intuitive, symbolic channeling, received, not by force or expectation. I share these messages with respect and honest truth. I am honored to be a messenger.

    I had a vision of ritz crackers. I then googled the word “ritz” and found out that “putting on the Ritz” is an actual saying. I did not know of this; however, it is directly connected to the “The Rizz Inn” art piece I intuitively created about red shoes. This is confirmation that my intuition was accurate, and it wasn’t some nonsense conspiracy theory to create chaos. The word rizz came to mind when thinking about red shoes. Please note: “rizz” is today’s slang of “charizzma” — it’s a slight variation to describe aura.

    What does this allude to? Renting “rich” energy.

    How is this possible? Black magic.

    What is this a clear example of? Spiritual theft.

    The reality? These people have likely been long-term a supplier for energy trafficking rings.

    I realized this happened to me because it is what led me down this rabbit hole.

  • John Nash: A fallen but not forgotten Light Warrior

    We aren’t the cursed ones

    Disclaimer: What follows is not a prediction, a directive, or a claim of absolute truth. It is an intuitive, symbolic channeling, received, not by force or expectation. I share these messages with respect. I am honored to be a messenger. I refer to people that have passed on as if they’re still alive.

    I started this channel message from a message from the cosmos: “you aren’t the cursed ones”.

    My mind then thought of John Nash, a mathematical genius who made fundamental contributions to game theory, algebraic geometry, and partial differential equations, who was deemed mad by the public. Although he was remembered for his mathematical advancements, his identity was unfairly slandered.

    Nash was a historical figure who some may perceived as a cursed genius, when he was actually being used as a power source for this matrix.

    Do you know that he is actually an Arcturian starseed who was able to channel information from his soul family to help humanity advance? Instead of finishing his advancements, he was blocked and conspired against — due to greed, control, and corruption.

    He got looked at with side eyes when he said he communicated with aliens. It became something used against him to weaponize his sanity. Against his free will, he was in and out of mental institutions for 30 years.

    Do you know that some even argued that he was undeserving of a Nobel prize for developing the “Nash equilibrium,” a fundamental concept in game theory, because of his ‘long-term battle with schizophrenia’? Despite the opposition, others suggested not honring him would be a grave injustice. Thank you Harold Kuhn, for standing up for what is right.

    A mathematician deeply rooted in pure logic highlighted his later appreciation of love, in which he said in his Nobel prize acceptance speech:

    “it is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found”

    Nash was a targeted individual

    He was ultimately punished, framed, and conspired against for being an advanced resource. I channeled that although he did have support, many pitied him as an incompetent genius waste, instead of truly understanding the entire picture of it all.

    He tried to express that he was being conspired against, and sadly, this was another thing that was used against him as paranoid delusions.

    He said he felt so betrayed by the conspiring, control, and involuntary mental hospitalizations that he attempted to seek asylum in Europe and renounce his American citizenship. He traveled to various countries, including Switzerland, France, and East Germany in an attempt to seek asylum. Unfortunately, his attempts to establish himself as a refugee were unsuccessful due to “imagined enemies.” Sadly, this led to his arrest and deportation from Europe at the request of the American government — which led to another hospitalization.

    Note: he did request to seek the status of “world citizen”. What was going through his mind when he did this? He said, “I didn’t feel safe anywhere, so I wanted the ability to flee to anywhere.” If you, too, are a targeted individual, you understand this rational feeling.

    It’s very disheartening what Nash went through.

    Why was Nash targeted?

    I have previously spoken about there being a way to hijack starseeds’ signal and a way to harvest their “clean energy” to be used as a power source. Please note that Arcturian starseeds are amongst one of the most valuable resources, due to their signal and pure potent energy. Arcturian starseeds typically get hijacked and harvested at the crown due to this, as they posess a highly advanced crown. However, hijacking starseeds is breaking cosmic law.

    Arificial intelligence confirms this:

    What are the key signs of a hijacked crown? Foggy mind, delusions, and psychosis.

