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I recently came across a book online called 'Ami, Child of the Stars'. It's a story about a young boy who meets an extraterrestrial called Ami, who shares some amazing insights about life, creation and humanity. It struck a chord with me with how similar a lot of what Ami says matches many of the experiences shared here about contact with extraterrestrials, and with accounts that Dr. Steven Greer gives with the Disclosure Project.
It's written by a Chilean author called Enrique Barrios. I don't know anything about the author, but I tried translating some of the Spanish section of his website and he does talk somewhat about secret teachings being passed down through humanity.
I'm not sure if everything in the book is '100% authentic spirituality' but some parts really struck a chord with me and were very inspiring, and I felt it was good to share a link to it here. An english version of the book is available as a free download from his website www.ebarrios.com/indexEn.htm
Here are some extracts that stood out to me:
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“When are you going to invade us?” I asked him.
He thought my question was funny. “Why do you think that we’re going to invade
Earth?”
“I don’t know, but in the movies, the extraterrestrials always try to invade Earth. Are
you one of those?”
This time he laughed so merrily that it was infectious and I started laughing, too. I felt
ridiculous because of my distrust. Then I tried to justify what I had said.
“It’s just that on TV...”
“Of course, Earthling television! Let’s see one of those space invader films!”...
“The films about space invaders are really ridiculous,” said Ami, amused...
On the screen appeared some creatures with octopus heads and multiple, bulging eyes
crisscrossed with little red veins. They fired green rays at a crowd of terrified human
beings. My friend seemed to be having a good time watching this film.
“What a laugh! Don’t you think it’s funny, Peter?”
“No. Why?”
“Because these monsters exist only in the monstrous imagination of the people who
make these films.”
"...it’s possible for a world to exist that’s full of crazy scientists who could
destroy us...”
“Other than those already on Earth, impossible.”
“Why?”
“Because crazy people destroy their own civilisation before reaching the necessary
scientific level to leave their own planet and invade other worlds. And you should
definitely make a note of that... And those who reached the necessary high level only got there because they had
already left their madness behind. Consequently, they don’t want to harm anybody,
because only mad people want to harm those who do no harm to them. Real
intelligence goes along with goodness, or it isn’t real intelligence. So, those who are
able to visit Earth are not the Big Bad Wolf you think, Peter.”
He thought my question was funny. “Why do you think that we’re going to invade
Earth?”
“I don’t know, but in the movies, the extraterrestrials always try to invade Earth. Are
you one of those?”
This time he laughed so merrily that it was infectious and I started laughing, too. I felt
ridiculous because of my distrust. Then I tried to justify what I had said.
“It’s just that on TV...”
“Of course, Earthling television! Let’s see one of those space invader films!”...
“The films about space invaders are really ridiculous,” said Ami, amused...
On the screen appeared some creatures with octopus heads and multiple, bulging eyes
crisscrossed with little red veins. They fired green rays at a crowd of terrified human
beings. My friend seemed to be having a good time watching this film.
“What a laugh! Don’t you think it’s funny, Peter?”
“No. Why?”
“Because these monsters exist only in the monstrous imagination of the people who
make these films.”
"...it’s possible for a world to exist that’s full of crazy scientists who could
destroy us...”
“Other than those already on Earth, impossible.”
“Why?”
“Because crazy people destroy their own civilisation before reaching the necessary
scientific level to leave their own planet and invade other worlds. And you should
definitely make a note of that... And those who reached the necessary high level only got there because they had
already left their madness behind. Consequently, they don’t want to harm anybody,
because only mad people want to harm those who do no harm to them. Real
intelligence goes along with goodness, or it isn’t real intelligence. So, those who are
able to visit Earth are not the Big Bad Wolf you think, Peter.”
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I kept trying to think of a solution to prevent war and save
humanity. After I’d thought about it for a long time, the only thing that occurred to me
was that the extraterrestrials could take power on Earth by force, destroy our weapons
and the factories that pollute the environment and oblige us to live in peace. I told
Ami this.
