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Message #1235 - INFO.PARANET
   Date : 14-Aug-91  7:51
   From : ParaNet(sm) Information Service
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Subject : Rainbow Declaration, (Long)

The following is being posted by request.  It is very long (12 messages).  It
is not copyrighted according to the author, John Brandenburg, and he
encourages that everyone pass it around.  It is being reproduced in its
entirety as it appeared in the MUFON Proceedings.  ParaNet makes not claim to
its accuracy or content, and in no way endorses the material.

     THE RAINBOW DECLARATION AND HUMAN DESTINY IN THE COSMOS

                               by

                   John E. Brandenburg, Ph.D.

              (From the MUFON Symposium Proceedings)



                   John E. Brandenburg, Ph.D.

     John E. Brandenburg Ph.D. is a theoretical plasma  physicist
living  in  Alexandria, Virginia.  He is employed  by  a  private
scientific research firm in the Washington, D.C. area.
     Dr.  Brandenburg received his B.A. in Physics in  1975  from
Southern Oregon, A Masters in Applied Science from the University
of  California at Davis in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Plasma Physics  in
1981,  also at Davis.  His thesis was on confinement of a  plasma
of  very energetic ions and cold electrons using strong  magnetic
fields for the purposes of controlled nuclear fusion.  During his
graduate  studies  Dr. Brandenburg held a working  fellowship  at
Lawrence  Livermore National Laboratory and pursued  research  in
the area of controlled fusion.  On receiving his Ph.D., he became
a  staff physicist at Sandia National Laboratories,  Albuquerque,
New Mexico.  There he performed research on controlled fusion and
electron  beam  weapons.  He left Sandia in 1984  to  assume  his
present position.  His current work involves both directed energy
weapons and space defense problems.
     Dr.  Brandenburg has been involved in investigations of  the
Face on Mars and other Martian objects since 1984.  Together with
Vincent  DiPietro and Gregory Molenaar, the two pioneers in  this
area,  he is a member of the organization Mars Research and is  a
co-author  of Unusual Martian Surface Features Edition  IV.  John
Brandenburg    became    interested   in   space    travel    and
extraterrestrial  life  at an early age.  He joined  MUFON  as  a
Consultant  in Plasma Physics and is the author of  the  "Rainbow
Declaration,"  a statement of principles to govern the  relations
of peoples of different worlds.  He was a featured speaker at the
MUFON 1989 International UFO Symposium in Las Vegas, NV where  he
presented a paper titled "The Cydonian Hypothesis."
     Dr.  Brandenburg  may  be contacted  at  4732  Rouge  Court,
Alexandria, VA 22312.

     THE RAINBOW DECLARATION AND HUMAN DESTINY IN THE COSMOS

                  By John E. Brandenburg, Ph.D.


                           ABSTRACT

     In  this paper I will talk about the destiny of humanity  in
the  Cosmos as it is now unfolding before us.  I will  also  talk
about  the  Rainbow  Declaration, which is my  attempt  to  bring
together  what is good and precious from the human heritage  with
what we now know of the Cosmos, to the end that humanity's future
will  be  good  and  it will  achieve  its  appropriate  destiny.
However, this paper is really about knowledge and dialogue.


