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by Paul Quek, from Singapore BBA (Hons), MAppSci (CompSci) [Bachelor of Business Administration, Honours]
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World Civilization Mystery
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Atlas, Atlantis, Civilization. There was maybe a big Island which had split by the Big floods and created
continents which were like the boats who took the people of the same Old
Civilization with them, to create new civilizations, in which we now find many
similarties. Before the Flood of Mediterrain, there was a Land which had a
great Civilization which was destroyed by the flood and earthquakes, forcing
people to move north, east and south to create new life, nations, kingdoms,
civilizations. If that part of the world was the so called Garden of Eve, or Atlantis, then we
must look deep inside the waters of the Mediterranian Sea to find their remains. Maybe Lybia, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Leban, Turkey, Greece and South Albania and
Italy (and others there) were the lands around that Old Civilization which was
floded from the west. These countries did bring the remains of the Old
Civilization and Teaching to us. Maybe Adam, Noah,and later Abraham and the Jews, the slaves of Egypt were from
those areas which were later destroyed by floods that created the present
Mediterrain Sea. Maybe some of these old people did move as far as Caucasus (Albanians etc)
where they split again in two different ways; to north and south, to Europe and
Asia. But still there were many other ways and directions out of the destroyed old
land of Mediterrain Sea, which was the centre of the Big Island, the World Land
before it separated in many continents. Was that centre the Garden of Eve or the heart (temple) of Atlantis? Maybe the
whole Big Island, World Land was called Atlantis or Lemuria or other names.
There was Ocean like snake around it but was there another Old Land in the
other side of the Globe where now remain the Pacific islands ? Was the real
Atlantis there? Were there two or just one? Mythology maybe told a real History
and we must look and dig more in it (myths). Tags: Europe Asia Africa America greece leban caucasus aryan albania
world civilization
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Arising from Effects of Ecological Disasters [ The Mythical ] Aryan Invasion [ of India ]Adapted from: "Aryan Invasion", by N.S. Rajaram, in The Hindustan Times
Until quite recently, the famous Harappan civilization of the Indus valley has been an enigma [that is, a Mystery]. Many questions still remain about the identity of the people who created this
great ancient civilization. Stretching over a million and a half square
kilometers, from the borders of Iran to east UP and with some sites as far
south as the Godavari valley, it was larger than ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
combined. What is perhaps most puzzling about it is the fact that all major sites spread over this immense belt went into sudden decline and
disappeared more or lesssimultaneously. The renowned archeologist,S.R. Rao, probably the foremost authority on Harappan archeology recently wrote: "In circa 1900 B.C., most of the mature Harappan sites were wiped out forcing
the inhabitants to seek new lands for settlement. They seem to have left in a
great hurry and in small groups, seeking shelter initially on the eastern flank
of the Ghaggar and gradually moving towards the Yamuna. The refugees from
Mohen-jo-daro and southern sites in Sind fled to Saurashtra and later occupied
the interior of the peninsula." From this it is apparent that the Harappans, though inhabiting a vast area,
fell victim to a sudden calamity which forced them to seek shelter in other parts of ancient India. The usual explanation found in history books is that the inhabitants of the
Harappan cities were driven out by the invading Aryans. However it is now recignised by scholars that the Aryan invasion theory of India is a myth that owes more to European
politics than anything in Indian records or archaeology. ("The Politics of History", The Hindustan Times, Nov. 28, 1993). The evidence against any such invasion is now far too strong to be taken
seriously. To begin with, sites spread over such a vast stretch, measuring well
over a thousand miles across would not have been all abandoned simultaneously
due to the incursion of nomadic bands at one extremity. Further, there is
profuse archaeological evidence including the presence of sacrificial altars
that go to show that the Harappans were part of the Vedic Aryan fold. As a result, it can safely by said that the Vedic age also ended with the Harappan civilisation. From all this it is clear that the loss of these sites must have been
associated with some natural catastrophe. A few scholars have pointed to evidence of frequent floods to account for the
abandonement. But, floods are invariably local in nature and do not cause the
collapse of a civilisation over a vast belt. People adapt. Floods bring death
but they also sustain life. Some of the most flood prone areas of the world
— like the Nile valley, Bengal and the Yangtse valley in China —
area also among the most densely populated. It is the loss of water or dessication [not floods! — Paul Quek] that causes massive disruptions on the scale witnessed at the end of the
Harappan civilization. Thanks to the latest data from two major archaeological and satellite based
studies, we now know that this is exactly what happened. It was ecological change that ended the great civilization not only in India but over a vast belt that
included Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Aegean.
