Info-ParaNet Newsletters Volume I Number 454 Thursday, August 15th 1991 Today's Topics: Rainbow Declaration, Part 2 Rainbow Declaration, Part 3 Rainbow Declaration, Part 4 Rainbow Declaration, Part 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ParaNet.Information.Service@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (sm) Subject: Rainbow Declaration, Part 2 Date: 14 Aug 91 14:52:00 GMT In a democracy the people rule and in order to rule effectively they seek knowledge, and they seek the responsibility that goes with that knowledge. In doing this, they seek responsibility for their own destiny. It is wholly right that you in Ufology should seek knowledge of this matter. Humanity's dialogue with the extraterrestrials is a grave matter, a matter that concerns all humanity and will affect the destiny of humanity. You have a "need to know." In one sense the Ufology movement is part of the effort of humanity to gain transcendent knowledge. However, in another sense, your efforts to gain knowledge, and the responsibility that goes with it, is an effort to gain control of part of your lives and your children's lives and the destiny of your people. This is especially true since reports of deep and long-standing government involvement in this dialogue have come out. However, Ufology has succeeded to a degree in entering this dialogue between humanity and the extraterrestrials. Ufology is a player, I would argue, in the reported dialogue between humanity and the extraterrestrials. The government apparently is keeping much of this dialogue to itself. However, it is also actively sharing information, sometimes in a deliberately garbled form, but information nonetheless. Some of this sharing of knowledge seems to come from the individual human need to confide with others. Some of this knowledge appears to have been released as a result of decisions by higher authorities to create an informed constituency among the public. The cultivation of the Ufology movement's knowledge by the government represents, in my view, a crude form of democracy. In this strange experiment in government, the authorities have created a public hearing of sorts where unofficial news and views are aired and reactions considered. Ufology is the multitude who have showed up for this quasi-public hearing. However, the officials who have called this gathering are not available to answer questions. But, I think, the government pays attention to Ufology's internal debates and responses to the government sponsored leaks. No dialogue is one way, even if one side tries to make it one way. A dialogue always affects both parties, even if only one side is speaking. The act of giving information to one whom you know will receive it involves you with that person or that people. If a dialogue goes on long enough, information will be revealed inadvertently and pretense is harder to maintain. Ufology has not been a passive partner in this dialogue with the government. Ufology is speaking and will continue to speak, and the government, even if it gives appearances of stopping its ears, is actually listening. Therefore, all of you in Ufology should consider that you are part of a dialogue with the government. This is not the only dialogue going of which Ufology is a part. Ufology is actually in a dialogue with the extraterrestrials through abductees and contactees. As with the government, not all information is very reliable, but it is information. It is possible, in fact, that extraterrestrials monitor the reaction of the Ufology movement to gain some insight into humanity in general. Therefore, all of you in Ufology should consider yourselves as part of a dialogue that will influence human destiny in the Cosmos. In the remainder of this paper I will discuss three main points: (1) It is the destiny of humanity to take its place among the stars as an equal with its kindred people among the stars. In discussing this, I will discuss the nature and heritage of humanity. (2) The cradle of humanity, the Earth, with its nations and history, is a microcosm of the Cosmos and its peoples and history. I will discuss how this concept is derived and its meaning to Ufology. I will also, unfortunately, discuss the first problem in the present that can be addressed by this model: The apparent threat posed to humanity by one group of extraterrestrials, "the grays" or Reticulians and their allies. (3) Humanity should adopt the Rainbow Declaration or some similar set of principles as its ideal and in doing so will begin the journey to its destiny on the right Way, the Way of truth and light. (Reference 1) II. HUMANITY AS A SUPERTERRESTRIAL PHENOMENON PSALMS 8: 3-6 "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou are mindful of him, the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of they hands; thou has put all things under his feet....." In order to understand human destiny one must first understand the nature and origins of humanity. Humanity is not just flesh and blood; it is partly supernatural; it is also the collective mind, dreams and cultural heritage of the human race. Physically we have changed little since the stone age, but in knowledge and technological ability we have changed enormously. We are a young race, just getting started. Our earliest civilization dates roughly from the Tigris-Euphrates Valley 6000 years ago. (Reference 2) In that 6000 years we have expanded and filled the Earth, our flesh and blood has stood on the lunar surface and returned six times. Our probes have landed on Mars and Venus. We, by proxy of similar probes, have visited every major body in the solar system from Mercury to Neptune. Four of these probes have now escaped the solar system and the gravity of the Sun and are on interstellar missions. So a little part of you, the work of your hands, is now on