2012 Apocalypse: A Rorschach Inkblot Test of Consciousness

Heley: "Our global society, despite its ipods and helicopters, is still embedded in a cosmology that not so long ago thought the Earth was flat. The discovery that we in fact orbit around the Sun only came a few hundred years ago."

i'd venture to say, the 'Re-discovery'... :)

 

Heley: "According to John Major Jenkins' galactic alignment theory, the Maya "creation date" of December 21st, 2012 is marking a "galactic alignment." This is when the winter solstice sun rises conjunct with the galactic equator. An event that only happens approximately once every 25,770 years, or one cycle of the "precession of the equinoxes" (albeit over a thirty year period that includes 2012).'

 

for some interesting info on presession, and the 'working celtic cross' utilized as ancient terrestrial/celestial clock/navigation tool... visit crichton miller's informative site. just ignore the 'thoth' dvd... gardnier hack'd up miller's work.. sad.. anyway..

3pages in, there is a live index... you'll find much good reading on precession.

http://www.crichtonmiller.com/ancient_time_keeping.htm

*snip* But how did our ancestors measure the position of the sun in the spring equinox against the backdrop of the stars since the stars would be obliterated by light? No matter what you are told by any other researcher, it was impossible for our ancestors to determine the exact position of the sun in a constellation by observing the stars at dawn or sunset, to suggest otherwise is preposterous showing either a lack of actual observation and research, or a deliberate fudge to obscure the truth. It is for this reason that astronomers do not recognize astrologers and see them as pseudo-scientists. Is the reason for such disdain because most modern astrologers who influence others fail to practice real astronomy? There is no doubt that the majority are still working on unobserved mathematics inherited from the Greeks which are 2000 years out of date through the actions of precession. ( The slow 25,920 year top like wobble of the earth which is responsible for the seasons and all cyclical life given to us by the sun) It is the ecliptic pole that determines the position of the sun in an ecliptic zodiac sign and this can easily be determined at night by observing the constellation Draconis with a Working Celtic cross.

 

Happy Galactic New Year!  :)

"the sooner we embrace the emerging galactic paradigm the better" Who is this we? Is it the scientists that are all on the payroll of some corporation? Is it some elite cabal sitting on top of the dung heap? So is everything moves in some vast fractal pattern that evolves and revolves, and if we look at the stars in a certain way, then at some point it all comes back to where we once began, all be it that it begins on a new cycle, a shift of some kind occurs.This shift comes in a vast sweeping rush of awakening.It appears to be like seeing all these mistakes played backwards, like what ever happened before, asteroids, floods, sinking Atlantis, we can imagine this in a cinematic slow motion view or in a fast forward.Whatever it it is it involves the revolution of the sun, it has been going through this underground journey, whatever the Mayans knew that the Egyptians did not know, we in this day and age still seem to be at the apex of the last gasp of some horror, that has been playing out over the ages.How else do we explain that the people in power on this planet seem to be insane? Or they are still ruling us based on the flat earth mentality.WE seem to have come so far only to have gone so backwards.WE can build black hole machines but we can't feed the people.Fairytails seem to be the least of the sublime to the ridiculous, so then we would have a story teller in the center of this grand galactic show.To make the inkblot and see faeries and dragons there be.

The sand and the moon

mating

 deep in the western night sky

 waiting

for the escape

     Interesting article, but needs additional proof reading. Also, requires work to justify the claim of logical coherence.

      On the home page intro to the article you state: “To understand why we project the apocalypse onto 2012, we have to understand where we are in the evolution of human consciousness...”

      But within the body of the article, you state: “To understand why projecting the apocalypse onto 2012 obsesses us, we have to understand where we are in terms of the mental evolution of human culture...”

      And in each case, you continue with: “Our global society, despite its ipods and helicopters, is still embedded in a cosmology that not so long ago thought the Earth was flat.”      

      So which it?

      “The evolution of human consciousness” or “the mental evolution of human culture”?

      While culture is surely driven by the evolution of human consciousness, culture is so slow to adapt that to an unaided mind, consciousness might seem not to be evolving at all. In other words, the stasis of culture seemingly denies the dynamics of consciousness.     

      I would assume that you meant mental evolution of human culture since you state that, “As Einstein pointed out, everything has changed, except the consciousness of people”.  

      Yet, “The evolution of human consciousness” is exactly  that leading edge of change that 2012 portends to augment. (So many authors state that if we look carefully enough, we can actually witness it’s expansion almost from day-to-day.) Do you see why you’ve confused me?  

      I would really like to have a reference to that quote because it seems unlikely to me that Einstein would deny the obvious historical evidence of the progressive evolution of human consciousness, which has been described by non other than Stan Grof as “a river nearing the rapids”. I mean, we’re talking “hang on to your umbrella Geraldine, I think we’re goin’ over the edge!”

      Did you mean that those who project 2012 from the stand point of culture will obsess about it, but those who project 2012 from the stand point of evolved consciousness will not? 

      I think I'm getting a headache...