When he had stopped laughing, he pointed out that I was thinking like an earthling,
and that I still wanted to bury alive all the evil people of the world, as in my childish
daydream.
‘Force. Destroy. Oblige.’ To us, that’s prehistoric thinking. Human liberty is
something sacred, both one’s own and that of others. Each person is valuable and his
or her will is to be respected. Acting any other way would be doing violence, a word
that comes from ‘violate,’ which is something completely opposed to our nature.
“Then your people don’t make war?” I hadn’t even finished saying this before I felt
stupid for asking.
He looked at me affectionately and putting his hand on my shoulder said, “We can’t
make war, Peter..Because we love...We love it all; people, nature, animals, life, everything. Those who love can’t harm
what they love. So forget about invasions or wars and the like. We are not here to
destroy anything, nor to harm anybody but to build and help...We are not good but normal. Those who are not that normal are the ones around here.”
“Why us?”
“Because you’re a little bit crazy, of course. You don’t live according to natural laws,
which are a reflection of the Will of the Universe.”
humanity. After I’d thought about it for a long time, the only thing that occurred to me
was that the extraterrestrials could take power on Earth by force, destroy our weapons
and the factories that pollute the environment and oblige us to live in peace. I told
Ami this.
When he had stopped laughing, he pointed out that I was thinking like an earthling,
and that I still wanted to bury alive all the evil people of the world, as in my childish
daydream.
‘Force. Destroy. Oblige.’ To us, that’s prehistoric thinking. Human liberty is
something sacred, both one’s own and that of others. Each person is valuable and his
or her will is to be respected. Acting any other way would be doing violence, a word
that comes from ‘violate,’ which is something completely opposed to our nature.
“Then your people don’t make war?” I hadn’t even finished saying this before I felt
stupid for asking.
He looked at me affectionately and putting his hand on my shoulder said, “We can’t
make war, Peter..Because we love...We love it all; people, nature, animals, life, everything. Those who love can’t harm
what they love. So forget about invasions or wars and the like. We are not here to
destroy anything, nor to harm anybody but to build and help...We are not good but normal. Those who are not that normal are the ones around here.”
“Why us?”
“Because you’re a little bit crazy, of course. You don’t live according to natural laws,
which are a reflection of the Will of the Universe.”
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...Ami was talking about God, and I believed in God... well, a little, though
mostly out of fear rather than for any other reason. However, lately I was beginning to
have my own doubts about even that. It seemed to me that only religious types
believed in God, or people who aren’t very educated; anyhow I have an uncle who is
a nuclear physicist in the university and he says that intelligence killed God.
“Your uncle is foolish,” remarked Ami, smiling and perceiving my thoughts.
“I don’t think so. He’s considered one of the most intelligent men in the country.”
“He’s foolish,” Ami insisted. “Can an apple kill the apple tree? Can a wave hurt the
ocean?
...“What you call God doesn’t have a human appearance, or any form at all. There is
only an Infinite Being that penetrates all, made of pure creative intelligence, pure
love. And that’s why the Universe is so marvellous”. Ami’s face was shining in the
night as he talked, which moved me, in spite of my not being the religious kind.
But when I thought about the inhabitants of the primitive worlds that Ami had
mentioned and also about the bad people on this planet, those who deserve to be
thrown into a deep pond, it didn’t seem to me that the Universe was such a marvellous
a place after all.
“What about the bad people?”
“They’ll be good people some day.”
“It would have been better if they have been born good from the very start. That way
there’d be no evil anywhere.”
“If you don’t know evil, how are you going to be able to enjoy goodness? How would
you be able to appreciate it?” asked Ami "...It’s the same with those who have lived difficult, violent existences. When they
overcome their difficulties and attain a life that’s peaceful and harmonious, they truly
appreciate it, since what is difficult to achieve is valued more than what comes
without having to try. It’s beautiful to be able to make progress, to overcome
obstacles, to learn to solve our problems and to grow up in every way. If, on the other
hand, we were born without problems, we couldn’t properly appreciate what we
have.”
