We're half way through 2012. Many prophecies have hinted at this time as The Shift of the Ages and The Time of Transition. If you take a look at the shelves of any spiritual/new age bookstore, you'll see dozens of books with 2012 in the title. It certainly has become a good marketing bit. There are many theories of what 2012 is supposedly all about. From the end of the world to global mass enlightenment. If you type "2012″ into Google, 25,270,000,000 results come up.
Much of it is based on the Mayan Calendar which is presumably ending on 12/21 2012. Many people seem to be fixated on this date. I don't want to get into the technicality of the Mayan Calendar. Lies are mixed with truth and there are all kinds of theories from historians, experts, channeled material and authors who make various claims about this date and the Mayan Calendar, many of them contradicting each other. Instead, I'd like to look into some overlooked issues our world is facing, examining the possibility of a cataclysmic "end time" scenario or a "collective awakening" from a different perspective. But let's backtrack first.
I first heard about the Mayan Calendar and the mystery of 2012 in 1998. The first book I read about it was Solving the Greatest Mystery of Our time : The Mayan Calendar by Carl Johan Calleman. I was intrigued to say the least. However, back then I wasn't very discerning and much of my "research" was partly emotionally driven with wishful thinking and assumptions, lacking critical thinking. The more I read and took in information, the more I was also confused because there was so much conflicting data. It was hard to discern what was true and what was not. According to Calleman, the Mayan Calendar already ended on October 28th 2011. He also made predictions of ET disclosure and the mass awareness of the UFO phenomenon before that date. As we can see, none of that has happened.
Other books I've read were Maya Cosmogenesis 2012: The True Meaning of the Maya Calendar End-Date by John Major Jenkins, The Mayan Factor by Jose Arguelles, and2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck, as well as countless articles on the internet and various other books that touch on this subject, including Terence Mckenna's concept of the Timewave Zero. While insightful and interesting to a point, none of these works really satisfied my thirst for deeper knowledge. It seemed that something was missing.
At the same time I also got into more fringe topics, conspiracy theories, the UFO phenomenon as well as esoteric teachings and channeled material. What I've learned most from digging deeper is that there is a lot of smoke, disinformation and noise surrounding the topic of 2012. I learned about COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Programs) and about how much of the material about 2012 is infected with many lies, distracting the seeker on purpose. In fact, the "New Age Movement" and much of the distorted spiritual concepts we see these days seemed too have been created for that very purpose: to disinform, distract and vector anyone away from the truth. The reader is encouraged to check out my other articles which examine some of these New Age corruptions in more depth:
I've said before that I didn't "like" to find out the more disturbing aspects of our reality. My rose colored glasses were shattered in the face of a cold harsh reality where most people dream of being awake but are asleep. Waking up and seeking truth entails facing the lies we tell ourselves through sincere self-work and networking. For some time I was also blinded with wishful thinking, assuming that everyone who is seeking truth would do so sincerely, without an agenda, and be willing to look into certain topics more critically, neither with "blind belief" or "cynical debunking", even if these subjects contradicted what they'd found out so far.
A big wake-up call in that regard was my interaction with Daniel Pinchbeck, author of2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl and co-founder of the Evolver Social Movement. He gives talks around the world and festivals such as 'Burning Man' and 'Lightning in a Bottle'. I thought he touched on some important subjects (although very superficially) in his 2012 book, such as the UFO phenomenon, alien abductions, crop circles and shamanism. It mostly dealt with his personal journey, infused by his psychedelic experiences. Pinchbeck's claim is that we are in the final stages of a fundamental global shift from a society based on materiality to one based on spirituality.
In 2007 we connected on a 2012 forum at tribe.net, a social network. He initially liked what I had to say about the UFO phenomena and suggested that I write an article about it for his online magazine Reality Sandwich. This was the birth of my first draft of "UFOs, Aliens, and the Question of Contact" (which was the basis for the documentary of the same name I made with Humberto Braga, with 1.5 million views so far). He rejected the article, saying that "it's unfortunate that you have such a negative view of this topic". I purposely focused more on the overlooked aspects of the UFO phenomena, especially the darker side of alien abductions and hyperdimensional realities. Some of it was not in line with what he wrote in his 2012 book, which only covered the alien topic in a very generalized and philosophical way. I wrote him a lengthy response, asking him to be more clear about his assessment. He just answered that he has no time to get into it and that he resonates more with the ideas of Steven Greer (founder of the "Disclosure Project"). Anyone who has researched the UFO topic in more depth knows that Greer spreads a lot of disinformation, so I was actually surprised to hear that Pinchbeck "resonated" with his work. It clearly showed and proved that his research was off.
A couple of years later we connected again on Facebook when he came across an article I posted about Alex Jones being potentially COINTELPRO. Pinchbeck had a similar view and asked if I'd like to try to write an article again for Reality Sandwich. Before I even got to that he found another post of mine where I recommended the book The Controversy of Zionby Douglas Reed (since Alex Jones is known to avoid the topic of Zionism). He wrote to me, asking why I recommend this "conspiracy book" and if I'm holocaust revisionist (denier). I wrote him back stating I simply question everything, including the official story of the holocaust (not denying that it happened, but HOW it happened and how it has been used for social control and justifying the politics of the "victim" state Israel), considering that we've been lied to about virtually everything regarding our history. I supported my claims with articles and documentaries made by Jews who also took a more critical look into what had happened, which also ties into the subject of Zionism. This opened up a can of worms. He didn't look into any of it and just responded with a passive aggressive and emotionally-driven insulting tone, telling me that I must have a "psychological disposition" because of my German heritage. He then stated that he lost family in the holocaust and didn't want to work or communicate with me anymore in the future. While I had compassion for what happened to his family, I was still surprised that he wasn't capable of remaining objective.
