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Don Rogers and Nathan Ciesik discuss the differences between genuine spiritual awakening and manipulated psy-ops in the spiritual community.

Podcast Episode Description: After Dark Show | Distinguishing Genuine Awakening from Manipulated Spiritual Psy-Ops with Nathan Ciesik In this powerful and deeply insightful episode, host Don Rogers welcomes back Nathan Ciesik for his 5th appearance on the After Dark Show. Together they dive into one of the most critical topics facing the spiritual community today: how to tell the difference between a true spiritual awakening and a cleverly engineered, manipulated one. Drawing from his own harrowing experiences as a MILAB program survivor and Targeted Individual, Nathan shares hard-earned wisdom on discernment, deprogramming, and realigning with your true core self/oversoul — rather than adopting flattering external identities, starseed narratives, or groupthink overlays. They explore how the New Age movement has been heavily influenced by government and intelligence agency psy-ops, using misinformation, mind control tactics, and the strategic removal of functional spiritual knowledge — tactics mirroring those long used in organized religion. Nathan discusses his work with Project New Awakening, a framework designed to help people break free from these overlays, understand real…

People in this episode

Host: Don Rogers

Guest: Nathan Ciesik

Topics covered

• spiritual awakening
• manipulated psy-ops
• discernment
• deprogramming
• New Age movement
• mind control
• personal intuition

Keywords

• spirituality
• New Age
• mind control
• discernment
• identity overlays
• spiritual teachers
• Targeted Individual

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Project New Awakening

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