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One of the first to explore the notion of mythology manifesting as physical reality was psychoanalyst Carl Jung, who in 1957 published the book Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky. More recently, authors Jacques Vallee (Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact) and Keith Thompson (Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination) and folklorists Peter Rojcewicz and Thomas Bullard have written about the parallels among UFOs, folklore, and mythology. “Space-Age myth” does not imply that UFO sightings or encounters with angels, aliens, fairies, sprites, elves, or demons are fantasies. Rather, it suggests that some of these experiences may literally be psychophysical, blurring conventional boundaries between objective and subjective realities.
Some may object that this proposal doesn’t account for the physical traces associated with some UFO reports, but this misinterprets what Jung and others have proposed. They suggest that the manifest world emerges from mind, that is, that mind shapes matter. Where have we heard this before? In his book Global Mind Change, former IONS President Willis Harman discussed three basic ways of looking at the world. He called the current Western scientific worldview “materialistic monism,” or “M1.” Within M1, everything—both matter and energy— is made of a single substance. From matter emerges everything, including the brain-generated illusion called mind. In M1, angels and aliens walking through walls are fine plot points for an episode of The Twilight Zone, but they are impossible in the real world. In M1, UFOs are conceivable, but only in terms of hard, physical spacecraft with humanoid pilots. Most of the modern technological world was created based on M1 assumptions, so it carries enormous persuasive power.
But the whole panoply of noetic experiences defy materialistic explanations, suggesting that M1 is an incomplete worldview. Detailed taxonomies of these anomalies are described by all cultures; they include, among others, the Hindu siddhis, the Catholic charisms, Sufi attainments, and, in indigenous societies, shamanic magic.
Harman’s second worldview, M2, represents dualism, which assumes two fundamentally different kinds of substances in the universe, matter and mind. Many scientists today reject dualism because it begs the problem of how two deeply different substances could interact at all. In addition, it seems lavish to require the universe to maintain (at least) two distinct essences, when it would be far simpler to have only one.
The third worldview, M3, is transcendental or mental monism, which Harman argued is the source of both the perennial wisdom and the emerging worldview of the twenty-first century. In M3, consciousness is primary, and matter and energy are emergent properties of consciousness. M3 accommodates everything that M1 and M2 allow for, as well as rogue phenomena like telepathic ETs, observation-shy UFOs, and collective mind–manifested UFOs. Evidence in favor of M3 has been slowly amassing for over a century.
Such recent books as Irreducible Mind, Entangled Minds, and Measuring the Immeasurable (see review 0n page 41) discuss the empirical evidence in detail, ranging from psychic phenomena to creative genius to mind-body interactions to evidence suggestive of reincarnation.
A Persistent Taboo
If Willis Harman was right and as a species we are evolving toward an M3 worldview, then...
Originally posted by Orkojoker
reply to post by Student X
Very interesting post.
I've been of the opinion for a while that the ET hypothesis is the explanation for UFOs which least stretches our current worldview, but that is not to say it is the right one.
Whatever is behind the phenomenon, it's at least as mind-boggling as the idea of advanced folks coming here from somewhere else, and quite possibly stranger than that.edit on 12-3-2011 by Orkojoker because: typo
If there are advanced beings out there that evolved on another planet, then psychic projection / psychic teleportation (jaunting) would be far more economical and practical than clunky ol' nuts n' bolts spaceships.
edit on 12-3-2011 by Student X because: (no reason given)extra DIV
Originally posted by TheTruthSeeker1996
On the other hand, UFO's(in a ET/alien sense) could very well be mentally-generated/psychological distortions created from our sub-concious, reflecting themselves upon our reality. I'm still attempting to find the tangible science behind this phenomenon, but all I really know is our conscience can effect (and affect) our reality and each other in ways we cannot understand.
Originally posted by Unity_99
reply to post by Student X
I'm also a contactee.
And there are different crafts, some are ours. Though even this is complicated. They are portalling entities, negatives, the so called star gates. The enitre field is so complex.
In this holographic universe, with infinite channels, Ets, are complex. Some are corporal, some from other channels, some entities, and without time itself, being real, timelines are all at once. Its very hard to work out. Including the solar system.
Originally posted by Student X
I'm pretty darn sick of how so many people seem to jump to the conclusion that UFOs are "ET" or "aliens".
Originally posted by spacevisitor
Originally posted by Student X
I'm pretty darn sick of how so many people seem to jump to the conclusion that UFOs are "ET" or "aliens".
Sorry to hear that you did become pretty darn sick of that.
But you claim here that you are a "UFO contactee", does that mean that you are in contact with one or perhaps even more UFO’s?
Originally posted by Student X
I am in contact with that which the man-on-the-street would call "aliens", yes.
Originally posted by spacevisitor
Originally posted by Student X
I am in contact with that which the man-on-the-street would call "aliens", yes.
Oke, are you able to describe in laymen’s words with what or who it is that you are in contact with?