sunbow
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Post by sunbow on Oct 3, 2013 7:17:45 GMT -6
Transformation: Extraordinary and Metaphysical Wisdom (my review)
I just re-read this after many years and I recommend doing so. I believe that the 'visitor' experience as described here is real and has a physical component as stated, though as discussed, all living beings are much more than their physical nature. It is this metaphysical aspect which makes this believable and valuable. It makes sense that they would not want us to meet their bodies from the materialistic paradigm which pervades our society.
While Whitley describes the absolute terror of his experiences, he also talks of coming to face his fear. Most humans live in continual fear of death. Whitley talks about how he was in a state where he had doubts about the existence of his soul due to being a scientific rationalist. The experiences he had brought him to understand that his consciousness was something real and not a byproduct of the brain as some scientists still believe. Then there is the fear for the fate of one’s soul, which many humans who believe that they are more than a material brain computer possess. Though the theatrics of the visitors, Whitley talks about finding a richness in his inner being.
The title is perfect. Nothing in life is static, however to face our fears and embrace transformation can have rich rewards. The challenges of life are not to be avoided, but if taken with intense awareness, can yield great insights into ourselves and this mysterious journey we call life.
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Post by skywalker on Oct 4, 2013 20:56:33 GMT -6
I'm not sure what to think about Whitley Streiber or his experiences. I read all of the Communion books (many years ago) and some of the experiences he described seemed waaaaaay out there...even for an abductee. Kind of makes me wonder though. Did he really have these experiences? Did he have some experiences and just exaggerate them for whatever reason? Did he just make all of this stuff up because he's an author and wants to sell more books? I've been listening to people argue back and forth about those questions for years and I still can't come to any conclusions about what to think about him.
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Post by sunbow on Oct 5, 2013 7:32:38 GMT -6
I agree, I do not accept anything I read as truth just because it is published as such. At first, many years ago I thought that another possibility was that as a well known writer, he was contacted by the CIA and set up with info and the likelihood of a best seller. Now, I lean towards these being the truth. If his cabin was within a hundred miles of an underground alien base; then they may have picked him, both as a writer and as a rationalist, to interface with.
Many things ring true about how he describes contact. Like he states that telepathic beings could not have government or organized systems such as humans have. The behavior of these beings does seem to be realistic, as opposed to being anthropomorphized. Also the fact that they are progressing with contact at a grass roots level and letting their presence seep into our collective consciousness little by little makes sense.
Regardless of what is his experience (or his guest's) these are very intelligent and stimulating to read.
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Post by skywalker on Oct 6, 2013 20:09:54 GMT -6
It's possible his experiences could be true. We know from our own observations here that they are attracted to creative intelligent people and Streiber is definitely creative and intelligent. He's probably just the type of person they would want to get their clammy little hands on.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2013 9:13:14 GMT -6
yep. And try reading some of Whitley's obvious fiction. There is some difference between it and his visitor encounters, if I recall correctly.
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Post by sunbow on Oct 7, 2013 9:43:18 GMT -6
Yes, I just read Alien Hunter. It has a dark side and part of me would have been better off not reading it. Well written, but definitely embraces the good evil duality, which he concludes would be an oversimplification to apply to humans or the 'visitors' as a whole.
Alien hunter was basically about people (Man woman team heroes - some love intrigue of course) caught up in a situation where a very evil alien criminal is harvesting people on earth and an alien hunter from their race is orchestrating the end of it. Lots of guns in this story.
Whitley can definitely write well and so it is possible that the aliens liked his writing style along with his personal character.
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