From Myself to Kanye West — 25 Years of 'Cancel Culture'

(Article #46 of the Current Series of Posts that Commenced with the May 17 article)

 

back cover photo of myself (this blogger Mark Russell Bell) from TESTAMENT (1997) / Kanye 'Ye' West participated in a podcast interview this week of October 2022; recent news reporting about the music industry artist mentions cancellations of his corporate partnerships.

 

At a time when everyone should be helping  to focus the attention of other people and government representatives on campaigning for a return to international diplomacy while insisting that national leaders stop carrying out deluded military agendas, Kanye West is a newsmaker with ensuing publicity leading to the termination of his business deals with Adidas, fashion company Balenciaga, the record label Def Jam Recordings, CAA talent agency, two of his affiliated law firms, and the MRC entertainment studio in regard to a documentary film about the Pop culture recording artist.  Also, material has been deleted from his Instagram account and his Twitter account has been locked while Gap, Foot Locker and TJ Maxx stores are no longer selling his Yeezy merchandise.  This blogger himself became the experiencer of then-characteristic contemporary social consciousness responses of rejection upon publishing the documented nonfiction case study TESTAMENT in 1997. 

Pew Research Center staff members have observed about 'Cancel Culture':

 

The phrase “cancel culture” is said to have originated from a relatively obscure slang term — “cancel,” referring to breaking up with someone — used in a 1980s song.  This term was then referenced in film and television and later evolved and gained traction on social media.  Over the past several years, cancel culture has become a deeply contested idea in the nation’s political discourse.  There are plenty of debates over what it is and what it means, including whether it’s a way to hold people accountable, or a tactic to punish others unjustly, or a mix of both.

Considering the current situation of musical artist Kanye West, the reaction to what were regarded as 'antisemitic comments' is the most recent example of reactions reflecting 'Cancel Culture' sensibilities.  A careful reporting of Ye's perspective reveals that he considers himself 'Jewish' and he now is reported to have stated about his controversial comments on an episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast: "If Jewish people would accept that I'm a Jew, they'd hear it a different way."  It previously was reported he had posted a now deleted tweet mentioning ". . . The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic  because black people are actually Jew also . . ."   

 

Although personally I'm at a loss to comprehend the meaning of associating any individual with any traditional dogmatic religion because orientations may span a vast spectrum of individual accepted beliefs and interpretations, it is obvious that instead of 'cancelling' Ye, individual company executives could have alternatively pointed out that business associates however characterized have each individually made contributions to Kanye's enterprises.
 
As the 'cancelling' news headlines began to appear, this blogger was left pondering what about the rhetoric is considered so threatening that the 'freedom of speech' of a person familiar to a large proportion of the public should once again be prominently curtailed by corporate social media platforms (as Ye possibly may have planned and expected) for what is after all a 'high profile media celebrity' known for making provocateur comments.  Simultaneously, news media reporting about the war in Ukraine yesterday includes reports of Russian government leaders warning about a 'dirty bomb' provocation in Ukraine instigated by American military operatives.  U.S. military officials in turn claimed the warning to signal a potential Russian 'false flag' operation occurring although this doesn't take into consideration the Russian annexation of four regions of Ukraine.  There was also controversy created by a highly sensible letter signed by 30 members of Congress to the American President.  An Esquire news article about this development was headlined "The Own-Goal of a Letter From House Progressives Does Touch on Important Questions About Ukraine." 

 

The congressional letter includes the statements: "The conflict threatens an additional tens of millions more worldwide, as skyrocketing prices in wheat, fertilizer and fuel spark acute crises in global hunger and poverty . . . The conflict has also contributed to elevated gas and food prices at home, fueling inflation and high oil prices for Americans in recent months . . . But as legislators responsible for the expenditure of tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in military assistance in the conflict, we believe such involvement in this war also creates a responsibility for the United States to seriously explore all possible avenues, including direct engagement with Russia, to reduce harm and support Ukraine in achieving a peaceful settlement."  The letter reminded: "In May, President Zelensky, despite deadlocked negotiations, reiterated that the war 'will only definitively end through diplomacy,' and had previously explained that 'any mentally healthy person always chooses the diplomatic path, because he or she knows: even if it is difficult, it can prevent the loss of thousands, tens of thousands . . . and maybe even millions of lives.'"  The final statement of the letter is: "In conclusion, we urge you to make vigorous diplomatic efforts in support of a negotiated settlement and ceasefire, engage in direct talks with Russia, explore prospects for a new European security arrangement acceptable to all parties that will allow for a sovereign and independent Ukraine, and, in coordination with our Ukrainian partners, seek a rapid end to the conflict and reiterate this goal as America’s chief priority."

