The Contact Community Could be “Playing with Fire” and it Might be Worth the Risk
Joseph Burkes MD 2021
In response to my blog titled “On Remembering Love and Pain” a commenter stated that during her encounters she was more curious than afraid. She added that from deep within, she was counselled to be “very careful.”
I believe that caution is necessary when it comes to contact with non-human intelligences, not necessarily in terms of personal safety but more importantly in the realm of belief. We should never forget the tremendous psychic power of the so-called ETs. In my judgment, they have access to our entire storehouse of memories. From contact experiences within the network of activists that I call the “Contact Underground”, I have learned that they can co-create with us almost any kind of contact experience that we and they can co-imagine.
This colossal mental capability has served as the basis for the notion that “The Others We Call ET (TOWCET)” is one of pet terms for them) has played an important role in the shaping the belief systems of our planet. Luminaries such as Dr. Vallee and Mr. John Keel have suggested that all our religions might emanate from this mysterious paranormal force that we now label “extraterrestrial.”
The FREE Experiencer Survey involved over 4000 UAP contact experiencers that answered hundreds of questions about their encounters with non-human intelligences associated with what have been called “flying saucers.” Those taking the survey were specifically asked to describe only those contact experiences recalled without the use of hypnosis. The responses indicated that many may have undergone a spiritual transformation as the result of contact. They described becoming less materialistic, more concerned with the fate of our planet, more eager to help others, more spiritual but less religious. It appears as if what the so-called “ETs” have on their agenda a radical transformation of human consciousness. And it is one that challenges the status quo in such profound ways that it can only be acknowledged by a very small number of individuals at this stage of human development.
It appears from the FREE data that the alleged “aliens” are promoting the spiritual message of oneness and this just might be the key to our survival as a species. The belief and practice of oneness is the thrust of all the major faiths and achieving planetary unity will likely be required to address the seemingly unsurmountable challenges facing humanity. I refer here to global warming and the resultant planetary climate change, massive crop failures, an inability to feed a growing Earth population, famines, forced massive migrations and the resultant wars fought over dwindling material resources.
In the not-too-distant future, when the realization becomes widespread that Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are real and are really important, the continued presence of flying saucers might have the potential to destabilize the belief systems on our planet. As that time approaches, those that speculate that flying saucer intelligences are responsible for the major religious faiths of this planet might find that they are playing with fire. Imagine what might be the reaction of religious fundamentalists to the possibility that Mohammed, Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and others might have all been contactees.
If one of the aims of the alleged “ETs” is to facilitate a spiritual transformation required for us to work together to save our civilization from destruction, it is a project of such ambitious proportions that in my opinion may not to succeed, at least in the short run. This is because self-destructive ego-based mind structures predominant on Earth. These mental structures have been described by Eastern mystical traditions as the ego, a near total identification with form. This generates the desire to always have more, more things, money, sex, and most tragically more control over others. Those under the control of the ego, in both its individual and collective forms, are compelled to embrace the theory and practice of separation. Individuals and groups dominated by egoic mental structures are forever seeking enemies and this serves as a way to strengthen their identity. Ego based belief systems reject a sense of oneness, from which comes all cooperation and all love.
In my judgment, UAP intelligences have been here not as “visitors” (a term popular among experiencers) but more likely have been a constant force facilitating historical transformations of human consciousness. This would include, as suggested above, the creation of organized religions. This concept, if it became popular would understandably be vehemently rejected by religious fundamentalists. In response to what they will perceive as a most vile heresy, fundamentalist might even violently attack the contact community. In this sense, such radical concepts as I have described is “playing with fire.”
There is another path, however. Perhaps over time, the major faiths might be able to accommodate the flying saucer phenomenon into their theologies. If they could accept that the so-called ETs have played a helping role, then from such a shared understanding we might be able to achieve the planetary unity so necessary for our civilization to survive. If this process will unfold, it will likely take place not over decades, but more likely over generations, perhaps even centuries. Informed planetary citizens from within the contact community might play a more active role in facilitating such transformations. I imagine that achieving such a lofty goal makes playing with fire worthwhile.