I.  INTRODUCTION:  STAR TREK OR STAR WARS?

I Corinthians 13: 9-12

     "For we know in part and we prophesy in part.  But when that
which  is  perfect is come, then that which is in part  shall  be
done away.  When I was a child, I thought as a child: but when  I
became  a  man,  I  put away childish things.   For  now  we  see
through  a  glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I  know  in
part; but then I shall know even as also I am known."
     When  we  speak of knowledge and the human  future,  we  are
speaking  of the increase of knowledge.  In the future,  humanity
will know much more than it knows now.  It will go places it  has
never  been, do and feel things it has never before  experienced.
Every  important aspect of this knowledge will be to  learn  more
about  the other peoples with whom we share the Cosmos.  Part  of
that process of learning is going on now.  However, this is not a
scientific investigation like any other we humans have done.   It
is not like studying the motion of bacteria in a test tube; it is
a dialogue.
      A  dialogue  is what occurs between two  or  more  sentient
beings; it is basically an exchange of information.  Humanity  is
probably  now  engaged  in a dialogue  with  peoples  from  other
planets that orbit other stars.  This dialogue has its origins in
the  distant past, but it seems to have only begun in earnest  in
the  last fifty years.  Many species seem to have been  involved,
but  only a few species seem to be playing an  active  continuing
role in the present course for this dialogue.  We know  something
of  this  dialogue,  which appears to be  between  primarily  our
government and the extraterrestrials.  What is reported from this
dialogue  will be discussed in this paper; however, the  reported
dialogue  will  also  be used to help create a  vision  of  human
destiny in the Cosmos.
     It  was  the consistent theme of the  popular  series,  Star
Trek,  that the human race would become a great  and  enlightened
power  in  the Cosmos and be joined in partnership  with  peoples
kindred to humanity.  This partnership, known as the  Federation,
was  made up of interstellar powers more or less in agreement  on
the ideals of democracy, freedom, and dignity of the  individual,
reverence   for  life  and  even  reverence  to  God.   In   this
Federation,  the  idea of separate species  of  intelligence  was
occasionally  transcended so that beings looked on each other  as
kindred despite their differing biological form.
     An equally hopeful, but somewhat darker and more mysterious,
vision of the human future was seen in Star Wars.  In this vision
the  humans  had created an Evil Empire and against  it  a  Rebel
Alliance   composed   of  humans  and   other   species   battled
desperately.   The theme of Star Wars was hope and  the  struggle
between  good  and evil on both physical and moral  planes,  with
good  being aided by the Force.  So there exist different  vision
of the future.
     It  is my belief that something more like the world of  Star
Trek  will  be  the ultimate destiny of humanity  and  that  this
destiny  is  something that we should strive for.  But  how  will
such  a  destiny  be  accomplished?   Can  we  avoid  Star   Wars
completely or is it also prophetic?  In particular, how will  our
interaction,  our  dialogue, with more  technologically  advanced
peoples  of  the  Cosmos, who are  already  starfaring  and  have
reportedly  already  arrived here, affect us and  how  will  this
shape our destiny?  Is our destiny Star Wars or Star Trek.
     Humanity  is  reportedly  now engaged  in  a  dialogue  with
extraterrestrial  peoples.  Ufology exists because of a state  of
honest  ignorance  of this dialogue on the part  of  the  public.
Honest  ignorance  can  be  defined  as  a  recognized  lack   of
knowledge.  The ufology movement is a brave vanguard of  humanity
that admits its ignorance of the Cosmos and those who dwell in it
and  seeks  to  erase this ignorance.  Because of  this  we  know
Ufology  will one day cease to exist in its present form  because
of  new knowledge that will appear.  Those in Ufology  are  brave
not  only because they risk ridicule from those who cling to  the
everyday, but because this is the real Cosmos we live in -- not a
fairy  tale -- and some pieces of knowledge we will gain  we  may
wish  we  did  no  know.  But learning  unpleasant  truths  is  a
essential part of maturing.  If you turn away some truths because
you  cannot bear them,  you can never really grow up.  But we  in
Ufology are determined to grow and mature and know.
     Knowledge   is  power,  knowledge  confers  authority,   and
knowledge confers responsibility.  For these reasons, governments
often  guard  certain  knowledges carefully.   One  of  the  most
important  concepts in our government's classification system  to
safeguard secrets is the concept of "need to know."   Authorities
decide  what must be done in a situation and who must do  it  and
then  portion out, ideally, only those knowledges to each  person
that  are  necessary  for them to do their  job.   Usually,  such
secrecy  and  portioning out of knowledge  occurs  in  situations
thought  to  gravely impact our nation's security  and  defenses.
The authority given the government to restrict certain  knowledge
is a sacred trust that derives from its duty to defend us.   But,
if    the    government   is   concealing   a    dialogue    with
extraterrestrials,  is it defending us from the knowledge of  the
E.T.'s  existence, or is this secrecy only part of an  effort  to
defend  us from some subgroup of the E.T.s themselves?   I  think
the  answer  is  some  of  both,  but  is  this  consistent  with
democracy?

     In  a  democracy  the  people rule  and  in  order  to  rule
effectively they seek knowledge, and they seek the responsibility
that  goes  with  that  knowledge.   In  doing  this,  they  seek
responsibility for their own destiny.
     It is wholly right that you in Ufology should seek knowledge
of  this matter.  Humanity's dialogue with the  extraterrestrials
is  a grave matter, a matter that concerns all humanity and  will
affect  the destiny of humanity.  You have a "need to know."   In
one sense the Ufology movement is part of the effort of  humanity
to  gain transcendent knowledge. However, in another sense,  your
efforts to gain knowledge, and the responsibility that goes  with
it,  is an effort to gain control of part of your lives and  your
children's  lives  and  the  destiny of  your  people.   This  is
especially   true  since  reports  of  deep   and   long-standing
government involvement in this dialogue have come out.   However,
Ufology  has  succeeded  to a degree in  entering  this  dialogue
between humanity and the extraterrestrials.
     Ufology is a player, I would argue, in the reported dialogue
between  humanity  and  the  extraterrestrials.   The  government
apparently is keeping much of this dialogue to itself.   However,
it   is  also  actively  sharing  information,  sometimes  in   a
deliberately garbled form, but information nonetheless.  Some  of
this sharing of knowledge seems to come from the individual human
need  to confide with others.  Some of this knowledge appears  to
have   been  released  as  a  result  of  decisions   by   higher
authorities to create an informed constituency among the public.
The  cultivation  of  the Ufology  movement's  knowledge  by  the
government represents, in my view, a crude form of democracy.
     In  this strange experiment in government,  the  authorities
have created a public hearing of sorts where unofficial news  and
views  are  aired  and  reactions  considered.   Ufology  is  the
multitude  who  have  showed up for  this  quasi-public  hearing.
However,  the  officials who have called this gathering  are  not
available to answer questions.  But, I think, the government pays
attention  to  Ufology's internal debates and  responses  to  the
government sponsored leaks.
     No  dialogue is one way, even if one side tries to  make  it
one  way.  A dialogue always affects both parties, even  if  only
one side is speaking.  The act of giving information to one  whom
you  know will receive it involves you with that person  or  that
people.   If a dialogue goes on long enough, information will  be
revealed  inadvertently  and  pretense  is  harder  to  maintain.
Ufology has not been a passive partner in this dialogue with  the
government.  Ufology is speaking and will continue to speak,  and
the government, even if it gives appearances of stopping its ears,
is actually listening.
     Therefore,  all of you in Ufology should consider  that  you
are part of a dialogue with the government.
     This  is not the only dialogue going of which Ufology  is  a
part.    Ufology   is   actually   in   a   dialogue   with   the
extraterrestrials through abductees and contactees.  As with  the
government,  not  all  information is very reliable,  but  it  is
information.   It  is possible, in fact,  that  extraterrestrials
monitor the reaction of the Ufology movement to gain some insight
into  humanity  in  general.  Therefore, all of  you  in  Ufology
should  consider  yourselves  as part of  a  dialogue  that  will
influence human destiny in the Cosmos.
     In  the  remainder of this paper I will discuss  three  main
points:
     (1)   It is the destiny of humanity to take its place  among
the  stars as an equal with its kindred people among  the  stars.
In  discussing  this, I will discuss the nature and  heritage  of
humanity.
     (2)  The cradle of humanity, the Earth, with its nations and
history,  is  a  microcosm  of the Cosmos  and  its  peoples  and
history.   I  will discuss how this concept is  derived  and  its
meaning  to  Ufology.  I will also,  unfortunately,  discuss  the
first problem in the present that can be addressed by this model:
The   apparent  threat  posed  to  humanity  by  one   group   of
extraterrestrials, "the grays" or Reticulians and their allies.
     (3)   Humanity should adopt the Rainbow Declaration or  some
similar set of principles as its ideal and in doing so will begin
the journey to its destiny on the right Way, the Way of truth and
light.  (Reference 1)

