Thanks so much kelvn!
Yes, indeed, the conversation is very stimulating.
I wrote a couple of new pieces where I try to delve deeper into all these concepts.
Two might be of interest specifically:
https://steemit.com/spirituality/@marma/my-spiritual-journey-15-where-lies-the-truth
https://steemit.com/spirituality/@marma/my-spiritual-journey-16-the-battle-for-human-consciousness

As regards "help" from the outside, I don't think it's that clear cut... I think the best "metaphor" to explain what this Universe looks like is ultimately, like a giant Quantum Computer which, every time it "thinks", it consumes the entire energy of the Universe in which it is built including the particles that compose itself! But whenever it "thinks", it invariable "recreates" itself in thought, thus spawning another Universe where it exists until it "thinks" again. And each and every one of us, each particle in this Universe, is like one sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-thread inside this Quantum Computer's "main Thread".

This idea of "determinism" of the "Ultimate end" can be encapsulated in this saying: "the Universe cannot be less than what it already is". In more concrete terms, at the very "heart" of each black hole is the "ultimate" future "idea", where time flowed instantaneously fast and produced the "first" photon, the "first" atom, the "first" molecule, the "first" living cell, the "first" human etc... And all the rest is a projection from this black hole on the outside of a "story" which makes the bridge between these ideas. Think of it like giant Tesla coils where the electricity of both reach out to one another. This is how "time" looks like: the future reaching out towards the past to create the "bridge" which will manifest all that God, the Universal Consciousness, the Universe, the center of the Black Hole IS (all of the ideas sitting on a shelf). The trajectory of this "lightning bolt" is far from being determined! There are an infinite number of "paths" that can make that bridge, that connection. But that connection WILL happen, one way or another. Think of this lightning bolt between two tesla coils as being the "energy" of our souls, and we being the "vehicle" which transports this energy from point A to point B. Yes, we are here to experiment, to experience, we are conveyors of energy, we are like a giant electric battery that conveys energy from one point to another, and while we're at it, of course, we may as well have fun doing it!

On the "aliens" point, I think that future is still open. Remember when the American Indians were "invaded" by the white western barbaric european colons? I'm pretty sure that their "chamans" had dreams and prescience of "white demons" that would come to their shores and kill them. Apparently, this is why the Maya disappeared without a trace. They knew the "fate" of their people and preferred to "collectively" leave this dimension. In a way, the invasion of European colons in those days is EXACTLY as if an alien species invaded us. We are all like inside a collective consensual "dream bubble" which eventually enters into contact with the "dream bubble" of other beings (aliens, higher dimensional beings, you name it) and all it takes is for a sufficient number of people to "believe" or think it's possible to open a "portal" between two dream bubbles and allow a new "reality" to set in, just like the American Indians' reality transformed radically with the arrival of European colons.

Now of course, if you read my article 3 about "the true nature of reality", all of this that we are discussing does not exist! If we really dig deep, all we are is just a big bundle of self-contained vibrations, a big bundle of information expressed as a vibration, and to which WE superimpose an "interface" (the reality we see) which allows us to "interact" with other bundles of pure energy/vibration. It's much more practical that way, just like using Windows is better to interact with a computer than just with a keyboard with a 0 and 1! But here is the "trick" question: which "interface" is more "real"? Linux? Windows? MacOS? I hope you see where I'm getting at! The "arrival" of aliens could simply be seen as an UPDATE of our collective interface like updating from Windows 3.1 to Windows 10... :-D Sure, it's a "shocker", but all that it is, if you really dig deep, is another way for bundles of pure energy/vibration to interact with other bundles of pure energy/information. Aliens contacting us would be like a developer building a "bridge" between Linux and Windows to allow them to exchange information... Anyways, the point being, we shouldn't take the reality we "see", which only exists in our brains, too seriously. It was designed for a purpose: that of enabling us to interact with pure energy/information in a structured and coherent way, and one where we wouldn't be able to instantly destroy ourselves or the entire Universe (like if you had direct control over the hardware of a computer and could fry the circuits). We are given access via the "interface", until we show that we are ready to have access to more, like the base code of the interface, which will afford more control over our reality. But this will happen only, as you rightfully point out, to the people that realize that "we are all one" and thus will not use these new "powers" for selfish gain or "evil".

As for the law of attraction, I think there is no point when you are not using it! I think the law of attraction IS the way this interface works! Every time you move your finger, what's happening "under the hood" is that you're sending a vibration/intention to the Universe to update your bundle of vibration/information and it shows up in our reality as you moving your finger (after the Universe has checked that it is compatible with all of the other vibrations of everybody else in the Universe). Using it consciously to manifest money is just a "next logical step". If you feel as "confident" in conjuring up money as you are when you are giving an order to the Universe to move your finger, then you will get rich very quick... (See my article 16 above where I explain this in more detail). :-)