The following was published on March,6, 2022 by Andy Tomaswick on: The Universe Today – Space and Astronomy News.

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The first full moon of the year is the second full moon after the winter Solstice. It is called the Wolf Moon. It will be at its peak on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at exactly 6:48 P.M. EST. This is the time of year/season when many important celestial bodies are visible in the night sky such as Orion’s Belt, the Eta Carina Nebula, and others which has implications to the possibility of establishing communication with extraterrestrial societies. This subject is discussed in some detail in my book “Extraterrestrial Communication Code” so I will not re-cover those topics again. The Wolf Moon is not discussed in my book, so that is the subject discussed here.

The Wolf Moon is tightly woven into many cultures across the globe as might be expected. In India, this full moon signifies the Shakambhari Purnima in the Hindu calendar, the last day of the eight-day Shakambari Navratri festival honoring the goddess Shakambhari. It was celebrated as the “Moon after Yule” by pre-Christian Europeans during a three-day winter solstice feast. It is also coincident with the Ananda Pagoda Festival in Myanmar, which is a celebration of this Buddhist temple established in 1105 A.D. at Bagan. This full moon is Duruthu Poya for Sri Lankan Buddhists, commemorating Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha’s first visit to Sri Lanka. In the Tamil Hindu community, they celebrate the Thaipusam Festival on this full moon.

Why is it called the Wolf Moon? The name Wolf Moon is often believed to be derived from Native American culture. In the 1930’s the Farmer’s Almanac began publishing “Indian” Moon names for each month of the year. Robert B. Thomas published the first issue of the Farmer’s Almanac in 1792 for the year 1793 during George Washington’s first term as President. I get a current issue every year, it is an interesting reference.

The Almanac records and predicts astronomical events such as the rising and setting of the Sun, tides, weather, and other phenomena with respect to time. Since Thomas’s format was written as nonfiction, it was believed that Thomas’s astronomical and weather predictions were more accurate, the advice more useful, and the features more interesting and relevant. Based on his observations, Thomas used a complex series of natural cycles to devise a secret weather forecasting formula, which yielded amazingly accurate results, said to be 80 percent accurate. To this day his formula is kept safely secured in the Almanac office in Dublin, New Hampshire.

The names of the full moons published by the Almanac have become widely accepted over the years. The original source of these names however, is not completely clear. There are some that say the moon names came from the Algonquin language as interpreted by colonial Americans. Prior to the introduction of modern timekeeping, cultural leaders/elders would choose the name of the Moon based on conditions at the time. For the most part, these cultures did not have or need calendars that specified exact dates far in advance. Full moon names were given to describe and remember what happened in the past and to remind people of what was likely to come in the near future. There are many different Native American names for the full moons. According to some sources, the Wolf Moon is a pre-Christian European name for the second full moon of winter.

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Wolf Moon is named as such, because of legends from long ago. It is thought that January’s full moon came to be known as the Wolf Moon because wolves were more likely to be heard howling at this time. Wolves were once assumed to be howling only because of hunger and wolves being terrifying, dangerous animals, they were greatly feared by tribal communities. Over time the howling was also understood as communication, to mark territory, hunts, and find other pack members. In the end, regardless of the true reason behind the howling, the Wolf Moon name for the full January moon stuck. It is easy to imagine hungry, dangerous, and scary wolves howling outside snow-covered villages at this time of year.

 Indian Country Today is an independent nonprofit, multimedia news organization that covers the Indigenous world, including American Indians and Alaska Natives. Indian Country Today is also a public media broadcast carried via public television stations, including FNX: First Nations Experience and Arizona PBS World channel. They pointed out in 2013 that the name Wolf Moon does not appear on the lists of any American Indian tribe moon names compiled by Phil Konstantin, who worked for NASA, among other places. Indian Country Today wrote:

“Of the 29 tribes listed [by Phil Konstantin], not one calls January the Wolf Moon, although the Sioux name is Wolves Run Together Moon. The Algonquin actually call the January moon squochee kesos, or Sun Has Not Strength to Thaw”. Not Wolf Moon as claimed by the Farmer’s Almanac.

To the Haida in Alaska its táan kungáay, or Bear-Hunting Moon. The Hopi in southwest Arizona call it paamuya, Moon of Life. In the Pacific Northwest it is atalka, meaning Stay Inside. Moving farther south, the Choctaw word for the January full moon is rv’fo cusee, which means Winter’s Little Brother.

Some believe there is a much more cosmic connection going on by dubbing the first moon of the year the “Wolf Moon”. Each month’s full moon not only has its own name and story, but it also has a spiritual meaning. The belief is that each full moon signals the turnover into the next phase to varying degrees. After all – they happen at least once a month. The Wolf Moon, however, is much more meaningful. It is the first full moon of the year and the perfect place for starting a personal “next chapter” of your life and/or a marker for “turning over a new leaf.” Spiritualists believe it delineates a time for deeper reflection and longer-term transformation. It is a time of figuring out what one requires to have a “successful” life – which means different things to different people. It is a time for an individual to discover what is missing and find truth in what one truly desires to achieve happiness in this life and perhaps the next.  It is about seeking ones purpose and how that purpose relates to the bigger picture of society and even the universe.  There is a lot more to this than making another half-hearted “New Year’s Resolution”.

Nobody really knows for sure why we have come to accept Wolf Moon as the name for the first full moon of the year. Perhaps back in the day some cultural leader understood that this first moon represented the perfect time for personal reflection and in contemplating an appropriate name he recognized that more than anything else, wolves put their family first. The spirit of the wolf is a reminder to all of us that the greatest gifts in life are your relationships with those you love. Do you put them first like the wolf does? If you have children, do you put their protection and well-being ahead of everything else like the wolf does?

In a wolf pack the wiser but older and weakest wolves guide the pack on the move, and it is the strongest wolves and the Alpha male of the pack at the end of the line making sure no member of the pack falls behind. The Alpha wolf can see all the pack at the same time from the end of the line and makes sure that the pack is protected from attack from behind. Most other species (including humans) take more of a follow the Alpha leader approach. The weak fall behind and fall as easy prey to hungry predators. That is how animals hunt – take the weak ones that fall behind. I believe this makes Wolf Moon a good and inspirational identifier of the first moon of the year.

It seems to me that in today’s overly analytical culture, we often tend hold only analytical results as the truth and only analytical logic has become the law by which we live.  We often judge circumstances and others (and ourselves) by numbers like income, age, height, weight, and other numerical metrics and calculations. Moving in this direction has devalued something that is invaluable, and which cannot be measured and graded. That something is our natural instincts. Our instincts have been developed over time since the day one of human existence. Our instincts are in our DNA. They are not something that can or should be removed, ignored, or trampled by cold analytics. Analytics and statistics are often manipulated to reach a desired result. Instincts are not because we do not control them. We see this every day in our government and the information the media chooses to publish to the people. Who the hell knows what the truth is these days. I submit that our instincts know if we would just learn to trust and listen to them again.