II.  HUMANITY AS A SUPERTERRESTRIAL PHENOMENON

PSALMS 8: 3-6

     "When  I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,  the
moon and stars which thou hast ordained;
     What  is man, that thou are mindful of him, the son of  man,
that  thou visitest him?  For thou hast made him a  little  lower
than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and honor.
     Thou  madest  him to have dominion over the  works  of  they
hands; thou has put all things under his feet....."

      In  order  to  understand  human  destiny  one  must  first
understand  the nature and origins of humanity.  Humanity is  not
just  flesh and blood; it is partly supernatural; it is  also  the
collective mind, dreams and cultural heritage of the human  race.
Physically  we  have changed little since the stone age,  but  in
knowledge and technological ability we have changed enormously.
     We  are  a young race, just getting started.   Our  earliest
civilization dates roughly from the Tigris-Euphrates Valley  6000
years ago. (Reference 2)  In that 6000 years we have expanded and
filled  the  Earth, our flesh and blood has stood  on  the  lunar
surface  and returned six times.  Our probes have landed on  Mars
and  Venus.  We, by proxy of similar probes, have  visited  every
major body in the solar system from Mercury to Neptune.  Four  of
these probes have now escaped the solar system and the gravity of
the  Sun and are on interstellar missions.  So a little  part  of
you, the work of your hands, is now on its way to the stars.
     Six  thousand years is roughly 300 human generations  of  20
years or 100 human lifetimes of 60 years.  So this is perhaps not
even  a long time in human terms, but it is the twinkling  of  an
eye in terms of the age of the Earth or even the living things on
the Earth.  You humans, all in all, have done magnificently.
     How  did you do it?  Did anyone help you?  Let  us  consider
what  is widely reported.  In Ufology, as in many other areas  of
life,  information consists of what is reported to us by  others,
hopefully  we can verify some of what is reported, but  often  we
must simply consider the report and decide for ourselves  whether
of not we believe it.
     It  is  widely reported that humanity came into being  as  a
result of profound and continuing contact between the human  race
an an unimaginably powerful extraterrestrial being.  This  being,
or  First  E.T.,  is called in our language,  God.   I  know  and
respect  the  fact  that  there are  many  accounts,  all  subtly
different,  of this contact, but I will chiefly consult the  only
account I know well, and this account is called the Bible.
     In this account, the First E.T. is reported to have been  of
staggering  and all encompassing power but was at the  same  time
compassionate  towards  humanity and controlled in  his  dealings
with  them.  He is reported to be the creator of the  Cosmos  and
therefore  extracosmic  in addition  to  being  extraterrestrial,
having created both heavens and the earth and all they contain.
     It  is reportedly from God that humans first received  their
concepts of law and human identity and their place in the  scheme
of things.  I would claim this contact has continually linked our
ideas of what was good and pure and truthful to the heavens.   It
is because of this contact that we long to reach out to the stars
and those who live there.
     It is in this record of contact with the First E.T. that  we
first  encounter  the  human  concept  of  universal  laws,  both
physical and moral, and these are also associated with the stars.
     PSALMS,  19:1-3  "The Heavens declare the glory of  God  and
the  firmament  showeth his handy work.  Day  unto  day  uttereth
speech  and  night  showth  knowledge.  There  is  no  speech  or
language, where their voice is not heard."
     We also learned that there was more to reality than what  is
seen.
     HEBREWS, 11:1-3  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for,  the  evidence  of things not seen.  For by  it  the  elders
obtained  a  good report.  Through faith we understand  that  the
worlds  were formed by the word of God so that things  which  are
seen are not made of thing which do appear."

