“Misinterpretation of ancient texts describing extraterrestrial
activities forms our present misconception of God which, in turn,
creates our outmoded views on human sexuality...."
SEX, GOD & ET'S
By Daniel D. Ziegler
Whether we are aware of it or not, we in the Western world live under severe
sexual repression due to socially imposed religious moral codes. Therefore,
most of us have fairly negative attitudes toward our sexuality. Even if we don’t
consider ourselves to be religious or sexually repressed, we still are under the
influence of these codes because they mold our society. A clear example of this
is our laws requiring us to wear clothing. As a result, for the most part, we live in
a constant state of embarrassment, shame and guilt over our sexuality and our
bodies in general. In the presence of others, we pretend to be asexual, that is
we hide our sex lives, we are uncomfortable talking about our sex lives in most
circles--especially to our parents and children--and, in general, treat sex as
something private at best and evil and dirty at worst.
The effects of this sexual repression are deeply ingrained in us. Wilhelm Reich
devoted much of his life’s work to showing the devastating effects of repressed
sexuality in the form of neuroses in individual lives as well as in the form of
oppression at the societal level. Several of his books including The Function of
the Orgasm and The Mass Psychology of Fascism are devoted to these topics
and are definitely worth reading. It is clear from his work and worth remembering
that how we see ourselves and how we react to the world around us are both
heavily influenced by our conscious and unconscious sex-negative attitudes
stemming from sexual repression. It is refreshing to see, however, that at least
some attempts are being made by some community groups, such as Seattle
Washington’s Sex Positive Community Center, to create and provide a positive
environment for people to learn and interact with others in sex-positive ways.
We, as a society or as individuals, will not completely be free of these imposed
religious moral codes or change our attitudes about sex, however, until we
change our old fearful religious conception of God, for it is the deeply ingrained
and often unconscious fear of God that restricts much of our sexual behavior.
And we will not change our fearful conception of God until we increase our
understanding of many of the ancient religious texts, particularly the Old
Testament, which seem to speak of a God full of wrath and eager to punish.
Based on works such as those of Zecharia Sitchin and others, we can begin to
re-examine these ancient religious texts in a new light--as records of
extraterrestrial influence on early civilizations. This is not a new idea, but it is
one whose time has come in light of mounting evidence of UFO's,
extraterrestrial life and of ancient extraterrestrial influence on humanity’s origins
(and on the mounting evidence of subsequent and obvious cover-up of such
information). We have been led to believe that these documents, such as the
Old Testament of the Bible, are a record of "God's" work on earth. The truth is it
is not "God" but oppressive extraterrestrial beings posing as "God" or gods and
attempting to control us of which the texts speak. It is this misunderstanding of
events described in these early texts has led us to our present religious concept
of a vengeful and wrathful God who punishes us for enjoying "pleasures of the
flesh and forms MANY of our present limiting belief systems.
Research into these texts now clearly shows them to be records of
extraterrestrial visitations and activities. They tell of ancient astronauts,
technically more advanced than us who visited earth hundreds of thousands of
years ago and “created” (today we would say genetically engineered)
humankind as a slave race. Then, as one of the methods to control us, they
forced unnatural and unreasonable restrictions on our sexual activity. This
predictably produced frustration, poor self-esteem and all sorts of dysfunctional
behavior, including violence among ourselves; and thus, as can be inferred from
Reich’s work, that is how they managed to oppress and control us for their
purposes. Their negative influence deeply affects our thinking and behavior yet
today.
But in order for us to evolve into the magnificent, loving, and yes, sex-positive
creatures we are capable of becoming, we must discard our beliefs based on
old interpretations of these texts and form new beliefs based on new
information, which we now have. Coming to this new understanding of ancient
religious texts forces us to confront and challenge some of the most basic moral
and religious precepts upon which modern life in the Western world is based
(as well as our government's official position that there is no evidence of
extraterrestrial life); and if we are to save ourselves from self-destruction, if we
are, indeed, ever to evolve into enlightened beings and experience a golden
age--an age free from hate and violence--we must confront these issues NOW
before it is too late.
We can begin doing this by first considering that our old paradigms may no
longer be valid (if, indeed, they ever were), and then continue by seeking new
ways of looking at our world and ourselves being one. We must also come to
understand God (or Creative Intelligence, Source or whatever one wants to call
the Universal Creative Force) as a God of love and creativity, not of wrath and
destruction, and when we do this, we will see that human sexuality, in its MANY
expressions, is a gift to be enjoyed and celebrated. Then, we must build a
society based on our new concept of loving ourselves, and loving--not fearing--
each other.
To many of us it is self-evident that a God that creates life through sex and
creates us as highly sexual beings, intends us--all of us, at any age--to enjoy sex
and to use sex as a celebration of life itself. It is this self-perpetuating
characteristic of sex that demonstrates its grandeur and suggests that it is of the
highest order of magnitude and magnificence of all creations. It is an expression
of life itself. To hide it, to unnaturally restrict it, to misuse it or to be embarrassed
about it, is to degrade it--as well as to degrade life, and even worse, to degrade
the Creative Force.
There is one final step in the progression of this discussion and it is a thought
definitely worth contemplation. I mentioned at the beginning of this article that
the work of Wilhelm Reich clearly points out that how we see ourselves and how
we react to the world around us are both clearly influenced by our conscious and
unconscious negative attitudes toward our sexuality stemming from our
repressed sexuality. It is further suggested by one writer of UFO and related
material, Michael Mannion, that the view of some modern extraterrestrials,
presented by some contactees/abductees, as being uncaring, unloving and
asexual may indeed be a reflection of our own sexual repression. If this is the
case, how does this all tie together? Quite clearly. Our thinking, then, seems to
be trapped in a completely closed circle which may be holding us back from
entering the cosmic era: Misinterpretation of ancient texts describing
extraterrestrial activity forms our present misconception of God which, in turn,
forms our outmoded views on human sexuality which, in turn, influences our
present view of some modern ET’s who may be attempting to interact with us in
friendly ways.
It goes without saying, then, that before we can objectively understand and
intelligently interact with beings more advanced than us, it is imperative that we
somehow break this negative cycle, clean up our violent tendencies and get our
thinking straight about how to get along with each other here. Then and only then
will we be able to advance ourselves as a race of magnificent and sensual
beings ready to join other beings in this cosmic era and possible golden age.
Do we have a good reason, then, to examine our present attitudes and ideas
about our sexuality and make efforts to heal from the embarrassment, shame
and guilt most of us live with? I would think so! * * *
For further reading on extraterrestrial influence on humanity and religion, one
might begin with GODS, GENES, AND CONSCIOUSNESS by Paul Von Ward,
PROJECT MINDSHIFT by Michael Mannion, THE GODS OF EDEN by William
Bramley, HUMANITY'S EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGINS by Arthur David Horn
and THE EARTH CHRONICLES series by Zecharia Sitchen. For reading about
the connection between violence and sexual repression, in addition to the above
mentioned books by Wilhelm Reich, The Function of the Orgasm and The Mass
Psychology of Fascism, see SAHARASIA: The 4000 BCE Origins Of Child
Abuse, Sex-Repression, Warfare And Social Violence, In The Deserts Of The
Old World by James DeMeo.
Copyright 2004 Daniel D. Ziegler
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