Priorities for a Planet in Transition

This book is related to the one above in following up the work of George Adamski, but also draws on Benjamin Creme and contains numerous photographs of UFOs. However, the existence of extraterrestrial beings is not the main point, but rather the messages received about the principles on which they base their own social and economic systems. Science without love and moral principles is a recipe for self-destruction. On Earth many people have lost sight of the oneness of life and the ethical implications of this state of affairs (the virus is a brutal reminder). Nor can we flout universal and natural laws with impunity. The oneness of life leads to a recognition of mutual interdependence and the need for truth, fairness, sharing, cooperation and justice. Freedom is restrained for the common good, and people work from love in order to serve. All this is strikingly similar to the political philosophy of Beinsa Douno where love is life serving the whole. One contact (p. 132) explained that there are three principal branches of science: physical or material, social, and, most importantly spiritual, 'which covers the relationship between humans and the great creative power and infinite intelligence which provides and controls all nature.' (p. 132) It goes without saying that this spiritual science is fundamental, providing the basis and framework for the others. All this leads to a new definition of exopolitics as 'people from other planets showing humanity alternative, saner ways of organising society, without imposing their views.' (p. 164) The appearance of a world teacher (Maitreya) hinted at by Benjamin Creme over many decades risks renewed dependency, when in fact all we need to do is to apply perennial spiritual principles to the way we organise life on earth. For Douno, these were love, wisdom, truth, justice and virtue or goodness - surely a sound basis on which to proceed. Besides, in renouncing the title for himself, Krishnamurti stated in 1929 that Douno was the world teacher.