     We are familiar, in our modern age, of laws of physics being
universal.   Our  sciences  had their origins  in  astronomy  and
astrology.  But from our accounts of contact with the First E.T.,
we also are informed that there are universal moral laws as  well
as physical ones that apply on all worlds.
     It  is  also from this record that we  encounter  our  first
recognition and warning concerning the dark side of human nature:
     GENESIS,  6:5  "And God saw that the wickedness of  man  was
great in the Earth and that every imagination of the thoughts  of
his  heart  was only evil continually..."  The human race  is  an
aggressive,  predatory  and vigorous species.   It  requires  the
maximum  effort  of our intellect and compassion to  control  our
instincts  to violence and war; sometimes, perhaps  often  times,
these  are  not  enough.   However, the  First  E.T.  has  always
encouraged us to be a people of compassion and intellect.
     Curiously,  it  is from this same record of the  first  E.T.
contact  with  humanity  that  we  find  reports  of  a  possible
visitation of Earth by flesh and blood extraterrestrials.   These
E.T.s  were not only flesh and blood, but could have children  by
earth  women,  indicating they were probably  extremely  humanoid
since  they  were  attracted to Earth women  and  saw  they  were
beautiful.  Mention of this is made in Genesis 6:4.
     This  was  apparently  one  of  many  things  that  God  saw
happening  on Earth that displeased Him.  Perhaps even "the  last
straw,"  for  it  is written that He unleashed  the  great  flood
shortly after this.  The flood, that primal human catastrophe, is
recorded in the legends of almost every people on Earth and wiped
out most of humanity, including, we can infer, those offspring of
flesh and blood E.T.s.  It is written, God started over with what
was left.
     Other  than  this possible mention of flesh  and  blood  E.T.
contact  before  the  flood  in the  Bible,  which  may  also  be
mentioned  in many mythologies, I have seen no credible  evidence
of  any  overt  or historical record dating  back  to  1000  B.C.
Geologically,  the origin of homo sapiens is sudden, but  it  has
been  found  that all distinct species seem to  appear  suddenly.
This is called "punctuated equilibrium" in evolutionary  biology.
(Reference 3)
     Other  than  reportings of sightings of strange  craft  that
occasionally  appear  in  the historical record, I  can  find  no
evidence of influence by flesh and blood E.T.s on any  historical
events.  What does show up is a tradition and folklore concerning
goblins  stealing children, tales of fairies, leprechauns,  elves
and  spirits.  This tradition may indicate some E.T.  contact  on
the  fringe of human social awareness, as has been  suggested  by
Whitley Streiber.  (Reference 4)  I think, also, it reflects to a
much larger extent, human imagination and love of story  telling.
These  strange  accounts also include other things which  may  be
purely  terrestrial  but  not really part of a  reality  that  we
understand.
     Though  the records of events before the primal  catastrophe
of  the  Flood are difficult to understand, it  remains  the  one
significant  human event that may have involved flesh and  blood
E.T. contact.
     It  is  worth  noting  that the  record  implies  that  this
contact,  along  with many other things purely  terrestrial,  had
disastrous consequences for the human race because of the  manner
in which the contact was made.  It is written in Genesis 6:2:
     "The  sons and daughters saw the daughters of men that  they
were  very  fair,  and they took them wives  of  all  which  they
chose..."
     This  record implies that these unions were dictated by  the
"Sons  of God", a term used sometimes to mean angel, and  not  by
choice  to  the  Earth women.  These  reported  events,  and  the
juxtaposition  with  the Flood and God's displeasure,  should  be
remembered as we consider reports of what is occurring in our own
time.   It also must be remembered that according to the  account
of  the contact with the First E.T. in the Bible, evil is  not  a
terrestrial  invention; it was present in the Cosmos eons  before
the first human being.
     The Bible and other religious records of Earth, record  that
both good and evil are not purely terrestrial phenomenon.  Ananda
Sirisena  has  pointed out in a two-part article in  the  British
journal  Beyond  Science (now defunct)  that the  holy  books  of
Buddhism  remark  that sense-desire, which is the source  of  all
unhappiness, is to be found throughout the Cosmos.  (Reference 5)
In the Bible, it is written in Job, 15:15
     "The heavens are not clean in His sight."
     It is also written in Revelations 12:7-9 that there was  war
in  heaven between the Archangel Michael and his angels, and  the
Devil  and his angels.  These are only two of many  examples  one
could name.  In general, the records of our reported contact with
the  First E.T. report repeatedly that the Cosmos,  both  visible
and  invisible,  is full of good and evil and that  these  forces
struggle   against   one  another,  Earth  being   an   important
battleground of this Cosmic struggle.
     This  brings us to the second widely reported  E.T.  contact
that  has  influenced  Earth.   This being  is  known  as  Satan,
Lucifer, or the Devil.  Like the first E.T., he is reported to be
non-corporeal.  However, he is reported to be a created being and
part  of the Cosmos whereas God is the Creator.  His  powers  and
intellect  are reported to be unimaginably great in  human  terms
but,  like  ours, insignificant compared to God's.   It  is  also
reported  that  despite his intellectual powers, he  often  makes
mistakes  that are apparent even to humans.  His  first  reported
error  was  to try and stage an unsuccessful revolt  against  his
Creator.
     Most  of  what we know about the Second E.T.,  Satan,  comes
from information reported to be from the First E.T.  This  record
allows  us  to  make  a vivid  comparison  between  them  in  two
important  areas:  One, dialogue with humans; The First  E.T.  is
recorded  to  be  always truthful, though he  seldom  shows  more
knowledge than is required.  In contrast, the Second E.T., Satan,
is  reported  to  be a compulsive liar and  virtual  inventor  of
treachery.   It is reported he often claims to be the First  E.T.
and  often  traps  victims  with  empty  promises  of   forbidden
knowledge  and technology.  Second, relationship  with  humanity;
the First E.T. is widely reported to love the human race and  all
other  peoples  of  the  Cosmos as if  they  were  his  children.
However,  he  is  also reported to hold us  responsible  for  our
actions, which  knowing the human race, means we occasionally are
at  odds.   The  Second E.T., Satan, is reported  to  be  utterly
contemptuous  and  hateful towards humans, especially  those  who
serve  him.   His hostility is constant, though  often  expressed
through  treachery and attempts to corrupt, rather  than  through
open warfare.
     It  is  reported that though the Devil  hates  humanity  and
wishes  to  destroy us, he cannot attack openly  because  of  the
presence  of the First E.T.  Therefore, we learn that absence  of
open attack does not always mean absence of mortal hostility.  It
merely means that the Cosmos is not simple, and that many factors
constrain the action of its inhabitants.
     Humanity is thus not a purely terrestrial phenomenon.   Even
our science is full of knowledge known first from observation  of
the stars.  If the record of our contract with the First E.T. are
believed, humanity is the product of influences that are not only
extraterrestrial but extracosmic, that is, transcending even  the
stars.  If these reported contacts with God are correct, and many
believe  they  are, then humanity knows these things  because  it
knows  the Being who made the Cosmos and its  peoples,  including
ourselves.  Humanity, and by this, I mean the readers themselves,
are possessors of Cosmic knowledge, but they do not know it  yet.
However, to know something of humanity one must understand that a
part  of humanity, like its Creator, is extremely mysterious  and
some of it is unknowable.
     To know something of humanity is to know of its mystery  and
its  magic.   There is a part of humanity that only  God  himself
understands.  I speak here of a whole category of phenomenon with
the inadequate terms "parapsychological" and "spiritual" --  that
part of ourselves that is manifest in religion, and yet seems  to
exist  apart from it.  One aspect of this was termed by  Jung  as
the  collective unconscious.  (Reference 6)  This is the part  of
humanity  that  seems  to guarantee that no  knowledge  can  ever
remain  isolated in one portion of the human race, even  if  they
never tell anyone of it.  Another can be called human  prescience
--  that human capacity to write or speak of events still far  in
the  future with uncanny accuracy, science fiction being  a  vast
upwelling  of  this human phenomenon.   No  statement  describing
humanity  could  be complete without referring to  this  part  of
humanity which is mysterious and difficult to describe.
     Therefore, you should respect yourself and your people.  You
know  more about the Cosmos than you realize.  You  are  stronger
and  more marvelous than you know.  You should not  be  arrogant,
but  you should be proud.  You lack knowledge, but you are  eager
to  learn.  You are small now but you are going to  become  great
and  "becoming  is  superior  to being."  You  are  a  young  and
vigorous  people, just off the train and in the big city for  the
first time, bent on finding your fortune.  So now that we have an
image  of humanity as it was formed and is, we can speak  of  the
destiny of humanity in the Cosmos.


