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The Buddha described a world above the ordinary human plane. Earth is not limited to humans, not by a long shot. There are other beings here: unseen, hidden, shape shifting, and visiting. In fact, it's not accurate to think the planet belongs predominantly to humans. Nagas (hybrid reptilian beings) and Kinnaras (hybrid avian beings), in addition to numerous others (yakshas and maras, devas and asuras).
Sky-ruler Virupaksha subduing reptilian (Woodenship/Flickr)
The sky immediately above the Earth is ruled by four "Great Kings" (maha rajas) -- a situation that makes much more sense in extraterrestrial/UFO terms than wispy angelic spirit beings. Of course, ETs are able to cloak themselves, transform their appearance, and relocate by teleportation. These are not "supernatural" occurrences. But because we do not generally understand the processes and laws of physics involved quite yet, we naturally have no alternative but to think them "magical."
Kinnaras, avian hybrids also called Garudas, stylistically depicted (Eddy-Jalbout/Flickr)
And to those who will not accept anything as magical, they're mythical, fanciful, utterly make believe. There's a middle ground. The science of the impossible is being revealed. When scientists come out and blow the whistle on secret government activities -- as compiled by persistent researchers like Richard Hoagland and Steven Greer -- it becomes very difficult to discount what is being explained and the documentation to support it as simple nonsense.
While Stephen Colbert jokes and Micchio Kaku grows famous, the revelations of real whistleblowers gets obscured. Phil Schnieder was killed for revealing a world so beyond our imagination that all we can do is watch "The Matrix" to try to get our head around what is happening.
What does it have to do with Buddhism?
The Buddha described this world with its many kinds of beings. We accept that the Dharma is true and leads to: enlightenment, fortunate karmic outcomes, and immediate happiness here and now. How, then, are we to ignore the others things he mentioned?
He did not ignore this world and what was going on. It may be secondary to purifying our minds, making merit (storing up beneficial karma that will follow us in the future like a never-departing shadow as we walk towards the light), and stopping harming others, but it is on the list.
What is the world coming to in just this century? We're the superpower, the Evil Empire: war on top of war, chemtrails, UFO sightings, enslaving others in a surveillance state and in third world sweatshops, money woes, chemical foods, cancers, and a general disregard for each other.
