The probability/estimate is that about 20% of the Earth size planets, that orbit in the "Goldilocks zone" around their Suns, are old enough to have evolved life from their oceans, and become Oxygen planets, that have breathable atmospheres. The rest is simply chemistry and evolution, and morphogenic processes.(There is a sort of holographic information storage in the quantum vacuum, that keeps the whole cosmos running.)
Eventually, you get animal life, land animals, then intelligent species, then simple cultures, cave culture, stone age cultures, then the rest is pretty much like our own history. BUT: the timings are all wrong. Some planets have primitive primate societies (Primates are the primary form for intelligent beings,its the most efficient.) Bipedal, arms and legs, and a brain perched on top. But they look kinda weird.
Others have progressed to tech civilisations, and to starflight. (The "Transition"). Others are still stuck at the Hominid stage. Others are basically just early land animals. They are not synchronised. In a volume of local space, (lets say 1000 light years from earth,) there will probably be several hundred Earth type planets. with life. A handful of them will have evolved to the intelligent cultures stage. But it is a vast,lonely Universe. This means billions of planets with life, along what is known as the "Great Galactic wall". (this wall is actually a giant ring, of vast diameter, (The bit of it that we can see, because of cosmic dust, probably not even 5%. ) this wall is a wall of galaxies. We are talking trillions of stars. There are a lot of intelligent cultures out there, but separated by vast distances. also, the survival rate of actual technical civilisations is very short. Super-flares, super novas, cosmic storms, and climate disaster wipe them out. Our own Galaxy is littered with the remains of perished civilisations. It is a tragedy. It takes some millions of years, (20, in the case of humans) to progress from ultra primitive early primates, to where we are now. There have been, on earth, several human civilisations, repeatedly wrecked by flarestorms, major volcanic and seismological events, and climate disaster. (plus major asteroid strikes, etc). Our current one, is on the edge of collapse, in the next 100 years. (from, essentially, human stupidity and greed). The advanced cultures last a maximum of several thousand years, and a fraction of that, with starflight capacity. (This is an AVERAGE). Some are very old, and some are very new. This is generally the case throughout the Cosmos.
However, at any one time, "Clusters" of Alien techno-cultures form. They are asymetric, as to distance, as other techno-cultures may be a great distance away, but they form clusters, perhaps several hundred, that are able to interact on a cultural level. Beyond that, these "Clusters" are actually vertically structured, socially, culturally, and technically. There is a sort of Interstellar class system. The most advanced mentor the least advanced members of the "Cluster". The clusters in turn interact. The clusters interact mostly with others at the same level within a cluster. Clusters are loosely linked to other clusters. It stretches across an entire galaxy.
There is also scientific knowledge that is discovered at a certain point, that enables techno-civilisations to communicate instantly (a sort of cosmos broad band.) A lot of beings out there know all about us, and about each other, but we know only the barest outlines of "Them". We are about to develop the physics that will enable us to join the interstellar equivalent of the old CB radio net.
Culturally, they are far more advanced than us. But technically, not that much further, as to local cultures that would be interested in us. one Alien, in a close encounter, said: "Do not think we are superior to you. we are not. We have more knowledge, but still have problems. Back on my home planet, we still have a crime problem. We have not solved all social problems, and we are still very much evolving."
The attitude of the other alien cultures that are nearby, and observing events, is actually ethically more evolved than amongst humans. (In the sense that they have planetary cultures, with ethical codes that are surprisingly similar. These cultures have a very strong consensus as to behaviour, and evolved socio-economic systems that have actually moved a lot closer to where they want to go, than we do. But surprisingly, our moral philosophers would readily understand their highly integrated ethical and moral and socio-economic systems. We would, if they were explained to us, readily approve of them, and would be keen to sort of "Sign-up". You might want to say that these alien cultures, are full of Eagle Scouts, and Buddhist monks.
As to us, they absolutely do not wish to destroy or harm us, or enslave us. Quite the opposite. They want to be friends. But it is probably too late. The crisis our own planet is facing, is not solvable by alien intervention. They know, that that would actually make the situation worse. neither are they going to try and save us. but they do have a deep sense of sorrow about what is happening to us. We are regarded, with some frustration and irritation, as a sort of "Planet of the apes". Technical advances in human culture, will, in a very short time, (max 20 years) enable us to detect them anyway. then its pointless not interacting openly. But that will carry great risks. Also "Pottary Barn Rules" apply. You break it, you own it. Once they take that step, they are obliged, by their own ethical code, to do something. They are stuck with us.
also, in other direct encounters, (these have happened, and continued to happen) one Alien was very direct. They said:
You may curse us, for not reaching out, in your terrible crisis. But we should not. Morally, if you are able to work it out yourselves, you will gain greatly from it. it will accelerate your "Transition". If we behave like missionaries, we might, as your missionaries have done, destroy you, or greatly damage you. You have to exercise your own free will, and survive or fall. You should look at your own history, at what you have done to other cultures, on your own planet, and what it has done to their survival.
