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Changes, 2012 and Eschatology pt. 1
by Jonathan McGregor Bethel
Considering all the earthquakes, volcanic activity, and extreme weather we have
been experiencing, it's hard not to have apocalyptic thoughts and speculate that
we may be approaching the end of time. It is very telling that many cultures
have prophecies and calendars that focus on our current world age. These prophecies
predict that our current time will be a period of great strife and transformation;
they further predict this chaos will precede the creation of a new form of mankind.
I am endeavoring to present a series of articles
delineating earth changes, eschatology, and the
year 2012. I will discuss the nuances of our
rapidly transforming biosphere, and I will describe
the advent of the noosphere, a layer of collective
synchronous thought surrounding the planet. I
seek to present the facts as they are, how they
are related to our current outlook, and what
could be on the horizon. However, I also desire
to dispel the fear about our approach to this
radical shift and describe what it “could” mean
for us.
Why is 2012 related to the end of the world?
To look at this as the “End” and
not the beginning of a new cycle doesn't fit
what is really happening. There are several lines
of thought that point to the year 2012 as a period
of radical transformation and the culmination
of human history.
First of all, it is during this year that the
Maya 13 baktun long-count calendar has its termination
point - December 21, 2012 - the winter solstice.
This 13 baktun calendar began on August 12, 3114
B.C., and its duration is 1/5 of a precession,
a 26,000 year period. John Major Jenkins discovered
that the 2012 end-date coincides with an alignment
with the galactic center. Consequently, after
26,000 years we are completing a cycle, and we
are realigning with the galactic center; this
is the wake-up call for human history.
Secondly, Terence McKenna's “TimeWave
Zero”, which is based on the Chinese system
of the I-Ching and maps the fluctuation between
habit and novelty, is the other belief system
which points to this date. The “TimeWave” reaches
infinite novelty at the same time as the end-date
of the Calendar of the Maya during late 2012.
In other words, what it says is the complexity
of modern life reaches it zenith on this date,
and mankind enters a new phase of being. There
are various other intimations and prophecies
of 2012, and we will discuss them later in this
series.
There is evidence to suggest that 2012 will
coincide with what is expected to be a very active
year for sunspots. Some predictions even state
that the sun is going through a magnetic pole
shift, and this pole reversal may be brought
about by the extreme solar activity of 2012.
If this were to occur on the sun, it could bring
about a devastating situation on the earth, including
a pole shift. This pole shift on the earth may
be actually occurring whether the sun shifts
poles or not. One thing is for certain. The extreme
weather we have been witnessing appears to be
a direct influence from all the anomalous solar
activity, not just the human induced “Global
Warming” many are claiming.
In spite of that, it may very well be that the
sun is emitting evolution altering energy, torsion-wave
energy, and mutating us all into beings capable
of operating in a new and higher existence. This
is the perspective of several researchers; although,
I don't think you will get any reductionist scientists
agreeing with that. True or untrue, we should
remain open-minded until we find out otherwise.
Main stream science would consider this to be
preposterous. We shall see; this evidence, including
the extreme weather is not bogus and cannot be
faked. It appears that we humans veil the unknown
and uncertain in ominous imagery out of our own
fear. Therefore, because we're in a time of rapid
change, a disintegrating biosphere, extreme weather,
and an uncertain future, the 2012 end-date takes
on threatening and apocalyptic image.
On the other hand, we have others who think
they have it all figured out, thinking things
will remain the same as always, and that we have
nothing to fear. These two perspectives are typical
of human beings and get us nowhere. We need to
face all of this with open yet discriminating
minds, without casting doom on everything we
hear and without being so self-assured that we
think we have it all figured out. We need to
take in the facts as they become apparent and
make decisions accordingly.
Whatever the facts are, we need to be creating
spiritual ideals and treating the others around
us with the kindness we would like to receive,
creating a positive morphic thought field and
influencing the course of events in a beneficial
way. This way, we will be in the best frame of
mind to meet any challenges that may arise. If
nothing happens, wonderful, we're all better
off with our benevolent behavior!
Jonathan McGregor Bethel
Writer, Researcher, Lecturer
Founder, Omega Point Institute
Source: http://jonathanmcgregorbethel.spaces.live.com
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