Lucid Dreams as a Contact Modality

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This is a literature review chapter for the book A Greater Reality by CCRI. The book is a follow-up to the Dr. Edgar Mitchell’s FREE survey of 3,000+ ET/UFO or NHI/UAP experiencers. The researchers interpret the survey results as indicating that we live in a consciousness-primary universe and that the ET/NHI contact experiences is one of many “contact modalities”. Contact is hypothesized to be between the subject of experiences (you) and the greater reality of all-that-is, spirit, or whatever word you would choose.

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