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==Importance & Scarcity Of Resources== | ==Importance & Scarcity Of Resources== | ||
| − | "Resources are precious in the universe--mineral resources, water resources, biological resources, food resources. Large [[technology|technological societies]] such as the [[Collectives]] have an enormous need for resources for their own maintenance." <ref name="allies2-5">''The Allies of Humanity Book Two | + | "Resources are precious in the universe--mineral resources, water resources, biological resources, food resources. Large [[technology|technological societies]] such as the [[Collectives]] have an enormous need for resources for their own maintenance." <ref name="allies2-5">''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Two, Fifth Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/biological-resources/ What They Want]</ref> |
| − | "Many resources used in advanced forms of technology are quite rare and must be gained from afar through a complex system of trade and commerce." <ref name="liu4"> | + | "Many resources used in advanced forms of technology are quite rare and must be gained from afar through a complex system of trade and commerce." <ref name="liu4">Life in the Universe, Chapter 4: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/life-universe/interstellar-trade Trade and Commerce in this Region of Space]</ref> |
| − | "You do not realize how valuable a tree is in [[the Greater Community]], how valuable seeds are, the great need for fluids from plants and animals and the problem in securing biological resources and rare metals. That is why humanity is viewed as reckless and without [[wisdom]]." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Three | + | "You do not realize how valuable a tree is in [[the Greater Community]], how valuable seeds are, the great need for fluids from plants and animals and the problem in securing biological resources and rare metals. That is why humanity is viewed as reckless and without [[wisdom]]." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Three, Fifth Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/voices-universe-messages-space/ Many Voices in the Universe]</ref> |
| − | "But the world is a finite place with finite resources. If you exhaust it, you face the perils that such exhaustion will bring to you. This is a truth of life in the physical Universe. You cannot escape it, whether you are a human being or whether you are a race living in another world, for the laws of [[nature]] hold true everywhere." <ref>The New Message on the Environment (December 2007) | + | "But the world is a finite place with finite resources. If you exhaust it, you face the perils that such exhaustion will bring to you. This is a truth of life in the physical Universe. You cannot escape it, whether you are a human being or whether you are a race living in another world, for the laws of [[nature]] hold true everywhere." <ref>The New Message on the Environment (December 2007)</ref> |
| − | "Look at the way you live and the way you travel and see how you can conserve resources. This will be necessary not only to make a small but important contribution to the world, but also to give you greater stability in the future when essential resources will become more scarce and more expensive. Do not think if you are a great consumer of energy and resources that you can promote peace in the world, for over-consumption of resources is really the engine of war." <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/preparing-for-the-great-waves-of-change/how-to-live How to Live] | + | "Look at the way you live and the way you travel and see how you can conserve resources. This will be necessary not only to make a small but important contribution to the world, but also to give you greater stability in the future when essential resources will become more scarce and more expensive. Do not think if you are a great consumer of energy and resources that you can promote peace in the world, for over-consumption of resources is really the engine of war." <ref>''reparing for the Great Waves of Change'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/preparing-for-the-great-waves-of-change/how-to-live How to Live]</ref> |
==Humanity Is Facing Resource Depletion== | ==Humanity Is Facing Resource Depletion== | ||
| − | "For you are now living in a [[The Great Waves of Change|world of declining resources]], a world whose climate has been seriously affected, a world whose ecological condition is deteriorating, a world where humanity will have to face the prospects of great shortages of food and water and the risks of disease and illness on a very large scale, even affecting the wealthy nations of the world." <ref> | + | "For you are now living in a [[The Great Waves of Change|world of declining resources]], a world whose climate has been seriously affected, a world whose ecological condition is deteriorating, a world where humanity will have to face the prospects of great shortages of food and water and the risks of disease and illness on a very large scale, even affecting the wealthy nations of the world." <ref>Preparing for the Great Waves of Change (July 2007)</ref> |
"The need to secure your resources will become the predominating focus of this century and of the times to come." <ref name="liu3"/> | "The need to secure your resources will become the predominating focus of this century and of the times to come." <ref name="liu3"/> | ||
| − | "The disruption of the Earth’s atmosphere has already occurred and will continue. The diminution of your life-sustaining resources is now underway and will continue." <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/ | + | "The disruption of the Earth’s atmosphere has already occurred and will continue. The diminution of your life-sustaining resources is now underway and will continue." <ref>''The Reformation'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/the-reformation/gods-new-message-for-political-leaders God's New Message for the Political Leaders of the World]</ref> |
