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SUBJECT: CSETI FILE: UFO3242
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PART 6
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UFOS, HUMANITY AND THE FULL SPECTRUM OF REALITY
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Copyright 1991 - Steven M. Greer, M.D.
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For more than a decade a debate has been raging among UFO investigators and
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theorists regarding the true nature of UFOs. Typically, this debate is divided
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between those who regard UFOs as 'nuts and bolts' spacecraft (usually of
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extraterrestial origin) and those who feel UFOs defy purely physical
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descriptions and are actually an 'inter-dimensional' phenomenon. On the side
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of the 'nuts and bolts' argument are the well documented electromagnetic
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effects, landing traces, radar evidence and retrieval of actual crashed
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spacecraft and their occupants, among others. Proponents of the "inter-
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dimensional' theory cite a number of extraordinary aspects of the phenomenon,
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including rapid appearance-disappearance (materialization-dematerialization?)
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of craft, associated levitation, telepathy and telekinesis and other related
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events. Both sides of this debate hold that there is compelling evidence
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supporting one viewpoint or the other, and at times significant rancor has
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accompanied these debates.
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Could it be that BOTH are correct?
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The reconciliation of these two views is possible by employing a comprehensive
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paradigm of reality which does not fragment 'physical' from 'other dimensional'
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but which instead replaces the either/or argument with 'and/and'. That the
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predominant western bias for dualism, separatism, and reductionism has been
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applied to UFOlogy, as well as other areas of study, does not mean that such
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a perspective in any way reflects reality. We are accustomed to speaking of
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mind-body, material-spiritual, physical-non-physical as though a real
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separation exists, when in actuality such distinctions are convenient, though
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linear, mental constructs. The discussion of 'other dimensions' assumes that,
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indeed there are other dimensions which are somehow separate from this
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dimension, whatever this dimension IS.
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In fact, what is this 'dimension'? It seems certain that we will be confounded
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in our attempts at understanding the UFO phenomenon so long as we lack a
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comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of humans, for if UFOs are 'more
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than just nuts and bolts', then just as certainly humans are more than mere
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flesh and blood. COnversely, if humans are more than mere flesh and blood,
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then it is just as certain that UFOs and their occupants are more than flesh
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and blood flying around in metal craft of some sort. The truth is found in
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transcending the old 'either/or' arguments and seeing that the manifestations
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of the UFO phenomenon can be viewed in an integrated way which includes both
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the nuts and bolts physical as well as the 'other dimensional' aspects. Such
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a unified theory or perspective requires a holistic paradigm as well as a
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comprehensive understanding of what it means to be HUMAN, since many of the
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obscure aspects of the UFO phenomenon are illuminated by the apprehension of
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the reality of man.
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Just as the full spectrum of light involves both seen and unseen elements,
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so also the full spectrum of reality involves aspects which are seen and
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unseen. This spectrum is, in fact a continuum, or an integrated reality, and
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the distinction of seen and unseen is an artificial contrivance wholly
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dependent on the perception of the individual. That X-ray radiation went
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undetected by humans for thousands of years does not mean that it did not
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exist as part of the electromagnetic spectrum until its 'discovery'!
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Similarly, the spectrum of reality is comprised of aspects which are both
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seen and 'unseen', at least from one level of perception or consciousness. That
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there are aspects to reality which are not as commonly perceived as others does
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not in any way compromise the integration of reality itself. For purposes of
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analysis and verbilization, it is convenient to divide reality into variously
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described components, but in so doing we must be careful not to confuse these
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artificial conventions with reality itself. Conventional means of knowing, of
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analysis and communication have innate limitations which unfortunately
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become determinants of what we hold reality to be. But the full spectrum of
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reality transcends these conventions, and is whole, complete and uninterrupted;
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it is present in its entirety here and now, no matter how fragmented and
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partial our perception of it may be. Our predisposition to compartmentalize
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mind/body, material/'spiriual', physical/transcendent is convenient yet false;
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it is at once an over-simplification and a complex confusion of reality.
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One of the great challenges, and thus blessings, of the UFO phenomenon is the
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coexistence of dramatic and often seemingly opposing manifestations of UFOs. I
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believe that these perplexing aspects of the phenomenon hold the greatest
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lessons to be learned not only about UFOs but about reality itself. The
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coexistence of advanced material technology with advanced 'mind technology'
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indicates that we are dealing with beings who have explored and integrated
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the full spectrum of reality more fully than human civilization has. Put
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another way, UFOs represent not so much beings from another dimension as they
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do beings (and craft) which operate in a broader aspect of the spectrum of
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reality. That is, the full spectrum of reality includes not only the material
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and physical laws and 'laws of consciousness or mind' not yet fully understood
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or utilized by most humans. In this way we may view UFOs and their occupants as
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examples of beings who are utilizing a somewhat more expanded spectrum than we
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humans have yet mastered; but the difference is a matter of DEGREE and not of
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fundamental reality. From this perspective, we should hav eno problem
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integrating the clear evidence of the physical reality of UFOs such as landing
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traces, radar detection and the like with more extraordinary evidence such as
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telepathy, levitation and rapid materialization. Given the pace of human
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development in the last 100 years, we should not be too surprised if extra-
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terrestial beings 1000, 5000,000, or 1 million years more advanced than us
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should have explored and placed into practical application aspects of the full
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spectrum of reality beyond our current mastery. Indeed, we should be
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astonished if this was not the case!