Because wolves remain wild, they have not lost their family instincts in the way that we humans have degraded the family structure and the behavior of government (pack) leaders in recent decades. Instincts often defy analytics and logic. Instincts can tell us on a first date, or even in a text message leading up to a first date, whether something is “off” and that we should avoid going on that date. Our instincts can tell us whether we can trust someone or not.

If a wolf appears in your life in some way, it just might be  a strong signal for you to pay more attention to your instincts and not what you are told to believe and/or feel. Sometimes we need to be reminded to pay more attention to our God given instincts and less to the words of those who govern.

Matthew 7:15: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

 Stephen J. Silva –

Great news for the Extraterrestrial Communication Group!!!

Our website was discovered by a broadcaster and television host named Stan Mallow the “Paranormal Yakker.”
Mr. Mallow read the book, went to the website, and read the blog posts and then invited me to be a guest on his show.

I accepted the invitation and the interview happened on November 13th this year. Taken from Mr. Mallow’s website:
“For seven seasons Stan Mallow was host of the hugely popular “Paranormal Show.” It aired weekly on TV Cogeco in Canada. Amongst the hundreds of guests who came on it to promote their books, movies, workshops, tours, organizations, and other endeavors were several heavyweights in the paranormal world. This includes George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM, who came on the show to promote his Canadian appearances, acclaimed author Patricia Cori, and world-renowned mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, world-renowned mentalist.

Stan is now the host of Paranormal Yakker, a free YouTube series that has gained a loyal international following. Each episode finds him interviewing a different person of note in their respective field. If it’s connected to the paranormal , the weird, the unexplained, the mysterious, the bizarre, the macabre, you’ll find it on Paranormal Yakker.”

Mr. Mallow’s guests have included several well respected authors, PhD level academics, senior scientists, and high ranking government / military officials. It is quite a thrill and an honor to now be included as part of this peer group of respected professionals that understand the relevance and importance of extraterrestrial communication. Here is the link to the interview: https://paranormalyakker.com/2021/31.html
Taken from the interview abstract:

“Stephen Silva – Extraterrestrial Communication Code-
Extraterrestrial Communication Code: The Discovery, Meaning and Our Response to Their Message is a thought provoking book written by Stephen Silva. He talks about the book in his interview with Stan Mallow on Paranormal Yakker. Although Stephen has long had an interest in exploring the possibility that extraterrestrials are seeking to communicate with us, his first and to date, only, UFO experience did not happen until November of 2020. That mind bending experience is described in the interview. Further, Stephen elaborates on the discovery of what could be an extraterrestrial deposited code and how its solution leads to a response to its message. Stephen has formed an Extraterrestrial Communication Group and talks about the purpose and goals of the group. Also covered in the interview is Roswell, radio telescopes, binary codes, intelligent design, UFOs, Orion’s Belt, Eta Islands, and the Bermuda Triangle.”

I encourage you to go to the Paranormal Yakker site and listen to / see some of the interviews. It does not disappoint. https://paranormalyakker.com/index.html

Extraterrestrial Communication Code can be found on our website:

https://www.etcommgroup.com/

or directly at

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XXZWQH1

Thank you for visiting our site and your continued support.
Stephen J. Silva –

In my book “Extraterrestrial Communication Code” I offer some concepts that might explain why we have not established open communication with Extraterrestrials. There are very few people at this point, that credibly deny ETs exist or have been to earth in the past or may very well be among us now. One of my book’s concepts applied to get to some extraterrestrial communication answers is about “Going back to Basics”.

I recently attended a lecture by Mr. Eric Metaxas held in Kingston, Massachusetts. I bought one of his books and he signed it for me. Eric Metaxas is a NY Times Best Selling American author, speaker, and conservative radio host. His lecture was very insightful, and he discussed the foundation of America and where it is today. He also went “Back to Basics” to reinforce his audience as to what the creation of this America was all about. It struck a nerve with me and I will expand upon his concepts here as there are connections to extraterrestrial / Devine intervention in our history that are important to our patriotism and the birth of this great Nation.

Extraterrestrial and / or Devine intervention played a significant role in the success of America starting with George Washington himself. Many believe that there was no way that the Colonists should have won the Revolutionary war which began in 1775 and lasted into 1783. Just try to imagine what it was like to live in this country at that time. The Colonists were simply out-manned, out-gunned and out-funded. The Colonists were very near defeat when George Washington was visited by God / Angels or some other extraterrestrial entities. It is known as “George Washington’s Vision”.  Wesley Bradshaw first published the story in 1859, in the National Tribune (75 years after the war ended). It was copied in this same newspaper in December 1880, Vol. 4, №12. The story was re-published numerous times since then. This little examined event that probably won the war and allowed the American Experiment to begin.  The story is published as follows (italic print):

The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the fourth of July 1859, in Independence Square. He was then ninety-nine years old and becoming very feeble. But though so old, his dimming eyes rekindled as he gazed upon Independence Hall, which he came to visit once more. “Let us go into the hall,” he said. “I want to tell you of an incident of Washington’s life — on which no one alive knows of except myself; and, if you live, you will before long see it verified”.

“George Washington would hardly have been the type of man that one would expect to be seeking visionary manifestations or to be easily taken in by them. From the opening of the Revolution, we experienced all phases of fortune, now good and now ill, one time victorious and another conquered. The darkest period we had, I think, was when Washington after several reverses, retreated to Valley Forge, where he resolved to pass the winter of 1777.

Ah! I have often seen the tears coursing down our dear commander’s care-worn cheeks, as he would be conversing with a confidential officer about the condition of his poor soldiers. You have doubtless heard the story of Washington’s going into the thicket to pray. Well, it was not only true, but he used often to pray in secret for aid and comfort from God, the interposition of whose Divine Providence brought us safely through the darkest days of tribulation.”

An Uninvited Guest

“One day, I remember it well, the chilly winds whistled through the leafless trees, though the sky was cloudless, and the sun shone brightly, he remained in his quarters nearly all the afternoon alone. When he came out, I noticed that his face was a shade paler than usual, and there seemed to be something on his mind of more than ordinary importance. Returning just after dusk, he dispatched an orderly to the quarters of the officer I mention who was presently in attendance.

“After a preliminary conversation of about half an hour, Washington, gazing upon his companion with that strange look of dignity which he alone could command, said to the latter: I do not know whether it is owing to the anxiety of my mind, or what, but this afternoon as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed that it was some moments before I found language to inquire into the cause of her presence. A second, a third, and even a fourth time did I repeat my question but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes. By this time, I felt strange sensations spreading through me. I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless. Even thought itself had become paralyzed. A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitant. Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed as though becoming filled with sensations, and luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarify, the mysterious visitor herself becoming more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany dissolution. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly at my companion.”