| − | "If you empty the well, the well is dry. If you do not farm correctly, the soil blows away. If you burn too many things into the [[environment]], the weather changes. If you overexploit the world for resources, the resources disappear. It does not take a genius to figure this out." <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/nature-and-natural-disasters Nature and Natural Disasters (Sept 2008) | + | "If you empty the well, the well is dry. If you do not farm correctly, the soil blows away. If you burn too many things into the [[environment]], the weather changes. If you overexploit the world for resources, the resources disappear. It does not take a genius to figure this out." <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/nature-and-natural-disasters Nature and Natural Disasters] (Sept 2008)</ref> |
"With the deterioration of your natural environment and the rapid depletion of your essential resources, you are moving into a position of extreme | "With the deterioration of your natural environment and the rapid depletion of your essential resources, you are moving into a position of extreme | ||
| − | vulnerability and powerlessness in the universe." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Two | + | vulnerability and powerlessness in the universe." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Two, Fourth Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/collectives-in-universe/ The Collectives]</ref> |
==Technology Will Not Save Us== | ==Technology Will Not Save Us== | ||
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"Resource acquisition is a problem for all advancing nations. [[Technology]] requires resources. The greater the technology, the greater the resources that are required." <ref name="liu3"/> | "Resource acquisition is a problem for all advancing nations. [[Technology]] requires resources. The greater the technology, the greater the resources that are required." <ref name="liu3"/> | ||
| − | "Technology alone will not be an answer. There must be human recognition, [[courage]] and [[unity]]. Technology will only be a tool to help you, but without this [[recognition]], this courage and this unity, technology will only hasten your demise." <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/new- | + | "Technology alone will not be an answer. There must be human recognition, [[courage]] and [[unity]]. Technology will only be a tool to help you, but without this [[recognition]], this courage and this unity, technology will only hasten your demise." <ref>''The New Way Forward for Humanity'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/the-new-way-forward-for-humanity/what-will-save-humanity What Will Save Humanity]</ref> |
"Here advanced technology makes you even more vulnerable to foreign [[persuasion]] and control. If you need rare elements that can only be found in remote regions or which are only possessed by certain races, then you must accommodate their needs, demands and preferences in order to be privileged to receive such resources. The [[competition]] for these resources would be intense." <ref name="allies3-2"/> | "Here advanced technology makes you even more vulnerable to foreign [[persuasion]] and control. If you need rare elements that can only be found in remote regions or which are only possessed by certain races, then you must accommodate their needs, demands and preferences in order to be privileged to receive such resources. The [[competition]] for these resources would be intense." <ref name="allies3-2"/> | ||
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"The idea that humanity will go out and search an empty universe for resources is completely false and really represents a very dangerous and even fatal assumption." <ref name="liu3"/> | "The idea that humanity will go out and search an empty universe for resources is completely false and really represents a very dangerous and even fatal assumption." <ref name="liu3"/> | ||
| − | "If you must go beyond your world to seek the resources you need to live, then you will lose much of your [[power]] to others." <ref name="allies2-2">''The Allies of Humanity Book Two | + | "If you must go beyond your world to seek the resources you need to live, then you will lose much of your [[power]] to others." <ref name="allies2-2">''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Two, Second Briefing: [https://alliesofhumanity.org/why-are-aliens-here/ Why the Intervention Is Occurring]</ref> |
| − | "Never think that you can go into the Greater Community and take whatever you want from it. For [[the Greater Community]] in which you live, and which you will face, is owned by others who are far more powerful than you." <ref name="allies3-2">Allies of Humanity Book Three | + | "Never think that you can go into the Greater Community and take whatever you want from it. For [[the Greater Community]] in which you live, and which you will face, is owned by others who are far more powerful than you." <ref name="allies3-2">Allies of Humanity'' Book Three, Second Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/requirements-freedom-universe/ The Requirements for Freedom in the Universe]</ref> |