That was it and we never communicated again since then. Complete lack of critical thinking and objectivity on his part. He didn't look into any of the information I sent him, but had already made up his mind, driven by his own conditioning/programming. Pinchbeck also advocates the use of psychedelic drugs and his work is very much influenced by it. It seems he trusts his psychedelic experiences more than he does research, study or empirical evidence, similar to the late Terence McKenna, who also put way too much importance on these drugs, resulting in lack of critical thinking and not fully grasping the dangers of these substances from an esoteric perspective.
The reason I mention this interaction I had with Pinchbeck is because I observed similar reactions in many self-proclaimed visionaries and truth seekers. There are certain topics that are usually automatically dismissed, ridiculed and debunked without any of the debunkers looking into them and researching them sincerely and unbiased.
Most of these topics are also not mentioned by many 2012-ers or are highly distorted. Interestingly, the few who actively research these subjects sincerely and speak out about them are attacked or ignored. You don't get to be on mainstream TV or have articles about you in the NY Times or Rolling Stone Magazine if you speak the truth and talk about taboo topics that go against the status quo of a deeply conditioned/programmed culture.
In that sense, Daniel Pinchbeck and others become like "useful idiots", essentially supporting the system they claim to oppose through their denial and lack of critical thinking regarding certain topics, despite their well-meaning intentions and visionary approach. It also became clear to me how psychedelic drugs can impair one's critical thinking abilities and how these substances are romanticized and have a darker side to them. Most "psychonauts" are either not aware of or simply deny this darker side. I fell into this trap myself when I was experimenting with them, deluding myself about many things. I know people who use these entheogens on a regular basis, but who still vote for Obama or believe the official 9/11 fairy tale and the phony war on terror. There is even a well-known healer who works with ayahuasca in my area, conducting medicine journeys throughout the country. He's also an outspoken Democrat and constantly posts on Facebook supporting Obama, buying into the the illusion of choice through voting in this two party set-up. A "shamanic healer" who not only believes in but supports the political circus side show that is clearly used for social/cultural control and he even identifies himself with a country and political party?What an oxymoron! It shows that these mind expanding drugs are no "magic pill" that automatically pierce through the cultural conditioning and the lies we believe in.
"The Neo-Shamanism that is around today has distorted what Shamanism is truly about and rendered it into a hyped attraction where all you have to pay is some $ to have THE experience. While medicinal plants and herbs can undoubtedly be helpful as a physical healing aid, their use for so-called 'accessing of higher realities' usually serves to distract people from what deeper spiritual and esoteric work is about, even giving one the illusion that one has "awoken". There are many dangers - energetically, psychically (spirit attachments) and esoterically - when forcing oneself to enter a higher state of consciousness through these drugs. This is a touchy subject that requires a careful approach, certainly a much more careful approach than what I've seen from Pinchbeck, McKenna and others, especially when considering "the topic of all topics" (more on that later)."
The 2012 "movement" has become in many ways another distraction infiltrated with COINTELPRO which works in favor of the powers that be. It's almost "hip" and "in" to talk about a shift and awakening these days. Festivals like Burning Man and Lightning in a Bottle, attended by many self-proclaimed aware people, supposedly representing the "counter culture", are also part of this. It's interesting to note how the "psychedelic movement" is also very much intertwined with this (with Pinchbeck being one of the main figureheads) and how carelessly mind-expanding drugs are promoted for "spiritual growth" or just for partying, where most often hedonism is mistaken for spiritual work/awareness. These drugs have been used for social control since the "creation" of the hippie/psychedelic movement in the 60s. Various researchers have uncovered certain CIA operations (such as MKUltra) supplying youth with LSD and other mind-expanding drugs to vector people away from the truth for the purpose of creating a "controlled opposition". Author Jan Irvin recently made compelling discoveries when researching about R. Gordon Wasson, the so-called discoverer of magic mushrooms and the founder of the field of ethnomycology, revealing how the psychedelic revolution was launched by the CFR, CIA and the elite, and how Wasson was himself a government asset, a friend of Edward Bernays (the father of modern corporate and government propaganda techniques), and was one of the key figures for launching one of the largest mind control operations in history. Irvin writes in R. Gordon Wasson: The Man, the Legend, the Myth - Beginning a New History of Magic Mushrooms, Ethnomycology, and the Psychedelic Revolution:
Here are some other eye-opening articles connecting the dots between COINTELPRO, the corruption of the "Human Potential Movement" and the creation/infiltration of the Hippie, Psychedelic and New Age Movement:
- Aliens and Cosmic COINTELPRO by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Inside The Lauel Canyon - The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation (21 parts) by Dave McGowan
We can see the same thread in many "conscious movements" today and at the aforementioned festivals. It's as if history is repeating itself with a different appearance: more tech, more potent drugs, new gadgets and clothes but the same attitude with even more pseudo New Age "spiritual techniques" to activate your "third eye", DNA or speed up your "ascension process" and where sexual pathologies are often buffered up as "sexual healing" and "spirituality". There is the usual "just focus on yourself", focus on "we are all one" and our "oneness". Don't look at the "negative" things happening in the world, but "connect to earth", meditate on the "Shift" to activate your light body, send love and light to the world and its leaders, etc.. As long as you "feel good" and focus on"love", everything will be ok. Everything is as it is supposed to be, etc. It is proclaimed that there is no objectivity, just your own subjective reality and that you create your own reality by your thoughts and what you focus on. But as various ancient esoteric teachings and mystery schools have transmitted , even the "children of light" shall be deceived by false prophets and false teachings. And we see exactly that happening now:
Of course, it's not black and white and I wouldn't say that everyone who enjoys these festivals or is part of a "conscious movement" is co-opted or asleep to what is truly going in our world. However, one only needs to look only at the workshops and lectures available at many of those events to see what the prevailing thought patterns are. Anything that sounds or "feels good", infused with pop-psychology/spirituality, is being promoted and anything that is perceived as "negative" is being avoided and ignored. As I said before, important subjects that are actually part of becoming aware and conscious seem to be missing. They are neither negative nor positive, but simply ARE part of our reality and we're all affected by them. I've posted this following video many times before. Marianne Williamson really hit the nail on the head. It's from a talk she gave at 'Lightning in a Bottle' in 2011, a festival I attended to see it for myself. A rare voice of truth among the "Love & Light" crowd. I couldn't agree with her more:
Instead of "countering culture", many of these movements become another form of the same conditioned culture with similar manifestations of cliques, feeding dynamics, their own fashion, marketing, programming/conditioning, and (new age) religion. Many people say we need to stop pointing out what is wrong and what we don't have in common (aka being "negative"), but instead present solutions and focus on what we have in common (aka being "positive"). Yes, but solutions and building community/tribe, reflecting our common "humanity", without a deeper understanding of humanity and our world to begin with, including the "unpleasant" things, will disintegrate eventually, as history has proven. What topics am I talking about which are virtually ignored in many "conscious movements" and in the alternative media? What follows are just VERY brief summaries of three topics. The reader is encouraged to read/study/watch the suggested resources under each point before rejecting these ideas or making hasty conclusions which only lead to distortions.