On the basis of extensive explorations carried out in Northern Mesopotamia, a
joint French-American team led by H. Weiss of Yale University has determined that most of the old world civilization were severely affected by a prolonged drought that began about 2200 B.C. and persisted for about 300 years. The most drastically hit region seems to have been the Akkadian civilization neighbouring India. The drought may have been triggered by massive volcanic
eruptions. According to the findings of this historic study concluded only
recently: "At approximately 2200 B.C., occupations of Tell Leilan and Tell Brak (in
Northern Mesopotamia) were suddenly abandoned ... a marked increase in aridity and wind circulation, subsequent to a volcanic eruption, induced considerable degradation in land
use conditions .... this abrupt climatic change caused abandonement of Tell
Leilan, regional desertion, and collapse of the Akkadian empire based in
southern Mesopotamia. Synchronous collapse in adjacent regions suggests the
impact of abrupt climatic change was excessive." An end uncannily like that of the Harappans. The authors of this momentous
study note that the collapse of the Akkdians more or less coincided with
similar climate change, land degradation and collapse noted in the Aegean, Palestine, Egypt, and India. The date of 1900 B.C. given by S.R. Rao for the collapse of the Harappans
should be seen as approximate. More accurate methods are now available that
show this date to have been sometime before 2000 B.C., and they are well within
the calibration error of radiocation and other scientific dating techniques. The basic point is: as a result of several independent explorations conducted
over a vast belt from southern Europe to India, it is now clear that civilizations over a large part of the ancient world were brought to a
calamitous end by an abrupt climate change on a global scale. To attribute a global calamity of such colossal magnitude to nomadic 'Aryan'
tribes is simplistic in the extreme. These discoveries should help put an end to all speculation regarding the
Aryan invasion as the cause of breakup of the Harappan civilisation. On the
other
hand, we now know that the Vedic civilization far from coming into existance after the Harappan, in fact ended with it; the mature Harappan civilization was the last glow of the Vedic age. This recognition has brought about a fundamental change in perpective in the history and chronology of not only
ancient India, but also nearly all ancient civilizations. It helps answer several fundamental questions about the source of the
Harappans - they should now be called the Vedic Harappans - and the age of theRig Veda. Thanks to recent discoveries about the mathematics and geography of Vedic
India, we are now in a position to answer both questions. This shift in perspective,that the Harappan civilization came at the end of
the Vedic age also helps explain a major puzzle; the technological basis for
this great civilisation. Even a superficial study of Harappan sites suggests
that its builders were extremely capable town planners and engineers. And this requires a sophisticated knowledge of mathematics especially geometry. Elaborate structures like the Great Bath of Mohen-jo-daro, the Lothal harbour
or the citadel at Harappa are inconcievable without a detailed knowldge of
geometry. The world had to wait 2000 years more, till the rise of the Roman civilisation,
for sanitation and town planning to reach a comparable level. The question is: where did the Harappans get the necessary mathematical and engineering
knowledge? History books tell us that Indians borrowed their geometry from the Greeks. This is absurd. The Harappans must have had the neccessary technical knowledge at least 2000
years before the Greeks. Without it the civilization would never have seen the light of day. It is as simple as that.
But once we recognise that Harappan archaeology belongs to the closing
centuries of the Vedic age, the mystery vanishes. The late Vedic literature
includes mathematical texts known as the Sulba-sutras which contain detailed instruction for the building of sacrificial altars.
