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Rio's Statement

The sole survivor of Heaven's Gate, in his own words

I’m glad to be alive and planning to stay that way. I have a wonderful life with purpose. I am alive NOT because I rejected anything about Heaven’s Gate. I am alive because I have discovered something so extraordinarily important to the world that it needs to be passed on to you in its most true and accurate form from ME.

When news about Heaven’s Gate hit the media in March of 1997, the information was misinterpreted, exaggerated, sensationalized and censored. I have been given important information to share with you that has been withheld from the public.

I’m a capable, creative, nuts and bolts, spiritual kind of guy. I like to know how things work and why. Being this way I have learned many things in diverse areas. So, I’m always cross-referencing this information with that information to check the accuracy.

We all live in the information age. Information has become a consumer product. We need to be concerned about who we get our information from. Is it Censored? Is it Accurate? Is it Hearsay? Is it Fact? How do we know? And who’s accountable for deliberate mis-information when it’s crucial?

I’m against suicide I’m against censorship. I’m not a religious zealot and I’m not here to be politically correct. I don’t have to be, I am an American. I have freedom of speech. Now I’m practicing freedom of information.I would like to address why Heaven’s Gate did what they did at the end.To understand what appears to be death, we must also understand what appears to be life. What is life about for you? Is it about Family? Career? Hobby? Pleasure? Sensuality? Spirituality? Faith? Money? Power? Fame? Glory? Earth? Animals? WHAT? And what ever it is, how do you advance? How can we all live our fullest expression of life? What is our highest potential?

It is my understanding that some Buddhists believe there is a Spirit within our bodies that returns again and again lifetime after lifetime to learn life’s lessons. Like a school. The most important lesson is to reach a state of Nothingness. You’ve come to the point that you desire nothing more of this world. You want sometime better.

Also, it is my understanding that Jesus told his Disciples they must be Literally Born Again to learn the ways of Heaven.

Returning Again and Again and being Born Again are the same thing. These are both Reincarnation.

And when Jesus said, “You must leave everything of this world behind to follow me,” that is the same as Nothingness. Desiring Nothing more of this world.

So, Let’s say we are the Spirit that keeps returning to learn life’s lessons, What happens when you have learned all the lessons? Do you graduate?

Not yet! Because of your desire for something more than this human experience has to offer, you (the Spirit) are given what’s called a “gift-of-recognition.” This enables you to recognize your next step. The step toward the fullest expression of life, creating a Soul.

When there is a Representative from the Level Above Human (Heaven) here on Earth, you will be drawn to Him and His mission. You then will be taught the final lessons in a type of finishing school. These important lessons enable you to know how to create a Soul. A Soul is different than a Spirit. A human Spirit is Earth bond only. A Soul is “you” conscientiously choosing to evolve into a new creature that has the non-human ingredient needed for transition into the Level Above Human.

That Representative becomes your teacher and is the only one who can usher you into the higher level of existence. He knows how because He’s done it before.

This is my understanding of the mission that Jesus started. This is why He was here and said He would return.

I want you all to know that I was a member of Heaven’s Gate from 1994-1997. I know everything worth knowing about them and I can say with absolute, undeniable certainty, that Heaven’s Gate was indeed  “The Second Coming of Jesus.” I know it to be true and I have written a book about my experience called, “Beyond Human Mind – the Soul Evolution of Heaven’s Gate.” I have included video testimonials from each student in the group recorded days before the end and also a statement from DO, the Representative from Heaven. So, Why did Heaven’s Gate do what they did at the end? When a person decides to create a Soul within the body, the body is then used as a chrysalis, a type of incubator for the Soul. That becomes the body’s purpose. The human body is designed for this.  A person can partially develop a Soul and when the body dies that Soul is placed in special keeping for the next reincarnation when a Representative is present on Earth. Once the Soul is developed enough and is in the presence of the Level Above Representative, has passed the final lessons ready to graduate it means: You will not be reincarnating on Earth again!

