Earth Changes, 2012 and Eschatology
by Jonathan Bethel
Considering all the earthquakes, volcanic activity,
and extreme weather we have been experiencing, it’s hard not
to have apocalyptic thoughts to 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! Back to Pt 2
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 esoteric wisdom group. He also runs a website
devoted to the 2012 meme
(www.2012eschaton.com) He can
be reached at jonathanbethel@hotmail.com
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 esoteric wisdom group. He also runs a website
devoted to the 2012 meme