After a monumental study spanning more than 20 years, the distinguished
American mathematician and historian of science, A. Seidenberg showed that the Sulba-sutras are the source of both Egyptian and old
Babylonian mathematics. The Egyptian texts based on the Sulba-sutras go back to
before 2000 B.C. This provides independent cofirmation that Indian mathematical
knowledge existed long before that date, i.e., during the height of the
Harappan era.
The Sulba-sutras are part of the Vedic religious literature known as the Kalpasutras. They were created originally to serve as technical manuals for the design and
construction of Vedic altars. As previously noted, Harappan sites contain many
such altars, a fact that supplies a link between Vedic literature and Harappan
archaeology. It serves also to show that the Vedic literature could not have
been brought in by any invaders — they were needed for building the
altars that are very much part of the Harappan archaeology! The Sulba-sutra are the oldest mathematical texts known. A careful comparison
of the Sulba-sutras with the mathematics of Egypt and old Babylonia led
Seidenberg to conclude: "... the elements of ancient geometry found in Egypt and old Babylonia stem
from a ritual system of the kind found in the Sulba-sutras."
What is interesting is that the origins of ancient mathematics are to be found
in religion and ritual. So the great engineering feats of the Harappans can be
seen as secular off-shoots of the religious mathemtics found in Vedic
literature. This can in a way be compared to the history of books and publishing, The first
books printed were Bibles, like the Gutenberg bible; but the technique of
printing soon transcended its original niche and led to an
explosion of knowledge that made possible the European renaissance. Similarly,
the 'ritual mathematics' in the Sulba-sutras led eventually to the purely
secular achievements of the Harappans, like city planning and the design of
harbours. So the Vedic civilisation ended well before 2000 B.C., with the ending of the
Harappans following the Great Drought. The next question is, when did it [Harappan civilisation] actually begin? Here we cannot be certain although some experts on Vedic astronomy claim to be
able to find statements in the Rig Veda that point to dates like 6500 B.C. and
beyond. I feel it safer at this time to be consevative and stick to reliable
archaeological evidence. Although some sites dating to almost 7000 B.C. have
been found, I believe that a lot more supporting data must be found before such
dates can be accepted. But thanks to new data made available by the French SPOT
satellite and the Indo-French field study, we can definitely conclude that the
Rig-Veda describes the geography of North India as it was long before 3000 B.C.
The clinching evidence is provided by the fate of the Saraswati river.
It is well known that in the Rig Veda, the greatest and the holiest of rivers was not the Ganga, but
the now dry Saraswati. The Ganga is mentioned only once while the Saraswati is mentioned some 50
times. There is a whole hymn devoted to her. Extensive research by the late Dr. Wakankar has shown that the Saraswati changed her course several times, going
completely dry around 1900 B.C. This date may now have to be moved back by a
few centuries in light of what we now know about the disappearence of the
neighbouring Akkadians. In any event we know now which Dr.Wakankar did not,
that the Saraswati described in the Rig Veda belongs to a date long before 3000
B.C. The Rig Veda calls the Saraswati the greatest of rivers (Naditame) that flowed
from "the mountain to the sea". The latest satellite data combined with field
archaeological studies have shown that the Rig Vedic Saraswati had stopped
being a perrenial river long before 3000 B.C.
As Paul-Henri Francfort of CNRS, Paris recently observed,
"...we now know, thanks to the field work of the Indo-French expedition that
when the protohistoric people settled in this area, no large river had flowed
there for a long time." The protohistoric people he refers to are the early Harappans of 3000 B.C.
But satellite 'photos show that a great prehistoric river that was over 7
kilometers wide did indeed flow through the area at one time. This was the
Saraswati described in the Rig Veda. Numerous archaeological sites have also been located along the course of this
great prehistoric river thereby confirming Vedic accounts. The great Saraswati
that flowed "from the mountain to the sea" is now seen to belong to a date long
anterior to 3000 B.C. This means that the Rig Veda describes the geography of North India long before
3000 B.C. This is further supported by the fact that the Drishadvati river, also described in the Rig Veda, had itself gone dry long before 3000 B.C. All this shows that the Rig Veda must have been in existece no later than 3500
B.C. There is other evidence from metallurgy and astronomy that lend further
support for this date.