1. We are all one, but we are not all the same
The biggest illusion many people seem to have is the assumption that, since we're all one, we all have the potential to awaken in this life time and have access to love, empathy, conscience and higher values. It is assumed that because we're collectively connected and look like "humans", we are all are "equal" and the same. Another assumption is that everyone who is not "aware" is just misguided and can be "fixed". This illusion is based on projecting one's own higher qualities onto others, especially people in power.
There exists a type of human who has no connection to the higher centers of universal love/awareness at birth. He/she is not genetically wired this way, not being able to access them during this lifetime but he/she can emulate and mimic these higher characteristics quite well and even distract you from evolving by sapping your energy and feeding off it. He/she can tell you exactly what you want to hear, appear compassionate, empathetic and understanding without meaning or feeling it. This type of "human" is the psychopath (making up about 6% of humanity) which is hiding behind a mask of sanity, creating misery and chaos from which they feed. They are not necessarily criminals in prisons, but can be successful CEOs, politicians, spiritual leaders, a husband, wife, child or the neighbor next door. They're also pathological liars who never feel any guilt or remorse. This is a topic which is very misunderstood and ignored. Becoming aware of it and educating oneself and others about it is the most crucial and important action we can undertake to make this world a better place. It's the underlying cause of the reason why our world is in the state it's in: it is run by psychopaths.
It affects EVERYONE since our society has become ponerized, where normal people and society as a whole have taken on pathological traits that are seen as normal. It ties in with the atrophy of critical thinking and not recognizing pathological individuals as such. I'm not just talking about the average mainstream public, but especially spiritually inclined people who deny/ignore this topic (usually without having done any sincere research into it). It's of no use to envision and create new money/barter systems, a resource-based economy or focusing on environmental issues if this topic is not addressed and brought to light. The virus of psychopathy will destroy any communities and utopian visions eventually. I'm not saying NOT to focus on such solutions, but the illusion that all humans are equal and the same needs to be shattered for true change to happen.
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But beyond the reality of psychopaths among us, there is another topic that relates to the difference between humans on a mass scale. Certain sources that talk about a shift or transformation occurring in our age also mention a "splitting" of humanity and that not everyone is going to wake up. The main reason for this can be found in a very interesting issue this planet faces and has been written about in various esoteric teachings as well as transmitted through certain channeled material (more on that later). It relates to two different "humanities" coexisting on earth, alike from the outside, but unlike in the inside. All six billion people on the planet are not the same. There are fundamental differences that are genetic and esoteric. But these differences have nothing to do with those cited throughout history and used to justify the domination of one group over another: color, race, culture, language, wealth or social status.
According to Gnosis by Boris Mouravieff, there seems to exist two kinds of humans that are equally divided (50/50): adamic man and pre-adamic man. One type with soul potential, the other has no individual soul, but is connected to a "soul pool". Only the former has the inherent capacity to evolve esoterically, fusing the lower with the higher centers. The latter does not have this possibility in his current evolutionary cycle to bridge the higher centers and has no access to higher knowing/awareness/love, but is NOT a psychopath. They are like "cardboard" people who are "empty" inside, living mechanically under the rule of the General Law. Looking at the Indian chakra model, one could say that pre-adamic man only exists on the lower three chakras without any access to the higher ones, while adamic man also only exists on the lower centers, but has the ability to activate and bridge the higher centers through conscious esoteric work.
Suppression and distortion of esoteric knowledge is one of the means for control of the masses on planet earth. This has been going on for thousands of years. Even the material presented in "Gnosis" is covered with a biblical gloss that one needs to weed through. The topic of "soulless people" (also coined "Organic Portals (OP)") is deep and far-reaching. It begs the question, what is a "soul" to begin with? Some people who appear "soulless" may actually be a "soul in struggle", so we need to be careful not to judge too quickly, but get a better and deeper understanding of this topic. When exploring this idea more closely with an objective, open and critical mind, it gives huge insight into the state of the world. OPs have their natural place in the grand scheme of things and they also serve a purpose in the evolutionary process. There is nothing evil or wrong with them, nor is it about "us vs. them", but simply having a deeper understanding of humanity so we can actually live truly in more harmony, aligned with the universe, nature and evolution of Being and Knowledge.
EVERYONE is on the level of an OP until he/she engages in esoteric work activating the higher centers. We all are "Organic Portals" to one degree or another as the "predator" and matrix works through all of us (see next point) until we make the effort to gain self-knowledge and work on fusing our higher centers that connect us to our higher self in a conscious way, dislodging our programs and conditioned, mechanical behaviors so we're able to use our will in a conscious and awake manner. That is the basis for true free will. A good introduction into this topic is "Organic Portals - Soulless Humans" (it also explains the difference between psychopaths and OPs), which ties in with the next point. Laura Knight-Jadczyk writes about it extensively in The Secret History of the World. For an in-depth discussion about this topic go here.