                     THE DESTINY OF HUMANITY

     Hints of what our destiny will be are contained, I  believe,
in  the record of our contact with the First E.T. who pointed  us
to  our goal.  He said in paraphrase, "someday if you follow  the
Way I have shown you, you can join me in the heavens of which the
stars are but a shadow."  God, in fact, showed Abraham the  stars
and said in Genesis 15:5:
     "And He brought him forth abroad, and said, look now towards
heaven  and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them.   And
he said, so shall thy seed be."
     There is also another hint, for Jesus told his disciples  in
Mark 16:15,
     "Go  ye  unto all the world and preach the gospel  to  every
creature."
     For  in  the original Greek, the word for world  is  Cosmos,
(Reference  7)  meaning  the  whole  world,  the  whole   ordered
universe.
     I know in myself, that humanity is going into space  because
it yearns to do so.  The goal of its yearning is not just to  see
strange new worlds; it is to have fellowship with the peoples who
dwell  amid the stars and share truth with them.  In a  sense  we
are  going into confirm truths that we already believe.  That  is
part  of the reason that Ufology exists, not just because  people
in  Ufology are curious or concerned but also because we seek  to
be part of that dialogue.
     We have, on good account, that such a dialogue is  possible,
as recorded in Timothy Good's book Above Top Secret.  There is an
account  of  Sid  Padrick's experience  (Reference  8)  where  he
encountered  startlingly  humanoid  beings  who  were  kind   and
respectful  and  who  invited  him  to  pray  to  God  in   their
"consultation room."  They said they worshipped the same  Supreme
Being   we  did.   This  reported  encounter,   whose   positive,
respectful  character is such a stark contrast to  most  reported
encounters,  give us hope that we will find what we seek  in  the
stars.  But you must realize we inhabit a star already.
     Our  star,  Sol, the Sun, is a beautiful  golden  star  from
afar.   Around it orbits a beautiful blue-white star of a  planet
called  Earth, for that is what our planet looks like from  afar.
Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are beautiful from Earth, but I tell you
when you see the Earth someday from the surface of Mars you  will
understand  that  the Earth is the most beautiful  planet  in  the
solar  system,  or  even in a hundred  solar  systems.   That  is
partly why other peoples have come here.
     So  I will tell you I believe it is the destiny of  humanity
to  go out into the stars and become a great nation and find  its
place  among the stars and among the great nations that dwell  in
the  stars;  nations  whose people believe in  God  and  justice,
equality,  and  good will as we do, and who, when they  read  our
Bible  or the Declaration of Independence, will rejoice that  the
same  truths  they  know are known elsewhere and  from  the  same
source.

