The Post-2012 Post

INTRODUCING THE NEW POST-2012 POST

Well, the fateful date of December 21, 2012 has now come and gone.............. and we are still here.......... isn't that a relief! 

But it is a mixed blessing. 

On the one hand we have not been subjected to a whole panoply of predicted disasters, from pole reversals to supervolcanoes.  However, on the other hand we didn't ascend to a higher level of consciousness, witness the start of a new Golden Age, experience the return of our benevolent space brothers, gain admittance to the Galactic Federation, or achieve global peace and prosperity.

In short, nothing much out of the ordinary, either good or bad,  appeared to happen, which is what Baba, the Korean Zen Master, predicted when I met with him at his temple in 2008.

To those of us who were active around the issues of Y2K it is deja vu all over again. Luckily, for me at least, this time around I didn't buy into the doom-and-gloom scenario and I didn't go overboard on disaster prep.

There are those sources that are saying that some changes did occur on December 21.  They contend that certain subtle energies from outer space impacted the earth and that in the future we will look back on this period as a turning point but there is no way of judging the validity of such sentiments so I will just take a wait-and-see attitude on that.

All of this business of the Mayan prophecy is now behind us but what I am left with is an unabated interest in the various related topics that are mentioned in the masthead above......... such things as remote viewing, First Contact, altered states, and after life communications. 

These are definitely subjects that I would like to address in the future, but for the time being I need to take a break.

Therefore, I am going to put the blog on hiatus, turn my attention to a number of long-neglected projects, and return to the blog............ now newly renamed The Post-2012 Post........ at some later date.

In closing, I would just like to say, aren't we lucky that......   

       THE BARTENDER WAS RIGHT!

 

EXPLORING SACRED SPACE -- PART THREE

In this final post on Kristen Ann's Exploring Sacred Space: A Vast Quest we will look at her take on the alien involvement, among other things (Note: for previous posts, see Part One and Part Two).  

Ann has a longstanding interest in ancient Egypt and has made multiple trips to the region.  She is a firm believer in the Ancient Aliens theory and notes that Werner Glas reported that the Egyptian gods were called Syrian because they were from Sirius.  She also notes that the Dogon tribe in Africa was thoroughly familiar with the pairing of the stars Sirius A and Sirius B, as depicted in their cave drawings, long before Western astronomers.

EXPLORING SACRED SPACE -- PART TWO

This is a continuation of my previous post taking a look at Kristen Ann's Exploring Sacred Space: A Vast Quest and now it is time to tackle some of her more provocative concepts.  One of these is the idea that at some point soon (possibly around December 21, 2012?) the earth may experience Three Days of Darkness. 

This is a notion that has come up before, sometimes within a religious context, e.g., there will be no electricity and the only visible light available will come from candles blessed by a priest, presumably Catholic.

But I think we will stick to a more secular interpretation here.  The central idea is that something, no one seems to be sure just what, will cause the entire globe to be plunged into darkness, receiving no light from our sun for three full days.  No doubt if this were to come to pass, there would be a worldwide panic of unprecedented proportions.

EXPLORING SACRED SPACE -- PART ONE

I was very pleased to receive a review copy of Kristen Ann's book, Exploring Sacred Space: A Vast Quest.  As she noted in a recent email, her main emphasis is on:

helping people KNOW what's coming, be prepared and thus...move beyond fear....In understanding this whole event, I'm hoping it will help people see it as an adventure -- and that fear won't so much be a part of it.

This suggestion to avoid fear has popped up numerous times in my readings and I believe that it is excellent advice.  In fact I will probably devote a whole post to it at some point.  But now back to Exploring Sacred Space....

2012: THE BEGINNING -- PART THREE

This my final post on the soon-to-be-released documentary, 2012: The Beginning by writer/director/producer, Shannon Kring Buset.  In Part One we looked at the contributions of the Mayan participants and in Part Two we looked at the contributions of the Western scholars. 

In this final post I would like to take a look at the film as a whole and to offer a word or two of appreciation to the talented crew.

As I said earlier, the film was obviously done with heart and integrity -- it is completely devoid of any hype or sensationalism.  Clearly it is committed to portraying the Mayan perspective on 2012 as authentically and accurately as possible.  And by selecting both mainstream and non-traditional experts it shows its commitment to a balanced view of the phenomenon from the Western perspective.

2012: THE BEGINNING -- PART TWO

This is a continuation of my review of 2012: The Beginning, an intriguing new documentary on 2012. In the previous post I focused primarily on the contribution of the Mayan participants.  In this post I will cover the contribution of Western scholars, some mainstream and some "non-traditional."