its way to the stars. Six thousand years is roughly 300 human generations of 20 years or 100 human lifetimes of 60 years. So this is perhaps not even a long time in human terms, but it is the twinkling of an eye in terms of the age of the Earth or even the living things on the Earth. You humans, all in all, have done magnificently. How did you do it? Did anyone help you? Let us consider what is widely reported. In Ufology, as in many other areas of life, information consists of what is reported to us by others, hopefully we can verify some of what is reported, but often we must simply consider the report and decide for ourselves whether of not we believe it. It is widely reported that humanity came into being as a result of profound and continuing contact between the human race an an unimaginably powerful extraterrestrial being. This being, or First E.T., is called in our language, God. I know and respect the fact that there are many accounts, all subtly different, of this contact, but I will chiefly consult the only account I know well, and this account is called the Bible. In this account, the First E.T. is reported to have been of staggering and all encompassing power but was at the same time compassionate towards humanity and controlled in his dealings with them. He is reported to be the creator of the Cosmos and therefore extracosmic in addition to being extraterrestrial, having created both heavens and the earth and all they contain. It is reportedly from God that humans first received their concepts of law and human identity and their place in the scheme of things. I would claim this contact has continually linked our ideas of what was good and pure and truthful to the heavens. It is because of this contact that we long to reach out to the stars and those who live there. It is in this record of contact with the First E.T. that we first encounter the human concept of universal laws, both physical and moral, and these are also associated with the stars. PSALMS, 19:1-3 "The Heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handy work. Day unto day uttereth speech and night showth knowledge. There is no speech or language, where their voice is not heard." We also learned that there was more to reality than what is seen. HEBREWS, 11:1-3 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were formed by the word of God so that things which are seen are not made of thing which do appear." -- ParaNet(sm) Information Service - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: ParaNet(sm).Information.Service@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ParaNet.Information.Service@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (sm) Subject: Rainbow Declaration, Part 3 Date: 14 Aug 91 14:53:00 GMT <> We are familiar, in our modern age, of laws of physics being universal. Our sciences had their origins in astronomy and astrology. But from our accounts of contact with the First E.T., we also are informed that there are universal moral laws as well as physical ones that apply on all worlds. It is also from this record that we encounter our first recognition and warning concerning the dark side of human nature: GENESIS, 6:5 "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the Earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually..." The human race is an aggressive, predatory and vigorous species. It requires the maximum effort of our intellect and compassion to control our instincts to violence and war; sometimes, perhaps often times, these are not enough. However, the First E.T. has always encouraged us to be a people of compassion and intellect. Curiously, it is form this same record of the first E.T. contact with humanity that we find reports of a possible visitation of Earth by flesh and blood extraterrestrials. These E.T.s were not only flesh and blood, but could have children by earth women, indicating they were probably extremely humanoid since they were attracted to Earth women and saw they were beautiful. Mention of this is made in Genesis 6:4. This was apparently one of many things that God saw happening on Earth that displeased Him. Perhaps even "the last straw," for it is written that He unleashed the great flood shortly after this. The flood, that primal human catastrophe, is recorded in the legends of almost every people on Earth and wiped out most of humanity, including, we can infer, those offspring of flesh and blood E.T.s. It is written, God started over with what was left. Other than this possible mention of flesh and blood E.T. contact before the flood in the Bible, which may also be mentioned in many mythologies, I have seen no credible evidence of any overt or historical record dating back to 1000 B.C. Geologically, the origin of homo sapiens is sudden, but it has been found that all distinct species seem to appear suddenly. This is called "punctuated equilibrium" in evolutionary biology. (Reference 3) Other than reportings of sightings of strange craft that occasionally appear in the historical record, I can find no evidence of influence by flesh and blood E.T.s on any historical events. What does show up is a tradition and folklore concerning goblins stealing children, tales of fairies, leprechauns, elves and spirits. This tradition may indicate some E.T. contact on the fringe of human social awareness, as has been suggested by Whitley Streiber. (Reference 4) I think, also, it reflects to a much larger extent, human imagination and love of story telling. These strange accounts also include other things which may be purely terrestrial but not really part of a reality that we understand. Though the records of events before the primal catastrophe of the Flood are difficult to understand, it remains the one significant human event that may have involved flesh and blood E.T. contact. It is worth noting