III  DYNAMICS BETWEEN PEOPLES IN THE COSMOS

     We have now discussed humanity and its destiny, but how will
our  destiny  be shaped by those peoples with whom we  share  the
Cosmos?  In particular, is there some model or broad guideline to
consult to understand the dynamics of politics between nations or
peoples who have their genesis in different star systems?  We can
come  up with a rough model by assuming that the laws of  physics
and  biology are the same everywhere in the Cosmos.  Once such  a
model  of  cosmic  politics  is formed,  it  can  be  applied  to
understand and predict the interactions between humanity and  its
fellow cosmic peoples.
     A model of cosmic politics can be derived from biology.   We
must assume that the laws of biology are universal, so that  they
are  the same on all worlds, like the laws of physics.  Since  we
know  about the laws determining biology on Earth, we would  then
know  about  biology laws on all worlds.  We  must,  of  course,
recognize  from  the  outset  that  we  can  only  gain  a  rough
understanding at best using this method, but we must have a model
and  we  must  begin  somewhere.   So,  we  look  for  basic  and
fundamental  laws rather than detailed ones.  We will  thus  look
for  laws the describe forests rather than trees.  Once  we  have
identified fundamental biological laws, we then try to find  laws
of politics on Earth that can be derived from them.  We will then
have a rough model.
     The first law of biology can be called "the survival of  the
fittest."   This means that all life is essentially  competitive.
This means those who are more intelligent, faster, stronger, more
diligent,  more  fertile, more efficient, and more  prudent  will
eventually dominate over those who have less of these  qualities.
This seems a harsh law of nature, but in some ways it is actually
kind.   In  any  case, nature is not often known to  be  kind  or
gentle.
     One impact of the first law of biology is that  intelligence
is  favored in predators. On Earth, predators are generally  more
intelligent   than their prey.  They must be or their  prey  will
outwit  them and the predators will not eat.  The octopus is  the
most  intelligent  of  all  invertebrates  and  it  is  a  fierce
predator.  The killer whale is believed to be the smartest of the
whales and it is a vicious killer of other whales.
     The  Chimpanzee is the second smartest land animal, and  its
capacity for mayhem against other species and even other  chimps,
rivals  our own. (Reference 9)  Curiously, researchers were  slow
to recognize how murderous chimps were to each other --  fighting
between tribes and occasionally killing their own young.  Perhaps
the researchers did not want to believe the chimps were as  prone
to violence as we are.  Even when researchers found out the harsh
facts  about internal wars between chimps they were reluctant  to
report  it.  They  feared  it would horrify  people  and  dry  up
research funding.  People were not horrified; however, they  were
enlightened, and chimpanzee research in the wild continues.   The
truth  makes chimps all the more fascinating and useful to  study
if human violence is to be understood and controlled.
     Another  example  of  the correlation  of  intelligence  and
predatory  behavior is the line of dinosaurs that appeared to  be
evolving   towards  something  resembling  humanoids  before   an
extraterrestrial event wiped them out.  (Reference 10)
     It is now believed that a line of small predator  dinosaurs,
roughly  resembling  miniature  Tyrannosaurus  Rexs,  would  have
developed  into a humanoid intelligence.  They stood on two  feet
and  several species had achieved brain to body  sizes  exceeding
all other dinosaurs and even mammals then existing.  However, the
impact of a massive asteroid, a clear sign this planet's  history
has  witnessed  extraterrestrial  intervention,  devastated   the
planet and cleared the Way for humanity.
     Human  beings are predatory.  Humanity began as hunters  and
gatherers  but  hunting  behavior  did  not  cease  when   humans
discovered agriculture -- it merely changed.  The  archaeological
record  shows that organized warfare began almost  simultaneously
with  agriculture.   (Reference  11)   Historically,  tribes  and
nations have fought wars and struggled for dominance as a form of
biological  competition.   The  apparent victory  of  the  United
States  in the Cold War is demonstration that democracy and  free
enterprise, while not without their faults, have become dominant,
because  they are better and more efficient in the long  run,  or
even  the  short  run, than despotism and Marxism.   So  our  own
violent  history,  which despite its violence  has  produced  the
triumph of liberty and humanity, can be understood as a vast game
of  survival of the fittest among groups of rather predatory  and
aggressive beings.  But there is another law of biology that also
played a profound role in this and which we must also factor into
our cosmic political model.
     The  second  law of Biology is roughly "the sum  is  greater
than  the parts."  Or stated differently, in cooperation  and  in
unity,  there  is strength.  One human cell alone will  die;  one
trillion  human cells bound together, each doing its  part,  will
thrive  and  triumph.  So one human can do little,  but  a  large
number can move the Earth and someday change the course of stars.
This  second law, that cooperation leads to success, is seen  not
only in biology but in human politics and history.


                    ENCOUNTERS IN THE COSMOS

     The  HHM would say that encounters between E.T. nations  and
Earth  nations  are similar to encounters between  less  advanced
nations and European explorers and exploiters.
     Generally, the more advanced and organized the less advanced
nation was, the better it fared.
     Example:  Japan  was  politically united,  and  on  its  own
islands,  militarily  fearsome, despite having  lower  technology
than  the  Europeans.  However, faced with a massive  display  of
American naval power (the ships were carefully painted white  and
black to look impressive), the Japanese government agreed to open
up  for  trade  and diplomatic relations.  (Reference  13)   They
reorganized  their  society  and held  the  Americans  and  other
foreigners  at bay militarily, thus preserving their  sovereignty
while  most  other  small  Asian nations  are  conquered  by  the
Europeans.  They adopted Western technology and finally became  a
great power.  This did not prevent them from getting into trouble
later,  but  they  did very well  during  the  European  Colonial
period.
     The American Indians present a tragic counter example.  They
were politically disunited, had no concept of the world view  and
ambitions  of  the  Europeans  and  were  technically   backward.
However,  it was not lack of technology that caused them to  lose
their  land;  it was a lack of comprehension of the  threat  they
faced.   If  they  had  known what  they  were  facing  from  the
beginning,  they  could have swept the Europeans  into  the  sea.
Instead, they lost almost everything, land, heritage, and most of
their  population, to a slow but relentless advance of the  white
man.

