The End of the World
I thought I better get busy and write another installment on
the blog before tomorrow, as it could be my last. Big Dates have a lot of power
and the hype around this one has certainly charged up ol’ planet earth’s humans
to a higher frequency that they normally resonate. Add to this some additional
holiday hype and a looming fiscal cliff and there is a recipe for disaster
brewing somewhere…………..or everywhere…………who knows?
I had an interesting discussion with a young man of (almost)
14 yesterday about this subject and he admitted to being worried because of all
the TV he watches BUT he also went on to say … “well you know dinosaurs lived
for 50 million years and we’ve only been around for a few thousand , so that
makes me feel better”. “Whatever gets you through the night” I said to him.
When he asked what that meant I told him they were lyrics from an old song that
have now become “philosophy” like many songs. He shook his head and probably
got worried all over again................OR "youtubed it"
Seriously, (actually not seriously) I have been thinking
about this “prediction” for many years now. I know many scholarly types have some
concrete data they point to surround all of this and I respect them. Over the
past few weeks I’ve been thinking just how many times the world (as I knew it)
has ended in my short lifetime and I came to the conclusion that it has been
too many to remember. World ending in my opinion comes in two flavors - gradual and sudden.
An example of gradual would be dating/marriage (unless it
involves booze and Vegas) also included would be children, education, divorces,
illnesses, wars, peace, careers….etc.. In a matter of months or years what you
used to see and feel as YOUR WORLD shifts into a new world and life goes on……..hopefully.
One example of sudden is
the FLOOD OF 1999.
On New Years Eve afternoon a HUGE water main broke outside
my office and flooded the basement with all of my archives. Folks were pretty
sure the end of the world was going to happen when 2000 rolled in in a few
hours but for me the loss of decades of records, family heirlooms, prototypes, original
drawings and photographs was enough to change my world forever. Several years later a tornado brought the
whole building down……………go figure ! Other
examples of “sudden” would obviously be catastrophic events including sudden
deaths. This month has certainly had its
share of these too.
My astronomical / astrological friends tell me that we are
moving closer to the Galactic Center and this movement will continue to “ramp
thing up” for many more months (assuming we survive to experience said ramp). I
don’t have a “plan” for tomorrow but I am sure enjoying all the humor
surrounding it and particularly the word play off of Mayan…………
I am heartened to know that Intelligent life does exist on
this planet…
….. if just for another few hours.