that the record implies that this contact, along with many other things purely terrestrial, had disastrous consequences for the human race because of the manner in which the contact was made. It is written in Genesis 6:2: "The sons and daughters saw the daughters of men that they were very fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose..." This record implies that these unions were dictated by the "Sons of God", a term used sometimes to mean angel, and not by choice to the Earth women. These reported events, and the juxtaposition with the Flood and God's displeasure, should be remembered as we consider reports of what is occurring in our own time. It also must be remembered that according to the account of the contact with the First E.T. in the Bible, evil is not a terrestrial invention; it was present in the Cosmos eons before the first human being. The Bible and other religious records of Earth, record that both good and evil are not purely terrestrial phenomenon. Ananda Sirisena has pointed out in a two-part article in the British journal Beyond Science (now defunct) that the holy books of Buddhism remark that sense-desire, which is the source of all unhappiness, is to be found throughout the Cosmos. (Reference 5) In the Bible, it is written in Job, 15:15 "The heavens are not clean in His sight." It is also written in Revelations 12:7-9 that there was war in heaven between the Archangel Michael and his angels, and the Devil and his angels. These are only two of many examples one could name. In general, the records of our reported contact with the First E.T. report repeatedly that the Cosmos, both visible and invisible, is full of good and evil and that these forces struggle against one another, Earth being an important battleground of this Cosmic struggle. This brings us to the second widely reported E.T. contact that has influenced Earth. This being is known as Satan, Lucifer, or the Devil. Like the first E.T., he is reported to be non-corporeal. However, he is reported to be a created being and part of the Cosmos whereas God is the Creator. His powers and intellect are reported to be unimaginably great in human terms but, like ours, insignificant compared to God's. It is also reported that despite his intellectual powers, he often makes mistakes that are apparent even to humans. His first reported error was to try and stage an unsuccessful revolt against his Creator. Most of what we know about the Second E.T., Satan, comes from information reported to be from the First E.T. This record allows us to make a vivid comparison between them in two important areas: One, dialogue with humans; The First E.T. is recorded to be always truthful, though he seldom shows more knowledge than is required. In contrast, the Second E.T., Satan, is reported to be a compulsive liar and virtual inventor of treachery. It is reported he often claims to be the First E.T. and often traps victims with empty promises of forbidden knowledge and technology. Second, relationship with humanity; the First E.T. is widely reported to love the human race and all other peoples of the Cosmos as if they were his children. However, he is also reported to hold us responsible for our actions, which knowing the human race, means we occasionally are at odds. The Second E.T., Satan, is reported to be utterly contemptuous and hateful towards humans, especially those who serve him. His hostility is constant, though often expressed through treachery and attempts to corrupt, rather than through open warfare. It is reported that though the Devil hates humanity and wishes to destroy us, he cannot attack openly because of the presence of the First E.T. Therefore, we learn that absence of open attack does not always mean absence of mortal hostility. It merely means that the Cosmos is not simple, and that many factors constrain the action of its inhabitants. Humanity is thus not a purely terrestrial phenomenon. Even our science is full of knowledge known first from observation of the stars. If the record of our contract with the First E.T. are believed, humanity is the product of influences that are not only extraterrestrial but extracosmic, that is, transcending even the stars. If these reported contacts with God are correct, and many believe they are, then humanity knows these things because it knows the Being who made the Cosmos and its peoples, including ourselves. Humanity, and by this, I mean the readers themselves, are possessors of Cosmic knowledge, but they do not know it yet. However, to know something of humanity one must understand that a part of humanity, like its Creator, is extremely mysterious and some of it is unknowable. To know something of humanity is to know of its mystery and its magic. There is a part of humanity that only God himself understands. I speak here of a whole category of phenomenon with the inadequate terms "parapsychological" and "spiritual" -- that part of ourselves that is manifest in religion, and yet seems to exist apart from it. One aspect of this was termed by Jung as the collective unconscious. (Reference 6) This is the part of humanity that seems to guarantee that no knowledge can ever remain isolated in one portion of the human race, even if they never tell anyone of it. Another can be called human prescience -- that human capacity to write or speak of events still far in the future with uncanny accuracy, science fiction being a vast upwelling of this human phenomenon. No statement describing humanity could be complete without referring to this part of humanity which is mysterious and difficult to describe. Therefore, you should respect yourself and your people. You know more about the Cosmos than you realize. You are stronger and more marvelous than you know. You should not be arrogant, but you should be proud. You lack knowledge, but you are eager to learn. You are small now but you are going to become great and "becoming is superior to being." You are a young and vigorous people, just off the train and in the big city for the first time, bent on finding your fortune. So now that we have an image of humanity as it was formed and is, we can speak of the destiny of humanity in the Cosmos. -- ParaNet(sm) Information Service - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: ParaNet(sm).Information.Service@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ParaNet.Information.Service@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (sm) Subject: Rainbow Declaration, Part 4 Date: 14 Aug 91 14:54:00 GMT <<>> THE DESTINY OF HUMANITY Hints of what our destiny will be are contained, I believe, in the record of our contact with the First E.T. who pointed us to our goal. He said in paraphrase, "someday if you follow the Way I have shown you, you can join me in the heavens of which the stars are but a shadow." God, in fact, showed Abraham the stars and said in Genesis 15:5: "And He brought him forth abroad, and said, look now towards heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said, so shall thy seed be." There is also another hint, for Jesus told his disciples in Mark 16:15, "Go ye unto all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." For in the original Greek, the word for world is Cosmos, (Reference 7) meaning the whole world, the whole ordered universe. I know in myself, that humanity is going into space because it yearns to do so. The goal of its yearning is not just to see strange new worlds; it is to have fellowship with the peoples who dwell amid the stars and share truth with them. In a sense we are going into confirm truths that we already believe. That is part of the reason that Ufology exists, not just because people in Ufology are curious or concerned but also because we seek to be part of that dialogue. We have, on good account, that such a dialogue is possible, as recorded in Timothy Good's book Above Top Secret. There is an account of Sid Padrick's experience (Reference 8) where he encountered startlingly humanoid beings who were kind and respectful and who invited him to pray to God in their "consultation room." They said they worshipped the same Supreme Being we did. This reported encounter, whose positive, respectful character is such a stark contrast to most reported encounters, give us hope that we will find what we seek in the stars. But you must realize we inhabit a star already. Our star, Sol, the Sun, is a beautiful golden star form afar. Around it orbits a beautiful blue-white star of a planet called Earth, for that is what our planet looks like form afar. Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are beautiful form Earth, but I tell you when you see the Earth someday from the surface of Mars you will understand that the Earth is the most beautiful planet in the solar system, or even in a hundred solar systems. That is partly why other peoples have come here. So I will tell you I believe it is the destiny of humanity to go out into the stars and become a great nation and find its place among the stars and among the great nations that dwell in the stars; nations whose people believe in God and justice, equality, and good will as we do, and who, when they read our Bible or the Declaration of Independence, will rejoice that the same truths they know are known elsewhere and from the same source. III DYNAMICS BETWEEN PEOPLES IN THE COSMOS We have now discussed humanity and its destiny, but how will our destiny be shaped by those peoples with whom we share the Cosmos? In particular, is there some model or broad guideline to consult to understand the dynamics of politics between nations or peoples who have their genesis in different star systems? We can come up with a rough model by assuming that the laws of physics and biology are the same everywhere in the Cosmos. Once such a model of cosmic politics is formed, it can be applied to understand and predict the interactions between humanity and its fellow cosmic peoples. A model of cosmic politics can be derived form biology. We must assume that the laws of biology are universal, so that they are the same on all worlds, like the laws of physics. Since we know about the laws determining biology on Earth, we would then know about biology laws on all worlds. We must, of course, recognize from the outset that we can only gain a rough understanding at best using this method, but we must have a model and we must begin somewhere. So, we look for basic and fundamental laws rather than detailed ones. We will thus look for laws the describe forests rather than trees. Once we have identified fundamental biological laws, we then try to find laws of politics on Earth that can be derived from them. We will then have a rough model. The first law of biology can be called "the survival of the fittest." This means that all life is essentially competitive. This means those who are more intelligent, faster, stronger, more diligent, more fertile, more efficient, and more prudent will eventually dominate over those who have less of these qualities. This seems a harsh law of nature, but in some ways it is actually kind. In any case, nature is not often known to be kind or gentle. One impact of the first law of biology is that intelligence is favored in predators. On Earth, predators are generally more intelligent than their prey. They must be or their prey will outwit them and the predators will not eat. The octopus is the most intelligent of all invertebrates and it is a fierce predator. The killer whale is believed to be the smartest of the whales and it is a vicious killer of other whales. The Chimpanzee is the second smartest land animal, and its capacity for mayhem against other species and even