Catastrophic to Ecstatic
November 26th, 2008
Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:
Thirty years ago there wasn’t what I’ll call a “2012 Consciousness”. No one had heard of the Mayan long count calendar, let alone know anything about the Mayans. However, in the past 20 years particularly, wildly held beliefs about December 21, 2012 have flourished. And with the advent of the computer to assist, the 2012 consciousness has flourished and spawned new communities of thought from surviving the catastrophic events coming our way to enjoying the fruits of an ecstatic coming awareness.
Of course, I and this web site, are just one of the many ingredients mixed into the 2012 receipe.
While I would say that a case could be made for either extreme, and scenarios in between, I have to come down on the ecstatic side while not dismissing the physical catastrophic events as well: though they only will enhance the former. I embrace this pardigm for the simple reason that my faith is founded on the premise that the One who created us is benevolent and symbolizes unconditional love.
Therefore nothing about 2012 has to do with punishment, retribution, evil, or a balancing of the moral scales of justice. While most religions go there and make this dualistic pradigm a basis for controlling people, it’s just not the God I envision, nor the one Jesus who became the Christ described. So how is it that the entity that says that they are following Jesus (the church) get so wrapped around the axel?
Ego!
It’s obvious from just a brief review that many who “peddle 2012 wares” are doing so for financial gain. You can buy T-shirts, coffee mugs, bumper stickers, and a plethora of items that have nothing to do with increasing your understanding of 2012, but only adding revenue to the purveyor of fear and sensationalism. And of course, if the traffic is sufficient, you can buy one of the popular 2012 web sites for a few hundred thousand.
All of that aside, there is a “2012 Energy Thought” that’s increasing exponentially as we move close to being only 48 months away from the date. There will be some self-fulfilling prophecies arising out of the march to that infamous date though I dont know exactly what they are; however, I am sure for some that catastrophe and fear will consume them, while for others, hope and ecstasy will be realized.
It’s one of those And-Also concepts.
Thirty years ago there wasn’t what I’ll call a “2012 Consciousness”. No one had heard of the Mayan long count calendar, let alone know anything about the Mayans. However, in the past 20 years particularly, wildly held beliefs about December 21, 2012 have flourished. And with the advent of the computer to assist, the 2012 consciousness has flourished and spawned new communities of thought from surviving the catastrophic events coming our way to enjoying the fruits of an ecstatic coming awareness.
Of course, I and this web site, are just one of the many ingredients mixed into the 2012 receipe.
While I would say that a case could be made for either extreme, and scenarios in between, I have to come down on the ecstatic side while not dismissing the physical catastrophic events as well: though they only will enhance the former. I embrace this pardigm for the simple reason that my faith is founded on the premise that the One who created us is benevolent and symbolizes unconditional love.
Therefore nothing about 2012 has to do with punishment, retribution, evil, or a balancing of the moral scales of justice. While most religions go there and make this dualistic pradigm a basis for controlling people, it’s just not the God I envision, nor the one Jesus who became the Christ described. So how is it that the entity that says that they are following Jesus (the church) get so wrapped around the axel?
Ego!
It’s obvious from just a brief review that many who “peddle 2012 wares” are doing so for financial gain. You can buy T-shirts, coffee mugs, bumper stickers, and a plethora of items that have nothing to do with increasing your understanding of 2012, but only adding revenue to the purveyor of fear and sensationalism. And of course, if the traffic is sufficient, you can buy one of the popular 2012 web sites for a few hundred thousand.
All of that aside, there is a “2012 Energy Thought” that’s increasing exponentially as we move close to being only 48 months away from the date. There will be some self-fulfilling prophecies arising out of the march to that infamous date though I dont know exactly what they are; however, I am sure for some that catastrophe and fear will consume them, while for others, hope and ecstasy will be realized.
It’s one of those And-Also concepts.