Crossroads

Crossroads

     I just finished watching a sci-fi program on NBC called “Surface”.  Being a science fiction fan from way back (I loved the first Star Trek series), it was only natural that I would be attracted to the current fare of network thrillers.  However, a funny thing happened between 1966 (The year Star Trek premiered) and now, I lost faith in my government.  I used to think that I could, for the most part, trust my elected officials to look out for my best interest.  I guess my naiveté was a general reflection of society at large.  I also thought that the church, in its many denominations, was there to guide the seeking souls who entered through its doors to the Promised Land. Humph!  I see now that growing up is a lot more complicated than I thought.  
     Over a period of about three years (from age fifteen to eighteen) I saw what I am convinced was an extraterrestrial vehicle and I also began having pre-cognitive dreams and feelings.  Imagine my consternation when I found that not only could I not find any people to talk to about these experiences but that there was only scant reference to them in the main stream media.  Project Blue Book was in place, and all the mounting evidence that something out of this world was happening was being routinely catalogued as hoaxes or mere misidentification.  Not to be deterred, I began a rather systematic examination of text and scriptures from Eastern religions and began reading what little I could find on UFO’s and peculiar artifacts from around the world.  Much of what I was able to find was clearly tainted by lack of reliable evidence or thinly veiled agendas.  It was frustrating to say the least.  Why, I asked myself, was I having these peculiar experiences and being led to examine what most people claimed to be either impossible or the work of overly active imaginations?  Fortunately the excursions into the paranormal and the deep inner yearning to know have never left me. The underlying reasons for the directions that my quest has taken me are only now bubbling to the surface.  
Thanks to the creation of the World Wide Web, anyone can post their thoughts and the recorded images of their experiences for all to see.  No longer can any government denial suffice, as proof that we are not in the midst of what is surely the most perilous and exciting period in modern history.  That we are being visited by intelligent beings not of this Earth is there for all to see.  The Internet has also allowed for the expansion of our concept of God and our relationship to Divine Consciousness.  Neale Donald Walsch has been greatly assisted in his quest to spread the message of a new spirituality through his judicious use of the web.  Where once it was nearly impossible to obtain assistance in taking the road less traveled, now anyone with access to the Internet can find support.
So what does it all mean?  Are we in the last days, as some traditionalists would have us believe?  Is the Earth about to be invaded by hostile entities with agendas unknown?  Should we be quaking in fear or is this the time to take it upon ourselves to question everything and not settle for official explanations?
The dictionary defines “crossroads” as a crucial point or a place where two or more roads meet.  It would seem that we are definitely there!  Taking current events as a map of the outer world and the results of my spiritual quest as my map of the inner world, I am left with one inescapable conclusion.  Each of us must now choose.  Will we be led by the forces that shape the political climate of the world or those that shape the landscape of the heart?
Last year I had occasion to watch a press conference at which Dr. Carol Rosin spoke.  She was one of about twenty people who were given a forum to talk about what they knew concerning the key players in the military/industrial complex.  Their plans to shape and mold public opinion concerning threats to our way of life and collective well-being were deeply disturbing to say the least.  It was eerily prophetic that 9/11 happened just about four months after this press conference.  It was also telling that this event received absolutely no coverage by the so-called free American Press.  She testified that the military/industrial complex would first use terrorists as a reason to further ramp up an already bloated military budget.  When this tact began to lose steam they would then turn to the threat of an alien invasion as proof that the annual budget of 14 billion dollars for the Star Wars weapons system was completely justified.  This threat, as was the last one, would also be used to further deprive American citizens of their constitutional rights.  Their determination and the evidence of the complexities of this draconian mindset are in evidence everywhere.  I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that last summer’s blockbuster “War Of The Worlds” was just the first of many dramas designed to soften up the public consciousness for the seed called Evil Alien.  Now we get it served up on a weekly basis in the form of Surface, Threshold, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate SG-1 etc.  
On the flip side of the coin we have the peace movement.  It is evidenced by the various organizations that are working for Disclosure, peaceful co-existence, and the sharing of the Earth’s resources to build a sustainable planetary society.  
The still small voice that speaks to us from our hearts will never shout down the clamor of people that promote fear.  Nor will God ever force us to choose His Will or to do those things that we know are good and right.  Furthermore, those that choose peace will certainly feel alone at times and will be assailed by insults of being un-American, overly idealistic, blasphemous or just plain wrong.  
The choice is ours to make.  Will we continue in a state of war and reap the ever more horrific results or turn to peace and create a planetary revolution unlike any that has ever been seen?  I suspect that the latter is the course of action that most of us desire.  Will we have the courage to follow our deepest desires or continue to be led by those thoughts of hate and fear that have brought us down time and time again?