What does this all mean? In our book, Vedic Aryans and the Origins of
Civilisation, David Frawley and I have shown that the Rig Veda belongs to an earlier layer of civilisationbefore the rise of the civilisation of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley
(Harappa). This calls for a fundamental change in our idea of Mesopotamia as the cradle of
civilisation. In the same book, on the basis of ecology and ancient literature, it is also
suggested that the Rig Vedic Aryans were the beneficiary of an age of abundance
in north India, brought about by the melting of the ice caps at the end of the
last Ice Age. The last Ice Age ended in about 8000 B.C. For the next several thousand years, many areas that are now arid — like
Rajasthan, Sind, Baluchistan — were fertile and supported agriculture.
This, of course, was due to the discharge of waters in the form of numerous
streams from melting ice caps. This is apparent from the French satellite
study. In the course of time, the ice caps accumulated during the long Ice Age
came to be depleted and aridity began to spread across the sub-continent. This,
of course, culminated in the Great Drought of 2200 B.C. that wrought havoc with the civilisations of the ancient world. In summary, all this new evidence, when examined in the light of science,
givesa totally different picture of the ancient world. The rise and fall of the Vedic civilisation — of which the Harappan was
a part — can be seen to have resulted from the vagaries of Nature,
inseparably bound to the boom and bust ecological cycle that followed the last
ice age. The Vedic age, and more specifically the Rig Veda, were the
beneficiaries of Nature's bounties — a unique age in water abundance in
the wake of the last Ice Age. Its end was also brought about by Nature in the
form of a killing drought. The Harappan civilisation was its twilight. And this
is the verdict of science — what Nature [or God? -- Paul Quek] giveth, Nature [or God? -- Paul Quek] also taketh away.
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Sciences ... Four Categories of Science By Stanton T. Friedman (Former Nuclear Physicist)Some people have insisted that if I can't provide a piece of a [flying] saucer
or an alien body, there is nothing to support my claims. I was quite surprised
during my last visit with Carl Sagan in December 1992, when he claimed that the
essence of the scientific method was reproducibility. In actuality, as I wrote
Sagan later on, there are at least four different kinds of science: - [Category-1 Science] Yes, there is a lot of excellent science done by people who set up
an experiment in which they can control all the variables and equipment. They
make measurements and then publish their results, after peer review, and
describe their equipment, instruments, and activity in detail so that others
can duplicate the work and, presumably, come to the same conclusions. Such
science can be very satisfying, and certainly can contribute to the advancement
of knowledge. However, it is not the only kind of science.
- [Category-2 Science] A second kind of science involves situations in which one cannot
control all the variables, but can predict some. For example, I cannot prove
that on occasion the moon comes directly between the sun and the Earth and
casts a shadow of darkness on the Earth, because I cannot control the positions
of the Earth, moon, or sun. What can be done is predicting the times when such
eclipses will happen and being ready to make observations when they occur.
Hopefully the weather where I have my instruments will allow me to make lots of
measurements.
- [Category-3 Science] A third kind of science involves events that can neither be
predicted nor controlled, but one can be ready to make measurements if
something does happen. For example, an array of seismographs can be established
to allow measurements to be made at several locations in the event of an
earthquake. When I was at the University of Chicago, a block of nuclear
emulsion was attached to a large balloon that would be released when a
radiation detector indicated that a solar storm had occurred (something we
could neither produce nor predict). Somebody would rush to Stagg Field and
release the balloon. When the balloon was
retrieved, the emulsion would be carefully examined to measure the number,
direction, velocity, and mass characteristics of particles unleashed by the sun.
