Quote: One point, on the other thread you mention interpreter overlay, seemingly suggesting that those who have received information about this, didn't actually receive info about it but preconceived beliefs, fears, or what not distorted it into negative E.T.'s.
Interpreter overlay is most potentially an issue when it comes the personality consciously seeking or being given information while more fully conscious.
Do you see where i'm getting with this? Multiple dreams with clear and straightforward symbolism is not coming from that personality, left brain, interpreter overlayer part of ourselves.
In my view what I call the Interpreter is an inescapable function operating in unison with the Perceiver function that brings information into our conscious awareness. We are, again in my use of the term "Interpreter function", never consciously aware of anything that is not processed by the Interpreter. It's not a choice, it is a hardwired component of the process of becoming consciously aware of any and all information.
What I am suggesting is that information
is received, but,
always through the "preconceived beliefs, fears, or what not, distorted."
I use "Perceiver" to describe the other hardwired component of conscious aware. In my view the Perceiver's function is to bring information into our awareness at a
subconscious level. We are constantly bombarded with (metaphorically) gigabytes of information that we are not normally going to be consciously aware of. Things like body hormone levels and internal regulation of the proper levels, ambient light levels controlling iris dilation levels, and all manner of that kind of body function information. We are constantly receiving information about our physical surroundings. We are constantly receiving information about our nonphysical surroundings, etc., etc. Much of this information remains at a subconscious level.
When we chose to focus our attention on something, our consciousness must have a way to sort through all the information coming into the Perceiver. That's where the Interpreter comes into use. When we chose to focus our attention of something the Interpreter uses something akin to "pattern matching" to bring information relevant to our choice into our conscious awareness. The pattern matching "algorithm" appears to work on a principle of the "nearest similar thing within preexisting memory." The Interpreter appears to operate within every and any "reality" we are in. This includes physical reality, dream realities, OOBE realities, Higher Realms, etc., etc.
Whatever "nearest similar thing within preexisting memory" the Interpreter selects to bring information to conscious awareness, that nearest similar thing
is the Interpreter Overlay. The thing chosen will be within the context of our beliefs, expectations, and preconceived ideas attached to that nearest similar thing. It is
only that nearest similar thing that we will be consciously aware of.
Sometimes the Interpreter Overlay will be "thin" so to speak. Meaning that what we "see" will be very close to what is actually being observed. Sometimes it will be "thick" meaning that whatever is really there is barely recognizable in the nearest similar thing we are aware of.
Symbols and other visual metaphors are excellent examples of an Interpreter Overlay. They are not the thing that is really there, they only represent the thing that is there. And, these symbols carry the effects of any beliefs, ideas, fears, etc. associated with them right along with them into our awareness.
The point of all of this is that we most probably
never directly see what is there, we
only see our Interpreter's Overlay. We are then left to try to understand and know whatever we are consciously aware of through the distorted, colored and and "not quite in focus" perspective we have of it.
All that said, our perception of aliens, people, rocks, trees, chairs, planets, stars and ... will always be at least one Interpreter Overlay away from what it really is. And that's assuming we only use our own direct experience. As soon as we start considering someone elses' version of whatever we are interested in, we now have to deal with our Interpreter Overlay of that persons' Interpreter Overlay. It's very easy to get lost doing that. That's why I recommend
only ones own direct experience as a basis for changing our beliefs about anything. That's why I tell people not to believe anything I say, but rather, have their own direct experience. I appears that your own direct experience of interaction with aliens (assuming you've had such experience) has led you to believe unfriendly aliens exist whose intention is to keep humans spiritually stuck. As I have never had such experience, I have no basis on which to take on that belief. Doesn't mean they don't exist, doesn't mean they do exist. For me it is an Unknown.
Bruce