The simple fact is that as long as our civilizations cling to the naive notion that we can and do control all that is about us, we can never really hope for an enlightened species-to-species contact event. So what is more likely to happen?
Post-catastrophic Contact
Catastrophes, whether by the hand of man or by the whim of nature, wield the same death and misery and typically arrive hand in hand. For those who survive the brunt of the misery, they learn to cast aside their rigid material notions, not as a sign of disgust but as a tool of survival.
When catastrophe throws our lives into survival mode, we operate on a moment-to-moment basis, taking comfort and sustenance wherever we can find it, and without judgment. This is because our na?ve notions of material control have already evaporated along with our cities and a fair share of our populations.
In such times, the survivors will have a no-nonsense view of survival and will be prime candidates for face-to-face, species-to-species contact events. That is, if we allow history to be our guide.
While Western and Eastern civilizations consider themselves to be the best things since sliced bread, indigenous cultures like the Australian Aborigines or the American Hopi Indians have walked the Earth for much longer, and have collective deep time memories of contact.
The Hopi called extraterrestrials the Ant People and retell ancient stories of how they cared for their ancestors following the demise of the First Hopi World. Likewise, these Hopi Ant People may also be the same alien-like figures depicted in the ancient Wandjina figures of the Australian Aborigines.
The Hopi legend is fascinating because it shows clear parallels with the three groups of people mentioned above: those who do; those who watch those who do; and those who could not care less.
According to Hopi lore, evil, which one could also interpret as the controlling behavior that accompanies material pursuit, corrupted the First World.
At that time, two well-respected leaders, Sotuknang and Spider Woman, made contact with what they called the creator and sounded the alarm. Regrettably, the majority of Hopis ignored their warning and lost their lives in the subsequent destruction of the First Hopi World.
Those who did listen took refuge with Sotuknang in large underground shelters where the Ant People cared for them, as the First World above them succumbed to fire.
Herein lies the first of two clues of great importance for you, the reader. You may not be in the smallest minority group of people who, like Sotuknang, were privy to vital information and used it to lead those who would listen to safety.
The second clue (?wait for it-I know you're already ahead of me on this), is that you can choose to be in the larger minority of those who watch and know when to follow.
This brings us to the crux of the issue. Who will we follow into the uncharted territory of face-to-face, species-to-species contact?
Contract through Organic Liaisons
Before we define a designated organic liaison in the context of a face-to-face, species-to-species contact event, let's take a brief look at leadership in general.
Just as there are three groups of people in the world (those who do; those who watch; and those who could not care less), there are also two groups of leaders. The first group is that of assigned leaders, and the second is that of organic leaders.
Assigned leaders are simply that-assigned. Hi everyone, I'd like to introduce you to your new department head. We talked her into leaving our biggest competitor and while she really doesn't know that much about our company yet, she's a quick learner so give her your undivided support (or you'll be kicking rocks down the road faster than you can possibly imagine).
Organic leaders come from within and are chosen by their followers. For example: Hi, everyone. After your last manager retired, we started looking for a replacement. It seems everyone goes to Janet for answers, so we've decided to make her the new department head after reading your many glowing letters of recommendation.
If we presume that our elected officials are best suited to acting as contact liaisons for our species, then we are truly skating on the thinnest of ice. This is because all elected leaders are assigned. They assign themselves. Their parties assign them. An advertising agency assigns them and for added measure any number of special interest groups and unknown parties. Take your pick. No wonder voter turnout levels are so low in America. We all know the fix is in, and that all we really get to do is to decide the winning fix.
Other extraterrestrial races will be no more enamored of our elected leaders than are we. For this reason, some extraterrestrial races may be more likely to seek official contact for the same reasons as special interest groups: for the ability to use trusted leaders as enforcement tools for their own hidden agendas.
This is why we must seek organic liaisons with those among us who have listened to the inner calling of a greater destiny, and who have the sense of self enough to share their knowledge freely with those who will listen.
Put yourself in the position of a benign extraterrestrial race. Assuming you have all you could possibly need, your only remaining needs would likely include: knowledge, exploration, and the desire to help life flourish wherever you find it.
Could an honest intention such as this ever be believed by an assigned leader whose existence is defined by one or more political fixes?
Therefore we'll need honest interspecies bridges all parties can trust. They cannot be assigned by the more advanced race, but neither can they be assigned by the less developed race. Rather, they must come from us, walk amongst us, and derive their support through an organic process. While anyone can assume this role, it is the Indigos to whom our living universe has gifted with both the advantage as well as the responsibility.
When we combine the Indigo Child's paradigm-free view of the world with a powerful intellect, sense of self, and sense of life mission, we have a living communication device. This device is more powerful than the immense 305-meter Aricebo radio telescope dish in Puerto Rico, from which astronomers Carl Sagan and Frank Drake beamed the famous Aricebo contact message into space.
