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EXPLORING POSSIBLE UFO EXPERIENCES

THE PROS AND CONS - Budd Hopkins


 The decision to investigate the origin of bothersome UFO dreams, memories and experiences is of crucial importance. In fact, it could be the most important decision you'll ever make. It represents one of those rare times when a single conscious choice can permanently alter the course of your life. If you learn that you actually have undergone UFO abduction experiences, there will be no turning back. Your relationship to friends and relatives, and indeed to the world, will all have changed. The decision to explore such memories must therefore be taken with the utmost seriousness.

There are many reasons for deciding against such an exploration. First of all the timing may be wrong. Severe anxieties brought about by personal events - divorce, a death in the family or other personal upheavals - may provide an unstable background for persuing this kind of potentially traumatic investigation. Whether or not you see yourself as having "emotional problems," you must nevertheless consider your situation carefully. UFO abduction recollections can be very disturbing to recall and therefore too upsetting, too difficult to handle under such circumstances. Any hidden experiences will always be there, so you can choose to investigate them at a future, safer time.

If you do decide to explore your memories you can expect new and sometimes difficult challenges in your life. Any freshly recalled UFO events may prompt new, unexpected revelations - or even a flood of these possibly traumatic recollections. You might begin to think about the future and wonder if these disturbing events could happen again. Questions about the possible involvement of your family could arise. And all of this can be quite unsettling. Recalling or accepting your UFO experiences as true can alter your relationships with the very people who are closest to you. Though some abduction experiencers find that their family and friends completely accept what they have said about their experiences, they are unfortunately in the minority. Talking about your UFO abduction can easily cause even family and friends to question your sanity. After all, these accounts will inevitably seem bizarre. If your loved ones truely care about you their concern for your mental health is an appropriate and even loving reaction. In consequence you must be understanding of their point of view. If you choose to explore your recollections and you discover that they are based on apparently real events, you will undoubtedly gain new insights into years of previous behavior. For the first time you may be able to understand seemingly inexplicable thoughts, actions and fears. The act of recalling previously repressed events can relieve major problems in your life. Some have reported that they are finally able to sleep normally and go about their daily lives free from anxieties related to these disturbing half- memories and dreams; at last they are able to extricate themselves from the pressure of previously locked away memories. It is possible to pull these events up into "normal" recall where they can ultimately be dealt with and dismissed. To see a previously buried traumatic event clearly and wholey is to begin the process of removing it's power over your life. People who have chosen to go through the process of finding out what happened to them are (almost) always satisfied with their decision.

If you decide to go ahead with the process of investigation, you must not expect immediately startling revelations. At the outset you should
STOP ALL READING ABOUT UFO's AND THE ABDUCTION EXPERIENCE, since too much information can complicate the retrieval process. Memory can be faulty even in hypnotic regression and at first you will probably not be able to tell with absolute certainty what is real and what is imaginary.

Discovery is a cumulative learning process. It takes time and a little practice to become comfortable and to concentrate on memory retrieval. And you must always bear in mind the possibility that the dreams and half memories you are exploring may turn out to be just dreams and nothing more.

Remember, the decision to recover hidden memories is an extremely important one. It can lead you into an "adventure" with both positive and negative developments. It is your life and you must not be pressured into making the decision one way or the other. Whatever your choice, make sure that you have considered it carefully so that it is the one you will be most comfortable and happy with in all the years to come.

BUDD HOPKINS


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