The 'threat' might be taken more seriously if the number of people abducted each year exceeded the number of people killed in car accidents.
Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> Date: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:56 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: The Abduction Paradigm > I too have studied and given lot of thought to the UFO phenomenon. > > Steven has provided a good description of many of my conclusions, > so I > won't try to add anything except to ask one question. Why do people > > have such a difficult time accepting such a well documented > phenomenon? To start the discussion, I will provide my answer. > > Most people are incapable of accepting anything that is a threat to > > them. Such threats produce anxiety and are rejected in various > ways > as much as is possible. The idea of a superior life form that can > > abduct individuals at will is too much for most people to handle on > an > emotional level. Since nothing can be done about this threat, it > is > best ignored. Since this is a universal reaction of people with > respect to many aspects of life, the opinion of the crowd cannot be > > accepted as a description of reality. This being the case, who can > be > trusted? This is the basic question we all have to answer because > our > individual fates in all aspects of life depend on choosing well. > What > criteria do you use to trust the opinion of another person? How > much > evidence, if any, do you need to accept a belief? The UFO > phenomenon > provides an incentive to answer such questions. > > Ed > > > > On Jul 26, 2009, at 7:11 PM, OrionWorks wrote: > > > Indeed, it's been an interesting slo Sunday. > > > > As is probably evident by some within the catacombs of the Vort > > Collective, I have occasionally expressed a few opinions on this > > so-called "abduction" matter. So, off the races I go once again > in the > > hope that the following thought fodder might stimulate some to > ponder> this mystery in a manner where no-one has gone before. > > > > IMO, there isn't an educated person on this planet who doesn't > > implicitly believe in the indisputable fact that UFOs exist. The > real> question is: What *are* UFOs, and a smarmy subject that is, > be it > > "swamp gas", or encounters with nearby neighbors. Regarding the > > abduction experience, sometimes referred to as the "experiencer" > > phenomenon, I have begun to draw a few tentative conclusions over > the> past couple of decades: > > > > It is possible that a sub-category of "encounters" may very well > turn> out to be classic abduction experiences, something akin to > "catch and > > release" programs that we ourselves perform as we study and gather > > information on endangered life forms on our own planet. > > > > However, at present I've come to the tentative suspicion that a > > significant sampling, if not most of "abductions", are the result of > > our species attempt to interface with something far more interesting > > and profound than your typical run-of-the-mill "catch and release" > > program. > > > > Anyone who has studied the phenomenon quickly discovers the > > interesting fact that the "abduction" experience tends to run in the > > family. Abduction experiences are inter-generational – grandparents, > > parents, children... A logical conclusion to draw from this > > observation is the likelihood that there must exist a genetic > > component, a predisposition to having the abduction experience. Just > > how far back in the gene pool have these experiences been > manifesting> their effects on our species? It seems logical for me > to speculate: > > Possibly since the inception of Homo Sapiens. > > > > From what I can tell there doesn't seem to be anything special about > > those who claim they are abductees/experiencers. The propensity to > > experience the abduction scenario seems to be randomly disbursed > > throughout the entire human population. The result of such > randomness> would suggest that some experiencers will turn out to > be naturally > > smarter, better educated than others. One's cultural background will > > definitely influence how one interprets it. Depending on how much > > support an experiencer receives when they first begin the often > > difficult and all-too-often psychologically harrowing journey of > > consciously acknowledging their experiences, the better equipped > they> are likely to be in handling and ultimately integrating it > into the > > intimate fabric of their lives. > > > > Of course, everyone wants to know the $64,000 question: Is the > > phenomenon really real? Are people *really*, physically being > > abducted, or is it all just fantasy? All that most of us > > non-abductees, us mundanes can conclude is the fact that it feels > > real, terrifying real and acutely physical to those who > experience it. > > > > I personally think far too much emphasis has been put on attempts to > > either legitimize or debunk the experience. Just as debunkers > attempt> to ridicule and marginalize the experience as nothing more > than weird > > clinically diagnosable psychological aberrations possibly pertaining > > the brain chemistry (or perhaps the result of bad upbringing), some > > experiencers try just as valiantly to prove with equal ferocity that > > their experiences are physically happening. I've personally come to > > the tentative conclusion that attempts to either prove or > disprove its > > legitimacy will fail. The continuing struggle also distracts us from > > the real work at hand. Continued confrontations, I fear, miss the > > mark, and badly I might add. > > > > All too often what is being overlooked is the fact that a certain > > portion of our population continues to have the experience. I > suspect> a portion of our population always has. There is every > indication to > > assume the likelihood that a distinct sampling of our population > will> continue to