One of the distinctive features of Pleiades society, as remembered, is the way they dealt with individuals deemed to be criminals. However, the term "criminal" doesn't necessarily refer to someone who has committed a clearly defined crime. It seems that individuals who are socially unacceptable, or who are branded as social outcasts within a particular region, are separated from the general population, isolated, and forced to live separately by gender.

What does this mean?

It seems that there was a policy in Pleiades to prevent criminals from having children. There was a planet that served as a place of exile, and while it wasn't necessarily a harsh environment, it offered a certain level of comfort. However, people living there could not freely travel to other planets, and while they had a degree of freedom within the planet, they were largely left to their own devices and placed under a certain level of surveillance. I only heard rumors about this exile planet, and for most people, it was simply something to be avoided.

This suggests that Pleiades society was based on the principle of not immediately punishing crimes, but rather being lenient to a certain extent. There was a general social attitude and a common understanding that if a person could be guided and improve through persuasion, that was acceptable.

Therefore, there were no specific rules, and the situation was more or less based on a vague sense of whether someone would be accepted by society, whether they could get along with the local community, and whether they would cause problems.

In cases where someone was actually sent to the exile planet, there were indeed clear regulations. However, these regulations were often just on paper, and when such a situation arose, they were checked against the regulations. However, by the time this happened, it was almost certain that the person would be exiled, and before that, the community's implicit perception of the person had already been established. It was as if a cloud of unspoken judgment hung over them.

While a clear crime might result in immediate recognition and swift punishment according to regulations, this was relatively rare. Instead, the community's perception of the person took precedence. Once that perception was formed, the regulations were then invoked, and the person was sent to the exile planet with a sense of resignation from many people, who felt that it was unavoidable.

It is like the situation in Japan where one needs to "read the air." Currently, Japan has adopted Western judicial systems where laws take precedence. However, in Pleiades, the punishments are like those in Japan before the Edo period, prioritizing "reading the air" rather than strict laws.

In such a society, people may live happily and peacefully most of the time, but they also have a lingering fear that they might be exiled.

For example, if it's about one's child, it was quite common for parents to warn their children, "If you do such things, you will be exiled, so be careful." And often, the adults were more worried about their children than the children themselves.

In Pleiades, "reading the air" is like telepathy; it's transmitted instantly without needing to explain everything verbally. People who cannot "read the air" are considered troublesome.

In Japan, there are situations where one needs to "read the air," and those who cannot are often treated as troublemakers or seen as people who can only interpret things literally. Pleiades takes this even further.

Therefore, it is important to be cautious that even if there are people who love spirituality and desire a peaceful society like Pleiades, if such people were to go to Pleiades, they may not necessarily be accepted by that society. This is because, just like how foreigners who come to Japan and say it's comfortable might be seen by the surrounding Japanese as outsiders who don't understand the local customs and rules, and who are causing trouble, even if they are comfortable.

A peaceful society is a society that "reads the air," and that may be different from the "society where one can live freely as they please" that spiritual people sometimes desire.

In the current Western spiritual trends, it seems that "living as one pleases (and not really caring about others)" is often emphasized. This is because, ultimately, it assumes a separation between oneself and others, which is the basis for the logic of "not causing trouble to others" in Western spirituality.

However, in the Pleiadian "Oneness" society, consciousness is integrated, and it is common to "read the air" within local communities, which is essentially telepathic communication of the heart. This is fundamentally different from the Western spiritual concept of "freedom" as an "individual," and for that reason, it seems that the popularity of the Pleiades in the West has declined, perhaps due to an unseen reason as people have come to understand its true nature in the era after the New Age.

Now, let's take a closer look at the concept of "freedom" in Western spirituality.

In Western society, the separation between oneself and others is taken for granted. In a state of oppression, hippies sought freedom, which became a social movement in the New Age. This freedom was a liberation from oppression, and while there was some degree of "Oneness," it was often temporary or a "Oneness" within a community that was separated and protected. Communities existed as a form of separation, and the term "freedom" was used for being in a community away from societal oppression.

