Silenced

In so many cases, people are silenced who know the truth.

You Know the Truth By How It Feels.

To say I have been consumed with what happened in Las Vegas is an understatement. As an empath, this tragedy has become a large part of my daily life. After the kids are in bed, I start reading eyewitness accounts and watching videos. Why? Quite frankly, when I listen to what the MSM tells the public, it doesn’t make sense to me. After I started feeling sick to my stomach like something was wrong, I learned of what my friend’s mother experienced while she was in Las Vegas that night. Her story prompted me to look for other stories like hers, and I’ve found them. I have probably listened to and read close to 50 accounts of what happened in Las Vegas on October 1st.

We are Not Getting the Truth.

There is a much deeper and a much more elaborate situation that lies at the root of all of this, but I’m not going to focus on that right now. In order to understand what really happened in Las Vegas, you have to understand who really is in charge of our country, and of this world. There are facts that many people do not realize, or do not want to hear. I’m not going there in this post, and I do not plan on going there at all. 

Instead, what I want to focus on is the fact that thousands of people who survived this horrific event will never be the same. These people need our love and support. The trauma of what they experienced is life-altering in itself, and will require a form of therapy or counseling to aid them in the healing process. To make things worse, another layer has been slapped onto them that increases their trauma and stress from this event.

The Survivors Who Clearly Saw What Happened at the Concert and on the Strip are Being Silenced.

This is serious. Most people do not understand the implications of not being able to speak your truth. My health coaching practice is built on the foundation of people “speaking their heart to heal their life.” That’s my slogan. “Speak Your Heart. Heal Your Life.” Why? Verbalizing your truth allows it to become real; to become tangible. This enables you to take action in your life. You become empowered, and you get to live a healthy, happy, and full life. Essentially, you become your own guru. Verbalizing your truth is also greatly connected to thyroid health.

So, generally speaking from a health perspective, being silenced is detrimental. Then, you take a situation like the Las Vegas massacre, where people have been severely traumatized and silence them. I don’t have words for how debilitating this is. It is devastating to someone on all levels; physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Experiencing a traumatic event, and being told it didn’t happen is nothing short of a nightmare. I know because I was held at gunpoint when I was 20 years old. If someone would have told me I was full of it, or that I was confused and didn’t experience that, I don’t even know how I would have dealt with that reaction. I know I would have had much worse anxiety, and a much harder time getting over such a horrifying event.

Screaming, But No One Hears You.

Being silenced can be compared to screaming at the top of your lungs in a bad dream where no one hears you. That’s what it feels like. No one hears you, and you are not able to hear your own voice. Only strain and hot tears run down your face. The longing for the vibration of sound to come from your throat is so overwhelming. But nothing happens. There’s just silence.

Strain. Tears. Longing….longing to be heard. This is what it is like for individuals who are being silenced in the wake of the shooting in Vegas. Thankfully, people are gaining courage and speaking out. They are filming themselves on YouTube, or they are writing posts on social media. Although their fear is great in their stance against the grain, they realize the impact of not being able to speak about their experience. As many have explained in their accounts, they feel a moral obligation to be truthful about what happened.

Eyewitnesses feel it’s only fair that everyone hears their side of the story, which is different from the popular narrative. Unfortunately, many videos and social media posts have been deleted. YouTube, Facebook, and popular search engines are censoring the information we receive. If those things are not true, then why do they care? Interesting.

Listening to Those Who Were There is Our Greatest Source of Truth.

The narrative that everyone is familiar with right now when it comes to the Las Vegas massacre is the story that every mainstream media outlet is telling. A lone gunman. The 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay. No other shooters. No other locations. The timeline keeps changing, key eyewitnesses leave interviews or disappear, and a solid story that makes sense is absent. Independent research is the best bet in finding the truth of any situation. Listening to puppets on a string is not.

The eyewitness accounts, original news reports, videos posted to YouTube, and even recordings of the police scanner, all indicate that there is much more to this horrific event than we are being told. These pieces of evidence prove that the popular narrative is simply a smoke screen.

Have a Good Day: The Realities of Eyewitnesses

“The hotel employee looked right at me, leaned in, and said, ‘“There was no shooting here at the Bellagio last night.”’ This is the account of one individual who was given a “hush comp” at check out the morning after experiencing sheer terror as gun shots fired through the entrance of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino the night of October 1st. Gunfire, glass breaking, and a stampede of people came storming through the lobby sometime around 11:00 p.m. They were running from gun shots that were coming at them from behind.

