Have you ever gotten the feeling that you're not quite part of this world? That you're more like a character in a movie than a real person? That you're about to do something important, but you're not sure what?

People who feel this way may not be crazy - they might actually be stars. Starseeds, that is, according to author of "Your First Contact," and founder of the Planetary Activation Organization, Sheldon Nidle.

"'Starseeds' describes evolved beings from another planet, star system or galaxy, whose specific missions are to assist Planet Earth and her peoples to bring in the Golden Age at the turn of the millennium," Nidle states on his Web site for the Planetary Activation Organization, which has registered chapters in 61 countries.

The book covers information that was taught to Nidle while he was communicating with extraterrestrial life.

"During most of his life, he (Nidle) has enjoyed ongoing telepathic communications with the Galactic Federation of Light via etheric and physical implants," Nidle's biography reads.

The biography adds that Nidle was first contacted shortly after his birth, and continued talking with the extraterrestrials until he was about 14, when he requested that they stop communicating with him because he felt conflict between their messages and his public schooling. They left, but told him they would be back when he was ready for them.

His book is a result of this frequent contact, which was eventually rekindled, with the Galactic Federation. It is a call for "Starseeds," who look human, but are actually beings that have performed missions on other planets, to begin consciously taking up their missions on Earth. In other words, anyone can be a "Starseed;" they just might not know it yet.

"It's feeling anything that has to do with space, and that you don't really belong here. You feel as if you're the third wheel in a group, and so you're constantly searching for why you're here and what you're supposed to do," Nidle said. "You're trying to find what that all means."

The book was written in the spirit of the quest for "Starseeds," but Nidle added that it is a book anyone can read and understand, even without knowing too much about alien activity.

"My audience is awaking to the consciousness and the changes happening to the planet," Nidle said. "(The book) was set up to be a reference. People can start wherever they have an interest or read straight through."

Nidle added that right now is an especially opportune time to share his beliefs.

"People right now are awakening, there are a large amount of people who are interested in E.T. phenomenon, and what is going on in their physical nature, and the energy centers in our bodies, the whole process," he said. "We are awakening. We're very close to a contact; we're about to achieve full consciousness in a new reality."

Nidle will visit some of the chapters from his latest book during his First Contact Tour, which begins in Arizona. He will speak on the topic, "Preparing for your First Contact/Mass Landings, ET Contact and Galactic Humans" at Metaphysics World, 2559 E. Broadway Blvd., tonight from 5 to 7. He will also take questions and sign copies of the book.