The recent developments in the life and career of Kanye 'Ye' West suggest that he may have realized that excessive personal materialistic self-benefit conflicts with blatant Christian spiritual values and therefore he has set out on his current mission.  Spiritual values and metaphysical understanding may inspire an individual personality to manifest in various ways altruistic concerns of The God Force to demonstrate individual human personal responsibility to others and arouse awareness of intellectual, emotional, cultural and social issues involving one's perceived 'ego-self' amidst society.  Furthermore, how you decide to react in relation to acting upon (or not) the thoughts entering your mind from your 'Higher Self' in a state of spiritual Oneness will determine aspects of your experiencing Earth life.  The time one devotes to 'entertainment' can consist of what might be compared to 'computerized programming' on a superficial level of consciousness that will probably not expand one's metaphysical and spiritual development and awareness of The God Force — a primary purpose for the present incarnation.  (example article involving this topic) 

Many times throughout my life I've been astonished that in headline-making trials receiving publicity in the news media, conflicts are reported in a way that seems to completely overlook Americans' traditionally perceived individual "freedom of speech" stated in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.  Recently talkshow host Alex Jones received a courtroom verdict to pay $965 million to elementary school shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent for slander and emotional distress although Jones later apologized.  The outcome of actor Johnny Depp's highly publicized defamation lawsuit against his actress ex-wife resulted in a verdict demanded her to pay more than $10 million in damages to Depp.  Also this year another high-profile legal case of our litigious society resulted with a federal jury awarding $31 million to the widow of Kobe Bryant and a co-plaintiff to be paid by Los Angeles County Sheriff and Fire departments due to deputies and firemen having merely showed photos of the helicopter crash to other people despite the fact that the crash was 'news' and they too have 'freedom of speech.'

 

An aspect of the American legal system that usually is overlooked concerns how high money remuneration outcomes demonstrate that jurists may be socially 'conditioned' to generate cultural 'relevance' and news media topicality for themselves by awarding what seems bizarrely inordinate monetary damage amounts.  Meanwhile, myself as a former professional public relations/publicity professional relinquished this occupation to begin a new life path as a metaphysical author/journalist whom never knowingly volunteered for the task of 'Message bringer of the Message Giver.'  Although I've contacted numerous reporters and consistently distributed news releases, this data remains a topic evidently considered unspeakable among commercial mainstream news media while the conditions of society remain manifestly transforming to become ever more grotesque.  For 25 years I've been reporting firsthand about "my personal experiences of daily interactions with my personal 'guide/s in Oneness'/'Guardian Angel' as representing the 'God Force' ('Michael' or 'M') manifesting continuously around me in diverse and unlimited ways."  (this is a description of my journal blog)  In my most recent new journal blog article I observed:

 

Perhaps for M [now during the present 'phase' of life on our planet] I'm an incongruous element amidst the present Earth social consciousness/assumed imperatives/entertainment trance/military programming typifying life experiences of masses of other people.

 

A condition of 'Alter Ego Polarities' expressing M is part of my daily 'paranormal' interaction that has encompassed hearing at different instances conflicting solar plexus voice phenomena statements "I LOVE YOU" or "I HATE YOU" based on 'His/Her/Their' supernaturally manifested feelings wavering between Love and existential horror taking into consideration all earthly experiences up to that exact moment (vast beyond comprehension).  ("RIGHT" [psychic female voice heard while typing the preceding sentence])  ("OH" [solar plexus deep male voice with a confirmatory intonation])  The reason these expressions take the place of lucid speech and conversation seems to be that the words of any statement are imperfect and almost always can be misconstrued or misunderstood in some or many ways.

 

This early morning as I began writing this post, M was continuously emitting via solar plexus voice manifestations emotionally expressive groans ("RIGHT" heard while typing this), upset murmurs and garbled sentences as usual during this current tragic 'phase' that is the motivation for the current series of posts that commenced with the May 17 article.  Similar sounds emanating and recorded from an airliner PA system became a reporting subject among news media.  (This recent blog article is entitled "Recent Surprising 'Proof' of The Omnipresent Spiritual Force".)

