"Greetings to the people of Earth from the Families Of The Inner
Stars. I am called Pheadeknosses. Which translates out to roughly
...Fairway. I was chosen as Ambassador to Earth by the Quadrant I
represent. I am not normally an Ambassador, but was chosen for
this honor because of my telepathic qualities.
This is the first official visit Earth has recieved from space in
quite some time and it is not taking place the way either of us
desires it. Ans so you must hear first things first.
"As a mother myself, I understand how many of you are feeling and
so, I will ease some of the pain for you immediatly; all the
youngsters are alive and well and thriving."
At these words a great sigh could be heard from the audience and
some quiet weeping began. Around the world families hugged and
kissed each other and wept tears of relief. They were still
alive! There were others though that became stoney faced and
their lips were set in thin lines. This woman had more to tell
them than that.
Pheadeknosses continued: "It will have been noticed by now that
no interpreters are needed for my voice." At this the people
realized that they were hearing her in their own tongues. What
they had taken for granted and as natural, since each individual
assumed that their�s was the first tongue spoken by mankind, now
became seen for the wonder it was. It was hard to comprehend when
it no longer belonged in the pages of a science fiction book.
This was real! "Each of you is hearing me in your own speach and
receiving the message in as close an interpretation of idea�s as
will let you understand the meaning of what is said. I suppose it
isn�t enough that I do this; you want an explanation of how?
I am a telapath.
"I bridge the gap with mental images of such purity that no one
of you can mistake my meaning, and you turn it back into language
that you can think with. Since 97% of you percieve your world
the same, this makes it easier. For the 3% of the inhabitants on
this planet who don�t enjoy the same perception or have lost the
ability to understand at all, we are not even going to try to
reach them, as we understand that they have little or no control
over their own actions anyway."
At these words, the official sitting beside the Russian Presedent
stood up and asked to be heard. A gasp went through the crowd at
this audacity. No one wanted to anger this woman.
"Yes, Mr Godenken, what do you wish to say?" she smiled at him.
He went red in the face and spoke slowly, "We want to know if you
are going to continue to take babies." The hall went even
quieter than it had been before. His wife was expecting their
first child in three months.
Putting her head to one side, the woman on the dais looked at him
steadily without saying a word. Not a sound was heard in the vast
auditorium. Biting his bottom lip the man sat down slowly in his
seat. There were some in the room that wondered if she had used
those telepathic powers of hers on the man. A second later she
went on as if nothing had occurred.
"As powerful and far reaching as my ability is, I am still not
powerful enough for the conditions I must meet on this planet.
And so the Crystal Orb in front of me acts as a booster for my
thoughts. I am moving my lips, although I don�t need to, for the
simple reason that not to do so, we discovered, is a cultural
shock to you.
"With so many different languages on this planet it takes the
abilities of one such as I to communicate effectively enough to
be accurate, but as the saying goes here; a rose is a rose and a
rock is a rock no matter what the language. In telepathy when I
show you a rock you don�t mistake it for anything else. Therefore
the discription of your planetary system in space comes through
to all of your many cultures as the largest single power grouping
you can understand and relate to. And if the technical cultures
on this world are sitting there smugly thinking that their
understanding is the most accurate I must warn you now not to be
so smug. There are concepts of government and living that you
have no idea of in your world, just as there are cultural
differences that you know nothing about. You would be amazed at
how each of your different cultures received that last sentence
in their minds and yet you all interpreted it correctly. And so,
in this manner we can communicate with you satisfactorally for
now.
"You know now that I come from space and I know many of you want
to hear just where in space I am from. Your star charts will not
help you on this point as I am from a system deeper in the centre
of this Galaxy. Your instruments are only able to differentiate
the separate stars on the edge of the galaxy but they are so
thick towards the centre that they become a mass of light to your
instruments. However, I will tell you this much; this galaxy is
divided into five wedges called �quadrants�. All of these
�quadrants� belong to the 'Inner Circle Of Families.' We do not
have a governing body, nor are we run by computors, as your
scientists would like to have you believe. Some of our planets
would even seem to you as backward, as they are �Rural
Societies�. The only difference is that socially they are of a
vastly higher mental plane than you can concieve as possible.
Conflicts ceased to exist millions of years ago from your time
span of reckoning. That is one of the reasons why we have not
wanted to deal with the problem of Earth. We have failed to
understand your reasons for aggression. We still don�t understand
it! Oh, we know the excuses you use for the acts of aggression,
but the aggressive behaviour itself is what we seek to
understand. We must dig into our past to see if we can come up
with an answer, but that will take time.
"Life is abundant in this galaxy or ours and as it began in the
centre, naturally it is older there. Only a few systems are
settled on the edges where you are.
"To use a similie that you might understand; I am from a big city
of millions and you are on an isolated island in the pacific
ocean. I contain within my being all the culture of the big city;
while you contain the primative knowledge of island isolation.
Just as your world has admired and envied the Island Paradise
concept, so have we, which in a way is where we both went wrong.
Islands are not always a paradise. And just as you would not send
a huge aircraft carrier to the little island to overwhelm it,
niether would we.
"That brings me to the question of how did I arrive on your
planet? I came by various means of travel, for I have come a far
distance. Sometimes it�s possible to make a trip of that distance
by one of many forms alone to get where you want to go. I could
not. Let�s just say I took things like Starships, planes, boats,
and elavators. You don�t take a jet to a small island if it
doesn�t have a landing strip. It has been left in my hands to
tell you what is happening and so I have decided to go back to
the beginning. So, if you will make yourselves comfortable, I
will begin, for our history is part of your history too. We
sprang from the same branches of life and have a common
beginning. I will not spare you nor will I spare our part in your
lives."