Are we ready for an ET reveal?

Recently, I have picked up a lot of information on the Internet and otherwise, about an imminent (some say) ET reveal that will be presented by several world leaders to all of us humans who populate the planet.

It has been suggested that this will be broadcast, and that we will finally be presented with the news that ET's do exist, and have been with us, even working with us for a very long time.

The funny thing about this, is that I have always felt that this was the case. I have always felt that there are others out there in the universe and beyond, and that it would be rather silly to imagine that we humans are all alone here.

So to me, whether this reveal comes sooner or later, it is the impact of this that I find really fascinating. I imagine that there will be those who fall into fear (did anyone watch "V" a few months ago? How about "Independence Day"?

Just yesterday, strange words from Steven Hawking, warning us that if ET's do exist we should stay away from them, because they may be dangerous. Seems strange for a man of science to issue such a blanketed declaration of fear.

Regardless, my feeling is this. I believe that we are not alone, and that it is quite likely that we have been visited, even monitored by ET's for as long as the earth has been present and certainly as long as humanity has been blossoming and blowing ourselves up here on this planet.

If ET's had wanted to take over the world, they would have been smarter to take it over two hundred years ago when the oceans were far less polluted, natural resources were largely untapped, and there were far less humans here to get in the way. Not to mention that there were no nuclear missiles to hurl at them.

I imagine that the knowledge of "others" will change our world in many ways. We will be challenged to consider that the differences we see in each other are really silly, given that we share the universe with so many different life forms.

We will be challenged to re-think religion, who we are, where we come from, and where we are headed. We will be challenged to expand our view of Life and lifeforms. And if we open up lines of communication with ET's (who, by the way, likely refer to us as ET's)then it may seem not so impossible to open the lines of communication between the Israelis and the Palestinians, or the Indians and Pakistanis, or for that matter, any waring faction who believe that their differences are totally insurmountable.

So - I say this - whether we have a splashy ET reveal or not - let us imagine that it is so - let us imagine that there is something far greater than us, that there is something outside of us that is not the enemy, but another part of the family.

Let us consider that we have an extended family in the universe and that if God created us, whatever God you imagine, then God created them as well. And if we can let ourselves imagine this, then maybe we can get beyond these old, rigid belief systems that just keep tearing human from human.

Do we really need to see ET's flashed across television in order to push us to expand ourselves? Well - maybe - but wouldn't be nice, if each of us, individually looked at our own lives and considered our own beliefs and considered this: Is what I believe, no matter where I inherited it from, a belief that brings people together, or a belief that tears us apart? Is my belief about my neighbor, the church across the street, about blacks, about whites, about gays, about the Catholics, about any other human, a belief that opens hearts, or clamps them down?

Is what I believe creating more love, more compassion in the world, or is it creating discord? These are the questions to ask ourselves, and I suppose if it takes the appearance of ET's to get us there, then so be it. But I suggest that the experience will be far less daunting if we make the changes in ourselves now, rather than wait for something outside of ourselves to push us to it.

And so be it - I say - if there are ET's who have been with us for millennia, then I am ready to meet them. We are not alone in the universe, this I believe, and we cannot hide in our corner of the room forever. So - I say - let the adventure begin!