This shaken eyewitness was put to the floor by her husband, as others took cover around them. Employees rushed everyone to the rear corridors. No one was allowed back to the casino and lobby for many hours. There were also hotel security members blocking people from going onto the patios and balconies outside. The next morning, they were told by hotel employees and management that it didn’t happen. Their room was comped as they checked out of the Bellagio.

“Have a good day.”

This has not made it to the mainstream news because her story “can not be confirmed.” Additionally, a British gentleman was actually on a British news station LIVE as this shooting at the Bellagio took place. You can hear the automatic gunfire in the background as the nervous news anchors ask the man if he’s ok. They tell him to do what he needs to do to get to safety, and he tells the anchors that he is being ushered to a kitchen in the hotel for safety. This story has not been reported in the American news either. It can’t be confirmed.

But It Was Just Echoes. You Were Confused.

If you have ever been to Las Vegas, you know that it is extremely loud inside of the casinos. It’s nearly deafening. The machines with all their bells and whistles, televisions, people talking; it’s not a quiet place. I find it incredibly insulting to the people who were there when they are told they heard “echoes” of gun shots inside of a casino. It’s simply amazing that people buy into that, but after you are fed something so many times, I guess it becomes the truth. 

At the Paris Hotel and Casino, other individuals experienced a similar situation to those at the Bellagio. One woman I know personally wrote a detailed account on her Facebook page. At approximately 11:30 p.m., gun shots fired through the entrance of the Paris casino causing mass panic. People described it as “machine guns.” As people were running toward the back of the casino, a woman and her family went into a small room with an employee of the casino and roughly 30 other people. Laying on the floor, they held hands and prayed for 2.5 hours. They had no idea what was on the other side of the door. Finally, they were allowed to come out. This has not been reported because it can’t be confirmed.

It Can’t Be Confirmed. Your Eyes, Ears, and Brain Do Not Serve Confirmation. Sorry.

Law enforcement cannot confirm that hundreds, if not thousands of people saw the exact same thing over and over again on the strip of Las Vegas on October 1st. New York New York, Tropicana, Excalibur, Paris, Bellagio, Caesar’s Palace, Planet Hollywood, Elara, and Aria have all been included in eyewitness accounts I’ve personally read or seen. These accounts all include gunfire in close proximity, stampedes, streaked blood on walls and floors, people in false uniforms of various types, and chaos. I know I haven’t covered every possible account, so I’m sure there’s even more. So much has been deleted too.

“Lying is done with words and also with silence,” Adrienne Rich once said. In this case, people have seen and heard things with their own eyes and ears. They have been traumatized, and then silenced.

Survivors are struggling with hearing garbage cans rattle against pavement, or with rapid pounding on a construction scene. To them, it sounds like the gun shots they heard. People feel overwhelmed with their emotions and thoughts. They feel crazy because they saw, heard, and felt sheer terror; but someone says, “No you didn’t. Here’s your receipt. Have a good day.” 

PTSD Amplified

This is more than people being blocked from sharing their accounts; this is a catalyst for mental and emotional instability and amplified PTSD. We now have thousands of people who need support, love, and an ear to listen to them. Without having people acknowledge their stories, their healing process can’t be complete. The same goes for those who have lost people in this tragedy. To these people who have lived through the most tragic and horrifying mass shooting event in our country’s history, I feel immense pain for you. I pray for you all regularly; the victims and their loved ones.

The Silencing That Has Ended

In addition to this tragedy in Las Vegas, we learned that a major Hollywood executive, Harvey Weinstein, has been sexually harassing and assaulting women for decades. For so long, these women have been silenced. Just like the survivors in Las Vegas, they were told it didn’t happen, given a “hush comp”, and sent on their way. Their stories were stifled, and they were made to feel shame for being victims of heinous behavior. That has ended, as one woman started a ripple effect of truth as other women are coming forward with their accounts of harassment. 

For them, and for so many other women, they have endured their pain alone. Overwhelmed by their thoughts and feelings, they have been damaged by this man. Finally being released from the oppression of their hidden stories, I hope they can start to heal as the truth presents itself.

And for many others who have been victims, I pray for them to have the chance to tell their story. No individual should live in silence with their pain.

So today, I pray for those who are weakened by the corruptive and power-hungry beings in this world. I pray for the ones who have to swallow their stories.

Today, I pray for the silenced.