Perhaps, if such communities became mainstream, a society like the Pleiades might be realized. This means that the result of imagining freedom might lead to a society that "reads the air," which is, in a sense, "super-Japanese," rather than a freedom based on Western notions of separation. I believe that is the reality.

Even if that is the reality, in many cases, the explanation emphasizes "freedom," and there is a separation between understanding and reality in two senses.

・Explanation: "Freedom (based on the premise of separation from others)" → Reality: "A community that 'reads the air' and seeks 'Oneness,' a community that seeks homogenization, a community that implicitly demands non-separation."
・Explanation: "(Selfish) freedom" → Reality: "A community bound by (sometimes implicit) rules."

This is different from the "freedom" that people in Western spirituality imagine or understand. Therefore, communities that came to exist believing in "freedom" based on the explanation may actually be oppressive or restricted by rules, and people may feel constrained, and as a result, the movement may have subsided.

Communities that are actually practicing the understanding of "freedom" in Western spirituality are now often called something other than "spiritual," such as music or hippies, and take different forms. If the ultimate goal of true spirituality is a "world that 'reads the air'" like the Pleiades, then it is natural that it seeks something different from the "freedom (based on separation)" that is desired in the short term in Western spirituality. The New Age was a precursor, and the "freedom" that Westerners sought was initially linked to spirituality in the West, but eventually, as the reality of the Pleiades' "world that 'reads the air'" became clear, it became apparent that it was different from the "freedom" that Westerners sought, and people left, or the contact with the Pleiades was denied as being fake. This is a history in which, for some reason, it was rejected because it was not something that could be accepted.

Particularly in the West, what people desire is not a society of oneness or reading the air, but a situation where only they can live freely, which is, in a sense, non-oneness, and it is connected to the opposite of that. For some reason, these people, while seeking freedom, end up seeking something new to bind themselves to. They are in a state of codependency, and they cannot feel at ease unless they are dependent on something. They want to escape and become free, but they cannot escape from their dependence. In this context, freedom is rather achieved by following a specific ideology, which is, in a sense, unfree. In the communities that people have left behind to become free from the constraints of society, they often feel even more oppressive and unfree. While feeling uncomfortable with the codependency, they somehow feel a certain sense of comfort, or they may notice the constraints and eventually become disillusioned and leave the activities.

Most communities created by Western spiritual movements or hippies have a charismatic figure that attracts people, and while they talk about freedom, they are actually enjoying the unfreedom of following what the charismatic figure says.

Furthermore, these charismatic figures, in their emphasis on freedom, sometimes say things like, "From now on, it will be an era without a leader," which confuses people. Initially, people may be swayed and temporarily accept it or understand it intellectually, but the fact that it is a community with a leader and restrictions on freedom, while claiming to be free, means that people are either not realizing or ignoring the separation between words and reality. Alternatively, the leader may be rejecting the desire of followers who want to see them as a charismatic figure and be dependent on them.

The idea of "living freely" is maintained by separation and non-oneness, and also by not reading the air, and by the restriction of freedom through faith in a specific charismatic figure and agreement with their ideology. This is achieved through separation from other societies and codependency. People who do not realize this, or who think that it is better than where they were before, are content with this limited freedom. This is the limit of "freedom" in Western spirituality.

The reason it reaches a limit is because it is fundamentally based on the idea of "liberation and freedom through separation," and in other words, the limited oneness creates a sense of unfreedom within the community. This can be said to indicate that many members of the community are at a stage where they need codependency.

That is the limitation of people in a codependent relationship.

On the other hand, if you break free from a codependent relationship, you will realize that this world has been free from the beginning, without having to go to any such community.

This society certainly has some oppression and restrictions in a certain sense, but most of that is an illusion caused by one's own ego.

In fact, this general society is much more free than communities led by charismatic spiritual leaders, cults, or even hippie and music movements. And there are people who are not aware of this, who feel an implicit oppression that they must be under someone's control, who are living as slaves who cannot be free and are looking for a master to live under, and who are trying to give up their freedom, which is a contradictory situation.

