Heaven or Hell on Earth: Your Choice for 2012

Some of you may have heard about all the talk around 2012.  No, I’m talking about Sarah Palin’s run for the White House.  I’m talking about the End of Times.  To bring you up to speed, 2012, particularly December 21, 2012, supposedly marks a time of massive transition.  What exactly that means is a matter of personal perspective, opinion, and belief.  In other words, no one really knows what, if anything, will happen.  But one thing is eerily clear:  never have so many different sects of people pointed to the same date as being significant as they have 2012. 

One of the most notable and in my opinion reliable groups of people is the Mayans.  The Mayan calendar ends in 2012.  Just ends.  As you may know the Mayans have a pretty good reputation.  For example, the Mayans were known for advanced writing, mathematics and astronomy. Their Long Count calendar, which was discontinued under Spanish colonization, tracks more than 5,000 years, then resets at year zero.  December 21, 2012 marks the end of that calendar. 

If I haven’t gotten your attention yet, keep reading… 

Today’s astronomers have chimed in and get this: On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years. This means that whatever energy typically streams to Earth from the center of the Milky Way will be disrupted on December 12, 2012.  Is all this a coincidence?

Nostradamus has apparently also put in his two cents.  Scholars of Nostradamus have interpreted his documents to point to 2012 as the date of the occurrence of an astrological event of massive proportions.  The History Channel (which seems to be more like the Science Channel these days) has a great series on this.  You can also check it out on youtube.  Meanwhile, bringing it back to the Bible Belt, Christians have increasingly predicted that the Apocalypse is upon us due to the rising conflicts in the Middle East and increased natural disasters as predicted in Revelations.  All that is lacking is the rise of the Antichrist.

Books, articles, and blogs are increasingly popping up and will continue to do so as this date nears.  Experts in all fields, including ecologists, environmentalists, economists, historians, seers, astronomers, and spiritualists, have different perspectives on how 2012 will play out.  But all agree that there will be a fundamental shift that will forever change us.  The End of Times doesn’t necessarily have to mean ‘doom’, but life as we know it.  And with all ends, there is always a new beginning. 

What will your new beginning look like?  The year 2012 will mark a time in which we will become the architect of our destiny, unlike ever before.  Your perception of whether the events of 2012 are “good” or “bad” will be your reality.  If leaving planet Earth upon the Armageddon is your idea of leaving hell for heaven, then that will be your reality.  If staying here to experience a higher consciousness with your fellow Brothers and Sisters while living out your dreams is your idea of heaven on Earth, then that will be your reality.  It is your choice.  

Having a choice in determining your reality is certainly nothing new.  We do this every day.  If you consider yourself ‘unlucky’ then you are.  If you consider yourself ‘lucky’ then you are.   One of my favorite quotes is “if you think you can do a thing or think you can’t, then you are right,” by Henry Ford.  This is the same principle as the glass half empty or half full.  It is all about one’s perception.  This principle, however, will be seen on a massive scale.  Perhaps you are already catching a glimpse of this as the current recession looms.  Some see it as cleaning out an old system based upon greed allowing for newer ideas and innovations to emerge.  Others see the current landscape as doom while watching their jobs and investments go down the drain.  Many of us are somewhere in the middle…perhaps the glass is one-third or two-thirds full. 

As our current way of living continues to fall as I wrote about in November , this clears the way for the ‘new’… new ideas, new ways of thinking, being and living, belief systems, innovations, expanded consciousness, superior technologies and inventions.  We are on the cusp of an extraordinary time in history that we have all chosen to witness and take part in.  What will be your role?