This “Otherness that I Call TOTENCET and Cosmic Peace.

• J. Burkes MD 2018, edited 2022 

         In my view, it seems very likely that UFO intelligences manifesting on this planet is an ancient phenomenon. I suspect, but certainly can’t prove, that all religions, including the most ancient ones as reflected in cave art, might be the result of a relationship between humanity and the intelligences associated with UFOs.

                  A New Term for Flying Saucer Intelligences 

         I don’t “believe” in the “ET hypothesis,” in the sense that aliens in “spaceships” started hanging out around Earth in the last few decades or even the last few centuries. So, I don’t view them as “visitors” (a term popularized by writer Whitley Strieber). They have been here, perhaps “forever”, in as much as they might not be limited by time, space and causality as we are. Their awesome powers have been described by Dr Jacques Valle as an ability to manipulate spacetime. 

   To break away from popular notions about the so-called aliens,  I coined an alternative designation for what are now being called “UAP intelligences.” It is the acronym “TOTENCET”, standing for THIS OTHERNESS THAT EXPERIENCERS NOW CALL ET. It is pronounced “toe ten set.” 

         I favor this rather awkward term because it suggests that we don’t really know who or what the so called “ETs” truly are.  Are they the marauding criminals that alien abduction conspiracy theorists would have us believe? Are they angelic like creatures that are here to help us “ascend” as some so-called “New Agers” have asserted? Since there are no clear answers as to their origins and motivations, I like to give them a name that is vague.  On the most basic level we understand that they are not human. Thus, the “O” simply means that they are the “others.” I have, learned from internet sources, that this term, “others” is favored by some members of the US Executive Branch intelligence services. 

         And it is the experiencers, the “E”, that allow us to learn about TOTENCET as the result of their interactions with these non-human intelligences. “Experiencer” is now a more fashionable designation. It encompasses both sides of the “ET is good” vs “ET is evil” positions advocated by the contactees and abductees respectively.

                  The Different Disguises of “This Otherness.”

         The word “Now” coded by the “N” in the acronym is included to suggest that “this otherness comes in many different disguises. The form that they take is determined by the historical context in which they are perceived. This is a consistent theme promoted by prominent researchers like Dr. Vallee and the now deceased and cleverly sardonic John Keel. Thus, in ancient polytheistic religions, they were “the gods.” In the Middle Ages, this “Otherness” was associated with what we demons, sorcerers and witches. In the 1890s, they were the crews of the “airships” sighted across the USA. The rather clunky dirigible like contraptions that witnesses reported were thought to be the creations of secretive genius inventors. 

         Now that we are in an era of limited space exploration, they are the “ETs”, or at least within the TOTENCET acronym, they are those that we “C”-(Call) “ET.” (I suggest those who might want to understand the advanced concepts of Dr. Vallee and John Keel, that I base this part on my analysis on, please read Colin Wilson’s “Alien Dawn.” It has a few chapters that excellently sum up Keel and Vallee’s insights into this subject.)

Having Positive Emotions Towards ET facilitates Contact Work

In my view, most of our notions about the so-called ET’s are derived from very simplistic questions such as “ET, good, or ET bad?” I believe that we constantly project our innermost fears and desires on them. I do it too, but I am trying to be aware of how I have been swept away by the passions created by interacting with TOTENCET. Yes, as a contactee, I must admit at the risk of being viewed as naive, that on some basic emotional level I am very fond of this “Otherness.”  But I can accept the awkwardness of my situation by realizing that having positive emotions toward them gives a special meaning to my life. At least as my wife likes to say, “It keeps me busy” in my retirement from medical practice.

I should also point out that these positive sentiments towards the “ETs” facilitated my volunteer work as a contact activist. This is true because without having a large reservoir of positive emotions concerning them, I don’t believe I could have ever led a contact team under the CE-5 banner for five years in the 1990s. Otherwise, I suspect that it would have simply been too frightening to engage this mysterious force of such potent physical and psychic capabilities.   

When I learned that UFOs had shut down missile complexes and according to Dr. Robert Jacobs shot an Atlas rocket out of the sky in the 1960s, I decided, as a former anti-nuclear weapons activist, that the so-called ETs were most probably on “our side.”

“Above Top Secret?”