"We do not wish you to become like us. We wish you to become yourselves, the thing that you can become, but it must mostly be your own struggle. Not ours.
As to technology, we could release our scientific knowledge to you, and you could adapt from it, very rapidly. but even that would be with problems. You would also be deprived of the pride and esteem of discovering, for yourselves, what we have previously discovered. You are almost there, anyway, in physics. we will not take that from you.
Also:
Other Aliens have expressed that their ethical spiritual systems deeply frown on imposing on other, less advanced cultures. it is only done after very careful evaluation of the situation, and in a controlled way.
As they said: "we do not wish, by attempting to become friends with you, damage you, deprive you of your own peaceful path, and become a burden on ours. "
But: Zoron says that there are going to be some very interesting developments, in the next 10 years.
To paraphrase: Aliens arrive. They do not say, "Take us to your leaders". They say, "absolutely do not take us to your leaders, they are horrible people, or are surrounded by horrible people. In fact, do not even tell them that we were here.(Alien equivalent of laughter, as they do have a very sharp sense of irony and humour. They also have a deep knowledge of our own culture, they understand us and where we are, even better than we do. ) But they might say, one day: "We come in peace. We come as friends. We will meet your leaders, openly, now we are here. But you do have to fix it yourselves. "May the force be with you".
hi kim, I like the video. We are all sentient beings. Other tongues, other flesh.
I am so moved by what you wrote, I know it to be true. When I was around 11/ 12 years old my 3 sisters and I were walking to school on a beautiful sunny day. As we continued on our way suddenly we all stopped and noticed a silver disc hover above us. We are speechless, looked at each other and again looked above to make sure that what we saw was still there. We were not afraid, actually excited because we knew that this was a special moment. Once the shock wore off and we started to get excited,the ET quickly moved and just disappeared. We looked at each other and said that we will never mention it to anyone especially our parents, and we didn't. I knew that people would not believe us... to this day we sometimes mention that amazing ENCOUNTER and still marvel at the thought that we are not alone.
To Lola:
Well, I get, very clearly, what you are saying. Others, including myself, have also had experiences. Just knowing that we are not alone, that there are other sentient beings out there, that they do not wish us ill, has a huge impact. It sustains you. But although my post was short, it was carefully formed to compress a lot of data into a small space. The problem is, we still, as humans, have a problem. at the moment, this problem is not solvable. It is also getting worse. we are in a situation of civilisational collapse, with no solutions in sight. But we are essentially on our own, in sorting it.
Anyone else here watch the TV show "People of Earth"? If not, you should. Despite being funny (it's about a group of humans who have vague memories of their alien abductions and the aliens who did, in fact, abduct them), it sounds a lot like what Zoron is saying about aliens. In the show, the aliens do have regs they have to follow, and they do have a sense of irony and humor. A lot of it is "workplace humor", but it portrays the aliens as trying to something (we don't know what - study? observe? help?) on Earth, and kind of getting hung up by their own societal issues. Highly recommend.
I wonder about the current reissue of "Close Encounters" in Dolby (fancy movie format). Coincidence? Or a movement in the zeitgeist reflecting foreknowledge?
It was a rare treat to revisit that sense of optimism about humanity and its place in the universe!
-R1-
I was watching a video John Desouza being interviewed, but he do not go into depth about the Anunnaki, can you tell us anything about them?
You know that state you find yourself in between sleep and wakefulness? Often as I stir I "see" fuzzy outlines of things. The other night I saw a tall figure with an elongated head staring at me from my doorway. It looked like an alien. I sent welcoming energy. Then I awoke.
Check this out. https://youtu.be/mnMvITk5D6c
I do NOT agree with some of this, but other parts of it are, shall I say, rather interesting.
Lovely dramatic music to go along with it.lol. There have been numerous sighting here that have not been reported. I don't know if people have realize there is a increase of jets and helicopters here following ufo's and intersellar crafts within Newfoundland. Later after you post this, through my news feed came this image. Also it was interesting the dipper was mention, right now I am reading a article which is part of a book that mentions the seven stars. The big dipper is made up of seven stars.
http://www.disclose.tv/news/strange_object_spotted_over_newfoundland_canada/140381