The First Threat

“Presently I heard a voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn,” while at the same time my visitor extended her arm eastwardly. I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon a strange scene. Before me lay spread out in one vast plain all the countries of the world — Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America the billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific. “Son of the Republic,” said the same mysterious voice as before, “look and learn.” At that moment I beheld a dark, shadowy being, like an angel, standing, or rather floating in mid-air, between Europe and America, dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left hand he cast some on Europe. Immediately a cloud raised from these countries and joined in mid-ocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds. Sharp flashes of lightning gleamed through it at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people. A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back to the ocean, in whose heaving billows it sank from view.”

The Second Threat

“A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn,” I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and towns and cities springing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them. Again, I heard the mysterious voice say, “Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn.” At this the dark shadowy angel turned his face southward, and from Africa I saw an ill-omened spectre approach our land. It flitted slowly over every town and city of the latter. The inhabitants presently set themselves in battle array against each other. As I continued looking, I saw a bright angel, on whose brow rested a crown of light, on which was traced the word “Union,” bearing the American flag which he placed between the divided nation, and said, “Remember ye are brethren.” Instantly, the inhabitants, casting from them their weapons became friends once more, and united around the National Standard.”

The Third Threat

“And again, I heard the mysterious voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn.” At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: from each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were soon joined into one. And throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land, and sailed by sea to America, which country was enveloped in the volume of cloud. And I dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country and burn the villages, towns, and cities that I beheld springing up. As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn.” When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth and blew a long and fearful blast.”

Heaven Intervenes

“Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel upon whose head still shone the word “Union”, and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were well-nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle. Again, amid the fearful noise of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn.” As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious. Then once more I beheld the villages, towns and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice: “While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last.” And taking from his brow the crown on which blazoned the word “Union,” he placed it upon the Standard while the people, kneeling down, said, “Amen.”

Interpretation

“The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor, who, in the same voice I had heard before, said, “Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third (The comment on his word ‘third’ is: “The help against the THIRD peril comes in the shape of Divine Assistance. Apparently the Second Advent) …., passing which the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and Union.” With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown to me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States.” “Such, my friends,” concluded the venerable narrator, “were the words I heard from Washington’s own lips, and America will do well to profit by them.”

Some people will say this could have been extraterrestrial intervention which by definition, it was. I believe it was a message specifically from God and that faith and virtue are the very foundation of this country.

The war was soon over, and America won her independence from Brittan. America is first and only nation in the history of the world to have a government controlled by the people and not a King, Monarch, or some other Sovereign. That alone makes America special.

Our new nation needed a constitution, and the Constitution of the United States was developed and signed by the founding Fathers on September 17, 1787, four years after the war was over. After it was signed, a woman approached Benjamin Franklin and asked him what they are giving the people. He replied, “a Republic if you can keep it”.

From Wikipedia: “A republic (Latin: res publica meaning “public affair”) is a form of government in which “power is held by the people and their elected representatives”.  In republics, the country is considered a “public matter”, not the private concern of the rulers. The primary positions of power within a republic are attained through democracy or a mix of democracy with oligarchy or autocracy rather than being unalterably occupied by any given family lineage or group. With modern republicanism, it has become the opposing form of government to a monarch and therefore a modern republic has no monarch as head of state.

This country has drifted far away from the people being in power through our elected officials to the opposite which is being controlled by people in power. This is not what America is all about. The question is how do we fix it? I will offer some suggestions and opinions on this matter in my next blog.

Stephen J. Silva –

In my book “Extraterrestrial Communication Code” I offer a theory about our inability to establish communication with extraterrestrials. This despite the overwhelming probability that 1; there is in-fact intelligent life other than humans that exist in the universe and 2; the earth has been visited by many species of extraterrestrials. The book proposes some reasons why we have failed but more importantly, it proposes an experiment, based on the “Scientific Method” in an effort to do something different in our efforts to communicate with extraterrestrials. The book offers a “Back to Basics” approach to the problem.

It is said that those who do not study their own history are doomed to repeat it. Let’s look at how this applies to the history of communication and the future of communication with extraterrestrials throughout the universe.

All of the creatures of earth have a way to communicate with each other in some way shape or form. It is a necessary part of survival. Like species communicate with each other and with other species as well. For example, when a dog bares his teeth at you, folds his ears back and growls at you the message is very clear that the dog is not happy and getting ready to defend and / or attack. This is one obvious and simplistic example of communicating a message in the animal kingdom. With respect to the non-human animal kingdom, the means and methods have been the same for millions of years. There are many examples of human to non-human communication being clear and useful.

Humans, however, have a long history of the desire and ability to develop different means and methods to communicate with each other– especially over long distances. We have failed however, to establish communication with extraterrestrials.

Communication started with guttural noises and body motions / signals back in the beginning of human development. This grew into creating cave drawings to tell a story and leaving certain markings and rock-pile indicators to mark territory from neighboring tribes. The messages were stationary and intended for passer’s by to find and figure out.

Then came the development of language both spoken and written as humans began to advance intellectually. Letters and symbols on stone tablets or carved into structures along with words and sentences that were standardized, taught, and spoken. This is how history began to be recorded.

The purpose of this blog is not to be a lecture on the history of human means and methods of communication so let’s fast forward through smoke signals, flag signals, pen and ink letters / books, Morse code and the telegraph, radio, telephone, television, cellular telephones, and the internet and receiving signals / images back from all of our contraptions in outer space. We can communicate nearly instantly with people on the other side of the world. So, what is next??

My book goes down the road of finding the message left for us to decode, repeating that message, and sending into a “Black Hole” to close the gap of light years to reach extraterrestrials. This new concept makes the most sense to me and is closely linked to the sciences we know (or think we know) today. Its more of a different method of using presumably known information and using  it in a way that has never been tested.

There is another possibility however that is very weird to many of us at this point in our history but to many thousands of people it is very real and has been for centuries. It Involves tapping into another dimension or another “level of consciousness”, the 7 chakras and more specifically the “Third Eye” Chakra (the 6^th chakra). I touched upon this in one of my blog posts (January 31, 2021: Methods of Extraterrestrial Communication).

The Pineal Gland, also known as the “Third Eye”. In many cultures all over the world and throughout centuries of history, it is believed to be the window to the soul, our connection to the spirit world, and the window that connects us through prayer to God. 

The Pineal Gland is about the size of a pea, shaped like a pinecone and located in the exact geometric center of the brain in a tiny cavity behind and above the pituitary gland which is located a little behind the root of the nose. It is located directly behind the eyes and attached to the third ventricle. The pineal gland is not isolated from the body by the blood-brain barrier system. With the exception of the kidneys, it receives the highest blood flow percentage compared to any other area of the body. It produces melatonin and is linked to our body’s perception of light, affecting the regulation of our sleep and wake patterns and seasonal functions. Everyone’s third eye is already active, but most people do not know how to control it. It can be activated by anyone through deep meditation and energy healing techniques. 