2. Hyperdimensional Realities
There is more to our reality than our five senses can perceive. We are not God's ultimate creation, nor are we at the peak of the evolutionary ladder in Darwinian terms (whichever creationist/evolutionary theory you believe in). Our reality is embedded in a complex system of unseen worlds and controlled by denizens of higher reality. The forces at work are not all good and we're not on top of the food chain. "Food" doesn't have to be physical and these beings feed off our negative emotions and energy, predominantly chaos, sexual pathologies and fear, the conditions for which they generate through us. The ancient esoteric teachings, each in their own way, talk about a "hyperdimensional matrix control system" (MCS) that has influenced and controlled humanity for millennia. Don Juan in Castaneda's last book called it "the topic of all topics", speaking of a cosmic predator that uses man as food: Man has a glowing coat of awareness which the predator eats, leaving just the bare minimum of "consciousness stuff" for man to remain physically alive. The predator "milks" man by arranging for constant trouble and crisis and senseless preoccupation, so as to generate flashes of awareness that it then proceeds to eat. Gurdjieff refers to it in the tale of "The Evil Magician" and the concept of "Food for the Moon". The Gnostics maintained that the Earth and material creation in general were the product of an evil demiurge, chief of the "archons of darkness". Boris Mouravieff writes about the "General Law" in his trilogy "Gnosis" which influences humanity and keeps it in its place. It takes tremendous effort, awareness and esoteric self-work to "escape" the General Law and the influences of the MCS.
The UFO phenomenon relates to this in more ways than is usually acknowledged by contemporary UFO researchers, who have a very "nuts and bolts" physical approach to the idea of UFOs, aliens and extraterrestrials. Paranormal characteristics often accompany UFO sightings, alien abductions and other high strangeness occurrences that should encourage us to look at this phenomenon in a different way, instead of the relying on the popular assumptions that UFOs are physical "alien space ships coming from other planets". When researching the topic of hyperdimensional realities it also puts into question the various Disclosure and Exopolitics scenarios promoted by some UFO researchers. There is a lot of disinformation surrounding that topic and it is interesting to note that attempts to reveal the hyperdimensional aspect are often ignored, attacked and ridiculed, even more so than the "nuts and bolts" scenario.
However, in light of the ancient esoteric teachings mentioned above, it all begins to makes sense. The MCS is trying to conceal precisely this: Hyperdimensional realities and the beings inhabiting them mean that humanity is not on top of the food chain, nor is it in control of itself. Some UFO, paranormal and history researchers such as Dr. Jacques Vallee, John Keel and Laura Knight-Jadczyk have done groundbreaking research into this topic.
Recommended reading and watching:
Our climate and weather is sure acting strangely these days. We're being told that much of it is our fault since we contribute to global warming. The mainstream scientific consensus and other interest groups (political and business) push this idea onto the public, supported by very questionable science. Scientists who don't conform to it and instead question man-made global warning often don't get funding for their research and lose their jobs. Data and research that contradicts the consensus view is often being suppressed. It has even became a political issue with the old illusory fight between left and right, liberals and conservatives, all of which is distracting from what is truly going on. Climate change is happening, but it doesn't have much to do with man-made global warming. In fact, the planet is cooling and we seem to be entering a new Ice Age. I want to point out that this doesn't mean we shouldn't be more environmentally conscious since we do obviously pollute the planet in many ways. However, humanity is not all responsible for what is going on with our climate and weather. Our planet has survived worse conditions than what we're dealing with now. Follow the money trail and you'll see what Al Gore and other high-profile global warming proponents' true agenda is.
Andrés Perezalonso writes in Global Warming And The Corruption Of Science:
With all the focus on man-made global warming, environmentalists doing everything to "save the planet", people buying hybrid cars, feeling good about themselves to do something for the planet and "green" business opportunities flourishing (there is always a buck to be made, even (or especially) if it is based on lies and corrupted science), something else is happening in our skies which is not given much attention.
Over the last couple of years fireballs and meteorite sightings have increased exponentially, one of which may even be responsible for the wildfires in Colorado and the crash of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in 2009 (it took three years for the official report to come out, only to then tell us that it was caused my "mechanical and human failure". Can we say "damage control", considering the suspicious timing of that report just as it emerged that raging wildfires in the US were likely started by fireballs falling from the sky?)
There are obvious cosmic changes under way and other strange occurrences (like masses of birds falling dead from the sky around the world) in our atmosphere that are not even closely related to man-made global warming. These cosmic influences have an effect on our climate more than what is publicly acknowledged or recognized. On the contrary, there seems to be a deliberate effort to hide this information from the public. Joe Quinn and Niall Bradley made an excellent analysis of what seems to be happening in Reign of Fire: Meteorites, Wildfires, Planetary Chaos and the Sixth Extinction, showing that the Powers That Be know what is going on, but are trying their best to vector the public away from the truth:
Global cyclic cataclysms have been recorded throughout history, yet the possibility of that happening in our time and age is suppressed, ignored or ridiculed. One thing most Mayan Calendar scholars have pointed out is that time is cyclic and the ancient civilizations have recorded this. However, with all the focus on "shift of consciousness" and the "galactic alignment" on 12/21/2012, many of them don't seem to acknowledge the obvious: that cosmic bombardment has always been a part of our history during such shifts and it seems very likely that we're just at the beginning of massive changes of a cosmic nature that also manifest in the form of cataclysms.
A SOTT reader posted his research recently under this article, proposing a different interpretation of the Mayan Calendar:
Usually when I bring up the topic of cyclic cataclysms in conversations or on facebook and point out that we may enter such a period right now, I'm met with the usual accusation of being a "fear and doomsday mongerer" or "you're so negative!". The information I provide is often denied off-hand without further investigation on their part. This has nothing to do with the "end of the world", nor do I see ALL of the population being wiped out, nor do I want that to happen. However, facts are facts and the fact is that there has been a significant increase of meteor and fireball sightings that are either downplayed or ignored. Most importantly, the Powers That Be know what's coming, even if they delude themselves that they won't be affected. So don't expect an early warning anytime soon.
