PARADIGMS OF REALITY

By J D Hurst

A strong Western belief is that we are the finite physical body, and our consciousness terminates upon its death. During my research I noticed how our society tends to put everything into boxes with all sorts of labels. Basically, we are a very fragmented society. We have the normal and paranormal, sane and insane, spiritual and material, life and death, fact and fiction, etc. We are obsessed with cataloguing everything, and that which doesn't comply with official doctrine is put into 'X-boxes'; such as the paranormal.

The paranormal is basically natural phenomena that does not fit into the paradigm of orthodox science. However, there is nothing which cannot be explained by the laws of nature. Scientists appear not to be able to explain everything, because they don't totally understand nature - obviously. Look around you, at all the pollution and environmental decay.

In the East, society is not so fragmented. Eastern cultures tend not to put everything into boxes, as they are more holistic. Until the West exerted its influence, Easterners had never heard of a 'paranormal' or any other of our limiting dualities. Their understanding of the world and universe was all-inclusive. They weren't so limited in their systems of determining reality. Unfortunately, the disease of materialism seems to be changing that. Many prophets have long predicted this time we live in - the rise and demise of materialism.

One reason for the fragmentation in Western society is because we have been conditioned to predominantly use only one half of our brains. This is the left hemisphere: linear, materialistic, logical, systematic, and masculine. The other, complementary hemisphere is our intuitive, spontaneous, spiritual, and feminine side; responsible for art and other creative activities.

Eastern cultures were once not so unbalanced, hence not as fragmented in their conceptions of reality. We have much to learn from the Eastern World, but instead we try to dominate and recondition it. This is a trait of our excessive masculinity.

I consider myself a sceptic of society because, since birth, my intuition has told me many things that contradicted Western orthodox belief and doctrine. For example, I have always known that the physical body is but a vehicle for the real us to experience this world. I have always known this was not my first life, that I have had many before - even on other planets. A strong intuition was that I am here, this time, to help raise awareness regarding aspects of life that we have been conditioned to ignore.

Up to my late teens I felt very alone in this knowledge, until meeting others of like mind. That was a great relief, and very encouraging. Although, one is always persecuted for being 'different' or 'weird'. You just have to learn to live with it, and be true to yourself.

Another label commonly used by Western society is 'mysteries'. I suppose this could apply to all phenomena science terms paranormal. With all my intuitions I was puzzled about this mystery business. As a boy I couldn't understand why people failed to explain the so-called 'Unexplained'. Now I know it is because we are basing our perceptions on two different paradigms of reality.

Part of my mission, I felt, was to help expose this myth of the Unexplained and the conspiracy behind it. You may have read theories of a secret 'global elite' conspiring to control your mind. Personally, I see substance to a lot of these claims. You only have to look around and see how society is run. Related to this, as a child my intuition would keep telling me people were 'robots'. Only recently did my conscious mind understand what it meant. I recommend you read David Icke's excellent book, The Robots' Rebellion, for an outline of conspiracy theory concerning science, religion, and politics.

So what is intuition? Basically, 'inner knowledge' (difficult to understand unless one has experienced it). Where does it come from? The soul. What is the soul? The real, timeless you. You are not the brain, or just the body, as material science would have us believe. My intuition says the brain is but an interface: the left half, between the mind and body. The right half, between the body and the soul.

Your true power lies within the soul, so it makes sense for the manipulators of society to suppress your right cerebral hemisphere. Therefore inhibiting the connection with your spiritual nature, with the real you. Thus making you feel powerless and at their mercy.

If one investigates the world's religions, you will find they are basically the same but with different labels. Like almost everything else, religion has been distorted in order to manipulate the masses and make them feel powerless. Probably all ancient cultures took reincarnation for granted, including the pagan West before it was dominated by Pauline Christianity. Even the forefathers of the Christian Church shared this belief.

One last thought for you to consider. Is the basis of reality subjective or objective? Is reality not the externalisation of one's subjective state? So maybe this world is an 'illusion', as the mystics believe, created by humanity? Doesn't thought give birth to action?

THE CULT OF DISAPPOINTMENT

There are probably more channels active today than at any other time in this planet's history. Many had the ability to converse with other worlds during prehistoric times, but few devoted themselves to the constant channelling of material as is happening now.