other chimps, rivals our own. (Reference 9) Curiously, researchers were slow to recognize how murderous chimps were to each other -- fighting between tribes and occasionally killing their own young. Perhaps the researchers did not want to believe the chimps were as prone to violence as we are. Even when researchers found out the harsh facts about internal wars between chimps they were reluctant to report it. They feared it would horrify people and dry up research funding. People were not horrified; however, they were enlightened, and chimpanzee research in the wild continues. The truth makes chimps all the more fascinating and useful to study if human violence is to be understood and controlled. Another example of the correlation of intelligence and predatory behavior is the line of dinosaurs that appeared to be evolving towards something resembling humanoids before an extraterrestrial event wiped them out. (Reference 10) It is now believed that a line of small predator dinosaurs, roughly resembling miniature Tyrannosaurus Rexs, would have developed into a humanoid intelligence. They stood on two feet and several species had achieved brain to body sizes exceeding all other dinosaurs and even mammals then existing. However, the impact of a massive asteroid, a clear sign this planet's history has witnessed extraterrestrial intervention, devastated the planet and cleared the Way for humanity. Human beings are predatory. Humanity began as hunters and gatherers but hunting behavior did not cease when humans discovered agriculture -- it merely changed. The archaeological record shows that organized warfare began almost simultaneously with agriculture. (Reference 11) Historically, tribes and nations have fought wars and struggled for dominance as a form of biological competition. The apparent victory of the United States in the Cold War is demonstration that democracy and free enterprise, while not without their faults, have become dominant, because they are better and more efficient in the long run, or even the short run, than despotism and Marxism. So our own violent history, which despite its violence has produced the triumph of liberty and humanity, can be understood as a vast game of survival of the fittest among groups of rather predatory and aggressive beings. But there is another law of biology that also played a profound role in this and which we must also factor into our cosmic political model. The second law of Biology is roughly "the sum is greater than the parts." Or stated differently, in cooperation and in unity, there is strength. One human cell alone will die; one trillion human cells bound together, each doing its part, will thrive and triumph. So one human can do little, but a large number can move the Earth and someday change the course of stars. This second law, that cooperation leads to success, is seen not only in biology but in human politics and history. -- ParaNet(sm) Information Service - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: ParaNet(sm).Information.Service@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ParaNet.Information.Service@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (sm) Subject: Rainbow Declaration, Part 5 Date: 14 Aug 91 14:54:00 GMT <<<>>> Together these two laws and the tension between them, competition, and cooperation, apply to and shape intelligent and primitive life. Nations are predatory and competitive and nations that are most competitive and aggressive tend to produce the most works of intelligence and technology such as our own nation and Great Britain. Truly, United peoples and nation are much stronger and efficient than individuals or isolated nations. That is why the most powerful nation on this planet is called the United States. Moreover, the United States is great because it has cooperated with like minded nations rather than trying to prey on them. So in the United States, the first nation of Earth, this is a sacred trust and responsibility to humanity -- not just a privilege. It is through unity and cooperation that the nations of the Earth must face the Cosmos. So we have two fundamental laws of biology which should apply everywhere in the Cosmos and which profoundly influence the politics of human beings. So these laws should shape politics on other worlds as well, and this means other worldly politics should resemble our own. We thus have arrived at a model called Mediocrity, that is already known. The principle of mediocrity states that the Earth and its inhabitants are a representative sample of the Cosmos and its inhabitants. (Reference 12) This principle states that intelligent life elsewhere should be quite similar to Earth's. Similarly it means that even politics and history should be similar. This is the exact same model we arrived at by assuming biological laws were the same on all worlds and that politics was an extension of biology. The principle of mediocrity is the same concept, but arrived a differently. The cosmic politics model was arrived at by assuming biological laws were the same on all worlds and that politics was an extension of biology. The principle of mediocrity is the same concept, but arrived at differently. Its approach is simply statistical; it assumes Earth and its inhabitants are the results of probability and are part of a distribution of possible world situations, constrained by universal laws of physics. The Earth we know is one random sample of many worlds, so it is most likely that it is typical rather than abnormal. Like all statistical laws, it is a warning to would-be gamblers rather than advice on how to bet the farm. However, our universal.,l, biological, political saw, arguments, and mediocrity lead us to the same concept: Earth and its peoples and history are a microcosm of the Cosmos and its peoples and history. The Earth is