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All of this would be less astonishing if we would look to the extraordinary
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capacities which we know humans possess. The 'science of consciousness', while
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yet embryonic as a field of formal study, has documented those aspects of the
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spectrum of reality pertaining to mind or consciousness. Both ancient and
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modern writings testify to the existence of human mental capabilities which
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approximante the most extraordinary reports from UFO encounters. Telepathy,
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precognition, though projection and even levitation are all aspects of the
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human experience which have been documented throughout the ages. Recent
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research into telepathy, thought projection, and precognition would indicate
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that these experiences are not so uncommon as conventional wisdom would have us
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believe. If humans possess physical bodies and physical craft and yet are able
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to manifest extraordinary mental capabilities, why should we be perplexed if
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somewhat more advanced beings from elsewhere in the universe have physical
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bodies and physical craft and are able to utilize consciousness as we would
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matter?
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As physics and other sciences evolve, we find that the once clear line between
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mind and matter becomes rather tenuous, if not obliterated altogether. We are
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reaching the point where further advances in the physical sciences will
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require concomitant advances in the realm of consciousness or mind. At that
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point, we will find that the interface between mind and matter, physical and
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transcendent is in reality a matter of perception and dependent on the level
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of consciousness of the perceiver. Our perplexity over the UFO phenomenon is
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in part due to a lack of insight into what it means to be human, of the
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dynamics of mind and consciousness, and a strange addiction to the neat and
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hypnotic seperation between mind and matter, science and religion, objective
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and subjective. Such fragmentation is a monster of our own devising, and can
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be inclusive, holistic, and unified. In this we find the greatest challenge
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and the greatest lesson in the UFO phenomenon. May we not fail in this
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endeavor.
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In its greatest sense, the full spectrum of reality is another way of
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saying 'God', and therefore is infinite and all-inclusive. While each
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generation of scientists and philosophers regard their current knowledge as
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the apex of all learning, just as surely the next generation will surpass it.
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We will not exhaust the full spectrum of reality in this generation, nor in
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the next. But the path of exploration will remain open only to the extent that
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we hold our minds open to an ever-expanding reality. For just as sonn as we
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think we know it all, or say "Aha! That's it!", we limit our progress and
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throw a road block onto the path of knowledge. Those scientists who hold that
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UFOs could not possibly be extraterrestial spacecraft simply because humans
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have not yet unraveled the laws of physics allowing them to get from 'there'
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to 'here' fail to understand that MOST of even physical reality and its laws
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have yet to be comprehended by humans. And those UFOlogists who dismiss
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evidence of extraordinary mental capacities of extraterrestials (or for that
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matter humans) fail to appreciate the reality of man, of consciousness and
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mind, and have blinded themselves to a very large and significant aspect of the
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spectrum of reality. Such foibles are, in fact, a modern day reenactment of the
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sun-revolves-around-the-earth episode of a bygone era. We must remember that a
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mere 200 years ago, lasers performing surgery and holograms at amusement parks
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would have been considered magic, other worldly, even witchcraft! Therefore,
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we should not be dismayed that others are able to traverse interstellar (or
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should we say intrAstellar) space, or that they might manipulate matter and
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gravity even as we would alter atoms and genes. We should be similarly open
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to the probability that they might use a thought as adeptly as we would use a
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telephone or alter matter by mind as easily as psychiatrists alter mind by
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matter. Ultimately, then, the limiting factor in our comprehension of reality
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in general and the UFO phenomenon in particular is the opennes, breadth, and
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depth of our own consciousness. The old ways of thinking will fail us here, for
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we are bumping up against the limits of what linear reality and linear
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thinking will allow. Like never before, our progress is dependent on the
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evolution of our own consciousness, and our consciousness is dependent on
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what our will allows.
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And so we should have no difficulty accepting that structured material craft
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occupied by physical beings are able to demonstrate both physical and so
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called iner-dimensional characteristics. For we are also inter-dimensional
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beings, and are not limited to the physical plane alone, and our differences
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are more a matter of degree than anything essential. It is most likely that
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both humans and other conscious beings potentially have open to them the full
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spectrum of reality, and the differences observed are due to the extent to
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which this potential is realized. We should not be dismayed that one group
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appreciates this spectrum more fully than another; on the contrary such a
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realization is cause for celebration, not alarm. Our task is to be open to
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the full spectrum of reality, in all of its manifestations, and to grow in our
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appreciation of it. If we do this, our progress will be unlimited.
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As we contemplate the various aspects of UFO evidence, we owuld be well-served
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to keep in mind the full spectrum of reality, all that is known and all that
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is potentially unknown. While most humans yet hold to linear processes and
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dualistic ways of perceiving reality, it seems clear that the extraterrestial
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beings responsible for UFO events do not. The unified, full spectrum of
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reality which includes, in an elegantly integrated whole, the total range of
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physical and transcendent, mind and matter, is open to exploration by
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humans as well as other beings in the universe. We are potentially as inter-
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dimensional as they; our only limitations are those which we place upon
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ourselves. Perhaps then the ultimate meaning of the UFO phenomenon is that
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it serves to move us towards the next quantum jump in human evolution,
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towards the realization of the full unifed spectrum of reality.
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