The 2012 Post

INTRODUCTION

 

December 21, 2012 is reported by some to mark the end of the fifth and last of a set of five Great Cycles of the Mayan Long Count calendar, thus signifying the end of time .......or at least the end of time as we now know it.  Similar prognostications of a major global turning point apparently appear in the archives of other ancient or indigenous cultures, e.g., the Toltec, Hopi, Seneca, Hindu, Quechua, and Maori. 

More contemporary predictions for 2012 range from the cataclysmic (Armageddon, a magnetic pole reversal, Return of the Planet Nibiru, supervolcanic eruptions, the Apocalypse, and/or ecological catastrophe) to the sublime (Ascension, the beginning of a new Golden Age, the return of our benevolent space brothers, our admittance into the Galactic Federation, and/or the transformation of global consciousness).

While mindful of the myriad possibilities looming ahead -- both desirable and decidedly undesirable -- I prefer to accentuate the positive.  So as I journey through this fascinating landscape my posts will tend to focus more on our potential for global transcendence, and less on our potential for global annihilation......ever mindful that the Law of Attraction might well be at work in the universe.

For information on the more practical aspects of this blog please check out Blog Notes from time to time.  You can also learn a bit about me and read the blog's dedication.

Note: I frequently post a series of articles on the same topic in sequence over time, so it is always best to start reading from the bottom.

A VISION FOR 2012 -- PART TWO

I  can hardly find fault with Petersen's vision of a post 2012 world.  I mean, come on, who could object to a world that is safe, equitable, cooperative and sustainable? 

It's when he outlines his strategy for actually getting there that he loses me.  While fully acknowledging the "political and bureaucratic roadblocks that are placed in the path of progress" he then outlines a number of requisite steps that, in my humble opinion, don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of coming to pass.

A VISION FOR 2012 -- PART ONE

If you are not into the woo-woo aspects of 2012, then A Vision for 2012: Planning for Extraordinary Change might be just the book for you.  Not only do you not have to contend with the Long Count Calendar, baktuns, and haabs, you won't even find the word Maya in it.  Maybe that's because the book was written by professional futurist, John Petersen, who first appeared here in an earlier post on The Mystery of 2012. 

Petersen is the quintessential futurist: founder of The Arlington Institute ("a research institute that specializes in...global futures"), publisher of the on-line FUTUREdition Newsletter, and former board member of the World Future Society (an organization which I helped co-found way back when).

Y2K AND 2012

All of the chatter around the Mayan 2012 phenomenon inevitably gives rise to comparisons with Y2K, the computer bug that was widely predicted to have catastrophic effects when the world's computers ticked over at midnight on December 31, 1999.

Of course, as in all such comparisons, there are both similarities and differences.  But 2012 skeptics will most likely gleefully jump on the comparison to point out that nothing much happened then, so, ipso facto, nothing much will occur on December 21, 2012....... and they might be right......or not.

AREA 51

I recently returned from my annual van camping trip through southern Nevada and Utah that I mentioned in my last post.   This year my trip included a brief visit to the notorious Area 51 (or at least the outermost fringes that are open to civilians like you and me) that is located along SR 375, Nevada's official Extraterrestrial Highway.

 

 

 

 

Let me very quickly say that I neither saw, heard, experienced nor even intuited anything the least bit out of the ordinary, so........... nothing to see here folks, just move along........... unless you want to take a minute or two to look at a few photos, but again, nothing out of the ordinary.

VACATION HOLD II

It's that time of year again when I take off for an extended van camping trip through parts of Nevada, Arizona and Southern Utah.  Unfortunately I will have very little internet access so I won't be posting to the blog for a while. 

In the meantime, here are some pictures from the previous two trips:

WHAT ON EARTH -- PART TWO

A number of interesting phenomena have been reported in the vicinity of the crop circles.  Evidently they play havoc with the electronics in cameras, recorders, even in the instruments in aircraft flying directly overhead.  The formations can also disrupt service to cell phones, but oddly enough they seem to resume working just fine if they are held outside the circle.

There have been reports of spontaneous healings due to special frequencies found within circles (however, that's based on anecdotal evidence and I would like to see some solid research before forming an opinion).  More immediately believable to me are the reports of circles forming in response to human thoughts.  For example, it was reported that the morning after a group of Japanese visitors lead by Masao Maki meditated on a shape that they would find recognizable, an origami-type pattern appeared in the field.

WHAT ON EARTH -- PART ONE

In a previous post I mentioned Daniel Pinchbeck's comment regarding the connection between 2012 and the recent spate of crop circles around the world.

I thought I would follow up on that in the next few posts by reviewing a recent video titled, What on Earth: Inside the Crop Circle Mystery by long-time crop circle researcher, Suzanne Taylor. 

The video's stunning images would be worth the price of admission alone but it provides much more than that.  It features presentations, interviews and discussions with almost two dozen  researchers and enthusiasts (sometimes referred to as "croppies") who focus on different aspects of the phenomenon.  All-in-all it is a good introduction to the field for a novice such as me. 

COSMIC VOYAGE -- PART THREE

In this final post on Cosmic Voyage by Courtney Brown I want to briefly explore some miscellaneous points that I found of interest.

For the most part Remote Viewing (RV) is a passive activity.  The RVer merely goes to a target and reports back what they "see."  However, in some cases they actually interact with entities that they may encounter during the session.  This was the case in a number of Brown's sessions.  For example, in a session focused on the Galactic Federation he reported,

O.K. There are beings in here, lots of them....I get the clear sense that this is some type of council....They do not seem to be aware that I am watching.  They seem to be concerned with matters of state or governance....Uh-oh.  Looks like I was wrong about them not knowing I am here.  I am being given a welcome.

And during another session,

There really are beings here.  These are not human beings....I am being given a welcome.  These beings know that I am here.  They are looking right at me.  I am getting very nervous about this. 

COSMIC VOYAGE -- PART TWO

In the last post we looked at what Courtney Brown had to say about the Martians, in this one we will look at his take on the ubiquitous Greys.

While most accounts of Greys portray them as drone-like and emotionless, there have been some reports in the literature of higher functioning, even wise and compassionate, Greys. 

So it should not come as a surprise that Brown discovered that there are three categories of Greys, which he terms primitive, advanced and superevolved, all of which work with the Galactic Federation.  According to Brown they "...originate from different points in time.  Yet all three populaces are interacting simultaneously here on Earth."

COSMIC VOYAGE -- PART ONE

In an earlier post I discussed Courtney Brown's work on remote viewing (RV) of the year 2012.  Today I would like to take a look at his 1996 book, Cosmic Voyage: A Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrials Visiting Earth.

I confess to some reservations about the use of the term scientific.  But I guess maybe he has every right to use it, being as how he is a bona fide behavioral scientist (Ph.D. in political science with an emphasis on math modeling; currently an Associate Professor at Emory University). 

Personally I feel he is overreaching....or maybe it is just me putting too narrow a construction on the term.  Granted, he clearly tries to be rigorously objective in his approach, as is true of RV in general, and I have no doubts about his integrity (or the validity of the approach, see my own minor forays in the field) but still.............scientific?