Our Marvelous Metaphorical Masters:
A Search for the Meaning of Contact with
Extraterrestrials
by Claude DiDomenica, UFOnetwork
February 15, 1998
This is a special report for researchers of the contact
phenomenon. I am also releasing it to the general public, in hopes it
may help experiencers of ET contact gain a more well rounded
understanding of their experiences. When I use the term
"extraterrestrials", I do not assume their place of origin, other
than being non-human. The term "Masters" means teachers.
Researchers seem to fall into various "camps" regarding the
extraterrestrials:
1.) They don't exist, or are some sort of mental aberration of
the experiencer. This aberration may be caused by electromagnetism or
some other naturally occurring phenomenon or illness.
2.) They are selfish, soulless, evil, sperm and ova extracting
creatures only here for their own purposes.
3.) They are here to study us and benefit humankind in some way.
The purpose of this article is not to sway any researcher from
their choice of theory or avenue of study. My research, personal
contact, and stories told to me through my Web chat sessions most
often point to #3. Assuming the ET's are here to benefit us... why?
How do they accomplish this? More on this later...
Just a brief note on UFOlogy in general: How do we explain the
disparity in conclusions reached by researchers? I think it is not
that complicated, once we look at the motives of people involved. I
have concluded the following motives:
1.) The researcher works for the "Cover-up", directly or
indirectly. The Cover-up's theory du jour at the present time is that
ET's are a hallucination, and alternatively they are the "evil
invaders."
2.) The researcher has had a negative contact experience and
wishes to prove all ET's are bad. These negative experiences can
almost all be explained, which is the subject for another time and
another fellow researcher...
3.) The researcher, like myself, has had some form of contact to
benefit the person. Objectively, I also feel there is compelling
evidence to suggest the ET's have been guiding us for thousands of
years and are our friends.
In my opinion, one must be open to an alternate reality to
understand the meaning of contact. Terrestrial explanations of the
ET's have led us to a mile-high brick wall in solving this puzzle.
Some of you have already discovered this and have incorporated the
following into your thinking: There is a strong spiritual aspect of
many contact experiences. The alternate reality is that we live in a
multi-verse that many times contradicts our notion of what is real. I
do not think it is all that complicated to think this way, once you
realize there is a bigger set of physical laws that govern all
realities, observed or not.
Now, to the part you have all been waiting for...
In my opinion, the ET's are obviously here to benefit us in some
profound way. That is the "why" they are here, very much simplified.
As many of you have found, there is evidence some species of ET's are
related to us biologically. As I have said before in other articles,
one thing for certain, the ET's have a vested interest in humanity.
I have been struggling to solve this enigma for 25 years. I have
finally come up with a strong clue on HOW the ET's interact with us:
They teach us, many times through metaphor. They also seem to have
the ability to bring people together, so they can teach each other.
Just this past week, I had a shared learning experience with an
experiencer whom I will call "Michelle."
On my Web site, I host chat sessions for experiencers. Lately, I
have not been publicizing them, but I have been showing up, just in
case I needed to lend an ear to someone. (Michelle, a young
grandmother from South Dakota has given me permission to share her
experience with you). This is her verbatim E-mail to me followed by
my conclusion on the meaning of the experience for her, AND for me.
Just prior to meeting Michelle, I met a channel who relayed to me
all sorts of information and insight into the ET's. Being a newbie
into the spiritual aspect of the ET's, I have made it a point to keep
an open yet critical mind. After this "chance meeting" with Michelle,
I now have a clearer picture of the spiritual nature of some of the
ET's teachings. More on this, later...
Here is Michelle's account:
NOTE: Words in brackets [ ] have been added by me, for clarity.
This account is NOT through hypnosis.
I give permission to Claude DiDomenica to use the following as he
chooses... "Michelle", Box XXX, XXX, South Dakota
On the evening of November 30, l994, my sister died of lung
cancer. I and the rest of her family were at her bedside. [The story
continues as Michelle drives home alone] I was very exhausted and
began to see shadows and movement on the road ahead of me as I drove
home. I stopped at a rest area about 20 miles from my home, and
turned the engine off and lay back to sleep... My next memory is of
me looking at myself in the car... My head was back, and eyes shut,
mouth open.
