Why do aliens matter?
Aliens challenge our western worldview. One dominated by a science based in the material world. What lies beyond our senses is disregarded. If you can’t see, touch, feel, hear or smell it, it’s not real.
There is some physical evidence to the phenomenon of alien abductions. Enough to win over those who are prepared to believe. But not enough to convince the skeptic. As if the intelligence at work here was trying to trick and deceive the investigators. That might be on purpose. It’s as if the phenomenon was inviting us to change our ways, to expand our consciousness and ways of learning. A challenge to adapt our conventional ways of knowing and observing, to find methodologies more appropriate to its own subtle, complex, and perhaps ultimately unknowable nature.
They are not of this world. Why do we demand that our worldly thinking applies? Our methods are insufficient to measure and evaluate phenomena that originate in the unseen spirit world and cross over to manifest in the material world. If you treat aliens and similar phenomena literally, you miss the message. The medium is the message.
I don’t care about aliens or answering the question “Are they real?” I care about people; The profound effect an alien abduction on had the people, who believe it happened to them – how it dramatically altered their lives for the better – and the effect that investigating this phenomenon had on me. It has compelled me to elevate my consciousness and to fight for and look after our planet.
For your study
If you want to look into the topic yourself, I would recommend John Mack. He has a sober, scientific style and approaches the material with an open mind, but not as a true believer. A primer. His work Abductions details the raw experiences of Abductees. In Passport to the Cosmos he describes the themes that continously come up in abductions.
There is also UFOlogy, the study of the UFO Phenomenon. In comparison I see these insights to be gained:
- UFOlogy: they are here
- Alien abductions: they are here and this is what they want
UFOlogy lacks the transformative potential for the individual and is dominated by the distracting narrative that “the goverment is lying to us.” What it is good for, is to give you some evidence to the point that “they are here.” Start with the documentary The Phenomenon.