                        WAR IN THE COSMOS

     The  HHM tells there will be power politics between  peoples
in the Cosmos.  Sadly, it also tells us that since "war is merely
politics  extended by other means," (Reference 14) there  must  be
war  in the Cosmos between nations.  I have already  referred  to
the  Bible where it tells of war in heaven in Revelations;  Thus,
it is written that Earth is not the only arena of war.
     I have often referred to the Bible in this talk and will  do
so  again; however, I also have spoken, in general, of  books  of
ancient wisdom of Earth and how they would be useful in  advising
us  concerning the Cosmos.  I will now begin referring to such  a
useful  book of ancient wisdom.  It is a book of the  East  where
the  Bible is a book of the West, but it is ancient and  wise  in
my  view  and  along with the Bible and other books  I  think  it
offers  humanity  great help.  This book it Sun Tzu, the  Art  of
War.   I commend this book to your study.  Sun Tzu writes to  us,
"military  action is important to the nation -- it is the  ground
of  death and life.  The path of survival and destruction, it  is
imperative to examine it." (Reference 15)
     War  occurs  in  the  Cosmos  as  part  of  a  struggle  for
dominance;  it is an aspect of the law of competition of survival
of  the fittest.  On Earth, nations go to war for  territory  and
resources so they can prosper and grow and their competitors will
wither  and  shrink, or be absorbed.  According to he  HHM,  wars
occur  in  the  Cosmos  over stars  and  planets  and  the  space
containing them.
     We  know that stars like the Sun that are single and of  its
special  range F through K type are best for having life  bearing
worlds  around them, like the Earth. (Reference 16)   The  hotter
stars  are  too short lived and the dimmer, cooler ones  are  too
unstable.  We also know that planets like Earth, that are  living
planets, with oxygen atmospheres, and favorable temperature,  are
rare.  Only  one  such planet exists in this  star  system  which
contains nine planets.  Mars may have once been a living  planet,
but it is now dead.  According to the HHM, people will fight over
land and ocean and resources like those found on Earth. Therefor,
the HHM says that the space containing stars like the Sun  around
which  orbit planets like the Earth, with intelligent  beings  or
not  on  them,  are the things over which people  of  the  Cosmos
probably fight wars.  They fight, because if you can have such  a
planet, you can settle a million individuals on it, and they will
become  a billion in a few centuries.  If they can have ten  such
planets, a people can prosper and become great; if a people loses
ten such planets to a competitor, then they will become weak  and
despised...their seed will not be as the stars of heaven.
     War  between  advanced  peoples both  of  whom  may  possess
nuclear  weapons  is probably highly risky, even  if  one  side's
space  technology  is  highly superior.   Nuclear  weapons,  like
gunpowder on Earth, is probably a great equalizer in the  Cosmos.
In addition, space, by definition, allows cultures to develop  in
great  isolation  from each other, and thus have  very  different
levels  of  technology.  For these reasons, wars  in  the  Cosmos
probably  seldom  take place between equals.  War on  Earth  most
often  comes  about  from  a  perceived  imbalance  of   military
capabilities.   Life  on Earth is not fair; probably  neither  is
life  in the Cosmos.  So we would expect some peoples will  carry
out  wars of conquest or extermination against their  weaker  and
less  advanced  neighbors.  Since these wars will  involve  armed
conflict  between very different cultures and species, they  will
probably be very cruel, as such wars are on Earth.  In predicting
this,  I  am supposing that some peoples of the Cosmos  will  act
more like biological entities rather than moral civilized states.
In  saying this, I do not say all peoples of the Cosmos will  act
ruthlessly towards their neighbors, only some of them.
     On  Earth  we have nations that are great and  powerful  and
others  that are merely powerful. It is a dream  that  scientific
knowledge and technological power lead to moral enlightenment  in
a  nation,  but  we  know on Earth that  some  nations  can  have
enormous  wealth  and  scientific and  technological  power,  yet
commit unspeakable crimes and aggression against their own people
and   others.    Nazi  Germany  was  for  a   period   the   most
technologically advanced power on Earth, with ballistic missiles,
jet  fighter  planes,  and an active  program  to  build  nuclear
weapons.  No power on Earth could rival it for a period.  Germany
before this had been considered a center of theology and culture.
Yet  in  a  few years, Germany regressed  into  a  nightmare  and
committed unspeakable crimes against humanity.
     Technology  and morality do not go hand in hand on Earth  or
probably  anywhere else in the Cosmos.  One has only to  look  at
our own society to see this.  For some nations, technology merely
provides irresistible temptations to abuse other nations.
     Nor  does the fact that a people dwell among the stars  make
them moral and just.  We dwell on a star, and it sits among other
stars,  but  we  must constantly struggle with  ourselves  to  do
right,  and sometimes we fail at this.  Therefore, according  to
the  HHM  the Cosmos is as harsh and desperate a place as  it  is
beautiful.   The laws of biology dictate this, and  Earth  merely
reflects  it.  Morality and enlightenment must  struggle  against
criminality  and darkness in the Cosmos as they do on the  Earth,
and sometimes this struggle is armed.
     Given the preceding discussion, a likely scenario for war in
the Cosmos is as follows: (1) an advanced space power  encounters
a  less advanced power; (2) the more advanced power displays  its
power hoping to cow the less advanced power into submission;  (3)
if  this ploy succeeds, the advanced power subjugates the  lesser
power  without war; and (4) The subjugated people may  be  merely
enslaved  or  else exterminated and the planet settled  with  the
victorious  species.   Sun Tzu says "The best policy  is  to  use
strategy,  influence,  and  the  trend of  events  to  cause  the
adversary  to  summit  willingly." (Reference  17)   That  is,  a
military  victory  can be had at little cost by  first  achieving
psychological victory over the enemy.
     One  successful psychological ploy that was used with  great
success on Earth in analogous situations was to convince the less
advanced natives that the more advanced were gods.  This ploy was
used  by Cortez, who made ingenious use of the Quetzacotl  legend
in  his attack on the Aztec empire.  Cortez also used  calculated
displays  of  cannon  fire, horses,  and  other  technologies  to
convince the Aztec envoys that he possessed supernatural  powers.
Montezuma,  the  King  of the Aztecs  was  almost  hypnotized  or
"spooked" by the Spanish.  Finally, when the Aztecs realized  too
late  that  the  Spanish were just gold-hungry  flesh  and  blood
people like themselves, the people killed Montezuma for betraying
them  to  the  Spanish.  cortez by this time had  raised  up  the
Indian  nations  long enslaved by the Aztecs, and so  managed  to
conquer  an empire of millions with only 800 men.   Pizzaro  also
pulled  off such a conquest again by "spooking" the Inca  emperor
into believing he was divine.  So, a former pig farmer with a few
hundred men conquered another empire of millions.