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  • 12/26/2011 4:42:00 AM

    If Rio really believes Heavens Gate was the second coming of Christ, if he really believes in reincarnation not desiring physical things in life and he really wants to move to a higher level, why doesn't he offer his book for free? It would be a good start for him.

  • Mojofilter 12/22/2011 6:04:00 PM

    just a pathetic PLOY to sell books and make dollars for a very selfish liar. He probably killed these people.

  • Parsonsnp 10/06/2011 7:10:00 AM

    go wash your mouth with chilli water, Bob! don't grind your heel into one who is down. pray for his deliverance instead. God's love is unconditional as is His acceptance of our rejecting Him and perishing. However, God wants all to make an informed decision about our eventual eternity and that is why we should pray for the lost and not castigate them.

  • Parsonsnp 10/06/2011 7:03:00 AM

    When the god of this world blinds the minds of the perishing, he does it because they have opened themselves to him. Almighty God has given us His Word. ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD. There is only ONE God. If we do not bow the knee before HIm, the enemy will ensure we bow the knee to something else. Worldly philosophies have one source - the god of this world. The Great God of Heaven wants none to perish - NOT ONE. It behoves us to come to Him on His terms otherwise we will be lost. God bless you, Rio Do Angelo, with wisdom from Him, the source of all wisdom. Tell Him you have been accused of being deluded and ask for His wisdom concerning things spiritual. Upon being born again ala the Holy Bible, the spiritual eyes are opened and the Bible no longer just another book, but the WORD OF GOD. I ought to know - I was born again after majoring in Biblical Studies at university! Three months later I was born again and the Bible became a brand new book. I still, 22 years later, read the Bible more than I do any other book and it always has something new... I have written a book AN INCONVENIENT REALITY which can be read on authonomy.com. This is not truth ala moi, but what came by revelation over the years of serving Almighty God through His Son and our Saviour, Jesus Christ. John 3:16 is not foundationless rhetoric! We have a God who loves us and desires us all to come to Him His way so that we can benefit in all areas of life from that love. Cults are Satan's way of getting man to go a spiritual route of his making so that he can mock and scoff at people made in the image of God, towing his line.

  • 08/04/2011 7:34:00 AM

    Hey, there, Rik/Rio Leslie

  • Cirrus 07/11/2011 5:14:00 PM

    Speaking of brilliant use of the English language it's "you're all looney", not "your". Just what are you so angry about Bob? You use a lot of profanity in your diatribe and that's about it.

  • Bob 04/30/2011 3:06:00 AM

    Hmmm EXIT huh? Changing the word does not change the meaning and while it may sound better guess what asshole WHETHER YOU CALL IT SUICIDE OR EXIT IT IS THE SAME FUCKING THING! I'm pretty sure what these people did was to commit "suicide" as defined by the OXFORD ENGLISH GODDAMN DICTIONARY. Wait no! That defines suicide as someone of sound mind intentionally killing themselves, never mind my bad your all looney it wasn't suicide! What a brilliant use of the english language! Bravo Bravo!

  • Mia Ann 03/29/2011 4:38:00 PM

    I so hope you are being sarcastic Jordon. Find yourself something a little more earth based. Why do we need UFOs? Can't we take care of what we have on this planet? I am sure there is a great cause that you can find to interest you.

  • Lisa 03/29/2011 4:35:00 PM

    The sad thing about this whole business is that it started with delusional thinking. Applewaite and Nettles seriously believed what they were preaching. This was not a scam situation. It just flabbergasts me how foolish people are to believe in this malarky. I am a firm believer in Jesus' statement "Come follow me. My burden is easy and my yolk is light." Some "religions" (such as Scientology) -- one practically needs a Ph.D. to follow their concepts! Too much for my brain!

