How UFOs and Bigfoot Could Save Earth

Benjamin Radford
LiveScience's Bad Science Columnist
LiveScience.com
Wed Jan 23, 8:40 AM ET

These days green is big. The environmental movement has been around for decades, but issues such as global warming, recycling, and saving the planet have never been so much in the spotlight. Though many corporations have arrived late in the game (cynics might suspect they saw another type of green in "green marketing"), many New Agers and believers in the mysterious and paranormal have long incorporated environmentalism into their beliefs.


Among people who claim to have been abducted or contacted by space aliens, messages about world peace and warnings of impending environmental disaster are common.

One popular belief is that UFO sightings are simply glimpses of the benevolent aliens watching over us, monitoring our destructive ways. We should work to save the planet, the thinking goes, but if we can't, our savior space brothers will intervene just before the world destroys itself, either through environmental pollution or global nuclear war. Once that happens, we Earthlings will see the error of our ways, ushering in a new era of peace, love, and global consciousness.

Unknown creatures

This environmental concern is echoed in the "cryptozoology" community as well.

For many people who believe in mysterious creatures such as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster, the search for these animals is urgent. We must find them to save their habitats from impending ecological doom.

There is even a longstanding and lively debate among Bigfoot researchers as to whether or not Bigfoot should be killed if the chance ever presents itself. Some claim that since the only thing that will finally prove the creatures' existence is a body, killing one is justified. Once the animal is proven to exist, measures can be taken to protect them. Others worry that the relative rarity of sightings suggests that the existing population (estimated in the tens or hundreds of thousands) can't afford to lose even one Bigfoot.

Regardless of how many Bigfoot can dance on the head of a pin, the issue will remain safely on the back burner until at least one Bigfoot, live or dead, is finally found. Many Bigfoot buffs would prefer that one is never discovered. As one contributor to Cryptomundo.com, a Web site about such creatures, wrote, "You almost feel you're jeopardizing these creatures if you reveal their locations. One thing we should have learned by now is that man destroys everything he touches."

This bleak notion that humans inherently (and inevitably) destroy everything is common in New Age circles.

However, though humans can destroy, we can also build and protect. The revival of animals from the brink of extinction (such as bald eagles in North America and elephants in Africa) are but two of many examples.

Mankind may or may not be marching blithely on the path to ecological self-destruction, but if Bigfoot or aliens help encourage people to reduce, reuse, and recycle, so much the better. That's why they call them "little green men."

Photos...by Seth

Happy Birthday MLK

Happy 79th Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King!!

I wish you had lived to see it!

Buddhist thought for the Week

"We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out of inner peace."
- The Dalai Lama

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End Raids on Medical Marijuana Patients and Their Caregivers

Marijuana has been used therapeutically to control pain, alleviate nausea and vomiting in cancer patients due to chemotherapy, treat wasting due to HIV/AIDS, combat muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and more.

But seriously ill patients and their caregivers risk going to prison for treating symptoms effectively with medical marijuana -- even in states that have passed medical marijuana laws. Tell Congress to protect medical marijuana patients and their caregivers!!

Currently, 12 states have passed medical marijuana laws that work to protect patients and caregivers from criminal charges associated with their medicine. But federal DEA agents continue to conduct raids on patients and caregivers who adhere to their state's laws.

Seriously ill patients have the right to effective therapies. To deny patients access to such a therapy is to deny them dignity and respect as persons. Urge Congress to allow health care patients access to the medicine they need!!!!

Buddhist Thought

The fundamental idea of Buddhism is to pass beyond the world of opposites, a world built up by intellectual distinctions and emotional defilements. - D.T. Suzuki

New Hampshire Primary

I've been to New Hampshire and it is a beautiful and amazing state. The people of the that state have a chance to make Presidential history by electing Sen Obama in today's Presidential primary.

If the gentleman from Illinois wins today then history suggests that he will then move on to capture the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States of America! The candidate who has won both opening primaries have for 100% of the time eventually faced off in the general election as that parties nominee.

So I wish the Senator the best today and I hope today is one more stride towards history!!!

Go Barack!!!

Buddhist Thought

Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!
- Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei


We all know people who act stupidly and absolutely foolishly! Sometimes, the fool is even ourselves.

I've seen the humor in my own negative and positive choices. Trust, there are many, many, many, many, many examples I could give but in all honesty that's way too much to cover in this short post! The lesson today seems to be that the person who plays the fool in these situations always ends up being myself. Yet and still, I'd like to think I've learned and grown from all of it.