 

Having been relegated to 'esoteric' or 'secret' status by other people due to a variety of circumstances and apparent metaphysically ignorant social consciousness assumed imperatives, I practically feel as if I'm living in a 'parallel universe' while the rest of humanity's indiscriminate earthly living takes place in the same physical dimension.  The news media feeding frenzy allocated to melodramatic celebrity scandals and resulting jurisprudence has been consistent ever since I can remember.  Other 'mainstays' of news reporting are politics and government, sports, crimes, disasters, tragedies, terrorism, the worldwide pandemic, and so on.  I recall that back in 1993 prior to the publication of TESTAMENT a few years later that I thought would be considered unique and 'good news' for everyone concerning Divine Revelation (with a noncommercial Internet edition published soon after the paperback first edition), a media news focus was the Santa Monica libel trial that awarded Elke Sommer $3.3 million in damages from Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband for what otherwise seemed like a conventional celebrity rivalry of the type routinely divulged by gossip columnists.

 

Locally this week here in Los Angeles, a Variety article by Elizabeth Wagmeister reported that "Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyers Say Everyone Had ‘Transactional Sex’ in Hollywood Before #MeToo".

 

Harvey Weinstein’s defense told the jury that there is absolutely no evidence against their client and that every woman who will testify in his trial is an actress who will be playing a role on the stand — all to fit the narrative of #MeToo, which they characterized as an “asteroid” of a movement that “burst forth like a supernova” with Weinstein as the poster child.

Weinstein’s attorney Mark Werksman told jurors that they should prepare to hear a “firehose of false and unprovable allegations” from women who agreed to have consensual sexual interactions with Weinstein, but years later, are now embarrassed and lying about what really happened.

“Look at my client,” Werksman said, pointing to Weinstein.  “He’s not Brad Pitt or George Clooney.  Do you think these beautiful women had sex with him because he’s hot?  No, it’s because he’s powerful.”

Weinstein’s attorney told the jury that Hollywood has changed today, but back in the day, “transactional sex” was par for the course.  “Sex was a commodity” for “rich and powerful men, like my client,” Weinstein’s attorney said, even getting its own nickname: the casting couch.

“Transactional sex . . . it may have been unpleasant . . . and now embarrassing,” Werksman said.  “[But] everyone did it. He did it.  They did it.”

Weinstein’s attorney said the #MeToo movement is like a movie that turned Weinstein into “Hollywood’s Chernobyl,” casting him in the “smoldering radioactive” part of the “bad guy.”

And the women?  “The sequel to the casting couch is the #MeToo trial,” Weinstein’s defense said.  “They will play the part of the damsel in distress with this beast.”

“They have to lie to themselves, to you, to this court,” Werksman told the jury.  “Their hypocrisy will be on full display.”

 

A recent blog article indicative of my unusual personal experiences of 'paranormal initiation' mentions concerning the 25 year predicament of myself and of The Message Giver (Whom had made manifest the potentiality for a New Age for humanity as an alternative to the preceding ancient holocausts brought on by what must have been similar circumstances as what may be observed in our world today) — Ignoring a Messenger Doesn't Alter the Truth of a Message.  (Solar Plexus voice manifestation of a small animal-like whimper heard at this point while I was proofreading this paragraph and perhaps signifying the plight of the animal kingdom and natural world now 'out of balance' with humanity and environmentally deteriorating planetary habitats) 

 

Explaining the predicament of a 'Christed One' has been ongoing for me since the summer of 1995 and if the information had been dutifully reported by journalists there quite possibly wouldn't be manifesting worldwide the profound social malaises of the current day, including the recent rise in American homelessness and destitution, the Coronavirus pandemic, and the military programming and war mentality being so consistently demonstrated among government leaders and then enthusiastically promulgated throughout the mainstream news media.

Considering what we know about the upheavals and challenges in the lives of contemporary journalists' often favored news sources—billionaires, movie stars, politicians and other 'celebrities'—nowadays nobody may want to become or stay 'famous' anymore.