| − | "People think the universe is just a huge empty place awaiting exploration, containing new worlds with vast resources—there for the taking. But you would not have to [[Space travel|travel]] far beyond this solar system to discover that other places of value are already owned by others and that long-standing rules of engagement have been established as to who can visit these places and who has priority over them." <ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/life-universe/extraterrestrial-technology A Brief History of Visitation to Earth]</ref> | + | "People think the universe is just a huge empty place awaiting exploration, containing new worlds with vast resources—there for the taking. But you would not have to [[Space travel|travel]] far beyond this solar system to discover that other places of value are already owned by others and that long-standing rules of engagement have been established as to who can visit these places and who has priority over them." <ref>''Life in the Universe'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/life-universe/extraterrestrial-technology A Brief History of Visitation to Earth]</ref> |
==Greater Community Perspective On Resources== | ==Greater Community Perspective On Resources== | ||
"In the Greater Community, you are dealing with an adult environment where the need for resources is ever present and is extremely pressing." <ref name="liu3"/> | "In the Greater Community, you are dealing with an adult environment where the need for resources is ever present and is extremely pressing." <ref name="liu3"/> | ||
| − | "[[Trade]] and [[competition]] for resources, for alliances and for worlds that have strategic value, are considerable." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Two | + | "[[Trade]] and [[competition]] for resources, for alliances and for worlds that have strategic value, are considerable." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Two, First Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/universe-reality-of-nature/ The Universe into Which You Are Emerging]</ref> |
| − | "The need for resources is experienced everywhere, and many technological societies have outstripped their world’s natural resources and must trade, barter and travel to gain what they need. It is a very complicated situation. Many alliances are formed and [[war|conflicts]] do occur." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book One | + | "The need for resources is experienced everywhere, and many technological societies have outstripped their world’s natural resources and must trade, barter and travel to gain what they need. It is a very complicated situation. Many alliances are formed and [[war|conflicts]] do occur." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity'' Book One, First Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/alien-races-earth/ The Extraterrestrial Presence in the World Today]</ref> |
"A highly advanced technological society would fail quickly without constant inputs of technology and resources." <ref name="liu4"/> | "A highly advanced technological society would fail quickly without constant inputs of technology and resources." <ref name="liu4"/> | ||
| − | "Many races who are now involved in intergalactic travel exhausted their world's resources long ago. In some cases, they have compromised the productivity of other worlds." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community | + | "Many races who are now involved in intergalactic travel exhausted their world's resources long ago. In some cases, they have compromised the productivity of other worlds." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 28: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/other-worlds-reality Greater Community Realities]</ref> |
| − | "There are many worlds that have been stripped of their natural resources and have become barren as a result. Certainly, terrestrial worlds such as yours are rare, maybe one out of five or six thousand planets contain the biological diversity that you enjoy and take for granted here in your world. That still accounts for many planets in the universe. But such planets are always occupied, are always valued and the native races always have to defend their rights, their privileges and their stewardship as they begin to emerge into the Greater Community."<ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Three | + | "There are many worlds that have been stripped of their natural resources and have become barren as a result. Certainly, terrestrial worlds such as yours are rare, maybe one out of five or six thousand planets contain the biological diversity that you enjoy and take for granted here in your world. That still accounts for many planets in the universe. But such planets are always occupied, are always valued and the native races always have to defend their rights, their privileges and their stewardship as they begin to emerge into the Greater Community."<ref>''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Three, Seventh Briefing: [https://alliesofhumanity.org/questions-about-aliens/ Questions & Answers]</ref> |
==The Importance Of Biological Resources== | ==The Importance Of Biological Resources== | ||
| − | "Why do your visitors want your world? It is so very obvious. It is not you they are interested in particularly. It is the biological resources of your world." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book One | + | "Why do your visitors want your world? It is so very obvious. It is not you they are interested in particularly. It is the biological resources of your world." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity'' Book One, Third Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/the-visitors/ A Great Warning]</ref> |
Earth "is a world that contains immense biological resources, lifegiving resources, resources that are rare and difficult to find in a Greater Community of barren worlds." <ref name="allies2-2"/> | Earth "is a world that contains immense biological resources, lifegiving resources, resources that are rare and difficult to find in a Greater Community of barren worlds." <ref name="allies2-2"/> | ||