  • Hoohah 02/01/2011 8:29:00 PM

    Yes, he's a crazy white guy. He's also a crazy bearded guy and a crazy bald person. What's your point? Sun Myung Moon is a crazy Korean guy and Lois Farrakhan is a crazy black guy. Crazy does not discriminate.

  • jah! 01/31/2011 6:56:00 PM

    i bet your some white guy

  • jah! 01/31/2011 6:56:00 PM

    crazy white people

  • jordon 12/16/2010 8:08:00 AM

    wait? this sounds really sweet I've heard of this kind of stuff. How do I get involved?

  • Adriano 07/22/2010 4:59:00 PM

    lt always amazes me when people decide to take their lives due to some ''higher'',spiritual reasons.Many claim to be the second coming of Jesus,Buddha,God,billions of different claims are around and it's horrifically bizarre that some intelligent human being decides to believe IN one of those grotesque,''prophetic'' figure's ''teachings'' to the point of even committing a suicide.l always wonder why these gurus pop up suddenly,where were they in the last 2000 years with their prophecy of Armageddon and unique self-salvation through a means of suicide.Mr Diangelo,you're speaking about an ''EXIT'' while the cult was against a suicide as such yet they had committed exactly the latter while just giving another name to it.That's a huge hypocrisy,you can name many deeds with different names yet the act remains the same.Haven's gate called it an ''EXIT'',Jim Jones a ''Revolutionary suicide''.What's the difference,they had all ended up dead at the end.You talk very confidently about what happens after death yet nobody has come back yet to tell so any religious,spiritual or purely scientific and atheistic view of the subject is equally possible,that's my agnostic belief.Knowing that l wonder what drives one to believe so convincingly in one particular ''teaching'' which pushes him to commit something so ultimate as a suicide,an act from a field of death,of the unknown,from a field where no authentic and proved reports exist,from a field of one's individual experience.Your mates committed a suicide based solely on their religion,a belief.That's more than disturbing.You have no proof yet you are convinced they just reached the Next Level not died in vain.And where is the bloody Hale Bop space craft that Applewhite was referring to now?Reading a statement on suicide on Heaven's Gate site,rejecting it yet making it a possibility as a means of a dignified death l wonder how those publicly written ''thoughts'' have remained unnoticed.

  • Billy 06/05/2010 3:20:00 AM

    Dude, you are a fucking idiot. Eat the pudding, man. Eat it.

  • CRLODY 02/02/2010 10:00:00 AM

    Rio Diangelo never was the "sole" or "soul survivor" of the group that the world has come to know as Heaven's Gate. It is most likely that this moniker was concocted by Rio and others around him in the immediate aftermath of the group's Exit in March of 1997 as this self-appointed status did give Rio a movie of the week deal with ABC that reportedly was going to pay him a large sum of money although the film idea was scrapped. Nonetheless Rio did get himself on the cover of Newsweek as well as an interview on Larry King live. I have a copy prepared by the Class (Heaven's Gate) of the list of individuals who received FedEx packages after They left in March of '97 and this list includes eight individuals who had been in the group for varying amounts of time. Only one individual (OSC aka Wayne Parker) was described as a "current classmember" and Rio was in fact described as a "former classmember who left in Feb. of 1997". On the Art Bell show in August of 1997 Rio answered in the affirmative when Art asked him if he was still a member of the group and he specifically used the term "sole surviving member" to describe himself. The group left $30,000 and some vehicles to other former members but not to Rio. RKK (aka Chuck Humphrey) gave me copies of the letters he and others received from the group but he told me that Rio would not let anyone see his letter. To this day no one has seen the letter that Rio received from the group. I have posted the other letters written by the group on a website: freewebs.com/crlody Rio is quite simply a fraud and in no way does he or his book represent the Heaven's Gate group. There are in fact hundreds of audio tapes that the group left behind that They wanted disseminated that some former members whom Rio has allied himself have kept hidden. In fact these individuals actively tried to prevent myself and Chuck Humphrey from distributing a small portion of these tapes. Rio left the group because he was unwilling to leave with Them and he has no proof except his own words that They wanted him to stay behind and be Their messenger. He has done nothing to disseminate the Information They left behind and has mostly been interested in promoting himself.