In Sanskrit, the word “chakra” means “disk” or “wheel” and refers to the energy centers in your body. These wheels or disks of spinning energy each correspond to certain nerve bundles and major organs. To function at their best, your chakras need to stay open, or balanced. If they get blocked, you may experience physical or emotional symptoms related to a particular chakra.

There are seven main chakras that run along your spine. They start at the root, or base, of your spine and extend to the crown of your head. The third eye chakra is the Ajna chakra. Wikipedia defines Ajna as follows:

 It is a part of the brain which can be made more powerful through meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices just as a muscle is. In Hindu tradition, it signifies the subconscious mind, the direct link to the brahman. While a person’s two eyes see the physical world, the third eye is believed to reveal insights about the future. The third eye chakra is said to connect people to their intuition, give them the ability to communicate with the world, or help them receive messages from the past and the future.

The third eye chakra is said to be the driver of strong principles, openness, imagination, gut instinct, and intuition. It’s also linked to imagination. The third eye chakra is said to be the source of taking energy. It takes energy from the universe, and it is in the upper part of the body whereas the sex center is the Sacral chakra in the lower part of the body, and it expels energy.

I came across the following 2017 article from Cheryl Costa recently. “Cheryl Costa is a native and resident of upstate New York who saw her first UFO at age 12. A military veteran, she’s a retired information security professional from the aerospace Industry. She’s been a speaker at the International UFO Congress and at the MUFON Symposium. Cheryl writes the UFO column “New York Skies” for SyracuseNewTimes.com. Besides being a journalist, she’s also a published playwright. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from the State University of New York at Empire State College.” Her article is as follows:

In last week’s post, we discussed how electromagnetic signals have been radiated into outer space. Signals that have acted like a beacon, suggesting to anyone who detects them that, “Someone is making noise on this little blue planet.”

The key to UFOs and contact with extraterrestrials, in a word, is “consciousness.” First, let’s discuss some background concepts. I spent seven years in the Buddhist monastic life, so I know a little bit about consciousness. The fundamental principle you must understand is the concept known as the “omni-consciousness.” The omni-consciousness is beyond comprehension, it permeates all things everywhere. Many folks look upon the omni-consciousness as the divine force that is at the core of many spiritual beliefs. 

All living things are part of the omni-consciousness. We, as human beings, with our “dualistic thinking” tend to think that we are separate from the omni-consciousness, but we really aren’t. We, ourselves, like all living things, are connected to the omni-consciousness because we are all a part of the whole. Again, I must empathize this one critical point, the omni-consciousness transcends time, space, vast distances and even dimensions in the multiverse.

People who are adept at deep meditation can usually touch the primordial knowledge and sense of knowing. Think of deep meditation as a way of quieting the day-to-day chatter of our ordinary, conceptual mind. When we can get ourselves into this meditative state of mind, interesting things are possible. Historically mystical practitioners like shamans, monastics and other forms of mystics have been able to reach out and touch “star beings,” as some indigenous tribes call them. Again, the key to this is our connectedness to all other living things though the omni-consciousness.

In recent years, there has been a movement within the experiencer movement (formerly called alien abductees) to reach out and contact extraterrestrial intelligence using altered states of meditative consciousness. There is structured process for this called the “CE-5 Protocols.” CE-5 stands for “close encounters five.”

Let’s take a moment and discuss the meaning of close encounters. The late Dr. J. Allen Hynek, as a UFO investigator, developed an original system back in the 1970s for describing and ranking various levels of contact with extraterrestrials and their occupants. The CE system takes into account distance and other special features related to the close encounter.

Dr. Hynek’s original system had three categories:

• Close encounters of the first kind:Strange objects seen nearby with no physical interaction with the environment.
• Close encounters of the second kind:Strange objects leaves physical evidence; for example, depressions in the soil, damage to vegetation, trace, or elevated radiation signatures, and perhaps some form of electromagnetic effect or interference.
• Close encounters of the third kind:Cases where occupants or entities are seen.

Much later, Dr. Hynek established a fourth category.

• Close encounters of the fourth kind: Deals with cases where witnesses experience lost time and perhaps feels as though they were abducted. This is also considered extraterrestrial initiated contact with humans.

In 1990, Dr. Steven M. Greer, a retired American medical doctor and Ufologist, founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI). It was through Dr. Greer’s efforts that a close encounter of the fifth kind, or CE-5, term was established.

 

• Close encounters of the fifth kind:CE-5 is characterized as human-initiated, mutual contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence through bilateral communication.

It should be pointed out that the first four CE categories are more or less passive in terms of the human observer interaction. CE-5 is unique in that it is a premeditated and human-initiated. How is this done? Certainly not with a radio apparatus or traditional physics-based technology.

This CE-5 effort is accomplished using deep states of consciousness. It doesn’t involve intoxicants of any sort. In fact, use of such substances is considered detrimental to the CE-5 exercise and are therefore banned from CE-5 events.

I realize some might think that attempting to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence using the mind and directed conscious sounds ridiculous. But consider this: Have you never had a personal flash of extrasensory perception, experienced a mom’s intuition, been guided through a remote viewing exercise, or experienced a sense of peace and profound knowing from practicing deep mediation or prayer?

The evidence suggests that it’s real. The truth has everything to do with UFOs and making contact with extraterrestrials has to do with consciousness. It’s about practicing the art of quieting one’s mind, being at peace and reaching out with one’s heart to contact an extraterrestrial intelligence.

Dr. Greer and CE-5 regional associates have established a formal set of processes and protocols for preparing and performing a CE-5 event. The CE-5 folks I have conferred with tell me that CE-5 is a practical contact modality. They say that contact has been achieved in a real sense using the consciousness approach. Using CE-5 protocols in concert with meditation, and an attitude of positive intentions.

The CE-5 effort is a grass roots effort, and it is growing. At present, the majority of the people working at national-, regional- and local-level CE-5 contact efforts are experiencers — people who have previously had contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. – End Article

Wow – that’s pretty heavy stuff but is it crazy stuff?

As an engineer for nearly 30 years and a devout Christian, I often find myself grappling with the subject of extraterrestrial existence, purpose, intent and how to establish communication with at least one species of extraterrestrial of which I suspect there must be many. Now I am beginning to explore the possibility of this CE-5 approach in conjunction with the 6^th Chakra called the Ajna chakra or Third eye. Uncharted territory for me but there are a lot of well-educated and deeply religious people on this earth that believe in it without hesitation or reservation. They can’t all be wrong. What are your thoughts?

We look forward to any thoughts and opinions you would like to share with us here at the Extraterrestrial Communication Group. Thanks for spending some time with us.

Stephen J. Silva

Announcing the release of my book “Extraterrestrial Communication Code”. It can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XXZWQH1. It started out (some time in 2019) as a simple curiosity for me that escalated as discoveries were made through much research and analysis. Now it’s a book and a blog site available to all.

