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UNIVERSAL VISION Soul-Evolution and the Cosmic Plan by Scott Mandelker, Ph.D. U V W A Y SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Universal Vision: Soul Evolution and the Cosmic Plan b y Scott Mandelker, Ph.D. Author of From Elsewhere: Being ET in America Published in 2000; Revised edition 2001. Copyright © Scott Mandelker, 1999, 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a mechanical retrieval system or transmitted in any form by electronic, video, laser, mechanical, photocopying, recording means or otherwise, in part or in whole, without written consent of the publisher. COVER, LAYOUT, AND DESIGN BY SARA LYARA ESTES ISBN# 0-9701985-0-7 Library of Congress CCN# 99-074546 UV WAY SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA Printed in USA on acid-free paper CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................ vil INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 9 I. THE COSMIC PLAN A. ET SOULS AND THE UFO PRESENCE 1. Doors and Definitions .................................................. 23 2. ET Souls and the New Age ............................................27 3. Extraterrestrials Living on Earth ............................... 31 4. The Sleeping ETs Quiz ................................................ 37 5. The Wanderers' Alienation ......................................... 43 6. Where is Home? ..............................................................49 7. A Matter of Purpose .................................................... 53 8. ET-Earth History: an Overview ................................... 59 9. Inside the Confederation .............................................. 69 10. ETs and the Law of Free Will ................................... 75 11. The Last Lifetime ........................................................ 81 12. Q andA ........................................................................... 87 B. HUMANITY AND THE GLOBAL PROCESS 13. .. New Age or Apocalypse? ......................................... 119 14. Survival and the Earth Changes .............................. 123 15. The Gulf Breeze Conference ................................................... 129 16. A Mistaken Gate .......................................................................... 135 17. Why are They Laughing? ......................................... 141 iv Universal Vision 18. A UFO in Phoenix ...................................................................................... 147 19. The Children of Today .................................................................................. 153 20. Q and A ............................................................................................................... 157 II. THE PRINCIPLES OF SOUL-EVOLUTION A. HEALING AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION 21. Self and God .................................................................................... 167 22. Reflections on Will ........................................................................... 173 23. The Higher Self ................................................................... 177 24. Despair and Opponunity ................................................................. 181 25. Diana's Death and Service................................................................. 187 26. To the Heart ................................................................................................... 191 27. Shattering Armor I ........................................................................... 197 28. Shattering Armor II ..................................................... 203 29. Applying Fertilizer ............................................................. 209 B. BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION 30. The Miracle of Education ................................... 215 31. Moment to Moment ............................................................. 219 32. In the Long Run ................................................................ 225 33. The Royal Road ......................................................... 229 34. Cooling Down ............................................................. 233 35. Joy in Mind ................................................................ 237 36. Standing Alone ............................................................ 239 37. Think, Fast, Wait ...................................................... 245 38. Time and Forever ................................................... 251 Contents v 39. Meditation Song ................................................................. 255 40. Q and A....................................................................... 257 III. A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL STORIES 41. Letters from The ET Journal ...................................................... 275 42. Tales of ET Awakening ....................................................................... 289 IV. APPENDICES Appendix 1: An Epilogue ............................................................. 301 Appendix 2: On Counseling Abductees and Contactees 305 Appendix 3: The New ET Questionnaire ........................... 313 Appendix 4: Information for Seekers .................................. 317 A Basic Chart on Cosmic Evolution ..................................... 319 Concluding Quotations from The RA Material .................... 321 Main Seminar Teachings ...................................................... 323 Information on Personal Counseling ................................... 324 Scott Mandelker, Ph. D. / Biographical Statement .......... 325 Books & Audio Tapes ......................................................... 327 INTRODUCTION I N THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS, you will find a most unusual synthesis, a unique integration of many diverse traditions. On my own winding path I've met many sources of wisdom, and like you, I've relied on the inner voice to try to learn from each of them. Today, they're blended in all that I teach. Yet all these sources are, in fact, just elements of a single unified whole, what can be called the Path of Return, the Path to the Heart of Self, or The Principles of Soul-Evolution. The purpose of this book is to unite these different perspectives, and present a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to spiritual life on Earth at the dawn of a new millennium. As you might agree, it is a special time. In my first book, From Elsewhere: Being ET in America (Dell paperback, 1996), I explored the personal world of those who consider themselves Wanderers, Walk-ins, or ET souls living in America. In it, twenty-five people from all walks of life described what it was like for them to realize that though they live on Earth, they are not from Earth. And in the final chapter I told my own story, including the fact that I, too, share their extra-terrestrial identity. I also consider myself a Wanderer, a soul from elsewhere here to assist the planet like millions of others among us. Perhaps the measure of how much things have changed in the years since release of that book is the fact that there my story was reserved for the end, placed inconspicuously in the second appendix. But here, I am telling you up front: the author of this book is an ET soul (Gosh!). Yet, despite dramatics, I don't think it's a big deal. As in all traditions of spiritual initiation, yesterday's grand revelation is just the floor for further growth today. Once I was publicly out of the ET closet, I found myself launched upon the larger task of teaching and counseling throughout the U.S. and overseas. For the past few years, I've been speaking regularly at 9 10 Universal Vision UFO and New Age expos in the United States, Japan, and Israel, as well as giving seminars and personal counseling. Along the way, I've met hundreds of people who also consider themselves ET souls. In many cases, they had had spiritual or visionary experiences identical to the people I interviewed for my first book, and they also fit a distinctive profile, versions of which you'll find in Section I, Chapter 4 ("The Sleeping ETs Quiz"), as well as Appendix 3 ("The New ET Questionnaire"). I believe that the ET community on Earth—which includes the vast majority of Lightworkers as well as many of those who consider themselves spiritual seekers, in every nation—numbers close to 100 million. While a large part of my work has supported this particular community, this has become just the starting-point of my work—as well as the launch-pad for this book. To be ET or not ET, this is not the question: it is far more important that each of us find, and then proceed in balance upon our own unique (and universal) spiritual path. Ironically, for most Wanderers, it has almost nothing to do with ET matters! This is primarily due the fact that most of them are actually unaware of their cosmic identity—and they are also trying hard to fit into human society. I certainly affirm the legitimacy, and even the perfection of each of our paths. While it is my guess that if you were drawn to this book you may also be a Wanderer or ET soul, it is certainly not my intention to try to persuade you. In my counseling, I often tell people, "if it is true, you might as well know it." But if you honestly don't feel that exploring your possible ET roots is important to where you are today, then of course leave it alone. In writing this book, it is not my main goal at all to spark your ET awakening, though that may happen, and millions of Wanderers will surely awaken to their identity in the next few years. My primary goal is to present the essential teachings of benevolent extra- terrestrial groups and enlightened beings, as far as I have realized them in my own life. To help you grasp their relevance and value, I have set these principles in the context of the world today, so they become practical to you on your own path. Introduction 11 Let me explain the structure here. The first two sections of the book are divided into two parts each. In the first, I explore the metaphysics and cosmic purpose behind global UFO/ET visitation and the presence of Wanderers among us. From this foundation, you'll see that a vast cosmic drama of inter-galactic evolution is the essential context in which all our personal growth and world service occurs. In the second section, I will connect some spiritual traditions that are rarely presented together, though their relationship is so close that they should never have been parted in the first place. In particular, I will discuss the fundamentals of self-healing and love, Higher Self and the chakras, Buddhism and meditation. I'll stress the practical application of these ideas in daily life. Some of the approaches I will integrate include Western integral psychology (healing body, mind, and spirit), Eastern mystic traditions (Chinese and Japanese Zen, Theravada and Tibetan Buddhism, Indian Vedanta and Chinese Taoism), the ageless wisdom of -Theosophy as presented by Alice Bailey, and the channeled teachings of an ET group named "RA." This last body of teachings, taken from the five volumes of question-and-answer sessions entitled The Law of One (also called The RA Material), is considered by many Wanderers, including myself, to be the finest source of channeled information in English. You'll find many quotations from this important source, and I believe that by the end of this book you will also come to appreciate their view. I am planning to make available a study guide to their first volume on my home page later on. Though my own spiritual path led me to years of formal training in U.S. and Asian Buddhist temples, and then onto earning a Master's degree in Integral Counseling and a Doctorate in East-West Psychology, it was only when I could unite all these studies with those of my more "cosmic teachers" that the light of greater wisdom shone on all these paths as one. Through prolonged study and quiet meditation, I realized that the major teachings of all these diverse traditions were in fact scattered portions of a single unified whole. All real paths reveal the One Path. 12 Universal Vision This was also stated by RA in their first contact with the group in Louisville, Kentucky that received their teachings in the early 1980s. They hinted that what is of most value is not some new- fangled, fast-track weekend-workshop, processed New Age spirituality. Before imparting their grand vision of cosmic unity, they stated their intentions most simply: We hope to offer you a somewhat different slant upon the information which is always and ever the same.' This book, Universal Vision, offers yet another "somewhat different slant" upon the essential principles of the Path which are always and ever the same. In fact, over the course of many years I have learned that this is the only measure of the purity and potency of true spiritual information: its durability over time, which is why it is rightly called "ageless" wisdom. In the fall of 1995, at about the same time From Elsewhere was released, I also began writing and publishing a 10-page bi-monthly newsletter called The ET Journal. Almost immediately, it became a forum for dialogue on UFOs and ET souls, cosmic plan and global change, and the principles and applications of spiritual teaching for personal growth. In the last three years, it became a forum for Wanderers around the country, and a few dozen around the world, who shared their letters, questions, and personal stories. In the Journal we've been able to explore our connections with one another, our relationship to Earth and humanity, the purpose of our presence, and the ways of deepening love and wisdom. The ET Journal forms the matrix upon which this book is built, and most of the chapters here are drawn from its pages. Thus, the first part of Section I concerns the specific issues of Wanderers on Earth: achieving harmony within ourselves and human society, then offering love and light in world service. It also explores, in depth, the mind and intentions of the major ET groups now visiting 1. Elkins, Rueckert, McCarty, The RA Material (The Law of One, Vol. I), p. 65. Schiffer Publishing; Wept Chester, PA, 1984.