Dan Goerke
Appearances
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
It was as if I had literally opened the door and these people saw that I could hear them and talk to them.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
So, see if I can describe this. So the Alzheimer's person loses their ability to talk quite regularly, okay? So a lot of the people that were in Denise's memory care facility could not speak.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Their higher selves would recognize that, hey, this guy Dan, he can hear you. The physical Alzheimer's person would stand there next to me and look at me. And I knew immediately, oh, oh, this guy wants to communicate with me. And so I would start that conversation. It was so cool. But it was, again, this door opening. And.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
To this day, I see people, I know they're Alzheimer's people out there in the universe that want to talk to me and they're coming because they recognize, hey, hey, this guy is listening. He can hear us, whereas no one else hears us.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Shortly after I started communicating with Denise, I wanted to talk to other people. A lot of times there is somebody, you know, I could be in a restaurant, I could be out driving in the car, and I just hear people starting to talk to me. And a lot of times what I'll say, okay, tell your loved one, tell your loved one that you want to connect with me.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
And so sometimes I get a call, sometimes I don't, yet I encourage that person's higher self to somehow let's foster that connection. I still am very active in the senior world. I go into memory care communities. And again, the people in the community come walking up to me and they know I can talk to them. So
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
A lot of times I'll go to the memory care director, give them my card and say, hey, I know this is sounding a little weird, yet Mary over there wants to communicate telepathically with me. Can you pass this along to her caregiver or her loved one, whoever that is, daughter, whoever? And sometimes it resonates with that caregiver, sometimes it doesn't.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Oh, yes. So this was so cool. We were about two, three months after I started communicating telepathically with her. My dad started coming in. So almost 20 years after he passed away, never had any communication with him before. He starts popping in and saying, telling me what's going on, how beautiful it is. He loves sports cars. And I would see these images of him
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Being in a sports car, driving down the road. And it was just so, so heartwarming to see my dad again after all these years. And Denise and him start showing up together. My dad passed away 10 years before I even met Denise. They never knew each other. Okay. Denise also was an adventurous person, loved fast things, including, guess what, fast sports cars. So I see the image of the two of them.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Denise is in the car with my dad as a passenger. He is flying down the highway. Her blonde hair is flying in the wind. And they've just got the biggest smiles on their faces and just loving it. And I'm just like smiling blankly. beaming to see both of them having fun. And especially for Denise, because she wasn't having fun in life at that point. She's three or four years into the diagnosis.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
It was not a fun time with her. So to see her have fun was so heartwarming. So one night, I'm putting Denise to bed. She's got her eyes closed. And I'm tucking her in. She always loved to be tucked in. She opens her eyes and she says to me, I am so looking forward to getting to know your dad. And I was speechless.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I'm like, I did not need validation that I was speaking to Denise or speaking and seeing my dad. But here it was right in my face.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I think so much of it starts with meditation. Just taking a little bit of time every day, minute, two minutes, and just sit in a quiet place. A lot of people think, oh, meditate. You got to sit there for an hour to two hours and, you know, say OM a hundred thousand times. No, no, no. It starts with a minute or two, build that up to three to five, build it to 10, 15, if you want to.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
But yet it's more about quieting your mind. opening your mind and your heart to what is out there in the universe and what messages you get back. The universe, I believe, wants to help us. And it gives us these messages either through telepathy, through meditation, through intuition. And they want to help. And that's where these messages come from. Yeah.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I have come across a lot of people that have passed along. Some are Alzheimer's people that have passed away. And they want to come back and, you know, please tell my wife I'm okay. And a lot of times I hear, please tell her she was unbelievable in her caregiving and thank her from me. Because it's a doubt that a lot of caregivers have. We doubt sometimes what we're doing. Is this the right thing?
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
And there's so many decisions you got to make during a day. you begin doubting yourself. So it's really heartwarming to hear that from the person saying, God, you did a great job. Thank you.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
One of the first things I heard after I diagnosed this was, this is a disease about the caregiver. And my first reaction was, no, it's not. It's a disease about Denise. She's got the disease. It's about her feelings, her emotions, her well-being, and all that. And six months later, I did a 180.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
After experiencing just a little bit of the disease, I realized, oh my gosh, this is a disease about the caregiver and how important it is for the caregiver to take care of themselves. And what I mean by that is that... for caregivers not to go stick their head in the sand, so to speak. Don't isolate yourself. Get out there and join a support group. That was one of the first things we did.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Actually, from one of the flyers that Denise grabbed after the diagnosis, I found out about this class, which also had a support group. And it is so heartwarming to
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
and validating to hear other caregivers talk about their journey because a lot of caregivers go to themselves thinking oh i got this i can do this i'm big and brave and i said until death do us part and it's like you know this is not like any other disease you are going to get worn out You're going to get frustrated beyond measure.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
There's a lot of statistics out there that the caregiver passes away before the person with the disease because of the stress and strain of being the caregiver. So don't isolate yourself and accept help.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Oh, Catherine, this disease changed my outlook and consideration of life. I was very much, you know, you live life one day at a time. Through that whole disease, I learned to live one moment at a time and to be in this present moment because all the Alzheimer's person has is this exact moment. They don't have anything else.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
And that's what I tell people today is that live life fully because you don't know what your diagnosis is tomorrow and what life has to do for you later on today. So live life fully, have fun, laugh, be with friends as much as you can, family and friends, and go see the world.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
So Denise was diagnosed when she was just 56 years old, that was in 2012. And it was a challenge to get the diagnosis. It took about a year and a half before we got an affirmative diagnosis of what was going on. I was shocked that somebody 56 years old could have Alzheimer's. I had no idea she could have that or anyone could have that at that young of an age. Denise's reaction was somewhat muted.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I was a little surprised she didn't show any emotion. She just sat there. We talked a little bit about the disease and kind of next steps, which for him, for the doctor, wasn't much. He just wanted us to come back in a few months and do a follow-up checkup. So on the way out of his office, there is a rack of flyers and brochures.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
And Denise comes storming out of the office, and she is grabbing every flyer and every brochure about Alzheimer's, this treatment, that treatment. this therapy, that therapy, and we had a stack of papers. And that was really no different than how she handled life in general. It was this just take charge attitude and we're gonna find out more, we're gonna do something about this.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
And I know her attitude and thought was, I'm just gonna keep living my life as much and as well as I can. That was the day of the diagnosis.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
So we were about two and a half years into the diagnosis and into the disease process. She was still at home, and I was her full-time caregiver. And at the same time, I was still working full-time and leaving the house in the morning and coming back, worrying about her. But yet that's the way it had to be. So I had had a particularly hard day getting her up and around and getting her places.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
One of the biggest issues we were having at the time was her toileting. And that was everything from getting her in the bathroom. And I just could not get her to sit down. And that transferred out to getting her in the car and all kinds of different things. I was just exhausted. I had had a particularly really hard day at work, very stressed out from the day. And we get home and the questions from
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
The Alzheimer's patients just tend to go in circles. It's that same question coming up every minute or two minutes.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
You just have to take a deep breath and give the same answer over and over again. So she decided, you know, it's about time for bed. So she goes back to bed and I said, I'll be back in a little while. I just had to decompress. I had to just be away from her, be away from the Alzheimer's for a little bit.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I was exhausted. I was laying there next to her. And I remember hearing myself, I said to myself, you know, if I could only talk to you and you could communicate back, that would help this situation. In somewhat thing of a frustration, I said that. And in my mind, I heard her voice, the intonation of her voice say, well, talk to me.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I was somewhat taken back, yet I said, all in my head, I said, okay, all right, how do I get you on the toilet so that it's easier for both of us? she starts explaining. And again, I'm hearing her voice and I'm looking down next to me, right? She's fast asleep, not moving a muscle, not saying anything. It's all what I hear in my head.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
She explains, well, okay, so you got to position me, grab my hips and turn me this way. And at the same time, I now know she was showing me pictures, right? Images in my mind of what to do. Turn me this way, push me down, do this, do that, right? That is so cool. I'm like, okay, thank you. I get up the next morning. I'm excited. I like, okay, I have a new method to get her in.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
So we go into the bathroom and within 30 seconds, I've got her sitting down and I am like raising my hands, whooping it up. It's like the NFL player scoring the touchdown. So the next night comes around that same night. Then I go back and I thought, okay, okay, let's see if this works again. I thought, Denise, I need help getting you in the car. How do we do that? So it's easier.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
For both of us, same thing. She tells me what to do telepathically in my mind, shows me the images of how to maneuver her to get in the car. And guess what? Same thing the next day, in the car in 20 seconds. And I'm doing the victory dance around the car as I go toward my door. So that's how it started.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I've come to believe that who I am communicating with is Denise's higher self. Her soul said another way, right? That is who I'm communicating with. And that higher self and soul is all-seeing, all-knowing, all-loving. And so I also think that with Denise and with other Alzheimer's patients, that they become withdrawn.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
And actually become more connected with their higher selves and whatever it is on the other side, just because they lose all the sensations and the physicality of being in the bodies that we're in. And their minds go and stay in this place, and the higher self kind of kicks in and says, yeah, we're here. And that was the communication, the person, so to speak, I was communicating with.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Yeah, very much so. And I've heard plenty of stories and experiences somewhat with Denise. It was probably a year and a half or so before she passed away. I walked into her room and she is just staring off into the corner of the room. And I had this immediate, because I had this connection with her, immediate sensation that, oh, she's talking to her parents.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I would feel her mom or her dad come and be with her from time to time. And she was most connected to her dad in this physical lifetime. So that connection was not surprising to me. And I thought that was something that was going on, just a sense I had.
The Telepathy Tapes
Talk Tracks Ep 6: The Mind's Back Door: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
I think part of the reason the communication with Denise continued was because I was open to it. And I remember saying to her, tell me more. I'm open to hearing more. I think also because of that thought, mentality, and what I was putting out to the universe, other Alzheimer's people started coming to me.