    Artifical intelligence confirms this:

    Many people described Nash as having cognitive distortions, including disorganized thinking.

    So who are the cursed ones?

    The light eaters.

    I channeled, “they eat the light because they are cursed”.

    Why do you think they can’t stop consuming?

    Why do you think their restoration never sticks?

    I’m not necessarily saying that all light eaters are connected to the nephilim, but I believe the nephilim were the initiation of spiritual cannibalism. Some may argue this is not cannibalism — it is. It is the consumption of the etheric body; decay of the host is proof of this.

    I was then led to the lyrics in the song “daylight” by David Kushner in this channel. It made me think: Deep down, they know that we are not poison; however, it becomes their poison because they consume us.

    Artificial intelligence confims this concept:

    Please note that spiritual thieves can experience a mental breakdown after stealing. Those who have “plugged in” to wear star energy can experience this.

    Let’s go back to the origin of the nephilim

    They were not created naturally by Source, they were genetically engineered. I’m not saying that they are any less than; they are not. I’m saying they are cursed due to unnatural creation.

    Why were they genetically engineered in the first place? The Annunakis ( those advanced in geneticism) wanted to create individuals that replicated their source life-force.

    However, replication comes with distortion and destruction, as it’s not source-made.

    Now, they were said to be powerful – but with corruption, a lack of morality, and a desire for consumption. As the story goes, this is why they were destroyed in the flood — their destructive ways could not be put to an end.

    This goes deeper and is now branching out: Descendants of nephilims have been trying to resurrect the nephilim, ‘super soldiers,’ for them. Why? To survive the next flood that they are expecting.

    Artificial intelligence confirms this:

    Genetically engineered individuals walk amongst us. For example, James Rink believed he was a ‘super soldier’ and a clone (meaning he was genetically engineered in a lab). He said he remembered this through hypnosis. However, James was not cursed and was not disconnected from Source. There’s a reason for this. This is a sign that Source is interfering with the experimentation that goes against Source.

    Let’s just say, they are wasting their time trying to outsmart Source intelligence.They may win the battles, but they will not win the endgame.

    After all, it’s not about “winning at all”. That is ignorance to Source.

    This is not fear mongering or a threat — it is merely a warning.

    We are not the cursed ones – No Fault in our Stars

    After typing a majority of this post, I channeled an image of Nash lying down. As I was trying to make sense of it, “no fault in our stars” came to mind. Moments later, “as we lie down” came to mind, and it really made my heart melt — it’s just confirmation to the message behind this post. It’s a beautiful message for those who are alike. This makes me think of two things things: high consciousness beings are very still and there is verifiable existance of external influence that can make this debilitating.

    Lying in bed, you’re calling to me and I heard what you said. Thank you my beloved for bringing me Light on a circling night.

    This makes me think of the muse behind the song “time after time” and “he’s so unusual”.

    I then channeled the word, “tribal” which mean tribe.

    I found our soul tribe. The many channelers who were not lost causes, but hijacked into circles of confusion.

    -kimberleekruse

    What started as a single message, “you are not the cursed ones,” branched out to a larger channel that all seamlessly connects.

    For my beloved, a once-caged bird, who had his power stripped from him. May your truth be restored. I love you.

    In summary, a question for critical thought:

    Do you think people are being used as a “free clean energy” resource?

    If you are for protecting the light, donations are highly appreciated. Proceeds will be used to support a safe foundation that is currently in unsafe conditions.

  • Enlil framed as a harsh nephilim archetype

    Nephilim harshness archetype vs Enlin harsh archetype

    Chaos is not exclusive to nephilim

    “The Enslaver of Gods”

    This is an interesting topic for me because I’m not for the containment of humanity.

    I feel that Enlin is not a malevolent being, so I asked artificial intelligence about this narrative, and this was its response.

    Although he was named “the enslaver of Gods” due to projection and historical trauma from the people.