encounter and manifest within themselves these > > experiences. Therefore, attempts to dismiss the experiences as not > > being "real" will, in the longer run, prove unproductive precisely > > because the phenomenon will continue to persist no matter what the > > current paradigms of science and psychology have to say on the > > subject, ESPECIALLY if these learned institutions attempt to > corral it > > into safe theoretical boundaries, possibly in attempts to > marginalize> it. > > > > I suspect such tactics will ultimately fail, not because the > > experiencer phenomenon will continue to persist, but because it may > > also an intimate vital part of what makes us Homo sapiens. From > what I > > can tell there appears to be a super-intelligent component to the > > phenomenon that I'm beginning to suspect we deeply need as a species > > in order to both survive and evolve. It may be time that we begin to > > consciously acknowledge the legitimacy of its presence, in the same > > way that the experience has always been acknowledged unconsciously > > such as within our psyches of abductees. Make no mistake about this: > > Conscious or unconsciously acknowledged its effects are real either > > way. > > > > It quickly becomes apparent to many experiencers that, regardless of > > whether they are "open" to the experience or not, they are > > encountering something vastly intelligent and incomprehensible to > > their own concept of a "self". By the very nature of the > > incomprehensibility of the experience as they encounter it, it is > > natural to interpret it as exceedingly threatening, particularly > > within the framework of our current cultural/religious > interpretations> of a "self". In the presence of the abduction > experience the sense of > > "self" tends to feel both profoundly insignificant and vulnerable to > > complete and utter annihilation, particularly if "contact" with the > > experience is allowed to proceed. > > > > It is conceivable to me that these experiences are linked to the > more> primal portions of our unknown psyche, vast untapped "alienated" > > portions of ourselves that are nevertheless attempting to establish > > (reestablish?) communication with the more acceptable/prosaic > portions> of our psyches. It's equally possible that such > encounters are > > currently the only avenue available to us in terms of > "communication"> with sentient intelligences, some possibly on the > order of millions of > > years more advanced than our own tentative baby steps. Perhaps an > even> more interesting conclusion that might be drawn is the > possibility> that we will ultimately discover that these seemingly > divergent> conclusions are simply different aspects of the same thing, > > particularly when we begin delving into the fundamental nature of > what> the "self" is comprised of. > > > > A conclusion that some researchers are beginning to draw from their > > research, a conclusion that I also find myself in sympathy with, is > > the possibility that these experiences may turn out to be the > driving> force behind our most powerful myths, folklore, and > religions that > > have manifested on our planet. Such a conclusion, if it turns out to > > be accurate, (and I suspect it may very well be close to the mark) > > should cause most who are educated to ponder the folly of all who > > continue attempts to dismiss the phenomenon as nothing more than a > > curious albeit fascinating "aberrations" of the human condition. > > > > I'd like to end this essay on both a positive note and a negative > > > warning. > > > > First the positive note: the abduction experience may turn out to be > > an essential component of ourselves, an aspect of ourselves that I > > hope humanity will eventually feel more comfortable simply accepting > > as-is, without the need to prove or disprove it as either being > "real"> or "unreal". In the end the primal components that make up the > > abduction experience, the abduction paradigm, may be no more or less > > legitimate than the human condition we experience as art, dance, > > music, literature, architecture, and other profound human > > achievements. One thing I've noticed time and time again from many > > experiencers I've had the privilege of conversing with, particularly > > those who have been fortunate enough to have been able to surround > > themselves with proper emotional support, is the fact that they tend > > to come out at the other end transformed. Those who are better > > educated and more emotionally adjusted, especially the lucky who > > received emotional support, are often transformed into better human > > beings. They become more aware and concerned about the well being of > > humanity, the profound interconnectivity everyone shares with one > > another, and of the health of the planet. > > > > And now, the warning: If we continue to deny the simple > legitimacy of > > the experience, particularly in the manner that it is commonly > > experienced; if we continue to view it with prejudice; if we > continue> to dismiss it as inconsequential, or worse, as nothing > more than an > > annoying, medically treatable psychological aberration, we will only > > succeed in driving the phenomenon underground within the collective > > psyche of our species. This will subsequently result in a continued > > upwelling of psychic insurgencies as the experience continues to > > strafe the "better sensibilities" attributed to the current cultural > > predilections of our society. As it is driven underground, the > > phenomenon will simply continue to plot its own course in the > > tireless, relentless manner that it has always done with > civilizations> past, patiently and methodically, until it manages > to pull off its own > > "9/11". A possible consequence of such folly: A new religion. > > > > Regards > > Steven Vincent Johnson > > www.OrionWorks.com > > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > > > >