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Much of it is based on the Mayan Calendar which is presumably ending on 12/21 2012. Many people seem to be fixated on this date. I don't want to get into the technicality of the Mayan Calendar. Lies are mixed with truth and there are all kinds of theories from historians, experts, channeled material and authors who make various claims about this date and the Mayan Calendar, many of them contradicting each other. Instead, I'd like to look into some overlooked issues our world is facing, examining the possibility of a cataclysmic "end time" scenario or a "collective awakening" from a different perspective. But let's backtrack first.
I first heard about the Mayan Calendar and the mystery of 2012 in 1998. The first book I read about it was Solving the Greatest Mystery of Our time : The Mayan Calendar by Carl Johan Calleman. I was intrigued to say the least. However, back then I wasn't very discerning and much of my "research" was partly emotionally driven with wishful thinking and assumptions, lacking critical thinking. The more I read and took in information, the more I was also confused because there was so much conflicting data. It was hard to discern what was true and what was not. According to Calleman, the Mayan Calendar already ended on October 28th 2011. He also made predictions of ET disclosure and the mass awareness of the UFO phenomenon before that date. As we can see, none of that has happened.
Other books I've read were Maya Cosmogenesis 2012: The True Meaning of the Maya Calendar End-Date by John Major Jenkins, The Mayan Factor by Jose Arguelles, and2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck, as well as countless articles on the internet and various other books that touch on this subject, including Terence Mckenna's concept of the Timewave Zero. While insightful and interesting to a point, none of these works really satisfied my thirst for deeper knowledge. It seemed that something was missing.
At the same time I also got into more fringe topics, conspiracy theories, the UFO phenomenon as well as esoteric teachings and channeled material. What I've learned most from digging deeper is that there is a lot of smoke, disinformation and noise surrounding the topic of 2012. I learned about COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Programs) and about how much of the material about 2012 is infected with many lies, distracting the seeker on purpose. In fact, the "New Age Movement" and much of the distorted spiritual concepts we see these days seemed too have been created for that very purpose: to disinform, distract and vector anyone away from the truth. The reader is encouraged to check out my other articles which examine some of these New Age corruptions in more depth:
- Know Thyself
- All you need is Love!
- The Positivity of Objectivity and The Time of Transition
- Being the change you want to see in the world
I've said before that I didn't "like" to find out the more disturbing aspects of our reality. My rose colored glasses were shattered in the face of a cold harsh reality where most people dream of being awake but are asleep. Waking up and seeking truth entails facing the lies we tell ourselves through sincere self-work and networking. For some time I was also blinded with wishful thinking, assuming that everyone who is seeking truth would do so sincerely, without an agenda, and be willing to look into certain topics more critically, neither with "blind belief" or "cynical debunking", even if these subjects contradicted what they'd found out so far.
A big wake-up call in that regard was my interaction with Daniel Pinchbeck, author of2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl and co-founder of the Evolver Social Movement. He gives talks around the world and festivals such as 'Burning Man' and 'Lightning in a Bottle'. I thought he touched on some important subjects (although very superficially) in his 2012 book, such as the UFO phenomenon, alien abductions, crop circles and shamanism. It mostly dealt with his personal journey, infused by his psychedelic experiences. Pinchbeck's claim is that we are in the final stages of a fundamental global shift from a society based on materiality to one based on spirituality.
In 2007 we connected on a 2012 forum at tribe.net, a social network. He initially liked what I had to say about the UFO phenomena and suggested that I write an article about it for his online magazine Reality Sandwich. This was the birth of my first draft of "UFOs, Aliens, and the Question of Contact" (which was the basis for the documentary of the same name I made with Humberto Braga, with 1.5 million views so far). He rejected the article, saying that "it's unfortunate that you have such a negative view of this topic". I purposely focused more on the overlooked aspects of the UFO phenomena, especially the darker side of alien abductions and hyperdimensional realities. Some of it was not in line with what he wrote in his 2012 book, which only covered the alien topic in a very generalized and philosophical way. I wrote him a lengthy response, asking him to be more clear about his assessment. He just answered that he has no time to get into it and that he resonates more with the ideas of Steven Greer (founder of the "Disclosure Project"). Anyone who has researched the UFO topic in more depth knows that Greer spreads a lot of disinformation, so I was actually surprised to hear that Pinchbeck "resonated" with his work. It clearly showed and proved that his research was off.
A couple of years later we connected again on Facebook when he came across an article I posted about Alex Jones being potentially COINTELPRO. Pinchbeck had a similar view and asked if I'd like to try to write an article again for Reality Sandwich. Before I even got to that he found another post of mine where I recommended the book The Controversy of Zionby Douglas Reed (since Alex Jones is known to avoid the topic of Zionism). He wrote to me, asking why I recommend this "conspiracy book" and if I'm holocaust revisionist (denier). I wrote him back stating I simply question everything, including the official story of the holocaust (not denying that it happened, but HOW it happened and how it has been used for social control and justifying the politics of the "victim" state Israel), considering that we've been lied to about virtually everything regarding our history. I supported my claims with articles and documentaries made by Jews who also took a more critical look into what had happened, which also ties into the subject of Zionism. This opened up a can of worms. He didn't look into any of it and just responded with a passive aggressive and emotionally-driven insulting tone, telling me that I must have a "psychological disposition" because of my German heritage. He then stated that he lost family in the holocaust and didn't want to work or communicate with me anymore in the future. While I had compassion for what happened to his family, I was still surprised that he wasn't capable of remaining objective.
That was it and we never communicated again since then. Complete lack of critical thinking and objectivity on his part. He didn't look into any of the information I sent him, but had already made up his mind, driven by his own conditioning/programming. Pinchbeck also advocates the use of psychedelic drugs and his work is very much influenced by it. It seems he trusts his psychedelic experiences more than he does research, study or empirical evidence, similar to the late Terence McKenna, who also put way too much importance on these drugs, resulting in lack of critical thinking and not fully grasping the dangers of these substances from an esoteric perspective.
