By Foster Gamble
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I loved your movie, THRIVE, but I really wish you had left out the part on ETs,” he said.
I was preparing for a screening of our documentary at a national Occupy conference, and the A/V tech was sharing this reflection with me.
“I know what you mean,” I told him. “A lot of people have something they wish we had left out, but each has a different idea about what that should be — free energy, conspiracy, banking schemes, even liberty. Our mission was to connect the many dots to help people see the pattern that makes sense of otherwise seemingly bizarre individual topics.”
“I just thought it undermined your credibility,” he continued.
“Actually, not holding back on what we know has seemed to add an element of trust toward us, since clearly we were being true to ourselves and not some political agenda. A remarkable array of people from very high up in the hierarchy of corporate, science, government, military, intelligence or financial institutions contacted us after THRIVE precisely because we did include mention of ETs as part of what needs to be considered in the big picture of global transformation.”
He still thought most people weren’t ready for it.
As we were finishing our conversation, I sensed someone waiting behind me. I turned to see a young woman eager to talk.
“I drove 5 hours to meet you,” she said, “…and to thank you. Your film had a huge impact on my life.”
“Wow, I’m glad to hear it, how so?” I asked.
“I have been having periodic ET contact for several years now. My parents and friends assumed I had gone crazy and wanted to shun, medicate or lock me up. When THRIVE came out I asked them all to view it with me and afterward, finally, they started taking me and the whole issue more seriously.”
I can’t overstate how many interactions we at Thrive Movement have had of this nature. So I want to take a few minutes to share some of my personal reflections on the issue of our having some possible cosmic brothers and sisters.
One of the most important guide words in my quest has been “MAYBE…” So let’s consider for a moment: