SUBJECT: CSETI FILE: UFO3242 PART 6 UFOS, HUMANITY AND THE FULL SPECTRUM OF REALITY Copyright 1991 - Steven M. Greer, M.D. For more than a decade a debate has been raging among UFO investigators and theorists regarding the true nature of UFOs. Typically, this debate is divided between those who regard UFOs as 'nuts and bolts' spacecraft (usually of extraterrestial origin) and those who feel UFOs defy purely physical descriptions and are actually an 'inter-dimensional' phenomenon. On the side of the 'nuts and bolts' argument are the well documented electromagnetic effects, landing traces, radar evidence and retrieval of actual crashed spacecraft and their occupants, among others. Proponents of the "inter- dimensional' theory cite a number of extraordinary aspects of the phenomenon, including rapid appearance-disappearance (materialization-dematerialization?) of craft, associated levitation, telepathy and telekinesis and other related events. Both sides of this debate hold that there is compelling evidence supporting one viewpoint or the other, and at times significant rancor has accompanied these debates. Could it be that BOTH are correct? The reconciliation of these two views is possible by employing a comprehensive paradigm of reality which does not fragment 'physical' from 'other dimensional' but which instead replaces the either/or argument with 'and/and'. That the predominant western bias for dualism, separatism, and reductionism has been applied to UFOlogy, as well as other areas of study, does not mean that such a perspective in any way reflects reality. We are accustomed to speaking of mind-body, material-spiritual, physical-non-physical as though a real separation exists, when in actuality such distinctions are convenient, though linear, mental constructs. The discussion of 'other dimensions' assumes that, indeed there are other dimensions which are somehow separate from this dimension, whatever this dimension IS. In fact, what is this 'dimension'? It seems certain that we will be confounded in our attempts at understanding the UFO phenomenon so long as we lack a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of humans, for if UFOs are 'more than just nuts and bolts', then just as certainly humans are more than mere flesh and blood. COnversely, if humans are more than mere flesh and blood, then it is just as certain that UFOs and their occupants are more than flesh and blood flying around in metal craft of some sort. The truth is found in transcending the old 'either/or' arguments and seeing that the manifestations of the UFO phenomenon can be viewed in an integrated way which includes both the nuts and bolts physical as well as the 'other dimensional' aspects. Such a unified theory or perspective requires a holistic paradigm as well as a comprehensive understanding of what it means to be HUMAN, since many of the obscure aspects of the UFO phenomenon are illuminated by the apprehension of the reality of man. Just as the full spectrum of light involves both seen and unseen elements, so also the full spectrum of reality involves aspects which are seen and unseen. This spectrum is, in fact a continuum, or an integrated reality, and the distinction of seen and unseen is an artificial contrivance wholly dependent on the perception of the individual. That X-ray radiation went undetected by humans for thousands of years does not mean that it did not exist as part of the electromagnetic spectrum until its 'discovery'! Similarly, the spectrum of reality is comprised of aspects which are both seen and 'unseen', at least from one level of perception or consciousness. That there are aspects to reality which are not as commonly perceived as others does not in any way compromise the integration of reality itself. For purposes of analysis and verbilization, it is convenient to divide reality into variously described components, but in so doing we must be careful not to confuse these artificial conventions with reality itself. Conventional means of knowing, of analysis and communication have innate limitations which unfortunately become determinants of what we hold reality to be. But the full spectrum of reality transcends these conventions, and is whole, complete and uninterrupted; it is present in its entirety here and now, no matter how fragmented and partial our perception of it may be. Our predisposition to compartmentalize mind/body, material/'spiriual', physical/transcendent is convenient yet false; it is at once an over-simplification and a complex confusion of reality. One of the great challenges, and thus blessings, of the UFO phenomenon is the coexistence of dramatic and often seemingly opposing manifestations of UFOs. I believe that these perplexing aspects of the phenomenon hold the greatest lessons to be learned not only about UFOs but about reality itself. The coexistence of advanced material technology with advanced 'mind technology' indicates that we are dealing with beings who have explored and integrated the full spectrum of reality more fully than human civilization has. Put another way, UFOs represent not so much beings from another dimension as they do beings (and craft) which operate in a broader aspect of the spectrum of reality. That is, the full spectrum of reality includes not only the material and physical laws and 'laws of consciousness or mind' not yet fully understood or utilized by most humans. In this way we may view UFOs and their occupants as examples of beings who are utilizing a somewhat more expanded spectrum than we humans have yet mastered; but the difference is a matter of DEGREE and not of fundamental reality. From this perspective, we should hav eno problem integrating the clear evidence of the physical reality of UFOs such as landing traces, radar detection and the like with more extraordinary evidence such as telepathy, levitation and rapid materialization. Given the pace of human development in the last 100 years, we should not be too surprised if extra- terrestial beings 1000, 5000,000, or 1 million years more advanced than us should have explored and placed into practical application aspects of the full spectrum of reality beyond our current mastery. Indeed, we should be astonished if this was not the case! All of this would be less astonishing if we would look to the extraordinary capacities which we