...“But then, you who are such good guys could step in to prevent such a disaster and
make sure everything in our world gets fixed,” I said, half-joking.
“That would be a trap, like one student taking another student’s exams for him.
Would you like another student to sit your exams for you and take the credit?”
“No, because I’d miss the satisfaction of succeeding myself.”
“And if we arranged everything here, then the entire population of Earth would miss
out on the satisfaction of overcoming their problems through their own effort and so
reaching a superior level of civilisation. Don’t you think that’s so?”
mostly out of fear rather than for any other reason. However, lately I was beginning to
have my own doubts about even that. It seemed to me that only religious types
believed in God, or people who aren’t very educated; anyhow I have an uncle who is
a nuclear physicist in the university and he says that intelligence killed God.
“Your uncle is foolish,” remarked Ami, smiling and perceiving my thoughts.
“I don’t think so. He’s considered one of the most intelligent men in the country.”
“He’s foolish,” Ami insisted. “Can an apple kill the apple tree? Can a wave hurt the
ocean?
...“What you call God doesn’t have a human appearance, or any form at all. There is
only an Infinite Being that penetrates all, made of pure creative intelligence, pure
love. And that’s why the Universe is so marvellous”. Ami’s face was shining in the
night as he talked, which moved me, in spite of my not being the religious kind.
But when I thought about the inhabitants of the primitive worlds that Ami had
mentioned and also about the bad people on this planet, those who deserve to be
thrown into a deep pond, it didn’t seem to me that the Universe was such a marvellous
a place after all.
“What about the bad people?”
“They’ll be good people some day.”
“It would have been better if they have been born good from the very start. That way
there’d be no evil anywhere.”
“If you don’t know evil, how are you going to be able to enjoy goodness? How would
you be able to appreciate it?” asked Ami "...It’s the same with those who have lived difficult, violent existences. When they
overcome their difficulties and attain a life that’s peaceful and harmonious, they truly
appreciate it, since what is difficult to achieve is valued more than what comes
without having to try. It’s beautiful to be able to make progress, to overcome
obstacles, to learn to solve our problems and to grow up in every way. If, on the other
hand, we were born without problems, we couldn’t properly appreciate what we
have.”
...“But then, you who are such good guys could step in to prevent such a disaster and
make sure everything in our world gets fixed,” I said, half-joking.
“That would be a trap, like one student taking another student’s exams for him.
Would you like another student to sit your exams for you and take the credit?”
“No, because I’d miss the satisfaction of succeeding myself.”
“And if we arranged everything here, then the entire population of Earth would miss
out on the satisfaction of overcoming their problems through their own effort and so
reaching a superior level of civilisation. Don’t you think that’s so?”
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“For many reasons, we can’t intervene any further than what’s permitted. My contact
with you here is part of an ‘aid plan.’”
“Please explain that more.”
“This ‘aid plan’ is like a ‘medicine’ that we have to give in small doses, slowly,
subtly, very subtly...”
“But what’s the medicine?”
“Information.”
...“Why do you choose to put such a burden on your shoulders?” I asked.
Ami looked at me with affection and said, “it’s not a burden but a pleasure, because
solidarity is something natural and universal. The more evolution, the more solidarity!
We can’t stop ourselves helping those who are in need, because we see them and us as
all being part of the same thing...We have
come here motivated by that same force of solidarity, it’s that simple. Among other
things, we wish you to understand that handling great power, like nuclear energy - and
there is another even more powerful energy– can be very dangerous and requires great
delicacy and care; it must never be used for the purposes of destruction, especially
against your own species. And it’s not only about you, because in the wrong hands,
that most powerful energy could even affect other worlds, harming cosmic alignment,
with consequences at the galactic level…”
with you here is part of an ‘aid plan.’”
“Please explain that more.”
