Is There Anybody Alive Out There?

"Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is. Do you, Mr. Jones?"- Bob Dylan, "Ballad of a Thin Man"

 Far be it for me to claim any expertise regarding the topic of UFOs and intelligent extraterrestrial life, because I'm a newcomer to this particular party, but when astronauts Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Apollo 11, second person to walk on the moon), Dr. Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14, sixth moonwalker), and Gordon Cooper (Gemini 5 pilot) have all acknowledged that at least some Earthlings have been in touch with our cosmic neighbors, and NASA has been covering up the evidence for over half a century, it might be time to pay closer attention. (To verify this, just go to YouTube and type their names and "aliens" in the search box.)

 Testimony from these three more-than-credible sources vindicates author Erich Von Daniken (Chariots of the Gods, Gods from Outer Space) and his spiritual disciples such as Graham Hancock (Fingerprints of the Gods, Underworld), as well as all those Ancient Aliens enthusiasts interviewed on the History Channel. It is also a cautionary rebuke to all the cocksure naysayers who insist that alien visitation in this, or any other time, is beyond the realm of possibility.

Truth be told, the authors and astronauts are late to this party, too, because the alien visitation evidence they cite dates back thousands, and maybe millions of years. This field of study is far too vast and complex to go into with too much detail, but in addition to hieroglyphs that depict spacecraft and what appear to be ancient astronauts, as well as the architectural sophistication and mathematical precision of the Great Pyramid and other megaliths around the globe, it might help to explain, among other things, such Biblical mysteries as Eve springing from Adam's rib (cloning), the upright walking snake and the Nephilim in Genesis, Sodom and Gomorrah (nuclear explosion), Ezekial's vision (a wheel in the air) and Joshua's razing Jericho's walls with trumpet blasts, as well as several of the seemingly impossible Greek myths.

Apply whatever theories you want to all of the above phenomena, but one undeniable aspect about any research into this topic is its educational value. Math and science have never been my forte nor my primary interests, but reading about "ancient knowledge" and "sacred geometry" has lit a fire, albeit a late one. A small sampling follows:

The Giza Pyramids were constructed according to the mathematical principles of pi, the Fibonacci Sequence, and the Golden Ratio, principles that weren't discovered until thousands of years later, and that just scratches the surface of the fascinating mathematical connections the Great Pyramid has to our universe. The Fibonacci Sequence and its concomitant Golden Ratio, or Golden Number, are the universal patters of creation -- from pine cones, to sunflowers, to hurricanes, (the list goes on and on) and are what comprise the universal aesthetic standard.

Many numbers -- foremost among them: 3, 4, 9, 12, 20, 40, 72, and 144 -- contain secrets to the creation and destiny of mankind. They are encoded in great literature from the Bible, to Greek mythology, including Homer's epics, Shakespeare's (I say Francis Bacon), and Milton's works and beyond. De-coding those masterpieces is a task for people smarter than I, such as Michael Drosnin (The Bible Code, a highly recommended read) and Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code, among other bestsellers). However, inspired by Hancock and Fingerprints... ,I have been trying to "de-code" Homer's Odyssey. Call it a Quixotic quest if you will, but it is intriguing, albeit fruitless.

Jonathan Swift predicted the discovery of Mars' two moons (Deimos and Phobos) and wrote about them in his Gulliver's Travels over one hundred years before they were discovered. He allegedly did it using the sacred knowledge he learned as a member of a secret society.

Astrology, or the precession of the zodiac in relation to the Earth's wobble on its axis, is far more complicated and influential than creating horoscopes and determining personality types. The sun is by no means the only star that holds the secrets to our past, present, and future.

We are indeed now in the Aquarian Age, but we are also in the latest version of what the ancient Greeks called an Iron, or Dark Age. Dispute this all you want, but then consider all the wars, heinous crimes, and hideous violence that man has perpetrated on man since the dawn of present civilization, and you might want to re-think the assessment.

E-mailing, Skyping, and wireless communication are all forerunners to a much more enlightened Age to come, an Age when humans will be able to communicate telepathically, like a flock of birds in flight.

If the ancient knowledge can be trusted, Saturn has a much larger influence on us than most of us might ever think, or want.

If ancient knowledge can be trusted, the aliens that Aldrin, Cooper, and Mitchell have attested to and legions more claim to have seen or been abducted by, probably came from Arcturus, or the Pleiades star systems.

The Earth is undergirded with powerful electromagnetic fields, called "ley lines." Not only do many of the ancient megaliths, from Giza to Angor Wat, to Easter Island and several points between, align along a 1,500 kilometer wide strip around the globe, but the ley lines also correspond with the crystalline grid that is reputed to engulf our atmosphere. For all of you who have had the eerie feeling that there is an extra dimension out there -- an aura, if you will (extra sensory perception, mental telepathy, intuition)-- some evidence suggests you are correct.

Atoms are virtually empty and substance-less. It is thought and conception that gives them - and us (including our genetic codes) -- life. Sound waves (pitch and frequency) can create elaborate and complex geometric shapes, many of which are depicted in art, both ancient and modern. Wave frequency is also what creates solid matter from empty atoms. Sound waves can also be highly destructive. See Joshua and Jericho above. 

We experience only two basic emotions, love and fear. Those emotions affect the electromagnetic fields within our bodies and, as you would predict, the healthiest reactions emanate from love.

Of course, there is much, much more, a graduate school's worth of studying more, but all of this knowledge invariably leads to the same conclusion (Please note that I adhere to no institutionalized religion, nor have I since early adolescence.), to wit: God is within us, and His/Her name is Love. That is what Jesus taught. John Lennon was correct when he sang, "Love is the answer." It sounds as smarmy and hokey as it can get, but love just might be the key to everlasting life, if you're in for that sort of thing. Energy, including the electromagnetic energy within us, cannot be destroyed, and our souls are energy. What we do with that powerful force in a world where fear and violence are overly abundant could be the greatest challenge that each and every one of us face over the course of our lifetimes.

Nobody said it was going to be easy.