There is nothing worse than a hasty judgement, and nothing could be more unworthy of the dignity and integrity of a philosopher than uncritically
to adopt a false opinion or to maintain as certain some theory which has not been fully explored and understood. (Cicero)
www.spaceandmotion.com...
I am using this quote for inspiration.....i don't want to compare myself to a philosopher but the last part of the quote i find hard to disagree
with. So lets explore.....
Lets look at some more opinion's in relation to AAEC, the people who have these experiences and possible reasons behind these experiences.
First of all, lets debunk something........that the majority of people claiming AAEC are mentally unstable, or on the fringe of society.
www.csicop.org...
Clancy’s interviewees, as a group, exhibited the same general ranges of education, socio-economic status and religious upbringing as the
population at large. Even more importantly, her sample of alien abductees were no more likely to be psychotic than the general population. This
observation is an important counter-argument to the pat explanation that those who claim to have been abducted by aliens are simply crazy. Nor can
abduction claims be explained in terms of publicity seeking, since many abductees are reluctant to share their experiences with the general
public.
So, this suggests that this phenomena is occurring to representatives of the majority of mainstream society. But what else is significant is what
else sets them apart besides the AAEC that could be attributed as a cause or contributing factor for AAEC.
There is one aspect, though, in which abductees are different from the general population. On personality tests, they score higher on a
characteristic called schizotypy. Schizotypic personalities are prone to fantasy and magical thinking. They also have more difficulty distinguishing
real from imagined events than the general population, and they are more likely to hold paranormal beliefs.
Please don't freak out at the above quote, Psych labels can be quite negative in connotation but i think it is a significant claim that this
research has found a common psych "profile" in relation to AAEC as this could be used for future research in which trends in AAEC may be predicted
or forecasted and thus tested (and in doing so we can then make more solid claims attributing cause).
I know from reading many threads here that some of you with AAEC may ask......"i know what I know....I don't need another explanation" and
that is just fine , but look at this.
It was clear that they had had some sort of traumatic experience, and that they were trying to find some “reasonable” explanation that
fit their memories and the strong emotions they felt.
....since many abductees are reluctant to share their experiences with the general public.
I know i don't need to emphasise how traumatic an experience can be, add to that the very nature of these experiences leaving many people
confused and alone with the knowledge of the AAEC and the burden that they cannot or should not share the experience out of many fears (that they
could be labelled "crazy", scared of another repeat of AAEC, unsure of the meaning behind AAEC). What if we could resolve these issue by attributing
its emergence to a specific cause.
At the moment we see people resolving these experiences through the anonymity of the Internet, Hypnotherapy or within the confines of groups
containing people with similar AAEC. Are these not the new confessionals, prayer groups and churches of this growing religious movement. Where fears
are shared, alien inspired messages are retold or interpreted and experiences rationalized and quantified.
And you know what i understand that people with AAEC are at odds with those like myself who would want to question a profound experience, or
have those who experience AAEC as defined as simply having a predisposed personality or psychopathology. Opposing Subjects of faith are often at odds.
( i dare say always)
Suddenly, these balls of light appeared (the "orbs" that so many people are photographing), they were the size of softballs and some were clear and
some were opaque and many shades in between.
My next thought was that I was having some sort of brain aneurysm... I mean, the balls of light were everywhere and were swirling around... I thought
that it was a hallucination. But then I saw that the balls of light were literally illuminating an outbuilding that I was about 25' from. Imagine a
thousand unseen children playing with flashlights... That is what it looked like as the lights shown on the walls of the building.
The above is the recollection of an experience, this is what he said next
but I swear on my soul that I am telling the truth. I was a practising attorney when this happened. I have given up the law, and given up most of
what I owned (several homes, boats, other properties, etc..,) because this was the most important event of my life... And I want to understand it.
Suddenly, I knew that I was in the presence of..??????. I knew that ?????was just an invention, and that everything could be explained
scientifically.
In that moment, I knew absolutely that I was wrong. I knew that I was in the presence of ??????... And I felt so ashamed. I also felt this
INTENSE love, something so strong and pure that it is difficult to describe, emanating from the presence... Pure love. Pure compassion. Pure
adoration.
What have i edited out with
??????.
In that moment, I knew absolutely that I was wrong. I knew that I was in the presence of god...
This guy Knows what he
Knows.
www.spiritual-experiences.com...
To the people who know what they know. We can suppose that God is alien, that Aliens have been that influence since the dawning of civilisation
but until they remain the Visions of people who know what they know we have to define them with the gods, and the belief in them as religion.
reluctant-messenger.com...
[edit on 1-4-2008 by atlasastro]
I know some of you whon't believe me but I don't care. You see I come
on here just to give you my opinion and experiences, you can take it or leave it but remember there are many dimensions on which many things exist and
the sooner you realize this the better.
I forget they actually have descriptions! 