As mentioned in a previous blog post of the current series that commenced with the May 17 article —

While preparing his nonfiction book TESTAMENT (1997) for publication, Mark Russell Bell found this T-shirt shown above on the complimentary shelves of the used books annex of the Bodhi Tree bookstore in Los Angeles.  Engaged in chronicling the 'Divine Synchronicity' occurring hourly in his day-to-day life in TESTAMENT, Bell decided that a photo of the T-shirt should be included in his nonfiction case study of a contemporary 'Christed one.'  Another photo on the same page in the book shows Bell in his volunteer position for the Southern California HIV/AIDS Hotline.  TESTAMENT chronicles his preparation for the occupation by learning about HIV and other viruses, STDs, etc., in an APLA class.  (TESTAMENT online photos page / NEW TESTAMENT online photos page)

 

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This year's Note from myself (MRB):

This year I’ve been campaigning for a return to international diplomacy and for citizens to express themselves to stop national leaders from opting to carry out deluded military agendas that they estimate will enhance their personal prestige.  Right now throughout the world there are horrible conditions resulting from the breakdown of international diplomacy.  For many decades it has been culturally traditional for countless people to rely on military-industrial complex-controlled mainstream news and also give their attention to entertainment, instead of developing their metaphysical, spiritual and cosmological understanding of life.  Considering the many billions of dollars used for military aid to Ukraine, the money would have been better used in support of America's homeless and disenfranchised along with finding ways to help improve the lives of people internationally, in particular Russia to evade nuclear war that will destroy the environment of our planet.  Proxy war is also war against man and God.  When contemporary world leaders plainly state ultimatums to one another, only someone with a mentality indoctrinated to be passive to the mindset of 'military programming' would fail to advocate diplomatic ways of resolving problems.  Recent blog articles have focused on the circumstances related to the reasons that 'those who live as sheeple will perish as sheeple' unless collectively we may through working together express enough love and respect to our fellow humans to take society beyond illusionary devotion to nationalism-oriented paperwork principalities.  Providing intellectual and spiritual insights for us are what may be learned from being attentive to documented Divine Dispensations that have been subjects for reporting at this blog for many years.  (Metaphysical Articles Index)  Warnings for mankind have included apparitions of the blessed virgin Mary and contemporary correlations with the life of Bel-Marduk, the ancient god-king-priest who wasn't able to prevent a holocaust in the ancient world. 

 

October 2, 1990 newsletter edition

 

10/27/22 Update: Here are two of the morning MSN News headlines today —

 

 

10/28/22 Update: People who don't know about, overlook or ignore transcendental communication case chronology data and transcripts are depriving themselves of perspectives that may be illuminating through offering a perspective unlike the social consciousness orientations reflected among commercial mainstream news outlets.  I remember during the concluding four years of my high school years, as 'transgender' self-identifications and perceptions/orientations became a consistent topic of news reporting, I became aware that there were students who wanted to surgically confirm with the sexual identity different than the current one.  Personally, my perception is that any estimation of 'what constitutes a male or female sexuality or identity' is merely a matter of contemporary promulgated expressions of individual perceptions or 'social consciousness.'  This is also true of the forms of 'programming' / orientations about what is 'relevant' deriving from media accounts or fictional entertainment depictions encompassing perceptions of what constitutes worldly knowledge, wisdom or personal 'prestige.'  The following statements are examples of instruction from a 'channeled entity' published transcript representing the ascended realm of human existence spoken during a three-day weekend series of sessions in 1986.  (Articles and Videos Links Index of Channeling Cases)

. . . it is only knowledge that allows you to transcend time and go into greater dimensions of life; to understand and embrace God, which is all things; and live as a light to mankind . . .

 

 

. . . if you are looking for knowledge, you must transcend the limited specter of social consciousness.

 

 

Fanatics soon become even more limited in their truth.  And so angry and frustrated and unhappy are they, that they soon set themselves above the rest of the world.  They would even go to the depths of slaying the rest of the world to prove their point, their truth!  

 

Know you that there is no such thing as a victim?  Harsh teaching.  

 

The consciousness of "victim" creates the polarity called "pursuer."

 

Did you know that it takes a polarity to have war?  There is no war if one accuses you of being wrong and you allow them their accusation, because then there is no re-action.  Walk away and allow.  

 

That which be I is not from outer space; I am from inner space.  

 

Now you've heard of the "second coming of Christ" that has been prophesied.  Well, it is a true prophesy.  But it is not the return of Yeshua ben Joseph [Jesus Christ].  The return of christ is when the christ is realized in all peoples.

 

Armageddon is the battle between the god of your being and your altered-ego, and it is a powerful battle!  It is not a physical war of weapons.  It is a battle that happens within you.  It is a battle in which the christ comes forward and is victorious.  If your altered-ego sustained, you would certainly die in this battle, but it would be only the death of the physical embodiment.

 

The second coming of christ is certain upon this plane.  Few know it, because most are still entrapped in their dogmas and their little boxes of social consciousness.

 

 

. . . the promise of the utopia of eternal life exists.  Now, eternal life is not reincarnation; that is repetition.  Eternal life is living in the forever now; that is what it means.

10/30/22 Update: Headline with some excerpts from this article by Angus Grigg, Lesley Robinson and Meghna Bali.

"It's a great expansion of Australian commitment to the United States' war plan with China," says Richard Tanter, a senior research associate at the Nautilus Institute and a long-time, anti-nuclear activist.  [?!]

"It's a sign to the Chinese that we are willing to be the tip of the spear."


"It's very hard to think of a more open commitment that we could make.  A more open signal to the Chinese that we are going along with American planning for a war with China," Mr Tanter says.


In recent months, US war planners and analysts have brought forward estimates of when Beijing may look to take Taiwan.

 
11/1/22 Update: Here are two of the morning MSN News headlines today —

 

 

 

 

11/11/22 Update: The Kanye 'Ye' West mainstream news report that has surprised me the most is the Page Six article about someone who was employed by him.  This report refers to this man as someone considered a "beloved celebrity trainer" and is headlined "Harley Pasternak threatens to ‘institutionalize’ Kanye West: ‘Back to Zombieland’" (Nov. 4) by Francesca Bacardi.  Apparently this was the incident that motivated Kanye to vent online and then experience the ongoing epitomizing case of 'Cancel Culture' due to some people considering him to be an antisemitic 'influencer.'
 

Beloved celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak appeared to threaten to "institutionalize" Kanye West so that the rapper would be medicated into "Zombieland forever."

Following his anti-Semitic rants, West shared texts purportedly sent by Pasternak, who is Jewish, that began by offering to have a "loving, open conversation" with him based on "fact."  Pasternak also asked his former friend and client to refrain from "cuss words" or "crazy stuff."

"Second option, I have you institutionalized again where they medicate the crap out of you, and you go back to Zombieland forever.  Play date with the kids just won't be the same," the message continued.

West, 45, tweeted the screenshot Thursday and wrote that he was "mentally misdiagnosed and nearly drugged out of my mind to make me a manageable well behaved celebrity."

"This is how a Hollywood trainer speaks to a far more influential black celebrity when we get out of line," West added in a follow-up tweet.

Pasternak, 48, didn't immediately return Page Six's request for comment.  He did, however, change his Instagram profile to private.

The texts purportedly sent by Pasternak, who has worked with Jessica Simpson, Jack Black, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and more celebrities, confirm reports that he made the phone call that resulted in West's 2016 hospitalization.

The Grammy winner's treatment came after he had a meltdown onstage right before the rest of his tour was canceled.

"He's been suffering from exhaustion and sleep deprivation and went to the hospital today on his own will and under the consultation of his physician," a source close to West said at the time.

The Los Angeles Police Department told The Post at the time that its officers responded to a call for a "disturbance," but once they arrived at the address, the incident was classified as a "medical emergency."

The rapper-turned-fashion designer has been under fire in recent months for his anti-Semitic remarks.  While friends close to West claim he's in the midst of a "psychiatric episode," others maintain that his mental state does not exempt him from consequences, which include losing lucrative partnerships with Adidas and Balenciaga.

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November 3 tweets from Ye include the statement "But GOD has put something on my heart not to backdown"  ("OH" [a solar plexus soft deep male voice manifested after this blogger typed this sentence]).  In a Nov. 3 journal blog entry I observed — Considered collectively in relation to the pathetic 'Me Too' and 'Cancel Culture' effects on social conditions, something very obvious is how mean and intolerant everyone has become in relation to social consciousness without the blatant indications of 'publicity- or personal relevance-seeking' gaining much scrutiny in the scandalmongering news media.