Man’s Mysterious Origins
When we ask ourselves the question, “Why am I here?,” we must ask another question, “How did I get here?” There is a growing body of evidence that goes against our generally accepted answers to these questions. Many examples can be found both in “The Mysterious Origins of Man” three disc series and the Emmy Award winning “Mystery of the Sphinx,” created by the same producers, BC Video. More examples can be found in the books, “Forbidden Archaeology” by Dr. Richard Thompson and Michael Cremo, as well as “Fingerprints of the Gods” by Graham Hancock.
“Mystery of the Sphinx” presented scientific evidence that supported the sphinx in Egypt as being thousands of years older than previously believed, a preview of this presentation can be seen on the BC Video website here. A preview of “Mysterious Origins of Man” can be seen on Youtube here. These specials, hosted by the late Charlton Heston, originally aired on NBC in 1996. Surprisingly, much of this evidence is still unknown to most people. Among the evidence presented in “Mysterious Origins of Man” is a tool that was excavated from rock strata that has been dated to be millions of years old. What this evidence suggests, is that either our understanding of the history of intelligent life on this planet is incomplete, and or that our ability to accurately date rock strata is flawed.
A group of scientists were present for the excavation of this particular tool, so that there could be a scientific consensus on this incredible piece of evidence. The scientists who had beliefs that were challenged by this new controversial piece of evidence did not come away with new found perspective, rather were left with a belief that there had to be some sort of trick and that the object was not actually removed from the solid rock as they had just witnessed.
A cause for this phenomenon according to Dr. Richard Thompson, co-author of “Forbidden Archaeology,” is known as a knowledge filter. Our brains tend to filter all incoming information based on our beliefs. Information that correlates with our existing paradigm is accepted, and anything that does not is rejected. This may explain how all of this amazing, yet controversial evidence has not been integrated with our popular consciousness. According to Michael Cremo, the other co-author of “Forbidden Achaeology,” said that due to this phenomenon known as a “knowledge filter,” over the years scientists have covered up as much as they have uncovered.
Another amazing piece of controversial evidence that has been uncovered is an ancient world map that included details of the land mass that is under Antarctica. We believe this mass has been under ice for thousands of years, longer than anyone who would have technology or knowledge to create such a map. Who had such intricate knowledge of our Earth, long before Columbus “discovered” the continent of North America? Graham Hancock, author of “Fingerprints of the Gods,” believes this may point to evidence for the lost city of Atlantis that was spoken about by the famous Greek philosopher Plato.
All of this evidence points to the fact that our ideas of the history of intelligent life on this planet are significantly flawed. We need to expand our perceptions to be open to ideas that may contradict what we have been taught throughout our lives. This may help us to integrate new information to gain increased perspective on our lives, that may finally answer age-old questions such as how we got here, and our purpose on this planet.
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Posted on 08/18/2009 09:20 am