It’s a short, and easy read loaded with a lot of very interesting facts and analysis. The concept has never been published or put to the test. The book proposes an experiment in the end, to actually put the concepts to the test. It is intended to be something that sparks one’s imagination and encourage people to go to my blog site where I expand upon many of the concepts presented in the book. The goal for the blog site is to open a forum of discussion on the subject in general. Enjoy!

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In my book, Extraterrestrial Communication Code, I go through an unprecedented process of discovery and proposition regarding a new approach to establishing communication with extraterrestrials. It’s all very eye-opening and original with the exception of one thing. At the end of the day, it still boils down to the interpretation and transmission of radio signals as the tool to execute the communication codes. So, I started to put some thought into that un-original common thread that handcuffs us from “thinking differently” which my book leans on quite a bit.

 So, much like what I propose in my book with respect to “going back to basics” and “thinking differently”, I decided to zoom in closer on two things. What exactly is radio and what exactly are we pointing to as arguable evidence that extraterrestrials have communicated with humans over the course of history (them with us not us with them).  Let’s start with radio”. What exactly is radio? It’s all around us and at our fingertips every day and most of us (not in the radio business) never really think about what it actually is very much, if at all.

The “highlights” of radio goes something like this:

The concept of electromagnetic (radio) waves was first theorized by a physicist named James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell was a Scottish physicist born in 1831. He attended high school in Edinburgh Scotland. A summary of his more notable beliefs, achievements and contributions to science are:

• He published his first scientific paper, Oval Curvesat the age of 14.
• By age 14, he had completely memorized the Bible. Maxwell was an evangelical Protestant, who believed his religion was a private affair. Like Isaac Newton, he saw no disagreements between his science and his religion. (I will note here that my first-born child and only son of by blood is named Maxwell).
• Maxwell is credited with proving that light is an electromagnetic wave and so linked electricity, magnetism, and optics.
• Maxwell’s equations (circa 1864)are the mathematical model for electric, optical, and radio technologies, such as power generation, electric motors, wireless communication, lenses, and radar. 
• Maxwell showed that electric and magnetic fields travel through empty space, in the form of waves, at a constant velocity of 3.0 × 10⁸m/s (which accurately predicted the speed of light, “c”). He also proposed that light was a form of electromagnetic radiation.
• Maxwell calculated that the speed of propagation of an electromagnetic field is approximately that of the speed of light. He proposed that the phenomenon of light is therefore an electromagnetic phenomenon. Because charges can oscillate with any frequency, Maxwell concluded that visible light forms only a small part of the entire spectrum of possible electromagnetic radiation.
• His kinetic theory of gases accurately explained the origin of temperature.
• He introduced probability into the physics of the very small and this laid the foundation for quantum theory.
• He was the first person to produce a color photograph.
• He used mathematics to explain Saturn’s rings over 100 years before the Voyager satellite was able to verify that Maxwell was correct.

In addition to his great discoveries, in his personal life, he was known for his capacity for hard work, his friendliness, personal kindness and generosity. “Maxwell’s Equations” are very complex and difficult to understand. Perhaps that is why he is a much less well-known household name than Einstein or Newton. Maxwell’s (4) partial differential equations first appeared in 1873 and are considered one of the great achievements of 19th-century physics. He is a very prominent figure in the astrophysics community. The concept of radio communication started with James Clerk Maxwell.

 Next in the chronology of the development of radio communication comes Hertz.

Heinrich Hertz was the first to send and receive radio waves. He was a professor of physics at Karlsruhe Polytechnic between 1885 and 1889, where he generated electromagnetic waves in a laboratory and was able to measure their wavelength and velocity. Hertz was able to demonstrate that the nature of their reflection and refraction was the same as those of light. This verified that light waves are in fact electromagnetic radiation obeying the Maxwell equations.

His findings were first published in the journal Annalen der Physik (Annals of Physics) in 1887. This is one of the oldest scientific journals on physics  and has been published since 1799, and is still published to this day. This journal publishes original papers in the areas of experimental, theoretical, applied, and mathematical physics and related areas. Some of its more notable articles include:

• on stretched exponential relaxationby Rudolf Kohlrausch (1854) 
• on stretched exponential relaxationby Friedrich Kohlrausch (1863,1876)
• on the photoelectric effectby Heinrich Hertz (1887)
• on the theory of blackbody radiationby Max Planck (1901)
• on capillarityby Albert Einstein (1901)
• the Annus Mirabilis papersby Albert Einstein on photons
• on Brownian motion, on mass–energy equivalence, and on the special theory of relativity by Albert Einstein (1905)
• on the heat capacitiesof solids with quantized energy levels by Albert Einstein (1907)
• on molecular motion near absolute zeroby Einstein and Otto Stern (1913)
• on the general theory of relativityby Albert Einstein (1916)

His findings were again published in Hertz’s first book, Untersuchungen Ueber Die Ausbreitung Der Elektrischen Kraft (Investigations on the Propagation of Electrical Energy) in 1892.  His book is considered to be one of the most important works of science ever written where he first describes his confirmation of the existence of electromagnetic waves. 

It was Guglielmo Marconi who first successfully achieved a wireless radio send and received communication.  He successfully made the first transatlantic radio transmission on December 12, 1901.

Marconi moved from Italy to England in 1896 at age 22 with his mother. He was able to get financial backing to support his development of Hertz’s work to advance radio technology. He was soon actually broadcasting up to twelve miles and had applied for his first patents. Soon after his initial success, he constructed a wireless station on the Isle of Wight which was used by Queen Victoria to send messages to her son Prince Edward aboard the royal yacht. By 1899, he was sending radio signals across the English Channel.

Marconi traveled to the United States in 1899, where he gained publicity offering wireless coverage of the America’s Cup yacht race from off the coast of New Jersey.

The first trans-Atlantic message was transmitted on December 12^th, 1901.  Marconi was successful in sending a signal across the Atlantic and that was a big deal. The message was Morse Code for the letter “S” (•••). The world’s first radio message to cross the Atlantic from North America occurred on 17 December 1902. The transmission was from the Marconi station in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.

In December of 1906, the first wireless voice and music signals heard over radio waves were transmitted from Brant Rock, Massachusetts (just south of Boston) by Canadian Reginald Fessenden. He produced approximately one hour of talk and music for technical observers and any radio amateres who might be listening. 

Radio was rapidly growing mostly as a hobby during the decade before World War I.  The ability to “listen in” with earphones and occasionally hear voices and music seemed almost unreal. During that time, very few people heard these early broadcasts. Most people only heard about these transmissions. The early receivers were handmade by radio hobbyists that were mostly men and boys.  The successful and important use of radio during World War I launched radio into the private, commercial, military, and industrial arenas and the technology grew quickly from there.