A Moment of Truth
Now we come to our moment of truth. In all of the recorded history of man, whether it be in the form of ancient texts, cave paintings, statuary, folklore, or any other form imaginable, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of an enlightened contact event, in the modern scientific sense.
Conversely, the earliest recorded history of man does indicate numerous postcatastrophic contact events.
The conclusion is obvious. If our present day civilizations are like those of the past, we shall majestically rise to greatness, then slowly degrade with materialistic controlling behaviors, and then finally succumb to a sudden and catastrophic collapse.
Can we do what has always been impossible in the past? Are we capable of breaking this recurring cycle of birth, decay, and destruction to prepare ourselves for an enlightened face-to-face, species-to-species contact event? It is impossible to say with certainty, as we have never done it before. But maybe, just maybe, this time we'll break this ancient cycle-if for no other reason than because we presently walk the Earth in greater numbers than ever before. Who knows? Perhaps quantity is the deciding factor-not quality. Either way, we'll find out in due time.
In contrast, do we want another postcatastrophic contact event where we depend on other races for our own survival and then remember them as our next gods? If not, then where does this leave us?
The difference between human civilizations and human genetics is time. As a civilization, we measure time in components that are logical in terms of our own material productivity. As a species, we measure time in a broader genetic sense, by expressing days as generations.
In this regard, perhaps humankind has finally accumulated a large enough number of failed civilization days to cross a genetically significant threshold of generational days to a new point in time: one where the notion of enlightened contact is just as na?ve as it ever was; where postcatastro
phic contact is no longer the only choice; and where nature has finally gotten enough days under its belt to net us a significant number of humans who have the genetic ability to become our organic liaisons.
In the final analysis, it is up to each one of us to decide that if we cannot do, then we must watch for those of us who can, because the curse of denial is like sand: when whipped into the wind, it obscures the horizon of reason.
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Needs, Desires, and Subterfuge
The stereotypical Hollywood ET scenario is what the film business knows as an MOS scene. Without saying a word, the gelatin-dribbling alien wastes no time in the eating the brains of a few expendable extras. (Incidentally, MOS is short for mit out sound because this is how the Yiddish-speaking Ukrainian Jews who founded the film business pronounced without sound. )
ET MOS scenarios offer an entertaining spectacle for those sitting in the front seat of the car at the drive-in theater while munching on popcorn, or those making whoopee on the back seat. In a manner of speaking, you could say they're embracing a whole different paradigm that is more in tune with their own needs and desires, as opposed to brain-gulping Hollywood subterfuge appearing before them on the big screen.
Outside of the drive-in theater, what would happen in the event of a real, face-to-face contact event? Would it become a brain-eating fest-MOS? Or, would it be more akin to making whoopee on the backseat? The difference, of course, is subtlety.
For example: when a thug thrusts a gun in your face and demands your money or your life, the last thing you notice is the thug's subtlety because there is none, save for how you'll spend the next seconds deciding your fate.
On the other hand, imagine that same thug saying, I'll give you more money and I'll give you more life, in exchange for your willing cooperation. Now, that puts a whole new spin on things. In this case, subtlety can become just as dangerous to you as the shaky hand holding the gun at your forehead. Either way, you need to pay equally close attention.
Subterfuge: The Tool of Terror
Derived from the Latin subterfugium, the English noun subterfuge has been around for centuries. In a very timeless way, it identifies something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.
Tyrants use subterfuge to deflect world attention from their efforts to slaughter innocent lives. Religious leaders use it to justify the murderous acts they encourage in the name of God. Corporations use it to pilfer the life savings of honest people with valueless investments. Politicians, in general, cannot function without it.
This is why subterfuge permeates every aspect of our lives, and why it also makes us wary and cynical. This quick psychological fix allows the practice of subterfuge to continue happening, presumably to other people who should know better. In essence, we routinely use lies to deflect the manipulative lies of those who would use us to further their own hidden agendas.
For all of recorded history (and no doubt prior to that), humankind has muddled through this self-perpetuating cycle of denial and subterfuge, in much the same way hemorrhoid sufferers live in constant dread of that certain burning itch.
However, what happens when and if we come face-to-face with benevolent-seeming sentient beings from another world? How will we know if their overtures are genuine, or just a cinematic subterfuge?
The answer to that question is within us.
All Relationships Begin with Contact
People meet by coincidence, and something magical happens. Most times that magic happens for one person and not the other, but when it happens simultaneously, it warms our hearts. The whole concept of first contact of the romantic type has always inspired ballads of human passion. A wonderful example is the song Some Enchanted Evening from the cinema classic, South Pacific.
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
SOUTH PACIFIC (Released in 1958)
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger,
You may see a stranger
Across a crowded room,
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see her
Again and again.
