An article from "oracle 20-20" magazine, a metaphysical journal

Earth Changes, Eschatology & 2012

by Jonathan 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 deem that our current time will be a period of great strife and transformation; they furthermore predict this chaos will precede the creation of a new form of mankind.

I endeavor 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 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 be a very devastating situation for all of us, including a pole shift on our planet. This may be actually occurring despite the sun shifting 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 "Global Warming" as many are accusing.

Although these are the facts, this is nothing but doom and gloom and doesn't promote anything but hopelessness. In spite of that it may very well be, as some insinuate, that the sun is emitting evolution altering energy, torsion-wave energy, and mutating us all into entities 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. I don't know if it's true or not, but we should remain open-minded until we find out otherwise. Science would consider this all preposterous. We shall see; I really doubt my own eyes are lying to me and all this evidence and extreme weather is bogus. It appears that we humans, the domesticated primates on this planet, veil the unknown and uncertain in ominous imagery out of fear. Therefore, because we're in a time of rapid change, a disintegrating biosphere, extreme weather, and of uncertain future, the 2012 end-date takes on threatening and apocalyptic imagery. On the other hand, we have others who think they have it all figured out, thinking things will remain the same as always, and we have nothing to face or fear. These two perspectives are typical of domesticated primates 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 of the matter 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. In 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 the better with our benevolent behavior!

Jonathan Bethel is a writer and researcher in the areas of futurism, eschatology, and esoteric wisdom. He is the director of Omega Point Institute - www.omegapoint.org It is a futurist think tank, singularity watch group and esotericism group. He also runs a website devoted to the 2012 meme( www.2012eschaton.com )

Source: timewavezero2012