At the recommendation of a friend I dug up a very ambitious film from the Unarius Academy of Science, which Wikipedia describes as:

Some of the ideas expressed in the film are, I believe, indicative of attitudes widespread in the New Age movement.

With the obvious and overly simple moral of "Don't be a jerk and commit genocide for no reason", "The Arrival" is a science fiction film with quite enchanting visuals, yet it is only science fiction. It relies on a couple of faulty principles that I will explain.
Firstly it assumes that technological advancement will necessarily entail moral progress, but I think this is a foolish principle. The film shows us visually just how far of a moral difference lies between us and the people of the stars. Human beings are spear-chucking cavemen and the star children descend in psychedelic spaceships. But there is no evidence that morality advances along with technology. With the invention of atomic power came the first uses of atomic warfare. Unmanned aircraft are utilized in the slaughter of third world children.
Secondly the belief system purports that souls are independent of bodies and immortal, and that the act of reincarnation cycles souls through different bodies all throughout time. While this is a beautiful idea that certainly has appeal, I think that politically it is an ineffective one to have. Even if it is true, the idea tends to encourage an indifference to the problems of the here-and-now in favor of a slow progression from life to life until nirvana is reached. I am unconvinced that meditation and enlightenment are the right courses of action in a world where there is real destruction and suffering happening all the time.
Third, there is a constant belittling of "the ego" or "the self" which I find quite unsettling. I'm no Randian Objectivist (a philosophy that borders on sociopathy) but I don't think the dignity and worth of the individual can be overstated. If we are to live in a just society, we must base it on the principle that no person is a means to an end.

Believing that otherworldly beings will arrive preaching good will and reincarnation is not only overly optimistic, it is foolhardy. When the human race does make official First Contact, we should expect things not to become simpler, but infinitely more complex. We will be stepping into a vast world of intergalactic politics that will make the subterfuge and stalemates entertained by earthly governments look like playground games.

Maybe I am being too hard on Unarius and other New Age movements interested in extraterrestrial life and space exploration. For example, I am interested in the possibility of telepathically connecting with intelligent extraterrestrial life. Time will tell and more avenues will have to be explored. If you are a New Age advocate and have different ideas, please leave a comment or otherwise get in touch with me. I would love to explore this further.

I, Raymond A. Cole, declare these four actions to the be the cornerstone of my work in the future. I waited to create this website for a long time, but I cannot sit on my hands any longer. My efforts from this point on will be dedicated to the following:

1) Researching - Further research of texts, video or audio documentations, and personal accounts of extraterrestrial or otherwise paranormal incursions into the society of earth people. Also important will be presentation of legitimate findings and my own speculations and conclusions on this site. I want to make clear now that these speculations may change. I'm wrestling with big and complex topics, and as the information available to me changes, my conclusions may change. I do promise to keep my readers up-to-date with the most relevant, informed research I can provide.

2) Connecting - A major reason that I started this website was to contact like-minded individuals out there. Online, there seems to have been a general dearth of stimulating conversation since the early 2000s or so. As more and more people ditched their personal websites and opted for preset templated Facebooks and Myspaces, much of the high-quality (and FREE) information available has been neglected or, even worse, deleted. Let's start a new conversation group of people who don't all agree, but discuss with courtesy and open minds.

3) Creating - Besides the content of this website, I hope that I can use my video and audio skills to create original content for this website. Through Youtube and other sites, I want to make this conversation (maybe the Most Important Conversation) go completely viral. People are more likely to give some good time and thought to something if they've been made interested by an engaging piece of media.

4) Combating - Of course, the final goal of all this work is to define exactly what kind of problem we're facing in the world today so that we can change the world for the better. This is the end goal, and if my website can make just one person stop and think about their place in the most important struggle in our world, then I've done my job.

These four tenets will be my guide. It's going to be a heck of a ride. I can already tell.

The debate has raged for all of time: Are human beings essentially either good or evil? Do they desire to help each other or are they essentially selfish creatures, capable of gross misuse of power?

Philosophers and Theologians have come down on both sides of the argument. Economists have also given us theories of Capitalism that describe the system as a channeling of the worst trait of humans: greed.

I think what is important in this discussion for our purposes is realizing the effects of this argument on our theories about Reptilians. If we believe that human beings are essentially evil, or capable of great evils, then much of the Reptilian theory can be dismissed. Why would we need Reptilians to explain tragedy and oppression if humans are perfectly capable mass murderers?

Yet modern research has shown that living organisms often do better when they cooperate and work in a harmonious system. Ecologist Gregory Bateson wrote that Darwin's mistake was focusing on competitive survival, while the truly valuable trait for creatures to have is a sense of flexible organization within their environment (see Form, Substance, and Difference by Bateson). Humans are also capable of great amounts of empathy in normal circumstances.

In stressful circumstances, however, this can change. In these cases, a human being relies heavily on the part of the brain known as the "reptilian" brain, which, according to neuroscientist Paul MacLean is an ancient foundation of the modern brain. This part of the brain is the most basic, limited to controlling vital functions and simple instincts such as self-preservation. In some stressful incidents, human beings are capable of great feats of strength and sometimes, regrettable violent episodes.

But is it possible to explain away organized evil and democide (as R.J. Rummel termed state-sponsored murder) with concepts of self-preservation or instinctual reaction? I think not. The holocausts of states are methodical and planned. As a human being I would not , for reasons of decency and rationality, destroy or hinder the life of another. Humans are no doubt fallible, and for this reason, no person or group could consistently provide a society with positive security. Indeed, how can we reasonable allow the very existence of states when we believe that no person should hold unlimited and violent power over another. Clearly there is Something at work in our world trying to grasp and maintain power--Something that is willing to use inhuman means in its insidious quest.