What seems obvious to me is that, historically, we really know nothing about our ancient origins. Any recorded history is flawed by the intentions of the writer and the editing that occurred after that. The scientific conclusions that are drawn are proven wrong over time and must be re-considered again and again.

Lloyd Pye's explanation is as good as any. I personally don't see the Ancient Aliens as benevolent. Rather, it seems to me that we were created to work, slave labor. But, perhaps in the process they accidentally gave us great spiritual potential. Darn few people put forth much effort towards spiritual growth and enlightenment.

Buddhism demonstrates to us that we can fall into an ego loop that can keep us delusional for many lives. That is, thinking that we are making spiritual progress when, in fact, it's just another ego trap that will create suffering. But, the Buddha understood that there was this "eight fold" path which included meditation.

I believe that it is meditation that is the key to unlock all the spiritual potential we possess. The more we challenge our own ego, fantasy and self-delusion the closer we get. The less we crave spiritual enlightenment (craving is ego based) and the more we stay on task with meditation, the closer we get.

Lloyd Pye says that when we were created the Ancient Aliens didn't really care that the DNA was all jacked up and that a certain percentage of us would have illness due to genetic imperfection. The casual observer would likely also make similar observations. And, unlike wild animals, we don't kill our weak and generally speaking, it's not just the physically and mentally strong that survive. I guess the question becomes: How close is the soul and the physical body connected? There seems to be conflicting evidence on this issue.

Samadhi Suicide is a process where veteran meditators are engaged in meditation, it gets to be real good to them, and they sit there till they die. It's not that they intend to die, they just get caught up in the ecstasy of the experience. So, it seems to me that they get detached spiritual from physical. I have been completely lost in meditation many times and can understand how this could happen. Meditation is a powerful tool.

I have seen people miraculously healed many times in my life. There is definitely something going on. I can't say that I understand the process of how a person is healed above and beyond the medicine. We were once praying over a woman with cancer. She wiped her hand over the tumor once, it was there. She wiped her hand over it again and it was completely gone. I saw it happen. Altered DNA?

Unlocking human potential seems very important to me. What is a lifetime for anyway? To gain as many toys as possible? I doubt it. I have helped clean out the houses of people who have died before. All the things you treasure mean nothing to the people tossing it in the trash when you die. Now's a good time to evolve.

I look forward to reading the post and thoughts here in the future.