As radio use was beginning to grow, world government regulation and control of radio transmissions seemed inevitable. In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt organized the Interdepartmental Board of Wireless Telegraphy. In 1910 the Wireless Ship Act was passed. It was mandated that radio was to be a regulated industry was decided in 1912, when Congress passed a Radio Act that required people to obtain a license from the government in order to operate a radio transmitter. In 1924, Herbert Hoover, who was secretary of the Commerce Department, said that the radio industry was probably the only industry in the nation that was unanimously in favor of having itself regulated. This was probably due both to the industry’s desire to put a stop to stations interfering with each other’s broadcasts and to limit the number of stations to a small enough number to keep it profitable. The Radio Act of 1927 solved the problem of broadcasting stations using the same frequency and the more powerful ones drowning out less powerful ones. This Act also established that radio waves are public property; therefore, radio stations must be licensed by the government. It was decided, however, not to charge (no pun intended) stations for the use of this property.

 In 1934, Congress passed the Communications Act, which replaced the Federal Radio Commission with the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Communications Act also put telephone communications under the FCC’s control, which was a major change from the previous regulating structure that was in place. The FCC was also created to help break up some of the communications monopolies that had developed by 1934. The most notable monopoly that was broken up by the FCC was the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), which eventually morphed into the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

 During its history, the FCC has been involved in some very controversial decisions. As communications expanded and television became more prominent, the FCC’s duties were expanded to include regulating all forms of communication in the United States. The FCC helps to regulate content, award station charters, and monitor innovation to make sure that all forms of communication can co-exist. The FCC is also involved in regulating the Internet in the United States, and it has created regulations that have become the center of debate for the telecommunications industry, corporate users, and the millions of people in the United States who utilize the Internet every day. It is all about the First Amendment of the Constitution and freedom of speech. In this modern era, the issue is now bleeding into the regulation and use of all of the various “social media” platforms.

So here we are today. We have come from our first tans-Atlantic wireless radio communications approximately 120 years ago to sending and receiving radio signals lightyears into the universe trying to communicate with extraterrestrials and now to the controversy over the use of social media platforms at everybody’s fingertips including very young children, often without parental supervision. This is similar to the advancement of transportation technology in that it took less than 100 years for us to go from riding horses as our primary mode of transportation to parking manned spaceships on the moon.

Now getting back to where this story started – what does the radio story mean with respect to establishing extraterrestrial communication and “thinking differently” to achieve that goal. We are still using radio to send our messages (and listen for ET messages) because we understand it, we can calculate it, it is (mostly) regulated, and it is all astrophysical science knows with respect to long range communication other than the use of microwaves, but waves are waves. Maybe extraterrestrials have advanced way beyond radio communications, and it is something their children learn about in their ancient history books.

My book discusses the need to hit the wormhole with our radio message so it can cover the lightyears of distance to its intended extraterrestrial target audience. That makes sense if radio is the driver. But what if it is not about just radio signals? Extraterrestrial radio may not even exist anymore. Maybe its ancient technology to them.

We are now exiting the world of conventional radio communication and quantum physics and entering the world of religious text references and the universal dimensions of consciousness and the possibility of communication by direct thought through time and space. Pretty heavy stuff.

Long before radio communication was invented, communication with God or his messenger’s is well documented in the Holy Bible and the religious texts from every religion and faith all over the world. You can’t say that it did not ever happen. Visual images, direct conversations and voice messages through “dreams” were being delivered from the heavens and / or the deep universe and received and understood and vice versa. Communication was happening and I consider that a fact.

Now also consider the thousands of more recent history’s UFO sightings that can be considered real including eyewitness accounts of extraterrestrial beings by credible and educated people. We could see the ship and sometimes see the beings but there was no communication. There were some exceptions where the people involved claimed to be receiving a message and / or instructions but not with directly spoken words or on a radio listening device. It was all done by the connection of thoughts.

I spend a lot of time researching the conventional scientific and religious wisdoms while also trying to “think differently” and figure out how to establish communication (versus just contact) with extraterrestrials. It’s going to happen (again) eventually. The trail often circles me around to consideration of the “Third Eye” concept. I have brushed upon this concept in my book and in one of my blog posts (I think). Let’s look a little closer.

The Pineal Gland, also known as the “Third Eye”. In many cultures all over the world and throughout centuries of history, it is believed to be the window to the soul, our connection to the spirit world, and the window that connects us through prayer to God. 

The Pineal Gland is about the size of a pea, shaped like a pinecone and located in the exact geometric center of the brain in a tiny cavity behind and above the pituitary gland which is located a little behind the root of the nose. It is located directly behind the eyes and attached to the third ventricle. The pineal gland is not isolated from the body by the blood-brain barrier system. With the exception of the kidneys, it receives the highest blood flow percentage compared to any other area of the body. It produces melatonin and is linked to our body’s perception of light, affecting the regulation of our sleep and wake patterns and seasonal functions. Everyone’s third eye is already active, but most people do not know how to control it. It can be activated by anyone through deep meditation and energy healing techniques. 

In Sanskrit, the word “chakra” means “disk” or “wheel” and refers to the energy centers in your body. These wheels or disks of spinning energy each correspond to certain nerve bundles and major organs. To function at their best, your chakras need to stay open, or balanced. If they get blocked, you may experience physical or emotional symptoms related to a particular chakra.

There are seven main chakras that run along your spine. They start at the root, or base, of your spine and extend to the crown of your head. The third eye chakra is the Ajna chakra. Wikipedia defines Ajna as follows:

 It is a part of the brain which can be made more powerful through meditation, yoga and other spiritual practices just as a muscle is. In Hindu tradition, it signifies the subconscious mind, the direct link to the brahman. While a person’s two eyes see the physical world, the third eye is believed to reveal insights about the future. The third eye chakra is said to connect people to their intuition, give them the ability to communicate with the world, or help them receive messages from the past and the future.

The third eye chakra is said to be the driver of strong principles, openness, imagination, gut instinct, and intuition. It’s also linked to imagination. The third eye chakra is said to be the source of taking energy. It takes energy from the universe and it is in the upper part of the body whereas the sex center is the Sacral chakra in the lower part of the body, and it expels energy.

The point in all of this is that:

1. Direct radio communication with extraterrestrials has not been successful to date. There are possible reasons for this that are cited in my book.
2. Communication with the Christian God and / or his messengers has occurred but only when God and / or his messengers choose. The initial opening of that channel is not by humans (except through the answering of prayers).
3. Numerous religious faiths have had the same or similar communication experiences with their god(s) as did Christians.
4. It is believed that the human body holds a mechanism (third eye) that can open a channel for a higher conciseness and is believed to be the conduit from which prayers are delivered.

So, maybe some form of the joining of these communication tools should be considered for establishing communication with extraterrestrials.  Maybe we need to find the path to that “dimension” that does not have the limitations of conventional physics, time, or space. Perhaps we need to get better connected with the dimension that connects all the forces and “beings” of the universe together. Maybe the “Force” in the Star Wars movies has some foundation in reality. Perhaps that is where my next blog will go. Think about all that.

