Not since the summer of 1989 have I seen such a massive
upwelling of dire prophecy in the world. At
Unknowncountry.com, we are getting emails every day from
people who are having dreams or visions of terrible events
in the immediate future.
The Arlington Institute, a respected futurist think tank,
has just published a document noting that it is receiving
many such prophecies, also.
Most of these dreams and visions involve earthquakes,
nuclear terrorism or huge storms. (Hopefully, not all of the
above.)
A number of channelers are predicting that a large scale
event involving aliens will take place this month.
So, what's it all about? First, let me repeat clearly that I
said in a recent journal that this time of political change
and financial chaos would be an ideal moment for terrorists
to strike, if they are able to do so. But that's a big "if,"
and I am by no means predicting this or anything else. Let's
just hope it doesn't happen.
I've seen other major moments of prediction, most notably
the one that took place in 1989. It had some substance, as
the visitors, with whom I was in pretty close contact at the
time, were experimenting with open contact. They engaged in
a spectacular display over Belgium, and I certainly had hope
that they would take the next step and make their reality
known to all in a way that government could not deny.
Instead, they pulled back and I ended up with the implant I
now carry in my left ear, still waiting in the wings to do
what I am here to do, which is to make the process of open
contact as smooth, and as useful to mankind, as I can. For
all I know, I'll wait forever--or it could be that I'll be
going to work doing this tomorrow. I have no idea.
However, I do have an idea why there is so much disquiet
right now. It is because the mind of man is changing, and we
know it, and we see the internal demolition that is taking
place in terms of external catastrophe.
The middle Roman Empire, while it was still thriving and
things like Christianity were still far below the radar of
the average citizen, was full of prophecies of doom. In
fact, the apostles were originally expecting the end of the
world in a matter of years, which is what they went out to
preach. St. John wrote the Book of Revelation in a prophetic
trance. Not long after, Rome itself burned to the ground and
it was thought that the end had come.
But that's not what happened. The burning of Rome did not
bring the empire to an end, and the Book of Revelation was
not about a physical catastrophe, at least not then. It is,
rather, a prophecy of a fundamental change of mind that
would explode into the Roman world in another two hundred years.
But secretly, below the radar, every mind that was won over
to Christianity in those days was fundamentally changed and
made new, and the collective was feeling this, and fearing it.
By the year 400, shortly after the emperor Constantine had
declared himself Christian, massive change was taking place.
This change is reflected in things like the collapse in the
price of marble and the abandonment of quarries. What had
happened was that nobody needed new marble. They were
cannibalizing the old pagan temples to build new churches.
The western mind changed just as profoundly as its economy,
as new ideals of compassion and forgiveness, and the value
of the individual, replaced archaic notions of violent
expansionism and personal reprisal. But this change, at the
time, was not easy. In fact, it was a large factor among the
complex group of strains that led to the eventual collapse
of the Roman Empire and the descent of the west into the
Dark Ages.
We are at a very profound juncture right now, and everyone
can sense the change. It is deeply systemic, and out of it
will come something new. In many ways, it is more disturbing
even than the transformation of the Roman Empire from a
pagan to a Christian state, because, in our case, it is
transformation from a known economic system to one that is
unknown.
Ideas of value are changing in fundamental ways, and, just
now, we are too frightened to face what is actually
happening to us. You will recall, just a few months ago,
that commodity and energy prices were skyrocketing. Just in
July I was writing about this.
But now the prices of agricultural commodities have
plummeted, along with energy prices. Stock prices have
followed, and money is, in general, moving out of the
capitalist system and into the shelter of government backed
financial instruments of all kinds.
So, what's happening? In part, the collapsing world
economies mean reduced demand, which is what is causing
price deterioration across the board. However, just a few
months ago, the world's production system was so stressed by
demand that it appeared on the verge of breaking down. Now,
it's in the opposite mode. There is so little demand that
the system appears on the verge of breaking down.
This is happening for a single, overarching reason, one
which you will not find in any commentary anywhere: we have
reached the limits of growth. From now on, every time
economic expansion gets underway, there will be immediate
shortages and price inflation, and this will continue until
demand once again subsides.
We know this, and are reacting with a sense of doom that is
entirely appropriate to the situation. It feels as if the
sky is falling, and this is largely because it is. But not
forever, and that's what we forget.
Behind the scenes, another massive technological revolution
is building, that will, in the long run, change the
consumption footprint of the average individual once again.
We will become more efficient. You can see it in the push
toward "green" this and "green" that all around us. Right
now, electric cars and hybrids make little economic
difference, except to their owners. But their appearance
heralds the coming end of increasing demand for energy
products. At first it will be hardly noticeable, but the
future of energy demand is down, not up.
It's less clear what will happen to agricultural yields. As
the planet continues to warm, drought is going to become
endemic, and the great economic crises of the future will
largely involve water, and the lack thereof. Powerful
nations are going to be humbled by water shortages, I feel
sure.
As far as things like the minerals we use to make consumer
goods are concerned, we will either vastly expand recycling
and production efficiency or experience shortages. There is
no other answer.
Understand, my glass is half full. While we are certain to
face damaging disruptions in the future, I do not see us
going extinct or coming even close to it. But we do now feel
tremendous pressure, which, I think, is the explanation for
the explosion of fear that is now abroad.
Will aliens land? That's always a maybe, but since we
understand them so little--even what they are--obviously, no
prediction can be made because there is nothing to
extrapolate from. Certainly, UFO activity is at a very high
level right now, but that has happened before and, in the
past, has not led to contact, which I would define as an
event that ends speculation and denial. What form it might
take I don't know, but judging from the failed attempt in
the early fifties and the way events unfolded over Belgium,
my guess would be that it would come in the form of
incontrovertible sightings.
These would be followed by their disappearance from the
skies, during which the visitors would evaluate the
effectiveness of their performance. At that time, I would be
able to offer some means of communication that might be
effective, and might help us manage our side of the equation
in such a way that additional, and fruitful, contact would
evolve.
But I warn you, they are PROFOUNDLY different from us, and
it is going to be a lot easier to understand the song of a
whale than the words of a visitor, even if those words are
spoken in our own languages. And look where we are with
whale song: we can teach them to play ball, but we have not
the slightest idea what they are saying to each other.
In fact, though, we are as ready for contact now as we will
ever be. It is going to take an incontrovertible sighting to
convince our appropriate social and cultural institutions to
address the presence of the visitors in a meaningful way.
So, if they want to take a next step before our societies
become too disorganized for us to be able to construct an
institutional response, now is quite close to a last chance.
Perhaps, inside ourselves, we have all caught the scent of
great change. Certainly, we are on the edge of the cliff
right now. In fact, no matter what we do, we are going off
that cliff.
In the past, every species that has faced such a danger has
fallen into the abyss and gone extinct. But we're a bit
different. We have this new adaptation between our ears, the
human brain. It might yet enable us to sprout wings and fly,
instead of going over the edge.
