Posted on 06/23/2009 10:50:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono
For many people, the closest thing they have come to an alien or extraterrestrial is in movies such as Star Wars or Star Trek. There is a notion that going to a foreign planet will be something like going to a foreign country – things will be recognizable but quaintly ‘alien’. However, for a growing number of people, the idea of contact with beings from outer space is a spiritual experience.
Fundamentally, both involve belief. One may ask, “Do you believe in angels?” or “Do you believe in ETs?” Or perhaps “Do you believe in both?” Few believe in neither. Some authors have suggested that angels are a subset of ETs.
ET means simply non-terrestrial. At this point in our consciousness, we are expanding beyond the awareness of just our planet. We have movies about asteroids impacting Earth and alien invasions. They are popular because of the interest in space, not because they were particularly good movies. Seven of the top twenty grossing movies involve ETs – to the degree that movies are a representation of our collective consciousness.
Authors such as Lyssa Royal-Holt and Darryl Anka suggest that what is considered to be an extraterrestrial is a representation of the expansion of human consciousness. The ETs that they are in contact with have expressed that what we consider ‘normal, objective reality’ is but one of many different ways of looking at each of our perceptions of what we consider reality.
In the bestseller Blink, Malcolm Gladwell suggests that several people can evaluate the same situation and come up with different, but equally convincing versions of reality. Reality is a spectrum; the expansion of our reality results in contact with what are known as ETs. Because we consider this expanded reality the world of spirit – the ET realm is under spirituality.
Some people look at the photos from the Hubble Telescope and see evidence of God, others see the marvel of nature - but one thing that everyone agrees on is that the universe is unfathomably large and awe-inspiring.
I noticed that from your efforts.
I don’t recall which poll or when it was.
I think it was the same poll that extrapolated = millions of abductees so far. . . . probably more than 3 million, at least. Some claim more than 10 million.
However, the poll documented a percent of a representative population sample that reliably [in terms of sound polling design etc] extrapolates to millions routinely being abducted.
Of course, such facts will have absolutely no influence on brain dead perspectives.
The poll I have a fuzzy memory of was close to 80% but I thought it was just over 80%. Will see if I can find it maybe this evening.
Perhaps ATS would have such a ref.
Or MUFON
or earthfiles.com
or
theblackvault.com
Research has persistently demonstrated, also,
that abductees are slightly but significantly smarter than the average citizen.
Again, contrary to brain dead perspectives.
IIRC,
Those with an abiding interest in UFOs/ ET’s also, as a group, have a higher percentage of college educated folks amongst us.
. . . again, contrary to brain dead perspectives.
Now that’s interesting and it kinda takes the “wind out of the sails” of the mockers... :-)
INDEED.
However, given their addictions to
—hyper emotionality
—hyper derision
—wholesale disinterest in truth
—TYPE II ERRORS
—cheeky assaults
I’m not holding my breath hoping for any ‘instant conversions!’ LOL.
When the rapture occurs extraterrestrials will be blamed for the sudden disappearance of millions of Christians worldwide.
Can’t wait!!!
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