For the past couple of years I have surveyed a great deal of channelled information. At first I had no yardstick with which to rate the quality of the material. Now having gained an insight into the broad spectrum of channelling, there is a selection of channels whom I consider some of the best to have met my attention. Today, whenever reading material I do tend to compare its quality with the standard produced by these few individuals; and I am afraid to say that not many others have impressed me. In particular, those who claim to channel "Ascended Masters".

In my research of channelling I noticed with some sadness that there seemed to be little consistency (if at all) in material that covered common subjects. I have lost count of the number of biographical and alleged autobiographical accounts concerning the being we call Jesus; of the many versions of this planet's prehistory; of the contradictory information purportedly channelled from the same beings; plus much more.

Although there is no such thing as a perfect channel, in my opinion, three of the greatest to appear this century are: Darryl Anka, Lyssa Royal, and Robert Shapiro. If you are not familiar with their material, I highly recommend it. They have brought through a great deal of first-class information on almost every subject one could imagine. Their accounts of our galactic history are astounding, and in my view, extremely accurate.

There are two reasons, I believe, as to why there is little consistency and much contradiction in channelling. The first is to do with the "false prophets" as foreseen by Yeshua-Jesus (the word prophet actually means medium). The second, a lack of competence in some self-proclaimed channels.

The negative forces which govern this planet have been spreading disinformation for some time, particularly within the channelling movement. Some researchers have called their campaign Project Aquarius - whose ultimate aim is to totally discredit the New Age movement. I feel their tactics are numerous: dubious channels and channelled entities, to say the least.

What follows is an outline of several individuals and entities in particular, whom I believe are quite typical of the disinformation which seeks to cloud our vision at this time.

BO AND PEEP

Bo and Peep, formerly known as Bonnie Nettles and Marshall Applewhite. In 1975 this Californian couple founded a movement called Human Individual Metamorphosis (HIM for short), which greatly appealed to followers of New Age philosophies.

HIM was an early version of the present-day Ascension movement. Bo and Peep, also known as The Two, preached that death could be overcome through physical ascension into another realm beyond the confines of planet Earth. One of their publicity posters read:

"UFOs - Why they are here. Who they have come for. When they will land. Two individuals say they were sent from the level above human and will return to that level in a spaceship (UFO) within the next three months. This man and woman will discuss how the transition from the human level to the next level is accomplished, and when this may be done. If you have ever entertained the idea that there might be a real physical level in space beyond the Earth's confines, you will want to attend this meeting."

Members of this group were expected to give up their names, belongings, radios, televisions, books, and become celibate. They lived in communes and were forced to lead a detached lifestyle, in constant anticipation of their imminent physical ascension.

Gradually, members began to get disillusioned because no-one was ascending and the prophecies made by Bo and Beep would pass without incident. Many followers were ripped off financially, and it was later learned that Bo and Peep had befriended one another in a psychiatric hospital; where she was a nurse and he was a patient. They also had criminal records, having been arrested on charges of car theft and credit card fraud.

Eventually this cult disbanded and members painfully reconditioned themselves to their previous lifestyles. However, I wouldn't be surprised if some went on to form splinter groups - as is so often the case.

ALLEN-MICHAEL NOONAN AND ASHTAR

Allen-Michael Noonan, another Californian, formed a group called the One World Family, after claiming to have experienced contact with an extraterrestrial. Apparently, he was working on a billboard before suddenly finding himself on another planet. Surrounding him were angelic creatures, seated around a luminous throne. A loud voice boomed, "Will you agree to be the Saviour of the world?" Noonan said yes, and has sinced remained in contact with an extraterrestrial called Ashtar, visited other inhabited planets, and regarded himself to be the Second Coming. Noonan also believes that he is the sole channel for genuine communications from Commander Ashtar.

Ashtar has assured Noonan that the One World Family will eventually take over the planet, including its governments; but not until all Christians have been "eliminated". As far as I know, the group is still in existence and Noonan continues to receive communications from Commander Ashtar. He has also authored a massive reinterpretation of the Bible, called The Everlasting Gospel.