“This ‘aid plan’ is like a ‘medicine’ that we have to give in small doses, slowly,
subtly, very subtly...”
“But what’s the medicine?”
“Information.”
...“Why do you choose to put such a burden on your shoulders?” I asked.
Ami looked at me with affection and said, “it’s not a burden but a pleasure, because
solidarity is something natural and universal. The more evolution, the more solidarity!
We can’t stop ourselves helping those who are in need, because we see them and us as
all being part of the same thing...We have
come here motivated by that same force of solidarity, it’s that simple. Among other
things, we wish you to understand that handling great power, like nuclear energy - and
there is another even more powerful energy– can be very dangerous and requires great
delicacy and care; it must never be used for the purposes of destruction, especially
against your own species. And it’s not only about you, because in the wrong hands,
that most powerful energy could even affect other worlds, harming cosmic alignment,
with consequences at the galactic level…”
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...the Universe has already given you enough information about how to
transform the human world, and the planet too, through an increase in solidarity.
That’s the only thing you need for your world to change positively and to end the
dangers that threaten you.”
“I haven’t been aware of this information that you’re telling me about.”
“Because you never got interested in the subject. Yet millions of pages have been
written, many books and some films too, inspired by us. That is why it’s now time to
practice what you already know, to solve these personal and social problems of yours
that have grown so big; better than expecting ETs to come and do it for you. We ETs
don’t want to become an avoidance drug…”
“Avoidance drug?”
“Yes, the whole subject of ETs can be used as a fantasy to escape from reality. We
don’t want to be used like this but for it to work the other way round, by encouraging
you to face your problems and overcome them.”
transform the human world, and the planet too, through an increase in solidarity.
That’s the only thing you need for your world to change positively and to end the
dangers that threaten you.”
“I haven’t been aware of this information that you’re telling me about.”
“Because you never got interested in the subject. Yet millions of pages have been
written, many books and some films too, inspired by us. That is why it’s now time to
practice what you already know, to solve these personal and social problems of yours
that have grown so big; better than expecting ETs to come and do it for you. We ETs
don’t want to become an avoidance drug…”
“Avoidance drug?”
“Yes, the whole subject of ETs can be used as a fantasy to escape from reality. We
don’t want to be used like this but for it to work the other way round, by encouraging
you to face your problems and overcome them.”
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While we were strolling around, Ami paused to look at the moon through the leaves
on the trees. Every so often, he told me that we should listen to the croaking of the
frogs, the chirping of the night crickets and the distant murmur of the waves. He
stopped to breathe in the aroma of the pines, the tree bark and soil. He frequently
paused to admire a house that appealed to him, or a road, or a street corner.
"...Life is here for us to enjoy, Peter. Try to pay attention to all that life brings you. There is magic in every
moment, but we hardly notice all these simple things. Try to feel, to perceive, instead
of thinking. The most profound meaning of life lies beyond thought. You know what,
Peter? Life is a fairy tale come true. It’s a beautiful gift that was given to you
because… you are loved”
His energy and his words helped me see everything from a new point of view. It
seemed incredible to me that this was the normal, everyday world that I’d never paid
much attention to. Now I was seeing it all as miracle, that all this time I was living in
a kind of paradise and that I never noticed it before. Instead, I had been ‘sleeping’,
absorbed in my own thoughts and not paying attention to anything else.
...We were walking back to my house when a police car drove by. Seeing two boys
alone at that time of night, the policemen stopped the car, got out and came over to us.
I was really afraid that they would arrest my new friend, take him to jail and submit
him to the torture he spoke about earlier.
“...Mr. Paranoia is worrying again, instead of enjoying the moment” he said...“Everybody can be hypnotised,” said Ami. “And what’s more, almost everybody is already hypnotised.”
“What do you mean? I’m not hypnotised! I’m awake!”
Ami laughed a lot at this. “Do you remember when we were walking down the path?”
“Yes, I remember.”
“Everything looked different to you – beautiful – and you remarked that you must
have been asleep for not having noticed that before, right?”