Presently, I endeavor to make choices that allow me to chuckle with pride rather than blush with embarrassment!

This lion cub wants to be King of His own Forest one day!! Hopefully, I've grown up enough so that I can give up the roll of Court Jester/Clown/Fool/Servant.

But yet the question remains:

Even though I can see my Kingdom/How shall I earn my Crown???

Ta-Da..More Photos!

Obama 2008

Last night Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucus by almost nine percent. Sounding a resounding note of change through politics in America.

He also did a few other things last night when thanking Iowans for voting him.

During his speech he touched on many possible changes during his administration. The one that stuck out to me was when he said he would "bring our troops home".

Recently, I personally have been waiting to hear those words come out a candidates mouth before FULLY committing my vote, time and effort to they're causes!

That changes today as I throw my non-considerable political weight behind Senator Obama. To listen to this man is to believe that positive change can happen in America. His words and vision seeks to overturn the damage done by this last President, our Countries wars and big business.

And with Oprah backing Barack how can he fail?

With ten months to go until the polls open I've already cast my vote!!!

For me it's Barack Obama in 2008!!!!!!!!

Buddhist Thought of the Week

To comprehend and to understand God above all similitudes, as He is in Himself, is to be God with God, without intermediary, and without any otherness that can become a hindrance or an intermediary. Whosoever wishes to understand this must have died to himself, and must live in God, and must turn his gaze to the eternal light in the ground of his spirit, where the Hidden Truth reveals Itself without means. - Ruysbroek

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Happy New Year/ 2008 Resolutions

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Here are my resolutions for 2008.

FYI: They are not in any order of importance.

Work out regularly.

Improve diet.

Meditate everyday.

Stop smoking cigarettes.

Volunteer frequently.

Create more art.

Travel when I can.

Continue to love others and myself while furthering my personal growth.

That's it folks! Best wishes to our planet, it's people and I truly hope this is the year we edge closer to true peace on Earth.

Amen.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Christmas Eve

This last year has sped by so fast. And here we are at another Christmas Eve.

Today I'm feeling depressed, unmotivated and sad. I know there are people who are concerned and who love me out there but during holidays it's easy to slip into these type of feelings.

It doesn't help that two of the three people I thought I was dating have basically told me that we were in fact not dating. Anders said i was moving to fast (when in all honesty I know I wasn't) and Todd told me two days ago all he wanted from me was sex. And if someone asked me where things stood with Keith stood, I wouldn't be able to because I don't know.

This Christmas I am still single but I won't be alone during this holiday. My plans will take over to the East Bay and I'll be spending it at another friend named Keith.

Tonight, I'll be having dinner with my boss and he always cooks up an amazing meal!

I'm trying to brighten up my own mood by staying busy and surrounding myself with friends and people who care for me.

Ultimately, isn't that what the holidays are about?

techno christmas

Here's a video clips of my small but cute Techno xmas tree. Enjoy!

Buddhist thought for the Week

A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning

Buddhist thought for the Week

You are now in control of your life. You see, the ego is never in control. The ego is controlled by wishes for comfort and convenience on the part of the body, by demands of the mind, and by outbursts of the emotions. But the higher nature controls the body and the mind and the emotions. I can say to my body, "Lie down there on that cement floor and go to sleep," and it obeys. I can say to my mind, "Shut out everything else and concentrate on this job before you," and it's obedient. I can say to my emotions, "Be still, even in the face of this terrible situation," and they are still. It's a different way of living. The philosopher Thoreau wrote: If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps he hears a different drummer. And now you are following a different drummer--the higher nature instead of the lower. - Peace Pilgrim

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Pictures From Last Few Days

When It Rains

The last few days have been very interesting for me on the dating front.

I guess it could be said that currently I am dating three different and very cool guys.

First there is Anders. He lives over the bridge in the East Bay and last night was spent with him at his home. He works with plants and designing outdoor spaces. There is much about him that appeals to me. He's also the youngest of the three at 34 years.

Next would be Todd. He's a red headed actor and surprised me this past Sunday when we woke up and he told me he was going to church. Todd is 41 years old.

Finally, Keith. He's the one I've known the longest. Ten years and counting! He's also the one I feel the safest around. Keith is 44 years old.

When it rains, it pours!!

Time will tell if any of them will last long. But I wont know unless I try.

On that note I need to call Todd because I didn't get the chance to speak with him last night.

Until Later!!!!

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