Joseph Smith Biography

(Grace) #1

Without Disclosing My True Identity


of, “How are we to accept this as real truth when no one has actually seen one of these
advanced human beings?”
The only way we can accept these true statements about the nature of our Universe is
to use common sense and look at our experience: isn’t modern knowledge, technology, and
power also expanding? Wouldn’t what we experience today certainly appear as “god-like” to
our ancestors? We can only imagine what our human society will be like after thousands more
years of development and technological evolution. Our descendants would become “gods” in
their own right. Had the truth been revealed to people in Joseph’s day concerning the reality
of advanced human beings and their interaction with humankind, they would have
experienced an explosion in knowledge. Furthermore, humankind today has sufficient
experience and evidence to comprehend the truths that are being revealed in full concerning
the “mysteries of life.”
The purpose for advanced humans revealing themselves to the young Joseph was to
show that humans do exist elsewhere in the Universe, that advanced humans are aware of
everything happening on planet earth, and to give mortals a final chance to be true to their
own humanity. If advanced humans made themselves known to the entire world, the
choices and actions that would be made by every living mortal would be affected by the
knowledge and presence of their more advanced peers. Therefore, before all of the earth’s
inhabitants are visited by them, according to the designated timetable of this earth, they
wanted to give mortals a chance to prove themselves and their humanity. Could we become
good by ourselves, or not?
It is human nature to act differently when one believes they are being observed.
Most humans conceal their true thoughts and motives, depending on their desires of
personal benefit and gain, knowing that other mortals cannot read their thoughts or
perceive the end of their real motives. Mortals are seldom what they appear to be to other
people; they lack honesty and truthfulness in exposing their real thoughts, emotions, and
desires, choosing instead to conform their actions to what is expected of them by others.
Because humans have no memory of any interaction with their creators and other
advanced beings, they don’t know that every thought and every action carried out in
private is being recorded with highly advanced recording devices. These “devices” can
replay not only actual events, but the very thoughts that motivated the events. If mortals
knew this with a surety (as Joseph was soon to discover), their free will would be greatly
impeded, and they would put on a “show” to impress their observers instead of exercising
their free agency in an unconditional and more honest way.
Advanced human beings in a highly advanced human world created all mortals
upon this earth.^11 Unlike animals or plants, we were given free will, which separates us from
all other life forms in the Universe. Observing our creators, we envied their abilities and
wanted the same power of creation and the same intelligence they had. But could we be
trusted to use our free will properly without causing problems for other humans? This we
did not know for certain, nor could we know for sure within ourselves without the chance
to “test” ourselves outside of our perfect, monitored existence.
Again, around our creators we would definitely use our free will appropriately; yet we
needed to know how we would act when we were not around them and not under any belief
that we were being observed in our thoughts and our actions. We needed to be placed in a state
of existence where we could prove our humanity, i.e., find out how we would treat each other if
allowed unconditional free will. We needed a probationary time in which we could prove to
ourselves that the humanity type we had chosen for ourselves was indeed our true “self.”^12

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