- [Category-4 Science] Finally, there is a fourth kind of science, still using the rules
to attack difficult problems. These are the events that involve intelligence,
such as airplane crashes, murders, rapes, and automobile accidents. We do not
know when or where they will occur, but we do know they will. In a typical year
more than 40,000 Americans will be killed in automobile accidents. We don't
know where or when, so rarely are TV cameras whirling when these events take
place. But we can, after the fact, collect and evaluate evidence. We can
determine if the driver had high levels of alcohol in his or her blood, whether
the brakes failed, whether the visibility was poor, where a skid started, and
so on. Observations of strange phenomena in the sky come under this last
category.
In all the category-4 events, we must obtain as much testimony from witnesses
as possible. Some testimony is worth more than other testimony, perhaps because
of the duration of observation, the nearness of the witnesses to the event, the
specialized training of the observer, the availability of corroborative
evidence such as videos and still photos, or the consistency of evidence when
there is testimony from more than one witness. Our entire legal system is based
on testimony — rarely is there conclusive proof such as DNA
matching. Judges and juries must decide, with appropriate cross-examination,
who is telling the truth. In some states, testimony from one witness can lead
to the death penalty
for the accused. We should take note of the fact that even instrument data is dependent on
testimony from the observer of the instruments, and on appropriate calibration
and validation under standardized circumstances. Also, our courts place limits
on requirements for testimony, such as that against one spouse by the other.
Furthermore, there are rules about hearsay testimony, and rules regarding legal
evidence are complex and detailed. When it comes to flying saucers, we must remember that the reason most
sightings can be determined to be relatively conventional phenomena, often seen
under unusual circumstances, is that most people are relatively good observers.
The problem comes with the interpretation of what was observed. People watching
the sky late at night may get excited about a very bright light that moved very
slowly. Checking on the position of the planets at that time may reveal that
that light was Venus, because we have good information as to the angle of
observation, the direction of the light from the observer, the relatively slow
rate of motion, the location of Venus at that time, and so on. On three
occasions, when living in Southern California, I was called by people who
described an unusual object moving rapidly. I tried to make sure that I
analyzed their observations, such as, what time was it? In what direction were
you looking? In what direction did it seem to be moving? Was there any sound?
What was its apparent size, say, as compared to the moon (just covered by an
aspirin held at arm's length)? Two of the people wanted to tell me that the object was just over the next
hill. I stressed that this was an interpretation, because even huge objects far
away can seem to be small objects nearby. In all three cases, I felt that what
was being described sounded similar to a rocket launched down the California
Coast when the sun had gone down, but while the object was high enough to still
be in sunlight. I had seen such a spectacular case once myself. I checked, in
all three cases, with Vandenberg Air Force Base, which launches many rockets
down the U.S. West Coast. Indeed, there had been a launch at the right time in
each case. One case was especially intriguing, because several witnesses were
looking out across the ocean from a beach area and described the thing they saw
as similar to a string of popcorn. It turned out to be the launch of a special
weather satellite with extra solid boosters being dropped off multiple times. The people were good observers. To say the least, it would be irrational to say
that people are good observers when their input allows us to identify the
object being observed, and yet poor observers if we can't identify the UFO as
something conventional. — Stanton T. Friedman (Nuclear Physicist)
Flying Saucers and Science
Subtitle — A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes,
and Government Cover-Ups
(Chapter 1 - "The Case for the ET Origin of Flying Saucers")
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Warning to the unthinking (and to the control freaks and power junkies) ... You probably won't like the following 'thinking' observation ... But it's
an important part of any exploration, investigation, study, etc. of the Mysteries of the World ... SEVEN DOORS TO SEVEN ROOMS OF THOUGHT- Accept the statement of Eminent Authority without basis, without question.
- Disagree with the statement without basis, out of general contrariness.
- Perhaps the statement is true, but what if it isn't? How then to account for
the phenomenon?
- How much of the statement rationalizes to suit man's purpose that he and his
shall be ascendant at the centre of things?
- What if the minor should become major, the recessive dominant, the obscure
prevalent?
- What if the statement were reversible, that which is considered effect is
really cause?
- What if the natural law perceived in one field also operates unperceived in all
other phases of science? What if there be only one natural law manifesting
itself, as yet, to us in many facets because we cannot apperceive the whole, of
which we have gained only the most elementary glimpses, with which we can cope
only at the crudest level?
