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
May/June, 2007: Notes from the Coast...
©2007 by Craig R Lang, MS CHt
As a result of my appearance on the Coast to Coast radio show (www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/04/11.html) on the night of 4/11-4/12, I have continued to get a lot of very interesting calls and e-mails. Most of these have been from experiencers describing their own events. So the question for this month's The CE4 Corner (home.comcast.net/~theCosmicBridge/CE4_Corner/TheCE4Corner.htm) is, what are people describing?
Most prominent has been the dual themes of consistency and variety.
So far, the consistency thread has been very pronounced. Each experiencer has described some very similar themes:
1) Missing time,
2) The prevalence of UFO sightings,
3) A continuous thread of the unexplained in their life,
4) The emergence at some point in their life, of significant psychic abilities,
5) A powerful theme of personal challenge in their life - often when abductions are most frequent,
6) Simultaneous feelings of fear and attraction regarding UFOs & related topics
For most callers and correspondents, this theme has been very pronounced, often striking a personal note. More than one experiencer has shed tears as they described - usually over the long distance phone lines - their lifelong interaction with the phenomenon. In some cases, these tears surprised even them. One woman I interviewed a few days after the broadcast, told me that she didn't remember being abducted and had had no overt UFO sightings, but had a sense that she had been contacted. She described the consistent theme of psychic abilities and anomalous events in her life. She described them as positive, but at the same time, I could hear the trepidation in her voice. She said that she had waited several days to call, feeling a lot of internal debate about whether or not to contact me. When I began to ask her about her "positive" events, she began to cry. In part, they were tears of frustration over a world that couldn't (or didn't want to) understand what she was experiencing. But in another sense, she felt powerless in the face of the phenomenon. In some ways, she was a victim. Yet in other ways, she was a seeker - simply trying to understand the mystery of her experiences. Like so many other experiencers, she was a bridge between the human and phenomenal world.
We talked for at least an hour - pretty much chewing up my lunch break at the day job. J By the time we hung up the phone, I had managed to find the regional MUFON contact (on www.mufon.com) for her, and she seemed to feel quite a bit better about her overall situation.
In the words of Yogi Berra,
"Sometimes you can learn a lot just by listening..." This is
especially true in the healing process for experiencers. Often times, when the
unexplained is so prominent in one's life, the most important thing may be to simply know that someone believes you. Then, the next
step in the healing process is often to take some action - a proactive step
that helps one regain a sense of empowerment. Frequently, this may involve
contacting someone in MUFON or another organization that is involved in UFO and
close encounter research. If there is an active MUFON chapter within reach,
often the best course of action may be to attend a meeting (in
So far, I've talked about the similarities - but how about the differences between experience accounts? The biggest difference I have noted among accounts of close encounters is in the "additional details." Most descriptions seem to contain similar core events, but additional events often differ. For example, there are nearly always small grays present, but other beings may be present as well - and these are many and varied. These may be described as humanoid beings, hybrids, Nordics, Pleiadeans, etc. There are also insectoid or reptilian beings, as well as a host of other "critters." It must be an incredibly diverse universe out there... J
Other details include the agenda(s) of the aliens - whoever they may be. Usually the alien objective is described as reproductive in nature, yet the reasons stated for this activity are many and varied. Why are they doing this? We just don't know.
The aliens frequently express a new-age and environmental theme. They talk about the urgency of saving our planet, the dangers of environmental degradation, etc. They also talk about spiritual growth, and similar metaphysical themes. Are they telling the truth, or is this simply a feel-good cover for some other agenda? Again, I don't know...
In addition, I have never gotten a clear picture of where the aliens come from. Sometimes Zeta Reticuli is mentioned, but in recent times, I have heard this less frequently. More often, I now hear a stony silence when the topic arises. Other times, responses I hear convey the theme of "you wouldn't understand," "we won't tell you" - or something similar. Once again, do we believe them, or is this some kind of prattle to keep us happy (or at least off balance)? And once again, I don't know...
Yet another theme is the duality of good and evil that the phenomenon presents to the experiencer. For some, alien abduction is a life-long thread of terror. For others, it is a source of wonder and light. Yet we need to ask - is it really either? If so, then how far into the extreme of one or the other is it? For many, simply becoming aware of their experiences can help to reduce the degree of apparent evil in their encounters. With knowledge comes empowerment. Sometimes, even a phone call to someone, describing one's encounters can help bring back some memories - and for many this can help to level the playing field. At the very least, this can help to reduce the feeling isolation that often surrounds the close encounter experience.
Yet for many others, the prevailing theme is a positive one. I have heard the terms "light workers," "space brothers," "Pleiadeans," and/or other highly positive words while describing such encounters. For many, this is reality and there is no desire to change that. For them it works....
But for others, there is a darker underside - suppressed but painful. There may be a thread of unexplained fear, a sense of hidden evil, etc. - a counterpoint to the light. In these cases, it becomes important to resolve the duality. Several e-mails that resulted from the broadcast described such a duality, the hidden menace as a prevailing theme in their lives.
A couple of people also described fighting back, somehow getting out of alien control, while aboard the UFO. One person even described how she destroyed some of the alien equipment near to her. Yet the theme of captivity and menace is common. The aliens are usually in control of the abductee in ways that are, at best, non-positive. It is the darker side of the encounter scenario.
Most correspondents have described psychic gifts - being a healer, a seer, or other gifted individual. This may be accidental - or perhaps it is one key purpose of the phenomenon in our world. It may be the "heads" side of the phenomenal coin. Whatever it's role, it further shows a phenomenon that is central to the experiencer's life in a way that neither experiencer nor researcher understand. Indeed, I suspect none of us understands the true nature of the alien encounter.
For the first several days, calls and e-mails came at light-speed, bringing both variety and consistency. Now, in the last week or two since then, they have tapered off as the Coast-to-Coast interview recedes into the past. However, it was great to be able to touch so many lives and - hopefully - to help a few people find understanding and healing. Ultimately, the best one can offer is an understanding ear, and for the experiencer, the certain knowledge that "you are not alone..."
