*Clue: We need to create a worldview that doesn’t just reflect postmodern, liberal, Western sensibilities. In other words, we need to think with greater and more precise clarity to be able to participate more harmoniously with the Cosmos, presumably as advanced, benign UAP-related NHI do. First of all, in Integral Theory, every stage of human development brings a crucial “dignity” while simultaneously carrying a specific “disaster and neither premodern indigenous cultures nor modern Western rationalism holds a monopoly on virtue against disaster. 1. The Premodern Paradox: Deep Relationality + Tribal Exclusivism Premodern cultures operated from a magical-animistic and mythic worldview. The Dignity of their situation. They understood that human beings are deeply embedded in a living, multidimensional cosmos. They maintained an intuitive Communion with nature and unseen realitie...
Introduction Assuming that there is an advanced extraterrestrial presence on Earth requires a Preparing for Contact strategy. As part of this strategy, I propose an approach situated between the military and governmental model, which prioritizes security, defense, and institutional control of information and the traditional contact experience model, which recognizes the value of contactee testimonies but frequently lacks independent procedures for verifying their claims and – in some cases – may over-idealize the extraterrestrial presence. The first approach could lead to increased general surveillance, to the monopolizing of power and to the continuation of human identity based on confrontation. The second approach would ask us to limit our understanding to believing in a particular limited interpretation of a more wide-ranging or complex reality. However, the third approach could be called a “scientific and participatory model of contact,” in which certain e...