And are those still other doors, yet undefined, on down the corridor? |
- Please do not assume or conclude that, just because I present many views (in
the form of textual notes, pictures/stills, and audio and video
clips) — as well as many advertisements, some by me and some
automatically by Google Adsense and Amazon — on this website,
it does not
mean that I am in agreement with or that I believe in the views and/or ads
offered-proferred ... That would be displaying such a parochial and provincial
attitude, towards this website and towards me as well!
As an ex-military officer, I assure you that I am in the habit of reading,
viewing and digesting lots of stuff that I don't necessarily believe in ... We
call all the stuff we read, view and digest, 'military intelligence' ... The
same applies with 'business intelligence' in the business world, of course. Our aim, as usual, is to find out what others (including our friends, enemies,
competitors, suppliers, strategic partners, business partners, etc.) believe
in. In order to do that effectively, we have to 'get out of the way', so to
speak — we have to remove our humongous
ego! — else we will never ever really have gotten started in
our journey of exploration and discovery of the Mysteries of the World. Furthermore, similarly and additionally, as a "Charismatic Christian", there
are lots of stuff presented in this website that I do not believe in ... which
had even led some to label me as "Fundamentalist"! ... Whatever! Matthew 7 1Judge not, that ye be not judged.2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest
not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;
and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. — Jesus the Christ
(Yahoshua ha Mashiach;
Yeshua/Yesua; Ieosus; Joshua),
"Sermon on the Mount"
If you want to hear the NIV — specifically, from The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993) — please click the audio player below:
In short, in this website, I present many things that, I am hopeful, would be
of interest to a student, explorer and investigator of the Mysteries of the World ... but this doesn't mean that I believe in any of the stuff presented. ... Got it? ... Right! - Here is a purpose that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
[Mysteries, Monsters, Mutants, Myths, Miracles & Much More ...]Our purpose ... is to describe the rich variety of anomalous, unexplained,
sometimes totally bizarre phenomena that people have experienced in all times
and places and that are still occurring today. ... the nature of the world and
of our existence are quite different from that which we were taught at school.
The reality is far more interesting, humorous and expansive than any religious
or rational, scientific world-view can possibly accommodate. It is not our intention here to dispute anyone's beliefs or
theories — but we should like to point out their limitations.
There are things that happen in this world - and have occurred throughout the
whole of human experience - for which there has never been a lasting
explanation. Explanations are temporary products, coming and going in response
to fashions. Meanwhile, the happenings they are supposed to explain carry on as
mysteriously as ever. — John Michell and Bob Rickard
The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena (Rough Guide Reference)
(New York, NY: Rough Guides Ltd, 2007) - Here is a sentiment that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
As I sit down to redo this book for an American audience, what rises before me
is last night's dream: I'm in a broad and beautiful land among many trees. It's
night. I look up at a huge old tree that's dark against the starry sky in its
detail of twig and branch. There is room enough here for all of us, I realize,
here in this big, intricately textured park. But I see that some want to cut
down the trees and level it out, so huge throngs of people can gather to gaze
up at the sun's glare. I watch dark twigs fingering the remote, untouchable
stars. A voice speaks: "Don't turn this into a Copernican Garden." Waking up, I remember that I went to sleep wondering how to put this book
together. And I take "Copernican Garden" to mean a parking lot vista where
masses gather to honor the bright sun of traditional science with its old rules
as the center of the universe. So I will not cut down the trees and level this book out. It is between you and
me [or you and I], a conversation as we stroll along in a moonlit fractal
garden past webby connections of thought that merge to patterned insight. Here
hidden delights nestle in scaling patterns of self-similar but never quite
repeating beauty. Here the tree of life hold stars in its branches. No matter
how huge, this garden stays human-sized because we have a place in it, you and
I. No need to cut down the connective forest and level things out for that
bright Sol [sun] of left-brain logic whose daytime dazzle — so
close and glaring — can blind us to the myriad constellations
beyond. [...] — Katya Walter, Tao of Chaos
Sub-title: Merging East and West
(1994, 1996) - Here is an observation (adapted) made in the Acknowledgement page of a book ...
