The CE4 Corner
The Cosmic Bridge, Close Encounters and Human Destiny
by Craig R. Lang, Certified Hypnotherapist
Hypnotic Growth, Exploration and Healing for Mind, Body, Spirit and Beyond
Brooklyn Center, MN 763-257-7334 e-mail: craig@craigrlang.com
July/August, 2005 - Preparing for Contact
©2005 by Craig R. Lang MS, CHt
In
recent times, I have noted a lot of books, articles and lectures touching upon
the question of readiness for contact.
In addition, accounts from experiencers in the last couple of months
have led me to wonder more about the dynamics of contact - real or fictional -
past, present or future. In what ways
are we ready and in what ways are we "not there yet...?"
The
most recent article I read was by Jill Tartar, of the SETI Institute[i]. The article appeared in the regular SETI
Thursday column on space.com. In it, she gives a fair amount of print space
to the question of whether we should transmit signals into space to be detected
by our E.T. neighbors. The consensus of
the SETI community seems to be "No".
The main reason given is that, in the event of SETI contact, humanity
would be the youngest member of the radio-ET cosmic-club. Thus, we probably would not yet be aware of
the (presumed) rules of communication.
Therefore, once SETI does make a detection, she recommends that we wait
until we clearly understand the electronic ways of the Cosmic Club.
Secondly,
Tartar questions whether we have the long-term thinking necessary to carry on a
Radio-SETI dialog with our neighbors.
She argues that most human thinking is very short-term. This lack of a long-term perspective suggests
that humanity would not have the aggregate patience to carry on such a
dialog. Tartar's conclusion appears to
be that humanity needs to adopt a more timeless way of thinking before we are
truly able to dialog in a Radio-SETI Universe.
We need to "grow up" before we can meet the neighbors.
The
next food for thought was the talk by Grant Cameron[ii]
at Minnesota MUFON on
Cameron's
talk was largely about the Canadian perspective on the crashed saucer scenario
during the 1940's and 50's. He covered
the personal and political dynamics of MJ12 and talked about historical figures
in the UFO world. He focused on the
In
the end, Cameron offered some notes on the UFO/Military relationship, and on
some attempts at contact. Confrontations
between UFOs and the military have included UFO incursions into restricted
areas around military bases. However,
there have also (allegedly) been channeled or telepathic conversations between
military-oriented psychics and the aliens.
Cameron described how at least one such dialog apparently occurred
between a government/military team and the Visitors. However, a major theme in the message from
the Visitors was, once again, that humanity is not ready for contact.
Cameron
described how the biggest concern of the Visitors seems to be our overuse of
technology - specifically that of nuclear weapons. "They" indicated that humans would
not be allowed to wage nuclear war, as there would be too much potential damage
to E.T. interests. Such an exchange
would destroy the investment that the Visitors have already made in humanity
[my paraphrase - CL]. In summary, my
take on the telepathic exchange described by Cameron was that humanity is a
promising species, but that we are still too warlike at the present time. Again, the bottom line seems to be that, in
order for humanity to be ready for contact with the Cosmic Community, humanity
needs to "grow up."
While
Jill Tartar referred largely to our technological
sophistication, Grant Cameron's notes on contact often referred to our conduct
of our own affairs. But perhaps we can
ask whether these really are separate topics.
Could they actually be different aspects of the same question? Could it be a question of whether we have
the maturity to play by the rules of the cosmic community? How can we expect to interact with our cosmic
neighbors when - as Grant Cameron portrayed - we are even unwilling to share
with our own allies? Or, as Jill Tartar
pointed out, we do not think much about the long-term.
Yet
another interesting piece of literature was a book entitled, "Preparing
for Contact", by Lyssa Royal and Keith Priest[iii],
which I read over a year ago. This book covers
many topics regarding the relationship humanity to the Visitors - including
abduction and overt contact. The
information in it is largely channeled, and thus discernment is suggested. But again, a major point of the book was
that, from the Visitors' perspective, the aggregate of humanity is not yet
ready for contact. Thus, at present
contact occurs one human at a time. In
effect, each experiencer becomes an ambassador of humanity to the stars.
As
we have discussed in this column, contact can be a painful experience. I doubt that many abductees, while lying on
an alien examining table and being probed by small grays, would consider
themselves to be ambassadors. Yet many
also tell me that such experiences seem to bring personal growth and Awakening
- sometimes through pain, but some times through overt teaching. In a sense, many describe the CE4 experience
as part of our overall preparation for contact.
Some
time later I read Lisette Larkins' book, "Calling on
Extraterrestrials". In part, this book
discusses how she turned her negative encounters into more positive
"contact". Like Lyssa Royal
and Keith Priest, Lisette Larkins describes contact as a very individual
process. Larkins argues that we truly do
create our own reality and thus experience whatever we call to us. A positive experience is one that is somehow
called in a positive way. For
less-positive experiences - a different calling may occur.
Is
this assertion true? I note that many
experiencers who explore their encounter events in depth seem to find that a
large degree of choice occurred within even the darkest scenarios. For reasons often metaphysical in nature,
many describe making some form of choice at some earlier time. It may take a lifetime to understand, yet the
result seems to be a high degree of growth and learning. It seems to be the core of their relationship
with the phenomenon - and I am often told that it is a key element of our
preparation for contact.
So
we return to the question of the Visitor agenda - one of the primary topics in
this column. What is it and why are
"They" here? At the Grant
Cameron lecture, he briefly touched upon this question, suggesting that they
are here primarily to observe. Perhaps
it is to be sure that we humans don't get too far out of line [my paraphrase -
CL] - and that we don't destroy ourselves, our planet and them. While Cameron suggests that the role is
largely observation, I ask whether, in many ways, this role is extended to
covertly prepare us.
Contact
will be evolutionary, not revolutionary.
Rather than calling us by radio, contact occurs continually, one
experiencer at a time. My own hypothesis
is that contact will unfold in gradual stages, as we become increasingly
ready. But for the most part, that will
probably be a long time from now.
Humanity has a lot of growing-up to do.
