Nexus - 0402 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

she meant that the Earth would experience storms of gathering intensity, and where these storms would once have been confined to the vortex points of our globe (the western Atlantic-Bermuda area and the western Pacific, south-east of Japan) they would now appear randomly all over our planet. She did not say who or what might be behind these battles or be the cause of them. However, when the way is clear and some portion of the fear has been removed, we may indeed see other races of the Cosmos openly visiting and interacting with us here on Earth! "In the due course of time you will awaken from this 'sleep’ that the force has had you in, with a little help from your friends," she added. "Being a sailor," she said, suggesting I watched the weath- er, "you will know what to look for. Trust in your instincts." This is all she was prepared to say on the subject. ee) "Your race is nearly strong i enough to fight back and win its rightful place in this galaxy of ours. We will help you and your planet to do great things again, for we love all life. Even the dark force is a form of life and we must and do respect it. Do you under- stand, Alec? This is very impor- tant." Zeena at last let me have a say. "Yes, Ido. But how do we fight this force if we cannot see it or know where it is?" I asked. "It is within your very soul. You fight it with knowledge and understanding. But only each and every one of your kind can help yourselves. Nevertheless, to know that it exists is half the bat- tle, and you can pass on this "Elder" knowledge to all who should care to listen. Your race is about to change, become more aware— well, most of you are. It is an unfortunate fact that the ones upon your planet who truly understand what a great hold this force known to you as fear has over your people, are the very ones who are using it against you—and always have. They only understand its power, not its reason for being. That is why we have chosen this time to explain to you, and others of your kind, what we are here for. We have come to help enlighten you and, in so doing, perhaps free you from this force. We also understand that there will be some among you who will resent this knowledge being made available and will do their best to belittle and downplay its importance to your race. "We may also need things from you and your planet. Call it a trade if you like, but I would prefer to use the word 'coevolution’. We both can grow. We both need to change. You will become more like us, while we need to become more like you. We can truly become great friends once you learn to break free. We have been waiting a long time for this to happen, and you, Alec, are part of this very special event that will happen, as are many oth- ers. You will find them and they will find you. Just let it be known that you are a child of the light, whenever you feel the time is right. You will be amazed at what will happen from then on." As Zeena finished this part of the lesson, I really did not know what to say. How could I reply to what she'd just said? Her nar- ration had brought up more questions than answers, and quite frankly I did not know where to begin. Even though most of what she'd just said was totally amazing, it was as if I had always known it was so! For that reason you may think my next question out of place. "The thing that worries me the most," I replied, "was your earli- er comment before this lesson began about the Earth ‘mutating’ into something. Where will that leave us, the people?" "You have no fears there. It will be you, the people, who help the Earth to transform. You will already have passed over to the next level of density, or be in the act of doing so, which in actual fact is evolution—true evolution, as it just so happens; not the form of change that you may have associated with that word in the past. I am sorry, here, because there has not yet been time to ground you in that knowledge. The Earth, too, will evolve along these same lines, and that is what I meant by 'mutate'. I am sorry for the use of that word if it has caused you concern," Zeena quickly replied. "I have more questions," I said, looking at Zeena and hoping I could continue to ask them. Her indication was that I could. "What happened to those early ancestors—the ones who stayed on Earth, the ones who helped us in the past?" "Some of them eventually inter- bred with your kind, although there was resistance to this initial- ly. The offspring of these unions became our common ancestors. All who were pure of our blood eventually died of an unknown ill- ness or left the planet. Their life- span should have been many hun- dreds, perhaps even thousands of your years. Some say they sim- ply died of premature ageing. There are many possible reasons why this may have occurred, but it is not necessary for us to dis- cuss that now. The few who escaped this fate and left Earth are now lost to us; where they may have gone, my people do not know, for that was indeed a long time ago. But while we are on the subject of interbreeding, there are a few questions I would ask of you, if I may," Zeena requested. I nodded my approval, knowing I would get more chances to ask the hundred-and-one questions I was waiting to ask. Her first question took me a little by surprise. "Have you bred on your home planet?" "That's an interesting question," was my startled reply. "By ‘breed’, I suppose you mean have I any children of my own?" I couldn't believe she didn't already know the answer to this question. Perhaps she was just being polite. "Yes," she said. "Well, I have a son who is fourteen years old and is fit and healthy. He doesn't appear to have too many problems, except that he could be without a proper father from now on." "What do you mean by that?" she asked. "I was in the process of leaving my family unit permanently when you guys zapped me up here!" I replied. "Don't ask why. It's very complicated, and I'm not sure I know the answer any- way." "This breeding process, in the form you Homo sapiens use, I SSerek! BARD MIEpTS A, "Elder" NEXUS - 63 FEBRUARY - MARCH 1997