People who are free from the beginning do not think, "I want to be free." In reality, they are "free" from the beginning, so there is no need for "action"; it is simply a matter of "understanding." Or, for those who are free from the beginning, even understanding is not necessary. It is simply a matter of recognizing one's own position, or even that recognition is not necessary. Once you recognize that you were free from the beginning, and that you are free in reality, that is the end of the story about freedom. However, for some reason, people are made to believe that they are not free. That lack of freedom is an illusion. People dislike this illusory lack of freedom and seek freedom, but they are blinded by the codependent bond and believe that they are free, which can be said to be the limitation of Western spirituality.

Perhaps, in the society of Pleiades, everything that the West imagines, such as "individuality" and "freedom," and even "integration of consciousness," "instant telepathy," and "instant sharing of thoughts," can exist simultaneously. Therefore, it is not the kind of "freedom" that the Western spirituality imagines, which is "freedom through separation," but rather, there is individuality and freedom, and at the same time, consciousness is separated, and consciousness is connected, and thoughts are shared. If you have thoughts, they will be transmitted to the other person. And those thoughts are shared. It is like how people on Earth speak using their mouths; when you think, it is transmitted to the surroundings just like when you speak. In such a society, thoughts are shared, and yet, there is freedom.

In Western spirituality, I have encountered communities that emphasize "(freedom through) separation" or a seemingly free environment based on codependency. On the other hand, Pleiadian society values individuality and freedom, while simultaneously, individuals are connected through thought (in a way that resembles telepathy). Telepathy, as the transmission and reception of thoughts, is something that humans on Earth also engage in to some extent. What distinguishes Pleiadian society is that they receive thoughts in a clear and immediate form, such as through words. In Pleiadian society, however, excessive connection can lead to the loss of individuality, so they emphasize individuality. This emphasis on individuality is different from the Western concept of individuality, which is inherently individual from the beginning. In Pleiades, individuals are educated to value individuality because their starting point is a state of "oneness" (shared thoughts) to a certain extent. This allows them to live different lives as individuals. Because the starting points are different, it is natural that Pleiadian society is different from the "(freedom through) separation" that Western spirituality envisions.

Let's return to the Pleiadian exile system.

I believe that even in an advanced society like Pleiades, there are limitations in cognition and social structures. Therefore, it is not necessary for Earth's inhabitants to worship Pleiadians as gods or blindly follow them, and I don't think they would want that.

The Pleiadian exile system, from my personal perspective, is a point that should be changed and is a problematic system for the future of Pleiades. This is because it further hides the unseen aspects of people, hinders the growth of society, and leads to a long-term loss of vitality in society. However, this is based on the current situation in Pleiades, and there may have been times when it was effective.

Currently, Pleiades prioritizes a safe society and avoids criminals, resulting in a stable society, but people deep down yearn for adventurous and dynamic activities.

Therefore, for Pleiadians, coming to a distant and undeveloped planet like Earth and undertaking long-term missions is a popular choice as an elite task, seen as an adventurous or heroic endeavor.

The exile system in Pleiades used to be a position that Pleiadians thought "Earth should learn from" and "Earth should do the same." However, now, the perception has changed, and the Earth's society, which releases criminals back into society even if they are criminals, is seen as interesting by the people of Pleiades.

In Earth, children cannot be born in prisons, so there is a similar aspect. However, in Pleiades, if a person is rejected by society and the community, they live in the exile place (relatively comfortably) separately by gender, and they are isolated from the community. And there is no reintegration.

While the Pleiadians find the mechanism of reintegrating criminals into society, as practiced on Earth, interesting, the Earth could also find the Pleiades' exile system useful. Perhaps, to some extent, a gender-separated exile system, similar to that of Pleiades (although it may be difficult to implement completely), could be considered. Having only men or only women in certain exile places would prevent criminals from having children, thus maintaining the security of society.

Especially now, the criminal acts of second and third-generation immigrants are becoming a problem worldwide. If criminals cannot have children, such problems will eventually subside. The problem is the expansion of these problematic communities. By introducing a gender-separated exile system for serious criminals, and by ensuring comfort through humane measures in the exile places, public understanding can be gained. People can work there, and such isolation would significantly reduce crime in general society.