It takes many minds to produce a book [including an e-book, of course].
Although most authors [especially of non-fiction books and articles] would
prefer not to admit this fact, fundamentally they are merely 'synthesisers' of
accumulated knowledge. The process of synthesising may unveil a new reality map, or paradigm, which,
in due course, will be used by future pioneers to unveil further paradigms. This principle was summed up by Sir Isaac Newton when he remarked: "If I have
seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". [...] — Christian von Nidda, Our Secret Planet
(2005) - Here is an observation about UFO-Aliens cover-up or conspiracy that may be of
general interest, although some readers would not agree with the observation
(e.g., they may say that some whistleblowers, such as Bob Lazar on the
Roswell-type flying saucers in secret Area-51 labs, have already come forward)
...
If any long-term coherent cover up of UFO information does exist, however, then
it must operate at all levels of government and the media. It must encompass
all the relevant written materials, from the briefest handwritten note in
government files to entries in squadron log books to letters in the personal
papers of members of the Establishment. Hundreds of politicians, service
personnel, police officers, clerks and officials, over half a century, would be
required to excise any reference to the reality of UFOs from official documents
and the media. The number of people who would have taken part in this cover up
would be vast, yet not one person has broken ranks to 'blow the whistle' on the
greatest story ever told. Meantime, millions of dollars are being spent every
day on space probes and radio telescopes that are searching for evidence of
alien life. Would there be any reason for a conspiracy of silence if that
evidence already existed? — Dr David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows
(2002) - Even though I am a "Charismatic Christian", the views presented herewith, in
this Mysteries of the World Website, will NOT be colored by this fact of being a Charismatic Christian. Rather, where and
when I find it necessary (and usually, I would NOT find it necessary, since I find it tiresome to repeat myself, again and again
and again ..., ad infinitum ..., but if I should find it necessary to repeat myself), I will then state
what my Charismatic Christian beliefs lead me to believe
in — even though I am aware that my own Charismatic Christian
beliefs may or may not be the same as, or in accord with, those beliefs of
others who also may want to regard themselves as Charismatic Christians
(nb/note well: there appears to be so many varieties of Charismatic Christian
beliefs, including from those who are simultaneously of the
traditional-historical denominations — such as the Roman
Catholics, with their purgatories, mortal and venial sins, and their Mother
this and Mother that. Shudder! Shudder! Shudder!).
Thus, for example, I do not necessarily "believe" in "ghosts", even as I (will
later) examine the entire gamut of so-called "paranormal events or phenomena",
especially of those with a psychic bent (truly, these are bent!, as in
less-than-straight, aka "crooked", thinking variety). Many so-called "ghosts"
are probably some form of "fallen angels" or "demons" of the Biblical kind,
masquerading as either gods, demons, spirits, ghosts, or even "angels of light"
(when they are obviously "fallen" and are "angels of darkness", or "sons of
darkness" as used in one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e. The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness). Anyway, the author of 1 John, gave us a simple test against any "spirit" to see
whether that spirit is of light (God; Christ/Son of God; Holy Spirit of
God/Comforter/Advocate/Paraclete/The One; Jehovah/Yahveh/Yahweh/God the Father)
or of darkness (Satan, Lucifer, the Devil; the Anti-Christ; the False Prophet;
the Beast): 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is
already in the world. — First Epistle of John
(1 John 4:2-3; New
International Version/NIV)
(Note: many Catholics like NIV
and dislike KJV! Tough!) Whatever the case may be about "ghosts" and other "apparitions", in this
website, I have stated that we will be truth-based and science-based. Despite
this, definitely, I will not be ashamed of being a Charismatic Christian or of
God's Word:If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him
when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy
angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Luke 9:26; NIV)If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's
glory with the holy angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Mark 8:38; NIV) I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. (Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans; Romans 1:16; NIV)
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