MARIAN KEECH AND SANANDA

Marian Keech (pseudonym) was the founder of a group in Lake City, Utah, during the 1950s. Apparently, she was quite a psychic lady and believed her late father had resumed contact with her from beyond the grave. She used to sit regularly and await automatic writing from him, but eventually other entities began introducing themselves. These included beings from other planets, a group called the Guardians, but primarily a being who called himself Sananda, from the planet Clarion. He claimed to have been Jesus in a former lifetime.

In the beginning Marian was quite reserved about her mediumistic experiences, although the media and others from similar groups soon took an interest. In September 1954 the Lake City Herald newspaper published the following article:

"Lake City will be destroyed by a flood from Great Lake just before dawn, December 21st, according to a suburban housewife. Mrs Marian Keech of 847 West School Street says the prophecy is not her own. It is the purport of many messages she has received by automatic writing, she says. The messages, according to Mrs Keech, are sent to her by superior beings from a planet called Clarion. These beings have been visiting the Earth, she says, in what we call Flying Saucers. During their visits, she says, they have observed fault lines in the Earth's crust that foretoken the deluge. Mrs Keech reports she was told the flood will spread to form an inland sea stretching from the Arctic Circle to the Gulf of Mexico."

Marian also received communications regarding an evacuation by extraterrestrial spacecraft, which would take place prior to the prophesied deluge of Lake City. She was told to gather her followers at an appointed time, and they would be lifted off the planet, thus avoiding a watery death in the coming flood.

As the appointed time of evacuation approached, members of the group gave up their jobs, possessions, family, and lifestyles; some even adopted a strange diet prescribed by Marian's communicators.

However, the messages from Sananda and company became increasingly bizarre, and further predictions were given - all proving inaccurate. The date of the prophesied flooding came and passed, with no prior evacuation. The group, now extremely alienated from the rest of society, became seriously disillusioned and broke apart.

ROBIN MCPHERSON AND OX-HO

Robin McPherson was another psychic lady who founded a group in the late 1960s, in Burnaby, British Columbia. The group called itself Light Affiliates, and based its philosophy on channellings Robin had received from an extra-galactic being called Ox-Ho.

Ox-Ho had informed Robin that the Day of Judgment was due on 22nd November 1969. If humanity had not displayed any desire to change its ways before then, the planet would suffer a violent catastrophe. However, "the Space Brothers would remove the Chosen and return them to Earth after the planet had once again crystalised, and been spiritually, as well as physically, restructured." This restructuring would involve the planet tilting on its axis and large landmasses disappearing beneath the oceans.

The members of Light Affiliates were prompted by Ox-Ho to inform as many people as possible, much to their regret. The dates of all prophesied events passed by without incident, and naturally, the group became disillusioned and dispersed.

One belief of Robin and her group was that they would leave the Earth by ascending into the Kingdom of the Father. Apparently, Ox-Ho had said there were to be several mass occurrences of this, the first to happen on Judgment Day. When his predictions proved insubstantial, some members convinced themselves that their ascension was not physical but 'mental'. Some of these individuals have probably gone on to form splinter groups.

 ANDRIJA PUHARICH AND THE NINE

One day in December 1952, Dr Vinod, a Hindu scholar, visited the laboratory of Andrija Puharich - a scientist and psychical researcher. There, Puharich was conducting a series of experiments in telepathy. While in the laboratory, Dr Vinod became entranced and began to speak in a deep voice quite unlike his own. The voice identified itself as 'M', one of the "Nine Principles and Forces", and spoke for ninety minutes about Einstein's equations and the significance of the number seven with regard to the mind and its paranormal powers. Apparently, this was the first modern-day channelling of the Council of Nine.

When out of the trance, Dr Vinod could remember nothing of the experience. Several days later he once again became entranced in the presence of Puharich, and the same voice further expounded the philosophy of the Nine. During the channelling an ectoplasmic ball suddenly appeared on the floor beside Dr Vinod. His audience claimed it somehow emerged from the floor.

Three years later, Puharich was travelling in Mexico when he met an American doctor called Charles Laughead. Upon learning that Puharich's companion, Peter Hurkos, was psychic, the doctor revealed that he and his wife had recently attended channelling sessions during which a young man went into trance and delivered messages from space beings.

Puharich remained sceptical and thought the doctor to be a little impressionable; subsequently forgetting the encounter. Until he later received a letter from Dr Laughead explaining that the channelled entities had requested he forward Puharich a message from them. The channelled message was from 'M' of the Nine. Puharich was amazed and knew it would have been impossible for the American doctor to know of what had transpired with Dr Vinod three years before, in another country.