The reason I mention this interaction I had with Pinchbeck is because I observed similar reactions in many self-proclaimed visionaries and truth seekers. There are certain topics that are usually automatically dismissed, ridiculed and debunked without any of the debunkers looking into them and researching them sincerely and unbiased.
Most of these topics are also not mentioned by many 2012-ers or are highly distorted. Interestingly, the few who actively research these subjects sincerely and speak out about them are attacked or ignored. You don't get to be on mainstream TV or have articles about you in the NY Times or Rolling Stone Magazine if you speak the truth and talk about taboo topics that go against the status quo of a deeply conditioned/programmed culture.
In that sense, Daniel Pinchbeck and others become like "useful idiots", essentially supporting the system they claim to oppose through their denial and lack of critical thinking regarding certain topics, despite their well-meaning intentions and visionary approach. It also became clear to me how psychedelic drugs can impair one's critical thinking abilities and how these substances are romanticized and have a darker side to them. Most "psychonauts" are either not aware of or simply deny this darker side. I fell into this trap myself when I was experimenting with them, deluding myself about many things. I know people who use these entheogens on a regular basis, but who still vote for Obama or believe the official 9/11 fairy tale and the phony war on terror. There is even a well-known healer who works with ayahuasca in my area, conducting medicine journeys throughout the country. He's also an outspoken Democrat and constantly posts on Facebook supporting Obama, buying into the the illusion of choice through voting in this two party set-up. A "shamanic healer" who not only believes in but supports the political circus side show that is clearly used for social/cultural control and he even identifies himself with a country and political party?What an oxymoron! It shows that these mind expanding drugs are no "magic pill" that automatically pierce through the cultural conditioning and the lies we believe in.
"The Neo-Shamanism that is around today has distorted what Shamanism is truly about and rendered it into a hyped attraction where all you have to pay is some $ to have THE experience. While medicinal plants and herbs can undoubtedly be helpful as a physical healing aid, their use for so-called 'accessing of higher realities' usually serves to distract people from what deeper spiritual and esoteric work is about, even giving one the illusion that one has "awoken". There are many dangers - energetically, psychically (spirit attachments) and esoterically - when forcing oneself to enter a higher state of consciousness through these drugs. This is a touchy subject that requires a careful approach, certainly a much more careful approach than what I've seen from Pinchbeck, McKenna and others, especially when considering "the topic of all topics" (more on that later)."
The 2012 "movement" has become in many ways another distraction infiltrated with COINTELPRO which works in favor of the powers that be. It's almost "hip" and "in" to talk about a shift and awakening these days. Festivals like Burning Man and Lightning in a Bottle, attended by many self-proclaimed aware people, supposedly representing the "counter culture", are also part of this. It's interesting to note how the "psychedelic movement" is also very much intertwined with this (with Pinchbeck being one of the main figureheads) and how carelessly mind-expanding drugs are promoted for "spiritual growth" or just for partying, where most often hedonism is mistaken for spiritual work/awareness. These drugs have been used for social control since the "creation" of the hippie/psychedelic movement in the 60s. Various researchers have uncovered certain CIA operations (such as MKUltra) supplying youth with LSD and other mind-expanding drugs to vector people away from the truth for the purpose of creating a "controlled opposition". Author Jan Irvin recently made compelling discoveries when researching about R. Gordon Wasson, the so-called discoverer of magic mushrooms and the founder of the field of ethnomycology, revealing how the psychedelic revolution was launched by the CFR, CIA and the elite, and how Wasson was himself a government asset, a friend of Edward Bernays (the father of modern corporate and government propaganda techniques), and was one of the key figures for launching one of the largest mind control operations in history. Irvin writes in R. Gordon Wasson: The Man, the Legend, the Myth - Beginning a New History of Magic Mushrooms, Ethnomycology, and the Psychedelic Revolution:
Here are some other eye-opening articles connecting the dots between COINTELPRO, the corruption of the "Human Potential Movement" and the creation/infiltration of the Hippie, Psychedelic and New Age Movement:
- Aliens and Cosmic COINTELPRO by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Inside The Lauel Canyon - The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation (21 parts) by Dave McGowan
We can see the same thread in many "conscious movements" today and at the aforementioned festivals. It's as if history is repeating itself with a different appearance: more tech, more potent drugs, new gadgets and clothes but the same attitude with even more pseudo New Age "spiritual techniques" to activate your "third eye", DNA or speed up your "ascension process" and where sexual pathologies are often buffered up as "sexual healing" and "spirituality". There is the usual "just focus on yourself", focus on "we are all one" and our "oneness". Don't look at the "negative" things happening in the world, but "connect to earth", meditate on the "Shift" to activate your light body, send love and light to the world and its leaders, etc.. As long as you "feel good" and focus on"love", everything will be ok. Everything is as it is supposed to be, etc. It is proclaimed that there is no objectivity, just your own subjective reality and that you create your own reality by your thoughts and what you focus on. But as various ancient esoteric teachings and mystery schools have transmitted , even the "children of light" shall be deceived by false prophets and false teachings. And we see exactly that happening now:
Of course, it's not black and white and I wouldn't say that everyone who enjoys these festivals or is part of a "conscious movement" is co-opted or asleep to what is truly going in our world. However, one only needs to look only at the workshops and lectures available at many of those events to see what the prevailing thought patterns are. Anything that sounds or "feels good", infused with pop-psychology/spirituality, is being promoted and anything that is perceived as "negative" is being avoided and ignored. As I said before, important subjects that are actually part of becoming aware and conscious seem to be missing. They are neither negative nor positive, but simply ARE part of our reality and we're all affected by them. I've posted this following video many times before. Marianne Williamson really hit the nail on the head. It's from a talk she gave at 'Lightning in a Bottle' in 2011, a festival I attended to see it for myself. A rare voice of truth among the "Love & Light" crowd. I couldn't agree with her more:
Instead of "countering culture", many of these movements become another form of the same conditioned culture with similar manifestations of cliques, feeding dynamics, their own fashion, marketing, programming/conditioning, and (new age) religion. Many people say we need to stop pointing out what is wrong and what we don't have in common (aka being "negative"), but instead present solutions and focus on what we have in common (aka being "positive"). Yes, but solutions and building community/tribe, reflecting our common "humanity", without a deeper understanding of humanity and our world to begin with, including the "unpleasant" things, will disintegrate eventually, as history has proven. What topics am I talking about which are virtually ignored in many "conscious movements" and in the alternative media? What follows are just VERY brief summaries of three topics. The reader is encouraged to read/study/watch the suggested resources under each point before rejecting these ideas or making hasty conclusions which only lead to distortions.
