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For August of 2026

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SCIENCE FACTION, STAR TREK WAS A DOCUMENTARY    
  



  
Little did I or my friends know that back in 1968 as we were imagining ourselves taking over the roles of the crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek that the real thing was going on in the galaxy. The concept was simple, a crew of various species working together to explore the unknown. To us, it didn't matter who you were, you belonged. In our minds the consuls appeared like magic under our fingertips and a shared viewscreen would show whatever one of us proposed as a scenario. Too soon the bell would ring calling us back to class and the illusion was over but not the impact on our lives. We were presented with ideals we can strive for and roles we could interpret into viable ways to handle reality. For example, the role of Mr. Spock translated into an interest in science while playing Capt. Kirk gave one an experience at leadership. These are influences that followed us from elementary school onward. Interpersonal relationships seemed easy preparing us for the real world experience of the opposite sex. Even the villains provided lessons in handling the chaos of youth. That was just the start.

Two decades and a lot of experience would take place before the crew of the Enterprise and return in its new version of the Next Generation. It hit the airwaves right when I was living in Sedona Arizona discovering that there was a group of various species working together to explore the galaxy but also protect earth. I was learning about Ashtar Command straight from the members of the command thanks to a channeller I was led to named Roger Pinion. I was hearing from both the head of communications for the command named Korton and the commander of a base on Mars in a higher dimension keeping our planet free of intervention named Omal. This against the backdrop of Capt. Picard and his crew getting much more serious about the unknown they faced. On one hand, I was learning about higher dimensional entities like Sananda and Ashtar, grandmasters and all five psychic skills and able to appear anywhere as anyone like the entity Q. Another group of beings I was learning about were the Greys, a race with a group mind and a singular purpose, much like the Borg with their superior technology and a singular purpose. Standing against that purpose was Ashtar Command fulfilling the role of the Federation of Planets. That completed the picture of what took place on the higher dimensions and gave me a goal that would take me to Lake Tahoe to achieve, spending my life learning about the higher dimensions.

Two more decades go by and we get to the present. Star Trek has evolved with new stories and I was led to a coworker who shared a birthday with me and was also a master class astral traveler. That led to a reunion with Omal and Korton when Mark, my coworker, was able to channel them as well as other members of Ashtar Command. My trips to their base on Mars in a higher dimension in my astral travels let me live out the real life Star Trek. On Hades Base, multiple races lived and worked as one including Wookies from another well-known series. Mark and I learned of inhabited planets other than earth and colony ships expanding the presence of life throughout the galaxy. This was the real thing. Now, humans were the race protected by the prime directive. It is irony in its highest form and also the reason why no other races can interfere with the evolution of humanity. For the human race to one day become a part of that galactic Federation of planets, it has to be done with the only help provided the information shared through channeling and keeping the skies clear of nonhuman craft. It's all part of a long-term plan of helping humans move onto the next stage of the revolution, discovering the psychic gifts possessed in varying degrees by everyone on earth. We saw some of that potential in the eventual transformation of Wesley Crusher. In the season seven episode, "Journey's End", the Traveler told Wesley that he had evolved to a new plane of existence and was "ready to explore places where thought and energy combine in ways you can't even imagine. This from a TV show that was never supposed to succeed.

It's hard if not possible to discount the culture influences and technical influences humanity has experienced because of the show. It stands alone as breaking ground while traveling through space as the original series showed multicultural unity within the crew, interracial relationships that included different species. It lifted the imaginations of boys like me high into the heavens above. Little did I know that one day I would be an unpaid intern for Ashtar Command and get to meet incredible beings like Ashtar and Sananda. Here we are in the 21st century and mankind is finding the technology of Star Trek in their everyday lives. Cell phones are the biggest examples of been able to reach nearly everyone on the planet on a moments notice. We are expanding cleaner sources of energy and becoming closer to exploring the stars. So the question comes down to how did Star Trek portray an organization like Ashtar Command so closely when the 60s was anything but enlightened. That comes down to its creator Gene Roddenberry. One has to wonder if, someone had access to the same information Mark and I received from the command over nine years, what they could have done with it back when shows like Bonanza were big hits? After hundreds of channeling sessions lasting hours where almost anything could be asked, perhaps there is some unknown channeler who helped bring about one of the greatest science faction shows of all time

    
In love, light and wisdom as one,
Russ and Karra