At the top of the batting order is one of my all-time favorites, Geof Stray.  As you may recall I previously devoted a full post to Stray's chapter in The Mystery of 2012 and I later ran a three-part review of his more recent book, Beyond 2012 -- Catastrophe or Awakening?

2012: THE BEGINNING -- PART ONE

 I recently received a "screener," or advance review copy, for 2012: The Beginning, an exceptional new documentary video that will soon be available for wider public distribution.  It is a visually stunning film, one that was clearly conceived and executed with great heart and integrity. 

Many of the currently available 2012-themed videos focus on the overly hyped doom-and-gloom features of the phenomenon.  This one takes a decidedly refreshing and upbeat approach, but does so without getting into the more woo-woo aspects that some people decry.

According to its talented director, Shannon Kring Buset, the film:

...examines what the sacred Maya texts really say about the much-storied date of December 21, 2012.  It was shot in six countries and takes viewers into the field — to the very origins of the Maya Long Count calendar — and into the lives and sacred ceremonies of leading archaeologists, scholars, shamans, and the living Maya.

A NEW FORMULA FOR CREATION

Despite my training in the social and life sciences, I have to confess that I am a big fan of channeled material, i.e., material that reputedly emanates from some discarnate source -- be it a departed soul, other-dimensional being, extraterrestrial, evolved soul, or whatever. 

However, channeled material should always come with a disclaimer because it is difficult, if not impossible, to independently ascertain the validity of the material, the veracity of the source, and/or the clarity of the channeler. 

Thus, the standard advice is, using your own intuition take in those parts of the message that resonate with you and leave the rest for later..... which is sort of what I will be doing in this post, a review of A New Formula for Creation: The Miracle of Immortal Love, channeled by Judith K. Moore, and available from Light Technology Publishing.

THE SOURCE FIELD INVESTIGATIONS -- PART THREE

Welcome back to my third and final post on The Source Field Investigations (you can check here for Part One or Part Two).

Wilcock is very impressed with the writings of a Russian scientist, Nikolai Kozyrev, who did considerable work on the nature of time, or more specifically, the flow of time.  As in quantum physics, many of his discoveries just don't make sense to our rational minds.  For example, Kozyrev states that the flow of time isn't constant, it can be slowed down or speeded up under certain conditions.  And time does not "push through space in a straight line," it spins, twists or rotates.

THE SOURCE FIELD INVESTIGATIONS -- PART TWO

Wilcock presents us with a dazzling smorgasbord of topics and there were several that I found especially intriguing and/or significant.

One is his concept of levity, the opposite of gravity -- no, I'm not kidding, really.  Gravity is a downward force flowing into the earth, and since it doesn't dissipate, there must be a counterbalancing force flowing back up out of the earth.  He calls this force levity.  Interesting, huh?

THE SOURCE FIELD INVESTIGATIONS -- PART ONE

 As you may recall, I first mentioned the work of David Wilcock in an earlier post on Project Avalon/Project Camelot, noting that Bill Ryan and Kerry Cassidy apparently think very highly of him.  In fact, on introducing him at her 2008 Project Camelot L.A. Awake and Aware Conference, Kerry referred to him as a "really stellar individual."

I was, therefore, very pleased to receive a review copy of his latest book, The Source Field Investigations: The Hidden Science and Lost Civilizations Behind the 2012 Prophecies.  It is a thick tome of a book, over 500 pages long with almost 50 pages of notes and citations -- not for the faint of heart, but well worth the effort if you have a big appetite for scientific conjecture and experimental results.

THE AVEBURY MANOR 2012 CROP CIRCLE

On July 15, 2008 a crop circle appeared adjacent to Avebury Manor, a National Trust property.  It is located in Avebury, Wiltshire in southern England, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the home of some famous neolithic stone circles.

The crop circle is a clear depiction of our solar system -- showing the alignment of the planets on approximately December 21, 2012. 

If you are of a skeptical bent, then you can double-check the alignment with an astronomy software program, or use an on-line resource such as  Solar System Live.  Just plug in the date: 2012-12-21 and, voila, you will get something that looks like this:

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.

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."

2012: SCIENCE OR SUPERSTITION -- PART TWO

In Chapter Five, titled The Science of Apocalypse, Bruce tackles the pronouncements of another video participant, Lawrence Joseph, author of Apocalypse 2012 (which is forebodingly  subtitled: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End).

Bruce evidently is a little sceptical about that word scientific since she conducts her own independent study into the likelihood of our befalling certain of the enumerated fates.  However, at a minimum she does concede that they are a "good sampling of the classic concerns that have come to be associated with the 2012 meme."  

After an extensive search of the scientific literature relevant to Joseph's "selection of apocalypses" she declares that "some are legitimate, others aren't"......and some fall in between.