I look forward to any comments and opinions you might like to share with us here at the Extraterrestrial Communication Group. Thanks for dropping by.

Stephen J. Silva

In my on-going quest for answers about “intelligent” extraterrestrial life, faith, the true nature of the universe and our place within that universe, I came across the following article from Christianity today’s website ( https://www.christianitytoday.org) That I thought was quite interesting. The article is as follows:

Love Thy Extraterrestrial Neighbor

The burgeoning field of astrobiology and what it tells us about the meaning of life.

DOUGLAS ESTES: Nov.20, 2019

Every week that somber gatekeeper of human knowledge and wisdom—the internet—is abuzz with UFO sightings and strange alien encounters, all in an effort to bring the truth that is out there to the rest of us. Although these world-changing images are often more fizzle than flash, they serve as a testament to the fascination people have for the possibility of life that is out of this world.

Popular speculations like these, coupled with pronouncements every few years that scientists have found new evidence of alien life, lead us to believe that we are on the cusp of great discovery.

One of the recent advances making the news and fueling our interest in alien life is the recent discovery of exoplanets in the “Goldilocks,” or habitable, zone. As of this month, out of the 4,118 exoplanets now confirmed, 55 exist in the habitable zone. As new astronomical technology comes online in the next decade, this number is expected to rapidly increase.

As our focus on these extrasolar worlds become sharper, finding life—of any sort—on any one of them becomes more credible with each passing year. As a result, there has been an explosion of interest in a new field of research, astrobiology, the study of alien life and its origins and occurrences in our universe.

But there is one thing you need to know about astrobiology: it is the only science that has no subject for study. Internet aside, we have no aliens.

This fact hasn’t dissuaded astrobiologists in the least. Instead, what makes astrobiology one of the most interesting fields of study is that it is in some ways a new kind of science—one that links physics with ethics, astronomy with philosophy, and biology with theology in a unique new way.

Some of these links are most apparent when we stop to consider what “life” is. On Earth, we tend to think of life as anything that crawls around. Alien life may be quite different, necessitating a new look on seemingly settled ideas.

The interest in extraterrestrial life is not new. Its origins lie not in the Space Age but in the Iron Age. Starting as early as the fifth century BC, Greek philosophers and mathematicians looked at the movement of the stars and understood there was something out there, even if they did not have the vocabulary to describe it the way modern science does today.

While ancient theories about the universe—such as its composition of earth, air, fire, and water—seem mythological by modern sensibilities, there is one important area of agreement: ancients didn’t imagine the universe as merely a flat Earth as modern people often assume. Instead, they viewed the Earth as one part of a greater universal system, teeming with life.

Who Is My Neighbor?

“As an astrobiologist I’m always asking, ‘Who is my neighbor?’” says Lucas J. Mix, a Harvard astrobiologist and Episcopal priest. “We want to talk about aliens as though there were ‘us’ and ‘them.’ I really think it’s a question of understanding more broadly and more deeply. Who is my neighbor? Astrobiology is part of this process of reaching out and understanding that even familiar life is more alien than we realize—and therefore alien life might be more familiar than we realize.”

It is not just astronomical discoveries such as exoplanets that powers the ongoing astrobiological renaissance. It is the discoveries of life that is occurring right in our own little world.

For example, even as we find ourselves in the 21st century, scientists estimate they still discover on average one new animal species every day. Our own understanding of “the meaning of life” is constantly being adjusted.

Perhaps the most exciting—and cutest—example of these recent life discoveries is the newfound resilience of tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets. First discovered in 1773 by the German pastor Johann August Ephraim, these creatures were known to be hardy, but recent advances in biology show them to be as indestructible as anything on Earth. Or perhaps, the moon, as thousands of little water bears likely survived the crash of Israel’s Beresheet lunar lander in April 2019.

“We are entering a renaissance of life discovery, for a number of reasons,” notes Mix. “We have discovered life a mile down in the earth, and floating in the atmosphere, and in the middle of the desert, and living in nuclear reactors, and surviving in spacecraft. What we’ve discovered is that the same basic kind of life is living in a much richer and broader way than we previously understood.”

It’s as though the palette of life is never exhausted, even here on Earth. Just when we think we understand life and have an it-can’t-get-any-better-than-this moment, we discover something even more amazing than the last. The richer and broader we discover life to be, the richer and broader we discover our Creator to be.

What Are the Odds?

Around every tree, under every rock, and in every Martian lava tube there is new form or variation of life just waiting to be discovered. Discovered by people; already known by God.

Even as we extol God for the fascinating and colorful diversity of life on Earth, are we ready to find life on other worlds? Last month, NASA’s Chief Scientist Jim Green suggested we are close to finding life, perhaps even evidence on Mars, but far from being able to accept it.

If we send a robotic lander to Europa, moon of Jupiter, we may discover evidence of life. Then again, if we send a robotic lander to Europa, we may discover no evidence of life. Either way, it has profound implications for what life means for us. The stakes are high. Enter astrobiology—perhaps the only scientific field where philosophy, ethics, and even theology are trying to get ahead of the science.

If we find life out there, the chemistry must suggest it is life, the biology must confirm that it is life, the philosophy must decide if it is life, the ethics must adopt expectations for its life, and theology must consider its relationship to other life. And if we don’t find life out there, the same questions still remain, yet in reverse.

Green’s point is well-taken. This is happening faster than we may be ready for. And surprisingly, the best place we may soon find neighbors may actually be Mars. Yes—life on Mars.

According to Roger Wiens, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and principal investigator for the Mars Curiosity rover’s ChemCam, terrestrial scientists have already found more than one hundred and fifty Martian rocks on Earth. In times past, when Mars was hit by a meteor, the impact catapulted rocks from the Martian surface into space to take a short 30-million-mile hop, skip, and jump over to our planet. Because life is so abundant on Earth, when large meteors make a similar impact on our planet, any rocks skipping their way to Mars could carry with them bacteria or archaea. These rocks would likely introduce life onto an alien planet—much in the same way we may have accidentally seeded the moon with water bears.

When we ask, “Who is my neighbor?” we may not imagine the Earth-born, Mars-raised kind. Or the Europa born-and-bred kind. What we do know is that our imagination of life on Earth keeps expanding. God wasn’t satisfied with just a few makes and models of species. His creation could have been simple, yet it was engineered for so much more.

We may see alien life as strange—from our human perspective—but from God’s perspective it is just another part of his creation.

Life Redux

The study of what “life” means, and therefore the meaning of life, is an idea recently found in the province of theology and philosophy. But the possibility of life on other worlds stirs the thoughts of astrobiologists, so while biologists study life as it occurs, astrobiologists imagine life, pushing the boundaries of their parent discipline.

