By Jan 
Illustration – The Cosmic Garden Within
Human startled by their own reflection – an intergalactic editorial with a smile and a mirror.
New Jersey / Innerverse – April 22, 2025
Following a remarkable wave of UFO sightings — or “unidentified subconscious
reflections,” as they’ve been newly rebranded — humanity once again appears to have
collectively chosen the familiar.
“We saw something with lights, movement, infinite intelligence and softness… and we
immediately labeled it a drone,” said a spokesperson from the Federation of Conditioned
Perception.
According to internal sources (such as the quiet awareness behind your eyes), contact was
near. But at the last moment, humanity activated its favorite defense mechanism: “If I can’t
understand it, it must not be real.”
Response from the Intergalactic Bureau of Gentle Outreach:
“We were just dropping by. The door was ajar. The tea was still warm. But the host dove
under the table.”
True Cause of Delay: Fear of Self-Encounter
According to interdimensional psychologists, the fear of extraterrestrial life is not a fear of
‘the other’, but of dissolving the illusion of separation.
“People think they’re afraid of a spaceship, but what they really fear is the ship reminding
them who they truly are.”
The being emerging from the mist wears your eyes. Your breath. Your unspeakable light.
And that’s… a lot.
Tips for Gentle Self-Contact
- Don’t look up. Look within.
- If you see a flash of light, exhale instead of concluding.
- Don’t ask Google. Ask your breath.
- Be kind — not to the ‘entity’, but to the trembling ‘I’ that momentarily forgot it was whole.
In short:
We are at the threshold. But perhaps we must first take off our shoes. And our assumptions.
And our labels.
And simply sit down. With a raisin bun. Or without.
Because contact doesn’t begin up there — it begins right here.