While Hollywood does churn out wonderfully romantic love stories, let us remember the children of the stars must often check their schedules to see who will be their Daddy du Jour. So just for the sake of argument, let's temporarily ignore the deliciously romantic Hollywood subterfuge.
Outside the local movie theater, everyday life is not cinema-simplistic. All too often, we meet someone, become attracted to them, abandon common sense, and get left holding the bag. So why is that?
More to the point, why is this human trait so important in the context of making first contact with an extraterrestrial race?
The answer is that first contact with an extraterrestrial race will be fraught with the same possible dangers and possible rewards. Ergo, if we examine why we are often tricked into relationships by subterfuge, then we can hope to fare better when establishing a new relationship with an extraterrestrial race.
Needs vs. Desires
When it comes to attraction, we're all familiar with the material desires, i.e., I'll take Ms. June with an ironclad prenuptial, thank you. Or, He's so rich, handsome, well-connected, and he wants to kiss the ground I walk on.
These are classic desires that mislead us-the kinds we dangle in front of ourselves like the proverbial carrot on a stick, used to motivate a tired donkey into taking one more step.
Then again, there are the wonderful desires that make life magical and bond us to one another in the most precious of ways. They can be just as simple as two people walking down the boulevard; one, on impulse, buys a dozen roses from a street vendor, hands them to the other and says, I just want to thank you for coming into my life.
As the examples above show, desire can either lead to self-deception, or be the inspiration of an act that forever shines brightly as a cherished memory.
Another important aspect of desire is that it makes us suddenly impulsive. To illustrate this, let's employ a bout of food fetish.
Imagine you wake up and for some unearthly reason, remember a marvelous dish you had enjoyed in a restaurant some months ago. The memory comes back so vividly, you can taste it, and now every fiber of your being now craves to taste it again. As you dress for work, you resolve to enjoy that sumptuous dish once again-that very day!
You drive to work thinking about it.
You sit at your desk thinking about it.
The restaurant opens at eleven o'clock in the morning, you keep glancing at the wall clock all morning till the moment it strikes eleven and you snatch the telephone handset, dial the restaurant, and make your reservation.
Instead of your normal lunch, you eat a light sandwich and drink a small bottle of mineral water, just enough to hold you till dinnertime.
All afternoon, you keep glancing up at the clock. The hours seem to crawl by as you keep licking your lips in anticipation of enjoying that wonderful dish you'd had months ago.
You've already got your coat on when the clock strikes five o'clock, and you're the first one in the elevator, well ahead of your co-workers.
You arrive at the restaurant after twisting through traffic and announce yourself to the maitre d'. She tells you that you're a little early and that you'll need to wait in the bar.
Now you can really taste that memory and the excitement builds as you slowly sip your glass of mineral water at the bar. Of course, the usual cocktail before dinner is unthinkable, as it would cloud your palate.
You're finally seated at your table. Thank God!
A busy waiter comes over and hands you a menu. Before you can say, No thanks, I already know what I want, he walks away. On impulse, you check the menu and you're delighted to see that the wonderful dish you enjoyed months ago is still a specialty of the house. You lay the menu on the table and signal to your waiter that you're ready to order.
Just as your waiter begins walki
ng towards your table, another waiter brings a heavily laden serving tray to the table next to yours. You idly look over and see an exotic dish that looks absolutely sumptuous. Captivated by it, you inhale its tantalizing smells as it is served at the other table.
Oh my gosh! you whisper under your breath as your waiter arrives.
He opens his order book and asks, And what will you be having today?
You point to the incredible dish on the table next to you and exclaim, I'll have THAT!
Voila! You have just tasted the magic of impulsive desire. Cherish it, for it is the marvelous vehicle with which we expand our lives in new and wondrous ways.
The point here is that if we lead with desire as opposed to our true needs when first encountering an extraterrestrial race, we're likely to become impulsive donkeys, walking after tantalizing carrots tied to the end of an infinitely long sticks.
Notice that the term TRUE needs was used as opposed to just needs alone.
The Gray Zone of Perceived Needs
We are all creatures of flesh and blood and our needs are many and varied. The most recognizable of these needs are air, shelter, water, and nourishment. Without air, we die quickly. Without water, we die within days. Without shelter, we die a little more slowly.
This is why it is our perceived needs which cut across a wide spectrum of befuddling gray tones, which then entice us into become the willing victims of subterfuge.
Perceived needs are as easy to recognize as true needs.
+ We need to gain unfair advantage.
+ We need to feel that we're cleverer than others are.
+ We need to feel that we're part of something big.
+ We need to be on the right side.
+ We need to have that which we have not earned.
+ We need control without compromise.
+ We need to be loved on our own conditional terms.
+ We need to hold the moral high ground at any price.
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