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PART IV Sl For this argument to work, the parts of ourselves that aliens represent must be parts we fear irrationally. Then it would follow that accepting and integrating these parts toward greater psycho- logical completion reflects over into accepting and integrating with aliens to become complete as a civilization. But what if the aliens of concern represent the psychopathic, parasitic, predatory parts of ourselves that we have good reason to overcome? Then instead of accepting both, we would need to acknowledge and overcome both, and in doing so we jettison the inner and outer dross and grow into our full potential. The question is whether to integrate or overcome, and the answer depends on the particular motives and characteristics of an alien faction and whether what they represent is healthy and progressive or entropic and dysfunc- tional. What you resist persists. The more allowance you give to aliens, the less unnecessary pain, resistance, and fear persists in the process and the more it becomes an exciting journey of joy and discovery. It is true that resisting good and necessary experiences creates friction and pain, but the statement falsely assumes that alien ab- ductions are good and necessary, or falsely implies that the pain and suffering associated with abductions is proof that a positive experience is being unreasonably resisted. Whether the experi- ence is positive or negative, cooperating will indeed reduce or eliminate the suffering, but with two totally different outcomes. The first leads to genuine growth, the second to subjugation un- der the illusion of growth. The argument attempts to obscure this difference. The proper way to remove suffering associated with a negative experience is to end the experience. Rather than capitu- lating, one needs to prevail over it, especially if there is choice in the matter. If people didn’t have the choice, their cooperation would not be so desperately solicited.