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From the author, Dan Eden
#2. Our solar system and planets are relatively young. Older and more advanced civilizations have discovered, understood and exploited universal energy systems to advance their technological and philosophical achievements. Those of us familiar with Gene Rodenberry's Star Trek know that warp drive, capable of space travel in excess of the speed of light, is vital to getting around in the vast and distant regions of the universe. But is there such as thing as "warp drive"? The surprising answer is yes. But it has not yet been perfected.
Whether they use "warp drive" or some other means of navigating space, advanced civilizations have most certainly encountered other intelligent beings on other worlds and learned from them. This sharing of technologies would have dramatically added to the collective understanding of the universe, its physical laws and origins. Intelligence and consciousness usually result in organization. On the universal scale, we should expect some consensus with regard to maintaining peace and respecting life -- what we might consider "laws" -- and some agreement regarding the purpose of existence. This "universal truth" would be the accepted way that things are understood and organized. While a universal "religion" might recognize the existence of a creative entity or "Creator", the concept would also be considered necessarily imperfect. Sentient beings can only "know" those aspects of the Creator as they reveal themselves in the creation. The rest is outside of existential reality. The reality of a creative intelligence is evidenced by the universal energy and material systems which exhibit purposeful design. No better example of this can be found than in the atom. I suspect that, philosophically, the purpose of the created universe is ultimately unknown, even to advanced minds.
#3 -- Dissent is inherent in "Free Will"
"A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority." Because mortals are temporal, beings of higher energy systems have an advantage in both experience and understanding of non-material realms. These higher beings have great influence and control over the mortals of the realm. Nevertheless, being created beings, they share the mystery of the pre-creation nature and motive of the Creator. Mortals strive to become non-material through belief in an ascension scheme whereby they consciously choose to cooperate in the Universal Truth. Belief in the unknowable Creator is the prime motivation that fuels this ideal, modifies behavior and gives meaning to existence. If we assume that all sentient beings, material and non-material, have free will prerogatives, we must assume that dissent regarding the origin and purpose of existence is possible. Our ancestral stories are ripe with descriptions of dissent over the existence of a Creator and the corresponding worship and adherence to the Universal Truth. Stories about Lucifer, an "other dimensional" being, describe his exploitation of the "vague" nature of the Creator and the resulting decree of personal liberty. If we take these stories at face value, it would appear that we are currently living under this very dissent. Is Dissent a Bad thing? In his 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn presented the concept of a paradigm -- described as a widely accepted world view about a given phenomenon. He gave the example of the geocentric Earth (the belief that our planet was the center of the universe) and how dissenting ideas by Copernicus brought the fury of learned men and the powerful Catholic church, imprisoning and putting to death those that dared speak "heresy". In the case of Copernicus, the idea that the Earth revolved around the Sun proved correct and advanced our understanding of the universe. But not all dissent proves beneficial. A case in point is the utilization of genetics to "improve" upon the natural selection process in Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). This can be seen as dissent from the natural order of things and the consequences, although not initially apparent, have been disastrous.
On a universal scale, dissent from the Universal Truth has its immediate appeal in releasing humans of the restrictions imposed by morality. When there are no consequences of behavior, which harms the self or others, the resulting conduct can be expressed in the words of the famous Satanist, Allister Crowley:
Humans have evolved a brain capable of reasoning and weighing the consequences of decisions and actions. Morality promotes the good of the many over the benefits of the individual. We differ from animals in this regard. This evolved morality came about so that we could understand and cooperate with the fellowship prerequisite of Universal Truth. Ideals and morality often conflict with base animal instincts and indeed we have portions of our brain devoted to these higher centers of consciousness (specifically the pre-frontal cortex) that are lacking in lesser animals.
[See Journal of NeuroScience pdf file] At odds with our evolved nature, dissent from the Universal Truth seems imposed upon humans by unseen, other-dimensional personalities who use covenants with humans to effect their beliefs. In the case of Lucifer, this was brilliantly achieved through the revelations of Yahweh (Jehovah) to his select, chosen people, who unknowingly (and knowingly) promote the dissent.
Next -- #4 YHWH, Jehovah is NOT God. He was created by God!
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