the Cosmos seen through a glass darkly, not reliable in detail but roughly true. This means we all know much more about the Cosmos than we realize, simply because we have lived on Earth. We have arrived at a model for understanding and predicting the dynamics and politics between humanity and other peoples in the Cosmos and between other people apart from humanity. This model is called the Human Historical Model of Cosmos Politics or the Human Historical Model. The Earth is an allegory of the Cosmos and an analogue. This means the wisdom of Earth gained by our ancient forbears and written in the holy books of Earth, will guide us in our new journey in the Cosmos. For in some ways, humanity was wiser when it knew less, but that wisdom is not lost to us now if we see its worth. So, we would look to the old as well as the new for counsel as we confront the Cosmos. THE HUMAN HISTORICAL MODEL The Human Historical Model or, HHM as it will be called henceforth, simply states that interactions between people and nation states in the Cosmos will resemble interactions between nations in human history. The HHM is a tool for interpreting the behavior of extraterrestrials; it says that if extraterrestrials exhibit certain behavior either singly or collectively, then one should look for an analogous human or human nation's behavior either in the present or in the historical record. The human historical record is long, and its tribes and nations are myriad. This means we have a vast supply of analogous models and situations on which to draw. However, we should always remember that the model is a rough one and not reliable in detail. Neither is the HHM a substitute for hard investigative work, any more than Einstein's theory of relativity is a substitute for the Super Collider. The HHM is a simple idea, but it does not suggest the Cosmos and its people are simple or mundane. Rather, it suggests the Cosmos and its people should be like Earth's people, complex, finely textured, full of intrigue and secrets and like the Earth full of the strange and exotic. In fact, the HHM suggests that people of the Cosmos, beyond adherence to basic laws of biology, will be very strange, exotic, and very interesting. The first rule for dealing with the Cosmos according to the HHM is that high weirdness is to be expected in the Cosmos because it is found on Earth. Whenever intelligence is involved, possibilities become myriad. Other things can be expected from people in the Cosmos. One thing that can be expected is a desire for contact and communication. Many Cosmic people will be drawn to us simply because of a compulsion or yearning to communicate. This is a human trait and it is also biologically motivated; cooperation requires communication. So, attempts at friendly contact and communication or dialogue, even if only rudimentary ones, would be expected under the HHM. A related behavior would also be expected. Display is a form of communication or dialogue that is very common in nature. Everything form puffer fish, to peacocks, to cobras and humans resort to display. It is nonverbal form of communication and so is limited in its information content; however, it is usually easy to understand its basic meaning. Since it is nonverbal, it does not require a common language and thus is often the first form of communication initiated between different peoples in Earthly tradition. Everything from parades in Red Square to a baby crawling into the center of a family gathering is a form of display. Often, its basic messages are, "look what I can do," "or look at who I am." Since humans are the Earth's premier show offs, followed closely by dolphins, we would expect, under the HHM, that people at the Cosmos would exhibit a great deal of display behavior to each other especially at initial contact, before verbal contact can be established. Display is an attempt to initiate dialogue. In most situations, this is very friendly, and I will discuss this shortly. Struggles for dominance are universal among species on Earth and especially among social groups within species. It is a manifestation of competition with usually the dominant individual or group getting the best resources and the most opportunities to reproduce and pass on its genes. There are "pecking orders" within social groups, even among like water, runs down hill from the most dominant to the most subordinate. This occurs in small human groups, among groups in society, and finally among nations. Struggles for dominance occur between species also. Chimps and baboons share watering holes in some areas of Africa and chimps usually seem to dominate. Anyone who has owned a dog or a cat knows struggles for power can occur between humans and other intelligent species. So we would expect struggles for dominance between peoples in the Cosmos. These might begin even before verbal communication could be initiated and would consist, in mildest form, of military demonstrations of power or hardware and highly aggressive displays. These would be equivalent to U.S. and Russian destroyers playing "chicken" on the high seas or firing flares or weak (non lethal) laser beams at each other. So, struggles for dominance, power politics, seen on Earth between nations, should be expected between peoples in the Cosmos. As on Earth, this can lead to either friendly competition in science and culture or to great tragedy. Based on the HHM we would expect peoples in the Cosmos to move toward a higher technological advancement. As on Earth, we would expect this to be driven by military competition as well as by desire for scientific knowledge. Humans are social, intelligent, predatory, and technological and they have become spacefaring. We intend to become better people in the Cosmos to become spacefaring. 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