Surfing that somber gatekeeper of human knowledge and wisdom—the internet—might lead one to assume that the discovery of life on another world would become its own religion. If we have ET, we can dispense with Jesus. It would only be a matter of time before humanity moved on to something much more … universal.

But what if the opposite is true? Life on other worlds may actually stir our Christian faith. Just as many early biologists such as Ephraim were people of faith, amazed at what our world revealed about God, so too are many astrobiologists today asking the hard questions—not just about what life is but what life could be. Their work will open the lander’s hatch for future generations of Christians to see the signs of God’s created endeavors spread not just across our world but others.

The heavens declare the glory of God. So too do exoplanets and alien life. God’s creation extends not just to the plants and rocks on Earth but to the amino acids and methane waves of alien worlds.

When and if we discover alien life, humans will call it “alien.” Though maybe Christians should call it “our neighbor.” But of course, God will simply call it “good.”

Douglas Estes is associate professor of New Testament and practical theology at South University. He is the editor of Didaktikos, and his latest book is Braving the Future: Christian Faith in a World of Limitless Tech.

The existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life is a subject that varies much between religious groups but the fact remains that the overwhelming majority of the world population believes there is intelligent extraterrestrial life out there – how it began and evolved seems to be the issue where there are disagreements.

You can believe that life on earth is a purely Divine creation or that life on earth began organically when some sort of amino acid hooked-up with another and a single cell organism was created that started a natural evolution process through cellular mitosis.  There are also many that believe extraterrestrials had a hand in human evolution as well.

This is discussed in my book: Extraterrestrial Communication Code described on the Home page of this blog. The bottom line is that people are going to believe what they are going to believe about the origins of life on earth. Perhaps the only way the people of earth will come to a common consensus will be when extraterrestrial communication is established, and we can compare notes with them.

For decades, some of the top PhD level astrophysics and scientific minds in the world have been full-time focused on establishing contact and communication with intelligent alien life beyond earth. This represents hundreds of thousands of PhD person-hours and billions of dollars in sophisticated search equipment and satellites etc.  So far as we know – communication has not been established but they can’t all be wrong about the prospect of it one day inevitably happening.

There are many unanswered questions, but the question of the day is not if intelligent extraterrestrial life is out there; it is what intelligent extraterrestrial life might look like and what might be their demeanor and intentions? Is it possible to at least make an intelligent educated guess as to what an alien might look like and how they will interact with us? As I thought about this question and tried to do some research on it; I quickly found the term “Convergent Evolution”. The concept has been around for a very long time, but I have never heard of it before. Engineers and evolutionists or paleontologists don’t usually hang out in the same bars I suppose. Convergent evolution is however, a very interesting and real concept.

Convergent evolution is the process where plants and animals that are not related evolve similar features independently. This includes things like body parts, wings, internal organs, and colors etc. The concept is not new and is said to be first developed by a British biologist named Richard Owen (1804-1892) in the mid 1800’s. (picture below).

He was somewhat of a critic of the natural selection evolution concept presented by Charles Darwin.

One example that is commonly used to describe the concept of convergent evolution is the comparison between sharks and dolphins. Sharks and dolphins have evolved specific traits that are the same. They have streamlined bodies, dorsal fins, pectoral fins, and flippers.

They use these features to achieve the same goal, which is to swim quickly and catch food or escape danger. They live in the same environment but are unrelated animals biologically. One is a fish and the other is a mammal and yet they developed similar features to thrive in that environment. Goal achievement is pretty much the driving force behind the concept of convergent evolution. There are hundreds of examples and the concept is well documented.

Maybe convergent evolution is the approach that we need to lean on when we consider what extraterrestrials might look like and more importantly, how they might interact with us. At least the extraterrestrials that come from planets that are similar to earth. It does make some sense – whatever your beliefs are about the creation of life in the universe.

University of Cambridge professor, Simon Conway Morris has taken Owen’s work a step further with the subject of what extraterrestrials might look like and convergent evolution. He published a book about it in 2015 called The Runes of Evolution.

It is Morris’s belief, and I agree, that if extraterrestrials have been living and evolving over millions of years on an earth-like planet, we would be evolving along a similar track. Morris further believes that all plant and all animal life from other earth-like planets will also follow similar evolutionary tracks as the creatures of earth.

Of course, there are a whole lot of people that believe convergent evolution is not reliable if not completely invalid. Professor Tristan Slaton of Bucknell University’s Department of Biology in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania wrote a very good article on this subject entitled: “What does convergent evolution mean? The interpretation of convergence and its implications in the search for limits to evolution.” The last paragraph of the article’s conclusion is as follows:

Such quantification and significance testing need not be exclusively destructive of researchers’ intuitions regarding the ‘astounding’ nature of some convergent events—it may be that such instances of convergence are even more surprising than our intuition implies! In any case, a more rigorous approach would not only help to provide support for currently subjective assessments of convergence, but it would allow researchers to determine just how unlikely certain instances of convergence are. Only then can convergent evolution provide strong substantial evidence concerning the nature, if any, of limits to evolution.

At the end of the day, it always seems to come back to be the same sort of creation versus evolution debate. The middle ground is the “theistic evolution” concept. Theistic evolution generally blends evolutionary theories with belief in God and creation. It is all about the idea that religious teachings about God and creation and scientific theories of evolution do not necessarily need to contradict each other. It is not all one or all the other.  The theistic view claims that creation and evolution concepts can and do coexist, depending on one’s point of view of course.

Personally, and as a faithful Christian, I believe there is truth in both arguments. I think there must be truth in both views. The whole point is that it seems to be very reasonable to make some assumptions about what extraterrestrials might look like and act like be they humanoid, plants, fish or birds all created by God and then evolving, under Gods design, through convergent evolution for millions of years on an earth-like planet. I published a blog on this exact topic on November 7, 2020 (see archives).

I also think this is true with respect to how intelligent extraterrestrials and humans act, think and live.  It is more than just bones, biology, and physical features.  It is also about beliefs, faith, and common instincts. This concept is also discussed in my book.

Whether the truth is a purely Divine creation or purely some form of evolution or buried in the middle ground of the theistic concept is a matter of a person’s faith and conscience until science can prove otherwise.  We can (and probably will) re-write the history and science books and we can modify our physics equations and we can modify our interpretation of ancient religious texts if necessary, as new truths are discovered (if any).

What matters right now – is what are we going to do when extraterrestrials come out from behind the “dark side of the moon” and engage in meaningful communication with us.  We need to be prepared for that very real possibility. Preparation for extraterrestrial communication and visitation begins with doing the best we can to plan for what these extraterrestrial beings might be all about physically, intellectually, instinctively, and spiritually.  Establishing contact with extraterrestrials that may have been in existence for hundreds or even thousands of years longer than humans may very well be a look into a fair approximation of our future.

I look forward to any comments and opinions you might like to share with us here at the Extraterrestrial Communication Group. Thanks for dropping by.

Stephen Silva