  • do back from the grave 08/22/2009 12:31:00 AM

    wow, you've seem to completely miss the point of the born again passages in the scriptures. those passages in the new testament have been echoed throughout the worlds religions for thousands of years before christ supposedly existed. they are not a literal manuscript for ending the only life you're know for certain you'll have. it's about cleansing. it's about reaching a higher knowledge within yourself to become christ himself. jesus christ did not exist as a real human being. Christ in herbrew translates to martyr. no historical documentation outside of the new testament exists in proving this 2000 year old mummy was real...so to kill yourself in his name is just as FUCKING INSANE as offing yourself to the easter bunny. When your religion tells you to cherish death more than life, it ceases to be a religion at all. it's a cult. it's a cult. IT'S A CULT. i hear repitition works well with the criminally insane.

  • do back from the grave 08/22/2009 12:31:00 AM

    wow, you've seem to completely miss the point of the born again passages in the scriptures. those passages in the new testament have been echoed throughout the worlds religions for thousands of years before christ supposedly existed. they are not a literal manuscript for ending the only life you're know for certain you'll have. it's about cleansing. it's about reaching a higher knowledge within yourself to become christ himself. jesus christ did not exist as a real human being. Christ in herbrew translates to martyr. no historical documentation outside of the new testament exists in proving this 2000 year old mummy was real...so to kill yourself in his name is just as FUCKING INSANE as offing yourself to the easter bunny. When your religion tells you to cherish death more than life, it ceases to be a religion at all. it's a cult. it's a cult. IT'S A CULT. i hear repitition works well with the criminally insane.

  • Luckstricken 02/19/2009 9:35:00 PM

    To the commenters: Freedom of belief is a right every person deserves. Not a single person was murdered in this act, nor will any be in the future. If you wish to persecute an individual for their beliefs, I advise you to examine your own. Every member of Heaven's Gate was willing to be there. Each and every one of them was a seeker, someone looking for something different. Whether the philosophy is true or not, these people were predisposed by some psychosocial drive that drove them to want this and to believe this. The notion that this is crazy, is based on comparisons to normative beliefs and society. Get over yourself and examine how 'crazy' what you believe is; being science, a higher power or atheism makes no difference. Rio, You seem happy and content with the life you live. I cannot agree with all that is said, but I can appreciate the way you leave it up to the individual to decide whether or not it is for them. When the Truth is found, you will not need be convinced of it. You will know it is the Truth.

  • Luckstricken 02/19/2009 9:35:00 PM

    To the commenters: Freedom of belief is a right every person deserves. Not a single person was murdered in this act, nor will any be in the future. If you wish to persecute an individual for their beliefs, I advise you to examine your own. Every member of Heaven's Gate was willing to be there. Each and every one of them was a seeker, someone looking for something different. Whether the philosophy is true or not, these people were predisposed by some psychosocial drive that drove them to want this and to believe this. The notion that this is crazy, is based on comparisons to normative beliefs and society. Get over yourself and examine how 'crazy' what you believe is; being science, a higher power or atheism makes no difference. Rio, You seem happy and content with the life you live. I cannot agree with all that is said, but I can appreciate the way you leave it up to the individual to decide whether or not it is for them. When the Truth is found, you will not need be convinced of it. You will know it is the Truth.

  • Roberto 02/17/2009 3:33:00 AM

    Mr., with all due respect, you are a threat not only to other human beings but to State Security as well. I really don't understand goverments like yours who lets manipulating murderers like yourself walk around freely on the streets. You should be arrested and prosecuted. And it's not just my opinion.

  • John Lute 12/23/2008 3:24:00 PM

    Mr. Di Angelo I find your speech very disturbing. None of it rings true to me. You're dangerous and a disservice to humanity.

 

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