It should be remembered that this subject during the 1950s, as documented by the Canadian scientist Wilbur Smith’s memo, was the most highly classified topic under the purview of the US national security state. It is quite apparent that this high level of classification has persisted ever since, despite recent admissions by the US Navy and some better press coverage concerning the reality of UAPs.   Flying saucers are understandably viewed as potential adversaries because they don’t recognize the “sanctity” of the airspace above US and other nations’ territories. 

Now it appears as if modern spacefaring “gods” on rare occasions may have been shot down by clandestine US military operations. Apparently, according to recent press accounts, back engineering programs might not be under Congressional Intelligence Committees’ oversight. And if we are to believe the revelations coming from Dr. Eric Davis’ interview with Admiral Wilson, former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, those black projects are not under the control of the Joint Chiefs of Staff either. Such programs possibly are not even under the direct supervision of US Presidents. 

Given that TOTENCET is the hottest political potato imaginable that any elected official might be handed, it is easy to understand how the POTUS might be willing to give up the authority to deal with the “aliens.” It is probably much easier and certainly politically safer to surrender that troubling responsibility to others. I am referring to an MJ-12 like network within the military industrial intelligence complex that has in the past been called “the control groups.” 

Should “the Others” Follow Terrestrial Political Norms?

If this analysis is correct, why should this “Otherness” respect the rules of strong nations that seem mostly interested in dominating weaker ones? This lust for power and control, in my view, is exemplified by US military actions in the Middle East, Russia’s war against Ukraine and during the last century Nazi Germany’s and Imperial Japan’s monstrous actions against the world. 

         The notion of limited sovereignty, which is being promoted currently by the World Court, applies to the crimes of dictators against even their own people. Limited sovereignty may need to be extended to our relationship with UAP intelligences. A general stand-down order forbidding attacks on UFOs could conceivably be one of many just demands of a future “Cosmic Peace Movement,” one that could conceivably promote, cooperation and perhaps even solidarity with This Otherness That Experiencers Now Call ET (TOTENCET). I imagine that this phenomenon might even be linked to possible solutions for the fundamental challenges facing our civilization. These are war, racism, environmental destruction and the obscene disparities of wealth and power that exist across our planet. 

The Secret of Flying Saucers’ Propulsion Systems and the Imperative of Peace

Among flying saucer enthusiasts, there have been discussions for decades concerning the possibility that the energy propulsion systems of UFOs might provide humanity with limitless non-polluting sources of power. Unfortunately, for such advances to be downloaded safely into our technological culture, an enduring world peace would need to be established. Otherwise, the first application of what has been called “free energy” would be the creation of ever more destructive weapons. 

         If humanity were to become aware of an “ET” presence, the differences between people based on the color of their skin, or national origin, might be seen as trivial when compared to our differences with “TOTENCET.”  Thus, it is imagined that acknowledging an “alien” presence might undermine excessive nationalism and racism, major factors causing conflict on our planet. 

Spiritual Transformation is Required 

         To create a “Cosmic Peace Movement”, I imagine that those committed to this task will be required to undergo a profound spiritual transformation. One merely needs to look at daily press reports to see how divided we are as a planet, man against man, man against woman, rich against poor, white against black. When these conflicts are viewed from a spiritual perspective, they can be seen as a manifestation of ego-based mind structures.  The in-fighting that exists within movements for social change, the divisive nature of identity politics, the destructive behaviors of charismatic leaders are, according to teachings of author Eckert Tolle, manifestations of the “egoic mind.” 

Ego is to Identify with Forms and Thought Forms

The way to overcome such impediments is not identify with forms and thought forms, i.e., money, power over others, physical strength or beauty. Instead, Tolle advises us to identify with that which has no form, consciousness itself. Consciousness cannot be defined but is universally experienced as being awake and knowing that one is awake. It is being aware of awareness. If one can identify with consciousness, then perhaps right behaviors can manifest as people experience their true home in what Tolle calls “being.” 

         The theme of oneness is being reported by those that have contact with “the others”, the alleged “ETs.” One contact experiencer asked, Who are you?”, and the response was, “We are one with the one that is all.” 

Transcending ego is part of many wisdom traditions that have charted paths towards what has been called “spiritual enlightenment.” Can such traditions be incorporated into a Cosmic Peace Movement? I would hope so. I suspect that such a spiritual transformation will be a prerequisite if that campaign is to succeed by establishing an enduring world peace based on environmental and social justice.