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SUBJECT: CSETI FILE: UFO3241
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PART 5
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ONE UNIVERSE, ONE PEOPLE
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Copyright 1991 - Steven M. Greer, M.D.
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One of the greatest tasks humanity has faced throughout history is the
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establishment of peace and unity among differeing and diverse peoples.
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Superficial, external and cultural distinctions such as gender, race, ethnic
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origin, nationality, religion and so forth have long divided humanity and been
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the cause of much warfare and social turmoil. It is only in the last 100 or so
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years that humans have seriously begun to explore worldwide our points of
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unity and begun to overcome the barriers which have seperated humanity. Central
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to this evolutionary process has been the dynamic of at once accepting and
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celebrating diversity while simultaneously seeing the fundamental oneness
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which all humans share. This dynamic of unity - seeing with the eye of
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oneness - is the essential foundation for lasting world peace and prosperity,
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and will be the motivating principle of the next millenium. The long and
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painful process of overcoming prejudice and embracing humanity's essential
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oneness, while by no means yet complete, has brought us to the dawn of a true
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world-encircling community of one people. The recognition that mankind is one,
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that race, nationality, gender, religion and so on are secondary to our
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shared humanness, may well be the crowning achievement of the 20th century.
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But what does it mean to be human, essentially human, apart from a purely
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biological definition? Our deepest point of unity transcends race, culture,
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gender, profession, life roles, even level of intelligence or emotional make-
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up, since all these attributes vary widely among people. Rather, the
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foundation of human oneness is conciousness itself, the ability to be
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concious, self-aware, intelligent sentient beings. All other human qualities
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arise from this mother of all attributes. Conscious intelligence is the root
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essence from which all other human qualities emanate. It is the universal and
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fundamentally pure canvas on which the dazzling array of human life manifests.
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The firmest, most enduring and transcendent foundation on which human unity is
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based then, is consciousness itself, for we are all sentient beings, conscious,
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self-aware, and intelligent. No matter how diverse two people or two cultures
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may be, this foundation of consciousness will enable unity to prevail, as it
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is the simplest yet most profound common ground which all humans share.
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As great as the challenges to unity have been and continue to be for humans,
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how much greater might this be for the emerging and embryonic relationship
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between humans and extraterrestial civilizations. The superficial and cultural
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differences between, say, an American and a Kenyan tribesman may pale
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before it! If disunity and conflict arise when we look only to the differences
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between humans, how much greater will the potential disunity and conflict be if
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we are able only to focus on the points of difference between humans and
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extraterrestial beings. The failed and disatrous ways of the past - of seeing
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only differences and foreign qualities - must give way to a new way of
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seeing, of seeing with the eye of oneness. This eye of oneness must be
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directed not only towards our fellow humans, but towards extraterrestial
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people as well, for the same fundamental basis for unity which exists among
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humans also exists for the relationship between humans and extraterrestials.
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The term Extraterrestial Intelligence (ETI), so curiously nondescript,
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wonderfully lends itself to these concepts of unity. Regerdless of planet,
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star system or galaxy of origin, and no matter how diverse, ETIs are,
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essentially, intelligent, conscious, sentient beings. Humans are essentially
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intelligent, conscious, sentient beings. We are, essentially, one. On this
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basis, we may speak of one people inhabiting one universe, just as we now
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envision one people as children of one planet. Differences are always a
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matter of degree, but true unity established in consciousness is absolute.
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The beings currently visiting earth from other planets, while no doubt
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different from humans in both superficial and more profound ways, are
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nevertheless conscious intelligent beings. Consciousness is the basis
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for both human and extraterrestial existence and is therefore the foundation
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for unity and communication between the various people of the universe. Beliefs
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may vary, biological processes may vary, assorted capacities may vary, social
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systems and technology may vary - but the simple thread of conscious
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intelligence which runs through all peoples elegantly weaves our unity. This
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essential unity is not subject to the trials of diversity, for it is pure,
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immutable and fundamental to the existence of intelligent life itself.
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The challenges of establishing unity among the peoples of the universe is a
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grand extension of the challenge of establishing unity and peace among the
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people of the earth. Diversity, distinction and differences must be met with
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mutual respect, acceptance and even celebration, while the deeper
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foundations of unity are held steadily in view. The eye of oneness does not
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exclude or reject the diversity among peoples, but relates this diversity to a
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paradigm of universality based in consciousness. The development of this
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capacity, of this kind of awareness, is the most important prerequisite for
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not only peace and unity among humans, but also for the peace and unity
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between humans and other intelligent life in the universe. We must hope and
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pray that the errors and shortcomings humanity has manifested in its long and,
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as yet, incomplete march to world unity will serve as well-remembered lessons
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as we face the task of peacefully interacting with extraterrestial peoples.
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The endless diversity which so outstanding a universe can present will only be
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endured by minds established in the calmness of universal consciousness. In
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the coming decades, centuries and millenia, it will be increasingly realized
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that the success of humanity's existence will be dependent on the development
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of consciousness more than on any outward progress.
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As there is one God which manifests one creation, so there is one God which is
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the source of all conscious beings, whether on earth or elsewhere. The great
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Universal Intelligence has sent a ray of this light of consciousness
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throughout all conscious beings, and we are united to God and to one another
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through its subtle and all-pervading effect. It is for these reasons that I
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state that the reality of man and the reality of other extraterrestail peoples
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are one. Viewed with the eye of differences, we are diverse and unrelated, but
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viewed with the eye of oneness, we are more alike than dissimiliar, more
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kindred than alien. And so it is that we must look to our inner reality to
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find not only our oneness with our fellow humans, but our oneness with other
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intelligent life in the universe as well. While ephemeral differences may
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confound us, our essential oneness in consciousness will never fail us. For
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there is one universe inhabited by one people, and we are they.
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