Exploring The Effects of Liminal State Abduction Experiences
Part 1: Possible Real-Life Effects Resulting From Nighttime Contact Experiences
The Nighttime Abduction Experience
A fascinating area of research in contact experiences involves exploring the psychological and possible biological changes that may occur as a result of highly vivid, hyper-real liminal (altered) state contact experiences. I am referring to the experience many report having during the night in which they fall into a state of night paralysis followed by entities (typically more than one) taking them from their bed and initiating a specific, often traumatizing event before returning them to their bed. These experiences are perceived as so real they are often described as, realer than real, more real than reality, and so on.
Many who experience this phenomenon have a history of childhood night terrors, yes, but also many experiences of childhood anomalous events of high strangeness. Besides the fact that night terrors seem to subside after a certain age in adolescence or sooner, the coupling of these other experiences might suggest something else is going on other than night paralysis and nightmares. I made it a point to highlight the experience of multiple entities rather than only one because many experiencing this phenomenon report a common theme of specifically three entities, often those described as an alien species known as, the Greys.
A Missing Reference Point
Before delving into this fascinating phenomenon and exploring its potential effects on individuals, we need to examine the effects on humans caused by both natural and social events in everyday life that often lead to some type of trauma. By examining the transformations in an individual resulting from various experiences such as bonding with their child, undergoing surgery, being detained, and encountering vivid visions and dreams during their waking hours, we can start to observe potential deliberate impacts of non-physical interactions not only on a person’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being, but possible less explored results extending beyond the realm of trauma.
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The field of study pertaining to alien abductions and contact experiences is abundantly filled with recorded evidence about the traumatic effects experienced by individuals who claim to have had contact with beings from other worlds. These beings are often described as aliens, including reptilians, grays, and human-like entities. It is only in these recent decades that experiencer reports have been allowed to include more positive effects of contact with entities of this kind. I say, allowed, only to mark, that some experiencers are able to more clearly see the possible intention of these visits leading to beneficial outcomes.
Here, I have to give the normal disclaimer that, I count myself as what is commonly called, an experiencer. I much prefer to suggest, that I am one who sometimes experiences such phenomena. For me, it helps keep it in perspective and lessens the stigma and spotlight on the contact. To me, it is much like the difference in referring to someone as a Schizophrenic versus say, a person who experiences symptoms of Schizophrenia. Often, this little difference can be the chasm between perceiving a person as employable and able to live on their own and the common belief that they are incapable and violent. But, this is for another paper entirely.
We are now learning from reports about abduction and visitation experiences that those claiming such phenomenon develop an increased intuition and empathy, heightened spacial and environmental awareness, subtle forces/energies manipulation (healing/telekinetic possibilities), greater sensitivity to environmental issues (which has been consistent throughout almost a century of recorded modern assumed alien abduction/visitations), the activation of PSI abilities, and expanded avenues of communication, such as telepathy. However, we still fail to answer the questions: “how” or “why.”
By examining the psychological, biological, and worldview-altering effects of “real life” experiences, we can start to consider the potential, intentional, impact of luminal state contact experiences on an individual. These experiences may intentionally bring about changes and enhancements in a person’s perceptions, personality, and capacity to interact with and influence external reality.
Thought-Seeds — Less Academic, More to the Point
I ask readers to consider the effects of what I call “thought-seeds.” Thought-seeds are ideas presented strongly enough to affect thinking and emotion. Repeated thinking and emotional responses to a thought cause changes in neural pathways. Could this be the goal of contact experiences in a liminal state? For the more neurologically focussed, I am referring to mental conditioning brought on by visualization and repeated affirmations. In some cases, there is no doubt that the use of neurolinguistics is inadvertently used by the contactee also, but to what end?
Defining Liminal States
For our purposes throughout this book, and importantly for this chapter, we define liminal states simply as altered states of perception that exist outside the boundaries of normal awareness and perception. Many people use the term “altered states of consciousness” casually. But what does that really mean? By referring to liminal states, or states in between, as altered states of perception, we can more effectively describe an experiential state and how it is perceived by the individual experiencing it.