 

"You said you saw the apocalypse. What makes it look like the apocalypse?" Sorry that's a bad Rorschach joke. I agree with phaedres that we scare ourselves. The apocalypse archetype is a projection of primitive, paranoid annihilation anxiety related to one's own aggressive & destructive impulses. Freud's later writings conceptualized a dual instinct theory in which the death drive counteracts eros in an effort to achieve a homeostatic return to a state of nothingness, which he inferred was more mythical than evidenced by behavior. So in this view we're impelled to destroy ourselves as resolution of an organic dialectic.

Apocalyptic imagery and fear dominate a lot psychopathology--catatonic schizophrenics often report that fear of doom and destruction precipitate their psychomotor inhibition, and OCD patients are often motivated to check and recheck in order to prevent some horrific catastrophe. The list goes on and on, and I don't know what to say about it except that the grandiose omnipotence inherent in these beliefs exposes itself as nothing more than projection when the beliefs are put to the test (ie when the world doesn't blow up if the OCD patient forgets to bang his head against the wall in four sets of four before leaving the bathroom).

I think ultimately what it boils down to is a fear of disintegration of the self. We have this protective wall of false selves predicated on unconscious defenses designed to prevent us (and others) from seeing our core. Maybe the 2012 apocalypse is really just an unveiling of that core, and our doomsday projections are precipitated by a defensive maneuvering against the anxiety that entails.

      Much of what I read surrounding 2012 relates to what is referred to as “the end of time”. This could mean, not the end of life per se, but perhaps the end of the human obsession with linear time. In other words, the end of life “as we know it”.

      There was a vast amount of time in human history when an accurate accounting of time’s passage was immaterial to the existence of humanity. Early in our history the frame within which time’s passage was perceived was bounded by daily cycles. As our consciousness expanded, perception of time expanded to accommodate yearly cycles. Festivals then began to mark the apex of yearly cycles creating a format for accumulating a collective memory of former events as well as a collective anticipation of such future events.

      Eventually civilizations decided to keep historical records of these events aided by the creation of a calendar system for preserving and projecting the effects of time; calling its preservation “the history”, and its projection, “the future”. Thus, with the expansion of consciousness and the expansion of culture, came a decision to catalog events in the stream of time, and as a result we today refer to this as the year 2009.

      What was it, in the essence of human consciousness that triggered the beginning of an accounting of time in annual segments? Some have written that the development of the individual ego made the creation of such a catalog system inevitable. Humans, prideful of their accomplishments met the potential means of their ego’s immortality—the calendar. The very next day brought the opening of the world’s first patent attorney’s office. :-)

      To me, the Armageddon we fear may be the death of this means to record all of our individual accomplishments in some significant fashion. As the essential spiritual core of humanity is revealed, we devoted worshippers of time are terrified that the very architecture of our ego inspired frames of reference might be forever destroyed. Human history—the obsession we have to record all of our accomplishments within an arbitrary framework—might soon come to an end. And it, and our ego, are so tightly intertwined, that we imagine we all shall actually die!

      As Humans cross this threshold of consciousness—as we evolve to become beings who are no longer obsessed with the Newtonian mechanics of time, due perhaps to a naturally diminishing sense of self interest—this may be our apocalypse. We may simply lose interest in our obsession with, and cease the worship of, linear time.

 

We are reaching a transitional period, it has already begun, some are taking advantage of the fruits the subconscious has to offer. We are all fools for thinking we know what will happen, only speculation and aspirations. Though I know that the human consciousness is rapidly accelerating into a more unified organization, I also will not count out a cataclysm. Year Zero begins on the day the sun sits with the big milky wheel in the sky, the heavens may rain down enlightenment for those that look to it, and horrific pain to those ignorant to a new reality. Year Zero marks the time we accept we are fools, we are nothing but structures of energy motivated by potential, whether it is potential for growth, or potential for decay, the truth still says that we all possess that potential. The only factor that gives a fool the ability to find destiny is choice, through choice the fool can become wise, or slip into distractions, never to find meaning. Either way, whether Year zero marks ones death, or ones rebirth of a new life, they are ambiguous, for death is a new life. So we must stop choosing sides, convincing ourselves we know, because truthfully we are fools for believing this. Instead we can take the neutral route, go with the flow and make decisions without bias, this will make our choices more balanced, and in the end shape our fate around what the powers above our perception have laid out in front of us. The mind is no more powerful than it has ever been, we are just again realizing the potential that the ancients were well aware of. "in order for there to be order... there must first be disorder"

You know what the Mayan Calendar is? I mean, what it *really* is... I think you do. Think about it for a moment, it's in the name.

It's a c-a-l-e-n-d-a-r (!) No more, no less.

It's not the end of time, not the end of the world, not the end of the end or the end of the argument, nor is it a new beginning. It's not even the millenium bug. It's just that: A calendar.

So, the calendar only runs to 2012. So? It's still a whole lot better than the one I've got on my desk that only runs until December 31 this year. But perpetual it's not. Calendars rarely are.

What then when the calendar runs out?

Well, then... Then you have to buy another damn calendar! Except, as the Mayans will likely tell you, that particular model is now out of production. Why? Well, because some stupid Europeans comitted genocide a few centuries ago, and the production facilities along with the knowledge to make another iteration of the calendar (as well as a few million lives) were wasted.

It's as simple as that, really. Those who knew how to make the next edition are gone. So, we'll just have to get by with the calendars we can get in our local shops - even if they're Gregorian and not very fancy.