Dear Friends,

I hope the following story (my own) will help those of you who are struggling to convince a friend that he or she ought to take a harder look at the larger truth, what I refer to as the "Cosmic Paradigm." Slowly but surely this planet is moving in that direction. Let's find others to join with us to make this world the beautiful, peaceful, and sustainable home it was created to be. I consider the alternative, which I presented in my prior Cosmic Paradigm Newsletter, to be un-thinkable.

Some of my acquaintances, old and new, have had a hard time figuring out why I am so convinced of an alternative reality that includes UFOs, extraterrestrials, and the paranormal — a larger truth than that to which they will admit. It is particularly difficult for those who knew me during the twenty years I was a conservative venture capitalist.

Let me explain my certainty, as follows, and lay the foundation for what I am coming to understand is the reason why some people find themselves literally incapable of opening to the larger truth.

FIRST, my confidence stems from my own OBSERVATION OF THINGS I CANNOT EXPLAIN IN TERMS OF EVERYDAY REALITY. These are of two types, visual and experienced.

a) I have had a number of visual sighting. These range from lights, at a distance, that corkscrewed from a low altitude and disappeared into space, to four square windows that hung, un-attached, as if part of a passenger train traveling through space, to (the most startling and real of all) the sudden appearance (materialization) of a brightly-lighted ET craft as it came out of the solid face of a mountain, a mere two hundred yards away. Once my sensory perception was opened by events like these, I became aware of visual anomalies too numerous to record, many of them in the quasi-physical, that region between pure physical and pure non-physical.

b) I have also experienced a number of things that are clearly deviant from everyday reality. As I sat writing my first book, Trillion, whose words came from who knows where, fragrances of an unknown origin wafted past me, once as I sat viewing the night sky, my chair was bumped from below (others felt similar disturbances that night), and on several nights, I was visited by unseen entities who engendered in me an instant reaction of fear, and whom I had a hard time dismissing from my room. (Those of you who have had similar contact know what I mean when I say, "I unmistakably felt their presence." I was to learn much later that I was an "experiencer.")

From these observations, and discussing them with many others, I have learned that some people will go to great lengths to dismiss visual observations that to me were unquestionably beyond the conventional scientific/religious paradigm. I have also learned that virtually everyone has had some sort of an experience that they cannot explain in traditional terms -- most often these experiences are simply dismissed when they do not fit that person's worldview.

SECOND, I am reinforced by almost daily COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. While each event of extraterrestrial or paranormal contact appears to be somewhat different, I think it is safe to say that each experiencer has felt that visceral grasp that accompanies such contact. These communications from others -- letters, phone calls, and emails -- have occurred within the last three years, since I went public with my writing and speaking. For many of these generous and heartfelt communiqués, I am most grateful to those of you receiving this newsletter.

THIRD, THE PUBLISHED RECORD IS EXTENSIVE. With thousands of web sites, UFOs, extraterrestrials, and the paranormal are the second most popular topics on the Internet, next to pornography. Thousands of books have been written over the past fifty years. On my web site, http://www.cosmicparadigm.com/Recommended_Books.html I have listed books that I have found to be most helpful. Also on my web site are links to interesting sites. A word of caution here, be selective -- much that advertises itself as truth is conjecture, misrepresentation, exaggeration, and outright lies. Beware.

FOURTH, EVENTS WITNESSED BY MANY PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT RECORDS. From the battle of Los Angeles in 1942, http://www.cosmicparadigm.com/BattleofLosAngeles.html , to the unveiling of the Rendlesham Incident by the British Government in 2002, http://www.cosmicparadigm.com/Rendlesham.html , there is ample evidence for any objective investigator. Such recognition goes back thousands of years and continues to our time. My web site, http://www.cosmicparadigm.com/ , is loaded with this type of information. In conjunction with these witnessed events, I must make passing comment on the role of governments, religions, and the mainstream media as they obfuscate, conceal, and ridicule this area.

FIFTH, THE DRIVE THAT KEEPS ME FOCUSED IN THIS ARENA. This last one I cannot explain except to refer you to the movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Something approaching the commitment of the people portrayed in that movie empowers me. I did not choose this; I was recruited, and have been dragged kicking and screaming into it. Now that I am here, I am grateful to those who brought me here, and I eagerly await opportunities to further pursue the journey.

I cannot stress often enough, the importance of, at least, being open to that which is beyond the conventional paradigm, be open, but be selective. I have great sympathy with those that are having a hard time -- it took quite a bit of convincing to move me from the traditional worldview with which I had grown up. I came to my new realizations only after being confronted with situations from which I had to open-up or to die. After I had done that, I began to understand that UFOs, extraterrestrials, and the paranormal are but the tip of a vast reality, a reality I am just coming to understand and appreciate. Still, I grapple each and every day, allowing the larger reality to re-assert itself. I can only say that I believe it is well worth the struggle.

From this I have come to understand that A PERSON'S WORLDVIEW -- that psychic glue that is developed very early in life and reinforced by common experiences and by traditional institutions -- IS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN LIFE, the compass that guides us. To destroy someone's worldview is to destroy that person. According to Zen tradition, the collapse of one's worldview is "daishigyo," meaning the great death.

Yet it is a person's worldview that causes most people to fear opening themselves to any alternative truth. It is simply too difficult to lay aside that which we have relied upon for so many years. To those still clinging to a conventional worldview, the traditional paradigm, I advise, "Try it another way. Yes, at first it is frightening, but after a while it is worth the fight to let go -- I know, I did it. And I am very glad that I did."

I CONTINUE TO GET HINTS THAT A "REALITY SHIFT" IS IN THE MAKING. As I said in my last Newsletter, it is a collection of messages, signs, and events that together signal a major sea change. It is only a matter of time; we cannot continue as we are going. It most likely will happen much sooner, and in more dramatic fashion, than any of us, including myself, are prepared for.

I encourage those of you who are committed to awakening this planet to take precautions during these turbulent times. Make sure you are in a position -- physically, mentally, and spiritually -- to assist the transformation when it comes. Go inside yourself; find how best to prepare for the reality shift.

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THE COSMIC PARADIGM NETWORK

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In Truth and Love,
Mark

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