     However, let us suppose that the less advanced power is very
tough  minded  and refuses to be cowed by  the  advanced  powers'
superior  technology.  Let us suppose also that the lesser  power
rejects  as psychological ploys the advanced power's attempts  to
claim  divinity, and that these attempts to attain  psychological
advantages merely harden the will of the less advanced people  to
fight.   In this case, two things could happen: (1) The  advanced
power will withdraw or decide to establish normal and  respectful
diplomatic  ties with the lesser power.  (2) The  advanced  power
may  choose  to  wage  war  on  the  less  advanced  power   when
psychological ploys used alone have failed.  Here the outcome  is
not nearly so predictable as one might imagine.
     War  between technological unequals is probably the norm  in
the  Cosmos  rather than the exception.  However,  as  on  Earth,
technology  is only one of many factors is war.  The factors  are
primarily:

     1.  Relative  numbers of military forces -- does  one  side
         have overwhelming numbers?
     2.  Moral  and  discipline  of the  forces  --  can  it  be
         maintained in the face of losses?
     3.  Length of supply lines -- can a large military effort be
         sustained for long by both sides?
     4.  Political unity of opposing power groups -- can one side
         exploit divisions in the other?
     5.  Technology  -- can the high tech of one side  be  easily
         countered by the low tech of the other?
     6.  Will  -- are the less advanced people  more  willing  to
         resist  than  the  more advanced are  willing  to  press
         attacks?
     7.  Other Powers -- will other powers stay out of the war or
         intervene on one side or another?
     8.  Which  side  chooses the Way --  one  side  or  neither?
         (Reference 18)

     As  was discovered by the United States in Vietnam  and  the
Russians in Afghanistan, technological superiority alone is not a
deciding  factor against adversaries who are  tenacious,  clever,
are willing to die rather than submit, who have high morale,  and
who  confront the advanced power on their home territory.   These
wars   also  showed  the  sensitivity  of  advanced   powers   to
casualties, even when the advanced power may not be known for its
concern for human life, as was the case with Russia.  One Russian
was  quoted  as  saying  "30,000 dead was  one  day's  losses  at
Stalingrad,   but  in  Afghanistan  it  seems  too  much."    The
difference  was  that 30,000 Germans died also and  the  Russians
were  fighting  for  their homes and  lives.   Death  on  foreign
hostile  territory,  far  from home, at the  hands  of  primitive
natives  is  especially grievous to  advanced  peoples,  because,
economically,  a trained member for their society is more  costly
to replace than a member of a more primitive society, especially,
if  he  must  be trained in the use of  high  tech  weaponry  and
transported   great  distances  onboard   expensive   transports.
therefore,  if  a less advanced society can  maintain  ferocious,
long-term resistance against an advanced aggressor operating  far
from  home,  with limited forces, the less  advanced  people  can
triumph.   the  more advanced people will simply  find  they  are
bogged down and taking losses in an unwinnable war far from home,
and they will leave.  In such a triumph, morale and, if possible,
religious  zeal  on  the part of the less advanced  people  is  a
decisive  factor.   I repeat, in a conflict where  a  technically
advanced  power is waging a war of aggression on a less  advanced
power,  the  morale  and  will of the lesser  power  is  what  is
decisive, not technology alone.  Sun Tzu, though he wrote of war,
as  also  a great moralist.  To him a key factor in  war  was  to
follow "the Way." (Reference 18)
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    "The  Way means humaneness and justice.  In ancient times,  a
    famous minister of state asked a political philosopher  about
    military  matters.   The  philosopher  said,  'Humanness  and
    justice  are the means to govern properly.   When  government
    is carried out properly, people feel close to the  leadership
    and think little of dying for it'."

    He also said: (Reference 19)

    "Those  who  use  arms will cultivate the Way  and  keep  the
    rules.   Thus,  they can govern in such a way as  to  prevail
    over the corrupt."

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"Those  who  use its superior technology to try and  oppress  and
destroy  less advanced neighbors does not know of the Way.   This
is true on Earth, and I think this is true throughout the Cosmos.
     If a people departs from the Way to oppress their neighbors,
then  neither the brilliance of their technology  and  intellect,
nor  all their clever words can disguise it.  Sadly, this  brings
us to the subject of the present situation regarding humanity and
some of its fellow peoples of the Cosmos and what forty years  of
E.T. contact have taught us.

--------- Continued in Rainbow part 2 ---------------------------

Don


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