SUBJECT: EVIL 3.0 FILE: UFO2758 Mon 6 Apr 92 2:17 By: Robin Gober To: John Stepkowski Re: Evil 3.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Evil 3.0 To recap. Some Contactees, who believe that we create our own reality, don't like discussions about the possibility of Evil aspects of the Phenomenon, because they seem to believe that this might _influence_ other Contactees and create Evil encounters. Some Contactees don't even like to discuss this subject in public because even talking about the possibility of influencing a Contactee might be enough to influence the Contactee. The general thinking seems to be that We will simply keep this matter private and not worry your little heads about it. After all you are not enlightened are you? So how can you possibly understand such things. It wouldn't be fair to you at all. My own feelings, perceptions and personal experience about this subject of influence is like everything else, complicated. My own perception of my own personal experience seems to be that one can affect the phenomenon by how one thinks about it. Now that is only my own personal belief. I could be way wrong. If I were a standard Abductee and someone told me that the reason I was having such a hard time with my Abductions was because I wouldn't let myself believe that the Greys or Nords were really great fellows, I believe I would STOMP that person into the ground! I feel out of respect to struggle of Abductees that I need to say that. I am limited in my experience in that I am not an Abductee. I have however had negative experiences, so I feel that gives me a more balanced approach to the issue than the Contactee who has never had a bad experience. So it seems that the Contactees I am talking about may be right. I may be able to influence a Contactee. But lets look at that a little closer. Every day each and every one of us are bombarded with issues and techniques designed to influence our thinking. Some of these do influence us, some don't. When you get right down to it anything that influences me, affects me, because at some level I allow it to happen. Most of this is done on a subliminal level, but still some part of me says "Yes!". I alone am responsible for what is inside my head. It's my job to check out my head, keep what I like and deal with the rest. At present I don't seem to be able to think of any other reasonable answer. Is the phenomenon EVIL? Many Contactees have asked themselves that question from time to time. I believe that just about any thinking Contactee might want to ask themselves that question. It seems like a fair question to me. This can be a touchy topic for a lot of Contactees. Some Contactees identify themselves to a large degree with the Phenomenon. So it's sort of a "love me, love my Phenomenon." So to these Contactees, to question the Phenomenon is to question _them_. My usual response to that is this, "What ever the Phenomenon is, it certainly seems capable of taking care of itself. If I got a problem with you, that is between me and you. If I got a problem with the Phenomenon that's between me and the Phenomenon. So unless you are the Phenomenon, how about minding you own affairs while the Phenomenon and I work this out?" The knee jerk defense of the Phenomenon is something one can see on the echoes from time to time. When speaking about Abductions someone might point out that taking people against their will and subjecting them to examinations just might be a little unethical. THEN the rationalization starts: "They aren't from around here so they don't have the same ethics we do." (They have been here for about forty years, seems like they could learn our ethics.) "Just think of what we would do if we caught one of them." (Most Abductees have NEVER caught a Grey.) "Think of all the times we have shot at their ships." (Most Abductees have NEVER shot at a ship.) "Look at our society, all the killing." (Most Abductees aren't Killers.) "Think of all the bugs you have stepped on in your life." (With all due respect, I don't believe bugs are capable of suffering the same sort of emotional trauma that Abductees go through.) "They are here to help us." (How do you know that?) "Because they TOLD me." (With all due respect, you could make just about any statement you wanted to about the Phenomenon and find a Contactee somewhere who could tell you in all honesty that is what they TOLD him.) Ah yes, but is the Phenomenon Evil? The truth is I don't know. I wish I could come up with some way to decide one way or the other. One of the points that Vallee makes is that when ever one encounters the phenomenon there is a sort of "Reality Exchange". "Rather than a physical occurrence inside a spacecraft, did they experience a temporary translation of their consciousness into an altered reality followed by visions of archetypal creatures? Is it possible to promote coincidences and peculiar effects of apparently paranormal nature by creating physical structures shielded from everyday noise and serving as informational singularities?" _Dimensions_ Jacques Vallee 1988 ISBN 0-345-36002-8 That is all well and good but it isn't something I can prove, is it? Whatever side one takes, and I question why someone should be required to pick a side at all, you can make some good agurments for your case. How- ever I don't believe any one can prove it either way. What's a poor Contactee to do? I guess I could just wait an other forty years and hope that the U.F.O. researchers will settle that one for me, but the reality is I have a life to live and I can't really wait. I'll give you my answer to the puzzle. Is the Phenomenon Evil? I don't know, have no way of knowing, may never have a way of knowing. I am still not sure what the Phenomenon is, or how much self deremation it might pocess. At present I bleieve, at least in my own life, that how I think about the process, seems to affect the encounter, but I have no way of knowing what the degree of that affection might be. So here is my resolution to the question. If the Phenomenon is good, than the best response to that is a live well lived. I must take responibility for my own actions and take steps to make sue that I am not a burden to those around me. I must be part of the answer, not part of the problem. If the Phenomenon is Evil, then the best response is still a live well lived. I can't allow evil to infect my life and destory my happiness. I must strive for my wholeness. If the Phenomenon is neither good or evil, or part good, part evil or even netural, then the best response is STILL a live well lived. For me it answers the challange in the most productive manner. Think back to the quote on Vasation. James Sr. was told it could be used for the perpous of Transformation. That is the "out" for all Contactees. Use it, don't abuse it, or be abused by it, or allow others to abuse you because of it. I am not sure if this was the sort of response you were looking for John, but it is honestly the best one I could come up with. Thank you for asking my opinnion and thank you for reading all of this. take care! ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************