A friend of mine once asked me: “Why should I care about aliens? Whether they exist or not, whether they have visited the Earth or not – what does it have to do with me?” His implication was that digging into the topics of extra-terrestrial life was a waste of time – particularly from the point of view of the average person.
My friend thought that the knowledge about aliens would in no way serve a practical purpose – it would not solve any particular issue of his personal existence. Thus, the ultimate reason for his lack of interest in the subject boiled down to the following: “Ok, so tomorrow we will know for sure that we are in contact with intelligent extra-terrestrial life. What difference would it make to you?”
Instead of trying to answer his question, I replied with my own question which seemed to me more appropriate – what would be the same as before?
The problem seems to be that throughout the years, the possibility of extra-terrestrial contact has been touched upon purely as science fiction or only imaginary scenario. When one perceives something as purely hypothetical but close to impossible in reality, his attitude can only be superficial. This is somewhat like: “We all know that a contact with advanced ET race is impossible, but since you ask me, I imagine that if one day it happens etc.” The conviction is already there that is nothing but imagination thus also the analysis of the eventual implications is lacking in depth.
Let us just imagine…
If we leave aside for a moment our skepticism about the possibility of ET contact and sincerely try to imagine such a situation, are we sure that our attitude would still be “So what?”
The first and immediate effects of open alien interaction (on global level and in an undeniable physical manner) would be psychological. Whether it will be purely emotional reaction such as fear, excitement, fascination it seems unlikely that on personal level we would perceive such news as “just another headline in the media”. A form of shock will be there whether positive or negative but definitely some kind of a shock. It will bring out considerations in your life that maybe you never even imagined you could be ever faced with.
Even if on personal level you happen to be balanced enough and able to go by as if nothing happened, it is not likely that the society as a whole will not react. Whether there will be panic and traffic jams or form of celebration – people will not be working in the same manner, will not behave in the same manner, will not think in the same manner.
While many things will be happening, it will be just a matter of time that a much more important and interesting consequence will start to emerge. When the emotional reaction (whatever it might be) is somewhat cooled down, the very fact of knowing that intelligent life is here (or even has always been around), will inevitably raise questions for us. Questions whose answers we have always taken for granted. Those questions will relate to different areas of life and in many of those areas we will be in the situation where we will need to reconsider and redefine our root ideas of what is possible and impossible.
A more pragmatic consideration
A generally perceived idea (particularly in the Western societies) is that having a job (and getting remuneration in some form) is a necessary condition for our existence. In particular, we have come to believe that there is no other way in which we can sustain ourselves.
The existing economic model and predominant economic theories are based on ideas such as “Resources are scarce and never enough to satisfy everybody’s needs” or “The only way to have a share in those resources is to produce and sell to each other what we need” (where working is effectively selling our time and efforts for money). Whether we like the situation or not, the fact is the majority of people take it for granted: “This is life. You work to survive”.
How is this perception likely to change? Well maybe there will be originally smaller questions such as “How did those aliens travelled to our planet?”, “What kind of technology and what kind of energy they used?” and so on. The questions will be building one upon the other and their scope will be increasing exponentially. A moment will come that each of us on a personal level will come to the realization that the new technologies and energy used by the aliens have the potential of radically changing our whole material environment.
If we know without shadow of doubt that a zero-point energy is readily available and in unlimited quantity and the technology is available to tap into it, this would mean that ultimately almost all material needs of humanity can be adequately met in close to fully automated manner. Instead of having to do this or that as a job just in order to survive, we will have the freedom to choose what we want do with our time.
Imagine a person whose passion is painting but has to do some boring job in order to make a living. Under an economic model, which is based on “scarcity” such situations are quite common. In a new economic paradigm of automated and close to unlimited material abundance, people will have much more freedom to actually live instead of make a living.
Above is just one line of thought about the possible implications of open alien contact and of course there are many and different scenarios. The point, however, is once again – whatever the changes, our lives will be changed significantly (if not completely) and there is no question about it.
Now, suppose you never previously bothered considering “alien encounter” as a real-life scenario and maybe you just developed some healthy interest into the subject and are willing to do a bit of your own research on the information available. What are you going to find out?
Various sources of information
You are about to find tons of information. Much of it will be nonsense – coming out from the crazy fantasies of some individual or in the form of elaborate hoaxes of people making profit out of the subject.
At the same time, you will come upon stories from more serious investigators (e.g. Dr. Steven Greer) and whistle blowers (e.g. Corey Goode). You will read about investigations by the government and the formation of secret structure (Majestic 12) running secret projects (e.g. Project “Blue Book”) to find every possible information about aliens and use that knowledge to their own advantage in a game of money and power. You will also find experts and insiders (e.g. pilots, astronauts, high-ranking former militaries, scientists and officials) whose claims of first-hand knowledge on the subject while often quite extraordinary deserve proper consideration.
You will be encouraged to believe and doubt at the same time as you go through seemingly confusing and controversial information. You can get the feeling that it is impossible to find a definite and convincing answer. Still, if you dig deep enough and apply common sense and critical analyses in your research, I believe one thing will become clear for sure:
No matter what the mainstream and official sources have been telling us for decades, there is ample evidence that something is not quite right, that something is missing or has been intentionally hidden from our attention regarding the existence of extra-terrestrial life and possibly its interactions with our species throughout our known and even missing history on this planet. What is the ultimate truth may still remain unsure but it is highly possible that you will be convinced about what is not the truth – the official, edited and “cut” history of humankind.
Active interest helps disclosure
While our personal interest in the subject can only be a matter of individual choice, I think it is important to consider how our choice affects the overall picture. The more people take proactive approach and read, discuss, show interest without fear of being labelled “crazy”, the more those who are into position and are willing to reveal the truth, will be encouraged or even forced into a situation where ET disclosure will happen.
In fact, the signs are all there that the process is already ongoing and gaining momentum. It is up to us to make it happen sooner than later. It seems that aliens have been involved with humanity throughout its history and evolution. It is at this stage, however, that we need this interaction to become much more open and direct to (possibly) help us cope with the problems we are facing as a species.