“Oh, yes. It seems like I was hypnotised then. Maybe you hypnotised me!”
“On the contrary, you were awake on that path! Now you’re asleep again, imagining
that everything is ugly and dangerous. You’re not listening to the ocean, you’re not paying attention to the sweetness of the night air, you’re not aware of your ability to walk or see, you’re not enjoying your breathing. You’re hypnotised and what’s more,
you’re hypnotised negatively!”... “There are many ugly ideas that don’t have a basis in reality. They’re just dreams,
fantasies, unjustified fears. They’re delirium, craziness, and because they aren’t good
ideas, they’re not even craziness that’s fun. They’re nightmares.”
...“Don’t [people] ever wake up?”
“Yes, every time someone is able to see that their inner darkness, their lack of internal
harmony, stops them from enjoying the beauty of reality. Then comes the realisation
that the only way forward is to begin the journey of personal growth, overcoming
imperfections and harmonising with the flow of universal life and the law of
solidarity. That’s what leads to the awakening. An awakened person feels that life is
beautiful, and even though there may be difficult times, it is always an extraordinary
opportunity to love, to enjoy, to grow up and to help others.”
on the trees. Every so often, he told me that we should listen to the croaking of the
frogs, the chirping of the night crickets and the distant murmur of the waves. He
stopped to breathe in the aroma of the pines, the tree bark and soil. He frequently
paused to admire a house that appealed to him, or a road, or a street corner.
"...Life is here for us to enjoy, Peter. Try to pay attention to all that life brings you. There is magic in every
moment, but we hardly notice all these simple things. Try to feel, to perceive, instead
of thinking. The most profound meaning of life lies beyond thought. You know what,
Peter? Life is a fairy tale come true. It’s a beautiful gift that was given to you
because… you are loved”
His energy and his words helped me see everything from a new point of view. It
seemed incredible to me that this was the normal, everyday world that I’d never paid
much attention to. Now I was seeing it all as miracle, that all this time I was living in
a kind of paradise and that I never noticed it before. Instead, I had been ‘sleeping’,
absorbed in my own thoughts and not paying attention to anything else.
...We were walking back to my house when a police car drove by. Seeing two boys
alone at that time of night, the policemen stopped the car, got out and came over to us.
I was really afraid that they would arrest my new friend, take him to jail and submit
him to the torture he spoke about earlier.
“...Mr. Paranoia is worrying again, instead of enjoying the moment” he said...“Everybody can be hypnotised,” said Ami. “And what’s more, almost everybody is already hypnotised.”
“What do you mean? I’m not hypnotised! I’m awake!”
Ami laughed a lot at this. “Do you remember when we were walking down the path?”
“Yes, I remember.”
“Everything looked different to you – beautiful – and you remarked that you must
have been asleep for not having noticed that before, right?”
“Oh, yes. It seems like I was hypnotised then. Maybe you hypnotised me!”
“On the contrary, you were awake on that path! Now you’re asleep again, imagining
that everything is ugly and dangerous. You’re not listening to the ocean, you’re not paying attention to the sweetness of the night air, you’re not aware of your ability to walk or see, you’re not enjoying your breathing. You’re hypnotised and what’s more,
you’re hypnotised negatively!”... “There are many ugly ideas that don’t have a basis in reality. They’re just dreams,
fantasies, unjustified fears. They’re delirium, craziness, and because they aren’t good
ideas, they’re not even craziness that’s fun. They’re nightmares.”
...“Don’t [people] ever wake up?”
“Yes, every time someone is able to see that their inner darkness, their lack of internal
harmony, stops them from enjoying the beauty of reality. Then comes the realisation
that the only way forward is to begin the journey of personal growth, overcoming
imperfections and harmonising with the flow of universal life and the law of
solidarity. That’s what leads to the awakening. An awakened person feels that life is
beautiful, and even though there may be difficult times, it is always an extraordinary
opportunity to love, to enjoy, to grow up and to help others.”
