From Acquiring Mundane Knowledge of UFOs to Entering Fuller Understanding of Non-Human Intelligences

Deducing Facts is not Enough to Understand the Extraterrestrial Whole

In our previous article, we discussed the issue of efforts motivated by curiosity about extraterrestrials and flying objects from non-human intelligences. It was a fair and inescapable conclusion that we are focused principally on knowledge, namely, measuring what these intelligences may be doing, given what we can currently observe through technical means, media, and methods.

But now it is time to accept that no matter how much data we may acquire about UFOs and non-human intelligences, knowledge itself is an extremely limited commodity, a product of the brain operating as though every element that has come into its sensory attention is a complete whole that the brain must assemble into a picture of the world, a conclusion. In other words, the brain works with the information it has gathered, and treats that information as though there were nothing additional, nothing missing, nothing to be received later or through a different means, and from what it already has, it considers what it appears to know as a sort of complete picture to be assembled by the marvelous power of human deduction.

But if these non-human intelligences are truly more advanced than we are, it is because they have gone far beyond this primitive method of cognition. Rather, they are surely using their own brains not as thought-machines that accumulate observable data from the ground and piece it together in whatever form it may best seem to fit, but rather as a powerful antennae through which the Universe, whose information is everywhere in the ether, may enter and provide its own greater sense of unity about reality in its most expansive possibility.

Yes, we are speaking about what comes after knowledge, we are moving up to what can be imagined as fuller understanding, and for an advanced intelligence, such understanding is integrated with everything outside of itself, which is to say, it takes a spiritual form. Rather than scraping meager measurements from physical observations alone, this is the metaphysics that we should be pondering, the information we should be allowing our brains to receive, and the message that we are being given to participate in, not merely decode.

This is because the journey towards spiritual development is not merely one of knowledge accumulation, but involves an intricately layered comprehension of the interconnections within the vast tapestry of existence. Current forms of creative expression here on this planet allow us to reflect on the metaphorical possibility of spiritual development as a form of knowledge, from whose perspective we can see the pointless limitations of knowledge alone without a spiritual foundation. It's like holding an Impressionist painting too close to your nose. You see individual brush strokes and colors, but you miss the whole picture—the narrative, the emotions, and the beauty—all of the components necessary for a true understanding of the painting.

The nuance is in the relationship. For a musical example, consider a symphony. Every individual note is knowledge, but the music emerges only through the relationship between the notes: the melody, the harmony, the rhythm, and the silences in between. It's an orchestra of connections that turns data into music. Similarly, spiritual development is born of our understanding of these underlying connections, and the notes are universally resonant everywhere within matter as well as beyond every dimension.

The human quest for spiritual development has always required an experience of the whole, not merely the details. It's a monumentally personal journey that goes beyond acquiring knowledge to understanding the innate relationships between the physical, the metaphysical, the self, and the universe. This exploration encompasses a deeper kind of wisdom, one that taps into the profound connections between morality, consciousness, purpose, and existence.

The lenses through which we view the world have an impact on our spiritual development. Our experiences, our emotions, our worldview—these are the paints that color our understanding, and they add a layer of meaning to the art of our lives. Understanding in the Universal sense, then, isn't just an abstract concept, but a living, breathing interpretation of life, and every greater intelligence must already have come to that realization.

To truly comprehend the nature of non-human intelligence, therefore, one must embrace the journey of understanding, a journey that steps beyond the simple accumulation of facts into the interconnected essence of existence. It's not in the knowing but in the becoming that the depth of our spiritual experience is found.

Just like music, art, and spiritual development, understanding greater intelligences cannot be reduced to a collection of pixels or dots on a canvas. It's an ever-evolving masterpiece, best understood when we step back, reflect, and behold the whole. Perhaps that's what they are waiting for us to realize before true disclosures can take place and the curtain of human potential can be lifted entirely.

If we were to view this journey of spiritual development as an art historian might view a grand exhibition, we would soon find that every piece of knowledge is merely a single exhibit. It has its place, its value, and its contribution. But the true wonder of the exhibition lies not just in appreciating each exhibit in isolation but in perceiving the broader narrative that the curator—in this case, the universe—is conveying. It’s the context, the positioning, and the interplay between light and shadow, form and space. That’s where the magic lies.

Perhaps a more relevant question to ponder would be: why are we inclined to reduce the possible evidence of greater intelligence to mere data or information? Isn't it a bit like trying to appreciate a Van Gogh with a microscope? We may see the intricacies of the paint strokes, the exact hue of the colors, but we miss out on the feelings the artist intended to evoke, the overarching themes, and the emotions locked within the canvas. We lose the essence.

Understanding intelligences much greater than our own requires a similarly broadened perspective. It's about how the elements of life interact, how invisible forces shape our physical world, and how these understandings give life to our innermost thoughts and emotions. It's about looking at the universe not as a collection of disparate entities but as a magnificent, interconnected web of Presence.

And it should be instinctively obvious that as we aspire to grow spiritually, we must expand our perspective. We must look beyond the microscope, beyond the individual data points, and perceive the grand narrative unfolding around us. We need to understand the relationships, the connections, and the space between. Only then can we start to comprehend the beautiful complexity that forms the essence of our spiritual existence.

As with spiritual development, approaching and understanding non-human intelligence is much like art: a matter of perspective. It's a quest to understand, to connect, and to be a part of something greater. And it’s this quest, not the knowledge we accumulate, that truly defines our spiritual journey.

Perhaps the answers to the quest for an understanding of extraterrestrial life and what it may be doing on our planet (assuming that it is our planet and not theirs) may be found not in the technical study of how to observe what they may be doing in our atmosphere, but in the metaphysical consciousness of what we may or may not be doing in their presence. It is fair to assume that they have knowledge and understanding, perhaps because they have sought out both, whereas we are limited in our search to questions of knowledge and information, overlooking and ignoring the priorities of understanding ourselves more deeply in a collective context of other living things that seem to watch and understand us better than we do ourselves.

How does one begin this journey from mundane knowledge to infinite understanding? Traveling in a spirit of humility, we may first imagine losing our very names, and in namelessness, we become part of the Timeless, as the unknown builders of cathedrals did. Here is Orson Welles, in the greatest monologue in film history, exposing us to our point of departure:

Until our next article, dearest friends on the Journey.