SaYo Says 16: Teachers of the past

A few months ago, I learned that one of the journalists that I used to follow had passed away.

He wrote many articles and several books exposing lies mainly in the medical industry.

He also talked about critical thinking and psychological and spiritual matters.

I only discovered him during the corona era.

but he was the one from whom I learned for the first time that there is a concerted effort to manipulate the minds of people.

He was instrumental for my understanding of the current situation of the world.

He also talked about human beings' true potential and emphasized that imagination and creativity were the keys to unlock them.

I really liked what he said.

I even purchased some of his materials and I was a paid subscriber to his substack for a couple of years.

But at a certain point, I started questioning and disagreeing with what he stated in his articles.

I still respected him and even had a faith in him, so I continued to subscribe to his substack and read his articles for a while after that.

But in the end, I realized that there was nothing more I could learn from him, so I discontinued the page subscription and eventually unsubscribed from all email notifications.

When I read the article about his death and listened to his last audio message, tears welled up in my eyes.

I was really surprised by my own reactions.

Why did I cry for the death of someone who I stopped following a while ago? It was clear in his message that he knew he was dying, so that might have touched me emotionally.

But I think it was because I had an attachment to him.

I felt like I knew him personally.

I thought he was authentic and genuine.

Of course, I didn't know him personally.

I just saw what he presented publicly and created an image in my mind.

I know very well that I can't trust any public figure completely.

No matter how authentic they look, they have their public image to maintain, especially if the number of their followers is large.

While looking into the lies in the world, I've heard people talk about this one is a shill or that one is a controlled opposition, that sort of rumors.

I didn't want to think him or any other people whom I admired and followed were one.

But that is actually not beyond the realm of possibility.