1. We are all one, but we are not all the same
The biggest illusion many people seem to have is the assumption that, since we're all one, we all have the potential to awaken in this life time and have access to love, empathy, conscience and higher values. It is assumed that because we're collectively connected and look like "humans", we are all are "equal" and the same. Another assumption is that everyone who is not "aware" is just misguided and can be "fixed". This illusion is based on projecting one's own higher qualities onto others, especially people in power.
There exists a type of human who has no connection to the higher centers of universal love/awareness at birth. He/she is not genetically wired this way, not being able to access them during this lifetime but he/she can emulate and mimic these higher characteristics quite well and even distract you from evolving by sapping your energy and feeding off it. He/she can tell you exactly what you want to hear, appear compassionate, empathetic and understanding without meaning or feeling it. This type of "human" is the psychopath (making up about 6% of humanity) which is hiding behind a mask of sanity, creating misery and chaos from which they feed. They are not necessarily criminals in prisons, but can be successful CEOs, politicians, spiritual leaders, a husband, wife, child or the neighbor next door. They're also pathological liars who never feel any guilt or remorse. This is a topic which is very misunderstood and ignored. Becoming aware of it and educating oneself and others about it is the most crucial and important action we can undertake to make this world a better place. It's the underlying cause of the reason why our world is in the state it's in: it is run by psychopaths.
It affects EVERYONE since our society has become ponerized, where normal people and society as a whole have taken on pathological traits that are seen as normal. It ties in with the atrophy of critical thinking and not recognizing pathological individuals as such. I'm not just talking about the average mainstream public, but especially spiritually inclined people who deny/ignore this topic (usually without having done any sincere research into it). It's of no use to envision and create new money/barter systems, a resource-based economy or focusing on environmental issues if this topic is not addressed and brought to light. The virus of psychopathy will destroy any communities and utopian visions eventually. I'm not saying NOT to focus on such solutions, but the illusion that all humans are equal and the same needs to be shattered for true change to happen.
Recommended reading and watching:
- Political Ponerology by Andrew M. Lobaczewski
- The Mask of Sanity by Hervey Cleckley
- The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
- Snakes in Suits by Paul Babiak & Robert D. Hare, Ph.D
- Without Conscience by Robert D. Hare, Ph.D.
- Women Who Love Psychopaths by Sandra L. Brown, M.A.
- Puzzling People: The Labyrinth of the Psychopathby Thomas Sheridan
- I Am Fishead - Documentary
- Defense Against the Psychopath - Documentary
But beyond the reality of psychopaths among us, there is another topic that relates to the difference between humans on a mass scale. Certain sources that talk about a shift or transformation occurring in our age also mention a "splitting" of humanity and that not everyone is going to wake up. The main reason for this can be found in a very interesting issue this planet faces and has been written about in various esoteric teachings as well as transmitted through certain channeled material (more on that later). It relates to two different "humanities" coexisting on earth, alike from the outside, but unlike in the inside. All six billion people on the planet are not the same. There are fundamental differences that are genetic and esoteric. But these differences have nothing to do with those cited throughout history and used to justify the domination of one group over another: color, race, culture, language, wealth or social status.
According to Gnosis by Boris Mouravieff, there seems to exist two kinds of humans that are equally divided (50/50): adamic man and pre-adamic man. One type with soul potential, the other has no individual soul, but is connected to a "soul pool". Only the former has the inherent capacity to evolve esoterically, fusing the lower with the higher centers. The latter does not have this possibility in his current evolutionary cycle to bridge the higher centers and has no access to higher knowing/awareness/love, but is NOT a psychopath. They are like "cardboard" people who are "empty" inside, living mechanically under the rule of the General Law. Looking at the Indian chakra model, one could say that pre-adamic man only exists on the lower three chakras without any access to the higher ones, while adamic man also only exists on the lower centers, but has the ability to activate and bridge the higher centers through conscious esoteric work.
Suppression and distortion of esoteric knowledge is one of the means for control of the masses on planet earth. This has been going on for thousands of years. Even the material presented in "Gnosis" is covered with a biblical gloss that one needs to weed through. The topic of "soulless people" (also coined "Organic Portals (OP)") is deep and far-reaching. It begs the question, what is a "soul" to begin with? Some people who appear "soulless" may actually be a "soul in struggle", so we need to be careful not to judge too quickly, but get a better and deeper understanding of this topic. When exploring this idea more closely with an objective, open and critical mind, it gives huge insight into the state of the world. OPs have their natural place in the grand scheme of things and they also serve a purpose in the evolutionary process. There is nothing evil or wrong with them, nor is it about "us vs. them", but simply having a deeper understanding of humanity so we can actually live truly in more harmony, aligned with the universe, nature and evolution of Being and Knowledge.
