End of the world theories
I was recently asked how I interpreted the
Mayan and Hopi Indians predictions that the world, as we know it, will
end on the 21st of December, 2012.
Would there be global war — possibly
triggering a nuclear holocaust? Would the planet's life forms finally
succumb to the ecological quagmire that's been building in our soils,
oceans and atmosphere? Would the current steady increase of previously
unknown diseases overcome our ability to defend against them? Or will we
suddenly move into a new Golden Age in which the lion lies down with
the lamb and struggle, pain, and suffering are gone forever?
This is no small question. Quite the contrary, it deals with some of
the larger concepts in the universe. From a metaphysical perspective,
the world ends and recreates itself every instant. December 21, 2012 is
certainly no exception. However, it does offer a target date that
brings all the possible scenarios into vivid focus.
What we perceive from our vantage point of being in human form is only a
teeny sliver of the infinite swirl of interpenetrating realities that
make up the universe. To us, there is a past, present, and future. Time
appears to move predictably from moment to moment forming the days and
years of our lives. 2012 is a real date on our calendars and each of
the possible scenarios can be seen to be advancing steadily toward it
like racehorses to the finish line.
If you were to ask the "2012 End-of-the-World" question of a gifted
psychic, she (or he) would gaze into several of the parallel universes
making up our possible futures and report back on the one that seemed to
be the most vivid. This is like a handicapper picking the favorite in a
particular race. Just as in horse racing, the favorite often wins or
comes close. But, not always. On any given day, one of the long shots
might cross the line first while the favorite trails the field.
From a cosmic perspective, picking the winning scenario is easy.
Understanding the nature of how this can be done is considerably more
elusive. Infinity is impossible to grasp in finite terms. When we pose a
finite question in an infinite realm, it's like trying to cram a herd
of stampeding elephants into a matchbox. It won't be the lack of effort
that defeats us, but the minuscule size of the container we are trying
to use. Our minds are the matchbox. We are going to have to think way
out of the box to begin to grasp the answer to how our world will fare
on December 21, 2012.
The simple answer is that every one of the possible scenarios you can
envisage will find expression in one or more of the myriad parallel
universes that manifests in every instant. And that includes the date
spoken about by so many as the moment our world will come to an end.
What adds weight to this date is the fact that with each passing hour
more people are becoming aware of it, adding their energies to the
consensus. We have already seen the power of agreement at work in events
such as World Healing Day, The Harmonic Convergence and other similar
moments of global focus. It was not the calendar date that created the
power; it was the cohesive intent of those who took part.
Having said that, it is no mere coincidence that so many disparate
cultures all around the world, that have had no known contact with one
another, should focus on the same date. There is increasing evidence
that the time leading up to the final solstice of 2012 does mark the
presence of an energy portal that has never before been accessible to
the human race. Each of us is being offered an opportunity to shift that
may not again arise in thousands of years to come.
Whether December 21, 2012 actually marks an immutable cosmological event
or becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy is moot. There is no question
that it looms as a very significant moment. What concerns most people,
is how they and their loved ones will be affected. At one end of the
bell-curve of probabilities is total physical annihilation. At the
opposite end is the arrival of the Golden Age we all dream about. Every
other conceivable possibility lies between them. Somewhere near the
center of the curve most people will find their most likely scenario in
which the monumental moment will pass quietly like Y2K and their lives
will appear to continue as if nothing happened at all.