About fifteen years later, Puharich visited Israel to see Uri Geller. He came to believe that Geller was an exceptionally gifted psychic, and subsequently involved him in many experiments. Something amazing occurred in 1971 when Puharich put Geller into a hypnotic trance. Geller described how, at the age of three, he had fallen asleep in a garden at Tel Aviv and was awakened by a shining spacecraft overhead, which knocked him to the ground with a beam of light.

As Geller recalled this incident, a strange metallic voice began to speak from above his head. The voice described itself as one of the 'space beings' who had programmed Geller at the age of three. It then claimed the world was about to experience a devastating war which Geller would avert.

When out of trance, Geller could remember nothing about the voice. However, Puharich had recorded the whole session on tape. He began to play back the recorder, when Geller inexplicably snatched the tape - which disappeared in his hand, never to be seen again.

Puharich and Geller had several more hypnosis sessions, during which the Nine continued to impart messages. Also, one day while out in the car they noticed a large disc-like craft in a nearby field. They stopped the car and Geller got out, walked to the object and climbed in. Ten minutes later, Geller returned with an item belonging to Puharich, which he had dematerialised days before - a cartridge from Puharich's pen. Puharich had taken many photographs of the craft, but later discovered the camera film to have vanished.

Through Dr Vinod, Dr Laughead's young male friend, Uri Geller, and others, the Nine gave many prophesies which later proved insubstantial. For example, dates for the end of the world and when they would land in their starship Spectra.

Amazingly, many psychic aquaintances of Puharich ended up channelling the Nine, including Phyllis Van Schlemmer. Before her was a channel named Bobby Horne, who actually became disillusioned and disgusted with the Nine; for he felt them to be "cosmic hoaxers" leading him up the garden path.

All of the above persons, except Bo and Peep, were probably quite innocent in the beginning, but subtly taken over by entities seeking to promote disinformation. Disinformation works by mixing truth with untruth. The aim of this is for those exposed to the information to see its factual content and thus presume the lot to be accurate and genuine. It so often works, and eventually the believers tend to end up disillusioned; some even suffering nervous breakdowns. I once had a good friend who was heavily into the ascension philosophy and channelling. He believed he was being contacted by the so-called Ascended Masters and the Ashtar Command. After declaring that he was an incarnation of Commander Korton, he had a nervous breakdown. Subsequently, he has become very disillusioned with New Age beliefs. This all happened about three years ago, before I started Star Force magazine.

Unfortunately, things haven't changed much since the 1950s with regard to channelling and ascension groups. In my opinion, the matter has become much worse. Just because something sounds convincing, it doesn't mean that it has to be true. The entities and persons involved in this grand deception are very clever, otherwise they wouldn't be working for the negative forces which govern us. They are assigned to the job because of their excellence, just as we are assigned to missions of a diametric nature for the same reason.

Failed prophesy continues to feature prominently in alleged channellings from Sananda, Ashtar, and other beings, particularly the Ascended Masters. I have read so many messages claiming that "the first wave of ascension", or "the mass landing", was going to happen on such and such a date - and each time there is nothing. None of these claims have been substantiated thus far.

The seeds of the Ascension movement were planted in 325 AD, when Pauline Christianity became the Roman state religion after being merged with the various pagan beliefs common in Rome at the time. The being we call Jesus Christ is actually a hybrid composed of several different deities. The tales of the Three Kings, Virgin Birth, Resurrection, and Ascension, were actually derived from the story of Mithras, a sun god; even his birthday of 25th December - the winter solstice. In addition to much more which would fill an entire magazine.

The Vatican knows Yeshua Ben-Joseph (real name of Jesus) didn't die on the Cross, nor Ascend into heaven. Both Hindus and Muslims know that Yeshua and some followers travelled to the Far East and settled in Kashmir, India; where his tomb remains to this day. Information regarding this was published in Issue 7 of Ascent to Aquarius (former name of Star Force magazine) - now sold out.

Therefore, the being who calls himself Sananda and claims to be the Catholic version of Yeshua, must be an imposter (as I said in Issue 7). The ascension movement is based on many lies.