Denomio: On Angelo

The only things I know about Angelo’s past were what he told me himself… so at this point, I don’t know which stories are true… because he told some very interesting stories about traveling the world. Like about meeting Picasso (and he didn’t know who Picasso was) and they went swimming and while Angelo was in the water, Picasso drew a picture on his shirt. And Angelo got mad because who was this guy to draw on his shirt? It was an interesting story, but at this point, how do you know what to believe?

The basics seem to be that he came to North America because he wanted to be a famous actor. And when things didn’t seem to be going that direction, he started teaching acting. But I think he was generally interested in spirituality. I have a hard time believing it was all about him needing to be in control of everyone around him from the very beginning. I think there must have been at least a seed of wanting to experience consciousness that attracted the initial people to him. And then, more and more, he became the emperor with no clothes. I think that’s the nature of human beings too. We need checks on our egos and if we don’t have them, our ego just gets more distorted and gross. Look at Michael Jackson. I have compassion for him because he had enough money that he could protect himself from having any checks on his ego and he got more and more distorted… to the point where I don’t think he’s a very happy person. I think he suffers quite a bit. And I think a similar thing happened with Angelo where he wasn’t fully cooked. He had seeds of wanting to control and then he created this environment where people were asking him to control them, and asking him to make their decisions for them… and it just fed itself. And even when it got so he felt overwhelmed by all their demands, he was unwilling to see how he created it. I think he felt a victim to the role that his universe had asked him to play, but didn’t see how he was responsible for creating it.