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"In the Greater Community, biological resources such as blood, plasma, DNA, bone marrow, skin and body organs can be used for their chemical substances. From these, medicines are made. From these, [[genetic manipulation|new life forms are bred]]. These substances are valuable commodities in certain parts of the Greater Community." <ref name="allies2-5"/> | "In the Greater Community, biological resources such as blood, plasma, DNA, bone marrow, skin and body organs can be used for their chemical substances. From these, medicines are made. From these, [[genetic manipulation|new life forms are bred]]. These substances are valuable commodities in certain parts of the Greater Community." <ref name="allies2-5"/> | ||
| − | "Those who are intervening in your world today are not interested in the resources that you hold most dear. They are interested in biological resources, particularly those resources that represent the building blocks of life—genetic agents, chlorophyll, blood and plasma. These are the things that are valuable and are greatly needed in a universe full of barren worlds." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Three | + | "Those who are intervening in your world today are not interested in the resources that you hold most dear. They are interested in biological resources, particularly those resources that represent the building blocks of life—genetic agents, chlorophyll, blood and plasma. These are the things that are valuable and are greatly needed in a universe full of barren worlds." <ref>''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Three, Third Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/alien-intervention/ The Tools of the Intervention]</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Further Study== | ==Further Study== | ||
| − | *''The Allies of Humanity Book Two | + | *''The Allies of Humanity'' Book Two, Fifth Briefing: [http://alliesofhumanity.org/biological-resources/ What They Want] |
| − | *[ | + | *''The New World'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/new-world/the-race-to-save-human-civilization The Race to Save Human Civilization] |
*[http://www.newmessage.org/nature-and-natural-disasters Nature and Natural Disasters] | *[http://www.newmessage.org/nature-and-natural-disasters Nature and Natural Disasters] | ||
| − | *[http://www.newmessage.org/the-shock-of-the-future The Shock of the Future] | + | *''The New World'': [http://www.newmessage.org/the-shock-of-the-future The Shock of the Future] |
| − | *[http://www.greatwavesofchange.org The Great Waves of Change] | + | *[http://www.greatwavesofchange.org The Great Waves of Change] website |
[[category:The Great Waves of change]] | [[category:The Great Waves of change]] | ||
Revision as of 22:38, 14 June 2021
"In understanding that all races must seek resources, you can begin to understand why anyone would come to your world." [1]
Importance & Scarcity Of Resources
"Resources are precious in the universe--mineral resources, water resources, biological resources, food resources. Large technological societies such as the Collectives have an enormous need for resources for their own maintenance." [2]
"Many resources used in advanced forms of technology are quite rare and must be gained from afar through a complex system of trade and commerce." [3]
"You do not realize how valuable a tree is in the Greater Community, how valuable seeds are, the great need for fluids from plants and animals and the problem in securing biological resources and rare metals. That is why humanity is viewed as reckless and without wisdom." [4]
"But the world is a finite place with finite resources. If you exhaust it, you face the perils that such exhaustion will bring to you. This is a truth of life in the physical Universe. You cannot escape it, whether you are a human being or whether you are a race living in another world, for the laws of nature hold true everywhere." [5]
"Look at the way you live and the way you travel and see how you can conserve resources. This will be necessary not only to make a small but important contribution to the world, but also to give you greater stability in the future when essential resources will become more scarce and more expensive. Do not think if you are a great consumer of energy and resources that you can promote peace in the world, for over-consumption of resources is really the engine of war." [6]
Humanity Is Facing Resource Depletion
"For you are now living in a world of declining resources, a world whose climate has been seriously affected, a world whose ecological condition is deteriorating, a world where humanity will have to face the prospects of great shortages of food and water and the risks of disease and illness on a very large scale, even affecting the wealthy nations of the world." [7]
"The need to secure your resources will become the predominating focus of this century and of the times to come." [1]
"The disruption of the Earth’s atmosphere has already occurred and will continue. The diminution of your life-sustaining resources is now underway and will continue." [8]
"If you empty the well, the well is dry. If you do not farm correctly, the soil blows away. If you burn too many things into the environment, the weather changes. If you overexploit the world for resources, the resources disappear. It does not take a genius to figure this out." [9]
"With the deterioration of your natural environment and the rapid depletion of your essential resources, you are moving into a position of extreme vulnerability and powerlessness in the universe." [10]
Technology Will Not Save Us
"Resource acquisition is a problem for all advancing nations. Technology requires resources. The greater the technology, the greater the resources that are required." [1]
"Technology alone will not be an answer. There must be human recognition, courage and unity. Technology will only be a tool to help you, but without this recognition, this courage and this unity, technology will only hasten your demise." [11]