I am beside a craft, seeing myself clearly. Some beings on the
craft were holding something that directed a beam of white light into
my mouth. The beings were talking to themselves, saying that I had
"many lessons to learn." It was my sense that they were aware of me
in the car with my eyes closed and also of me watching what was
taking place. It seemed as though they were talking to me also... The
beings said that I had to get cancer... and kept repeating the
phrases about "so many lessons to learn." I did find myself talking
to another being, that had the softest, tan, skin... that also told
me that I was about to get cancer... and confirmed again that I had
many lessons to learn... The beings I saw were humanoid in that they
had arms and legs. Faces with large eyes... I don't remember hair.
I [then] found myself in the car, and remember thinking that I
was not able to sleep and may as well go home. I arrived at my house
at 3am. I had left my sisters home at 9pm. On December 24, I
discovered a lump in my right breast that was diagnosed as being
malignant and surgery followed. Several lymph nodes were [diagnosed]
negative [for cancer]. And I am doing very well 3 years later.
Claude, I realize why I became a nurse instead of a journalist!!!
Hope you can make something of this!!! Peace be with you,
"Michelle"... My sister lived in XXX, S. Dak. and I live in YYY, S.
Dak... About an 80 mile drive! Also I don't remember touching the
being that talked directly to me but I can feel the very soft skin
[of the being]!!!
I did not have a feeling of fear, nor do I now, for myself.
[Closing note: I seem to recall her telling me the communication
with the beings was telepathic.]
If you analyze this account with "traditional" methods, you would
want to know more about what the beings looked like, what their craft
looked like, etc. All this is valuable information, EXCEPT it won't
tell you WHY.
Michelle did tell me that she thinks she had a few other contact
experiences. These seemed like she would have to go under hypnosis
for more details. I just thought I would mention this, to show most
likely this was not her first "lesson."
The part of her "having to get cancer" was intriguing. I pointed
out that perhaps the beings actually SLOWED her cancer, and/or warned
her so she could find the lump. Anyway, she is thankfully still in
remission.
Some of you will point out that Michelle was under a great amount
of stress when the alleged encounter took place. In my opinion, the
beings acted BECAUSE she was under this stress, and wanted to help
her. The most amazing aspect is the TEACHING METHOD employed: The out
of body manner of the contact experience itself was the lesson!
Michelle was hurting over the death of her sister. We all would
agree when a person dies, they leave their body. Michelle encounters
the beings and they give her an out-of-body contact experience, to
show Michelle her sister has just traveled elsewhere, and is not
REALLY dead. "Death is just a doorway..." Michelle experienced what
her sister just had, and lived to tell and learn about it.
Michelle asked me last night "Why didn't they just tell me this
information?" I replied:
"I think the longer path equals a deeper and more profound
understanding. I agree with their methods, although I get impatient
myself with them [the beings]. Michelle, this is CRITICAL information
to share with other experiencers, so they can begin to decipher their
experiences."
I added sometime later "...I think the lessons are unique for
each soul's path..."
I feel Michelle and I were "hooked up" by higher intelligences.
She needed guidance in deciphering her experience. I needed to help
her and learn something about their teaching methods, so I could
share it with you...
In conclusion, if you ferret out the hoaxes and government
disinformation, what it left? In the case of Michelle and myself, the
ET's are teachers. Those who are supposed to learn, are learning and
are supposed to help educate the rest of us, hopefully. My goal here
is not to prove this was a real event. I hope this may open up new
avenues for research and thought on this deep, enduring mystery. In
my opinion, you won't solve this puzzle without these pieces.
Bonus thoughts:
"There are no teachers, only students..."
"When the student asked the Master 'Why is change so difficult,
Master?' The Master replied 'Change is a good thing, as long as it
buys you a cup of coffee in the morning...'"
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