Liminal states are considered to be in-between states because they are perceived or thought of as occurring between full awareness and no awareness. This is actually a limited and, to some extent, inaccurate way of understanding liminal states. First, unless a person is actively engaging with and perceiving their subconscious awareness, and maintains a heightened state of vigilance that includes being aware of every aspect and factor of their environment and the present moment, they are not truly fully aware. In fact, currently, for the vast majority of people, having full awareness would be detrimental to their experience. It wouldresult in an inability to function due to an overload of information processing.
Second, humans do not typically experience states of no awareness. Even in non-REM sleep, we maintain some vigilance. Think about when you are sleeping and suddenly your child comes in after a late night, or when a sudden noise outside wakes you up immediately. We maintain a subtle awareness that monitors even the changes in the environment related to absence. Those who live near active railroad tracks or airports are familiar with the experience of waking up in the middle of the night without knowing why, only to realize that a train or airplane, which usually passes through on a regular schedule, is either delayed or not passing through at all. Giving no awareness a cursory thought, one might agree that the only time we truly experience a lack of awareness is under the influence of anesthesia.
So, instead of assuming the extremes of complete awareness and no awareness, perhaps we should consider liminal states as those states of perception and sensitivity that fall outside our baseline of wakeful awareness and our subconscious awareness during sleep. This view still accounts for hypnagogic and hypnopompic states, awareness during night paralysis, heightened vigilance during periods of anxiety, and altered states induced by drug use and meditative or physical exercises.
A state of awareness that receives little acknowledgment or study is the liminal state achieved through the introversion of our senses, commonly known as sensory deprivation. We explore this liminal state in a chapter of its own. It is mentioned here just to remind the reader that it can also be assumed to be a liminal state.
A Layman’s Look at Liminal State Abduction Affects
The Liminal Abduction Experience is a controversial subject. For those who experience them, including me, they are extravagantly real within the realm of perception. The experience is such that, while close to a sleeping state, the person experiences night paralysis. Once this paralysis is initiated, the person perceives a number of different events, all starting with a visitation of beings. I wish not to get lost in the label of these beings, but to stick with the common assumption, that typically these beings are assumed to be aliens known as Greys.
This is important only if we are to ponder if some outer entity is using our belief systems to intensely and effectively generate the perception of specific emotionally charged events to result in specific outcomes. In this case, the belief of the experiencer is paramount. Verily, it would account for the type of liminal experiences they have. It is my belief though, I can not back it as fact, that such tailored experiences result in the same similar outcomes. For more information as to why, check out the previous paper on Shamanism — Specifically about perceptual integrations and the likely ability of other than human entities to manipulate our perceptual feedback processes, here.
Below are a few examples that we will be looking at throughout the month that relate to the liminal abduction experience. What are the resulting effects of these real-world events? With a slant toward the power of “Thought-Seeds,” on a person’s psyche and physical experience, how could similar situations affect an experiencer of this type of abduction?
- Pre-Birth Loss of a Child
- Visual and Physical Connection with a Biologically Related Child
- Surgery
- Training of Skills and Abilities
- Adopting a New Shared Belief through Visualisation and Affirmation
Every one of the bulleted events has the potential and inclination to influence an individual’s psychology. And as we know, altering the psychology of an individual actually involves altering neural pathways and brain chemistry, which can in turn affect genetics. The heightened clarity and intensely realistic nature of liminal contact experiences appear to have similar effects.
Let the Exploration Begin
Here, we begin to recognize the necessity of conducting further examination and research on such experiences. As we delve deeper into the subject, it is important for the reader to note that the content of this chapter takes a highly speculative approach. I am attempting to generate interest in further exploration of liminal contact experiences and the potential intentional effects on individuals, beyond the trauma that is often the main focus.
As we proceed in this month’s series, we will continue by examining the bulleted experiences mentioned earlier, the effects resulting from those experiences, and potential connections with contact experiences in a liminal state. Each bulleted, real-world, experience has an equal event reported in the Liminal State Abduction Experience.
Much of what is offered here needs further research and verification. However, the reader will come to understand the reasons for pursuing such exploration based on the grounded assumption presented. Like the rest of the chapters in this book, we are exploring avenues of study that are in need of interdisciplinary approaches for exploration.
I hope you join us throughout the month and gain a new perspective on this often feared and quite scary phenomenon. Feel like buying me a beer?
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D.J. Rees, August 2023
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