"Here advanced technology makes you even more vulnerable to foreign persuasion and control. If you need rare elements that can only be found in remote regions or which are only possessed by certain races, then you must accommodate their needs, demands and preferences in order to be privileged to receive such resources. The competition for these resources would be intense." [12]
The Universe Is Not Ours For The Taking
"The idea that humanity will go out and search an empty universe for resources is completely false and really represents a very dangerous and even fatal assumption." [1]
"If you must go beyond your world to seek the resources you need to live, then you will lose much of your power to others." [13]
"Never think that you can go into the Greater Community and take whatever you want from it. For the Greater Community in which you live, and which you will face, is owned by others who are far more powerful than you." [12]
"People think the universe is just a huge empty place awaiting exploration, containing new worlds with vast resources—there for the taking. But you would not have to travel far beyond this solar system to discover that other places of value are already owned by others and that long-standing rules of engagement have been established as to who can visit these places and who has priority over them." [14]
Greater Community Perspective On Resources
"In the Greater Community, you are dealing with an adult environment where the need for resources is ever present and is extremely pressing." [1]
"Trade and competition for resources, for alliances and for worlds that have strategic value, are considerable." [15]
"The need for resources is experienced everywhere, and many technological societies have outstripped their world’s natural resources and must trade, barter and travel to gain what they need. It is a very complicated situation. Many alliances are formed and conflicts do occur." [16]
"A highly advanced technological society would fail quickly without constant inputs of technology and resources." [3]
"Many races who are now involved in intergalactic travel exhausted their world's resources long ago. In some cases, they have compromised the productivity of other worlds." [17]
"There are many worlds that have been stripped of their natural resources and have become barren as a result. Certainly, terrestrial worlds such as yours are rare, maybe one out of five or six thousand planets contain the biological diversity that you enjoy and take for granted here in your world. That still accounts for many planets in the universe. But such planets are always occupied, are always valued and the native races always have to defend their rights, their privileges and their stewardship as they begin to emerge into the Greater Community."[18]
The Importance Of Biological Resources
"Why do your visitors want your world? It is so very obvious. It is not you they are interested in particularly. It is the biological resources of your world." [19]
Earth "is a world that contains immense biological resources, lifegiving resources, resources that are rare and difficult to find in a Greater Community of barren worlds." [13]
"In the Greater Community, biological resources such as blood, plasma, DNA, bone marrow, skin and body organs can be used for their chemical substances. From these, medicines are made. From these, new life forms are bred. These substances are valuable commodities in certain parts of the Greater Community." [2]
"Those who are intervening in your world today are not interested in the resources that you hold most dear. They are interested in biological resources, particularly those resources that represent the building blocks of life—genetic agents, chlorophyll, blood and plasma. These are the things that are valuable and are greatly needed in a universe full of barren worlds." [20]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Life in the Universe, Chapter 3: The Limits of Space Travel
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Allies of Humanity Book Two, Fifth Briefing: What They Want
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Life in the Universe, Chapter 4: Trade and Commerce in this Region of Space
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Fifth Briefing: Many Voices in the Universe
- ↑ The New Message on the Environment (December 2007)
- ↑ reparing for the Great Waves of Change: How to Live
- ↑ Preparing for the Great Waves of Change (July 2007)
- ↑ The Reformation: God's New Message for the Political Leaders of the World
- ↑ Nature and Natural Disasters (Sept 2008)
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Two, Fourth Briefing: The Collectives
- ↑ The New Way Forward for Humanity: What Will Save Humanity
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Allies of Humanity Book Three, Second Briefing: The Requirements for Freedom in the Universe
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Allies of Humanity Book Two, Second Briefing: Why the Intervention Is Occurring
- ↑ Life in the Universe, Chapter 2: A Brief History of Visitation to Earth
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Two, First Briefing: The Universe into Which You Are Emerging
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book One, First Briefing: The Extraterrestrial Presence in the World Today
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 28: Greater Community Realities
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Seventh Briefing: Questions & Answers
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book One, Third Briefing: A Great Warning
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Third Briefing: The Tools of the Intervention
See Also
Further Study
- The Allies of Humanity Book Two, Fifth Briefing: What They Want
- The New World: The Race to Save Human Civilization
- The New World: The Shock of the Future
- The Great Waves of Change website