know humans possess. The 'science of consciousness', while yet embryonic as a field of formal study, has documented those aspects of the spectrum of reality pertaining to mind or consciousness. Both ancient and modern writings testify to the existence of human mental capabilities which approximante the most extraordinary reports from UFO encounters. Telepathy, precognition, though projection and even levitation are all aspects of the human experience which have been documented throughout the ages. Recent research into telepathy, thought projection, and precognition would indicate that these experiences are not so uncommon as conventional wisdom would have us believe. If humans possess physical bodies and physical craft and yet are able to manifest extraordinary mental capabilities, why should we be perplexed if somewhat more advanced beings from elsewhere in the universe have physical bodies and physical craft and are able to utilize consciousness as we would matter? As physics and other sciences evolve, we find that the once clear line between mind and matter becomes rather tenuous, if not obliterated altogether. We are reaching the point where further advances in the physical sciences will require concomitant advances in the realm of consciousness or mind. At that point, we will find that the interface between mind and matter, physical and transcendent is in reality a matter of perception and dependent on the level of consciousness of the perceiver. Our perplexity over the UFO phenomenon is in part due to a lack of insight into what it means to be human, of the dynamics of mind and consciousness, and a strange addiction to the neat and hypnotic seperation between mind and matter, science and religion, objective and subjective. Such fragmentation is a monster of our own devising, and can be inclusive, holistic, and unified. In this we find the greatest challenge and the greatest lesson in the UFO phenomenon. May we not fail in this endeavor. In its greatest sense, the full spectrum of reality is another way of saying 'God', and therefore is infinite and all-inclusive. While each generation of scientists and philosophers regard their current knowledge as the apex of all learning, just as surely the next generation will surpass it. We will not exhaust the full spectrum of reality in this generation, nor in the next. But the path of exploration will remain open only to the extent that we hold our minds open to an ever-expanding reality. For just as sonn as we think we know it all, or say "Aha! That's it!", we limit our progress and throw a road block onto the path of knowledge. Those scientists who hold that UFOs could not possibly be extraterrestial spacecraft simply because humans have not yet unraveled the laws of physics allowing them to get from 'there' to 'here' fail to understand that MOST of even physical reality and its laws have yet to be comprehended by humans. And those UFOlogists who dismiss evidence of extraordinary mental capacities of extraterrestials (or for that matter humans) fail to appreciate the reality of man, of consciousness and mind, and have blinded themselves to a very large and significant aspect of the spectrum of reality. Such foibles are, in fact, a modern day reenactment of the sun-revolves-around-the-earth episode of a bygone era. We must remember that a mere 200 years ago, lasers performing surgery and holograms at amusement parks would have been considered magic, other worldly, even witchcraft! Therefore, we should not be dismayed that others are able to traverse interstellar (or should we say intrAstellar) space, or that they might manipulate matter and gravity even as we would alter atoms and genes. We should be similarly open to the probability that they might use a thought as adeptly as we would use a telephone or alter matter by mind as easily as psychiatrists alter mind by matter. Ultimately, then, the limiting factor in our comprehension of reality in general and the UFO phenomenon in particular is the opennes, breadth, and depth of our own consciousness. The old ways of thinking will fail us here, for we are bumping up against the limits of what linear reality and linear thinking will allow. Like never before, our progress is dependent on the evolution of our own consciousness, and our consciousness is dependent on what our will allows. And so we should have no difficulty accepting that structured material craft occupied by physical beings are able to demonstrate both physical and so called iner-dimensional characteristics. For we are also inter-dimensional beings, and are not limited to the physical plane alone, and our differences are more a matter of degree than anything essential. It is most likely that both humans and other conscious beings potentially have open to them the full spectrum of reality, and the differences observed are due to the extent to which this potential is realized. We should not be dismayed that one group appreciates this spectrum more fully than another; on the contrary such a realization is cause for celebration, not alarm. Our task is to be open to the full spectrum of reality, in all of its manifestations, and to grow in our appreciation of it. If we do this, our progress will be unlimited. As we contemplate the various aspects of UFO evidence, we owuld be well-served to keep in mind the full spectrum of reality, all that is known and all that is potentially unknown. While most humans yet hold to linear processes and dualistic ways of perceiving reality, it seems clear that the extraterrestial beings responsible for UFO events do not. The unified, full spectrum of reality which includes, in an elegantly integrated whole, the total range of physical and transcendent, mind and matter, is open to exploration by humans as well as other beings in the universe. We are potentially as inter- dimensional as they; our only limitations are those which we place upon ourselves. Perhaps then the ultimate meaning of the UFO phenomenon is that it serves to move us towards the next quantum jump in human evolution, towards the realization of the full unifed spectrum of reality. ********************************************************************* * -------->>> THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo <<<------- * *********************************************************************