EVERYONE is on the level of an OP until he/she engages in esoteric work activating the higher centers. We all are "Organic Portals" to one degree or another as the "predator" and matrix works through all of us (see next point) until we make the effort to gain self-knowledge and work on fusing our higher centers that connect us to our higher self in a conscious way, dislodging our programs and conditioned, mechanical behaviors so we're able to use our will in a conscious and awake manner. That is the basis for true free will. A good introduction into this topic is "Organic Portals - Soulless Humans" (it also explains the difference between psychopaths and OPs), which ties in with the next point. Laura Knight-Jadczyk writes about it extensively in The Secret History of the World. For an in-depth discussion about this topic go here.
2. Hyperdimensional Realities
There is more to our reality than our five senses can perceive. We are not God's ultimate creation, nor are we at the peak of the evolutionary ladder in Darwinian terms (whichever creationist/evolutionary theory you believe in). Our reality is embedded in a complex system of unseen worlds and controlled by denizens of higher reality. The forces at work are not all good and we're not on top of the food chain. "Food" doesn't have to be physical and these beings feed off our negative emotions and energy, predominantly chaos, sexual pathologies and fear, the conditions for which they generate through us. The ancient esoteric teachings, each in their own way, talk about a "hyperdimensional matrix control system" (MCS) that has influenced and controlled humanity for millennia. Don Juan in Castaneda's last book called it "the topic of all topics", speaking of a cosmic predator that uses man as food: Man has a glowing coat of awareness which the predator eats, leaving just the bare minimum of "consciousness stuff" for man to remain physically alive. The predator "milks" man by arranging for constant trouble and crisis and senseless preoccupation, so as to generate flashes of awareness that it then proceeds to eat. Gurdjieff refers to it in the tale of "The Evil Magician" and the concept of "Food for the Moon". The Gnostics maintained that the Earth and material creation in general were the product of an evil demiurge, chief of the "archons of darkness". Boris Mouravieff writes about the "General Law" in his trilogy "Gnosis" which influences humanity and keeps it in its place. It takes tremendous effort, awareness and esoteric self-work to "escape" the General Law and the influences of the MCS.
The UFO phenomenon relates to this in more ways than is usually acknowledged by contemporary UFO researchers, who have a very "nuts and bolts" physical approach to the idea of UFOs, aliens and extraterrestrials. Paranormal characteristics often accompany UFO sightings, alien abductions and other high strangeness occurrences that should encourage us to look at this phenomenon in a different way, instead of the relying on the popular assumptions that UFOs are physical "alien space ships coming from other planets". When researching the topic of hyperdimensional realities it also puts into question the various Disclosure and Exopolitics scenarios promoted by some UFO researchers. There is a lot of disinformation surrounding that topic and it is interesting to note that attempts to reveal the hyperdimensional aspect are often ignored, attacked and ridiculed, even more so than the "nuts and bolts" scenario.
However, in light of the ancient esoteric teachings mentioned above, it all begins to makes sense. The MCS is trying to conceal precisely this: Hyperdimensional realities and the beings inhabiting them mean that humanity is not on top of the food chain, nor is it in control of itself. Some UFO, paranormal and history researchers such as Dr. Jacques Vallee, John Keel and Laura Knight-Jadczyk have done groundbreaking research into this topic.
Recommended reading and watching:
- High Strangeness by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
- The Secret History of the World by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
- Messengers of Deception by Dr. Jacques Vallee
- Operation Trojan Horse by John Keel
- Gnosis by Boris Mouravieff
- In Search of the Miraculous by P.D. Ouspensky
- The Active Side of Infinity by Carlos Castaneda
- Stalking or Precis on The Good and The Evil by Michael Topper
- UFOs, Alien, and the Question of Contact - documentary
Our climate and weather is sure acting strangely these days. We're being told that much of it is our fault since we contribute to global warming. The mainstream scientific consensus and other interest groups (political and business) push this idea onto the public, supported by very questionable science. Scientists who don't conform to it and instead question man-made global warning often don't get funding for their research and lose their jobs. Data and research that contradicts the consensus view is often being suppressed. It has even became a political issue with the old illusory fight between left and right, liberals and conservatives, all of which is distracting from what is truly going on. Climate change is happening, but it doesn't have much to do with man-made global warming. In fact, the planet is cooling and we seem to be entering a new Ice Age. I want to point out that this doesn't mean we shouldn't be more environmentally conscious since we do obviously pollute the planet in many ways. However, humanity is not all responsible for what is going on with our climate and weather. Our planet has survived worse conditions than what we're dealing with now. Follow the money trail and you'll see what Al Gore and other high-profile global warming proponents' true agenda is.
Andrés Perezalonso writes in Global Warming And The Corruption Of Science:
With all the focus on man-made global warming, environmentalists doing everything to "save the planet", people buying hybrid cars, feeling good about themselves to do something for the planet and "green" business opportunities flourishing (there is always a buck to be made, even (or especially) if it is based on lies and corrupted science), something else is happening in our skies which is not given much attention.
Over the last couple of years fireballs and meteorite sightings have increased exponentially, one of which may even be responsible for the wildfires in Colorado and the crash of Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in 2009 (it took three years for the official report to come out, only to then tell us that it was caused my "mechanical and human failure". Can we say "damage control", considering the suspicious timing of that report just as it emerged that raging wildfires in the US were likely started by fireballs falling from the sky?)
There are obvious cosmic changes under way and other strange occurrences (like masses of birds falling dead from the sky around the world) in our atmosphere that are not even closely related to man-made global warming. These cosmic influences have an effect on our climate more than what is publicly acknowledged or recognized. On the contrary, there seems to be a deliberate effort to hide this information from the public. Joe Quinn and Niall Bradley made an excellent analysis of what seems to be happening in Reign of Fire: Meteorites, Wildfires, Planetary Chaos and the Sixth Extinction, showing that the Powers That Be know what is going on, but are trying their best to vector the public away from the truth:
Global cyclic cataclysms have been recorded throughout history, yet the possibility of that happening in our time and age is suppressed, ignored or ridiculed. One thing most Mayan Calendar scholars have pointed out is that time is cyclic and the ancient civilizations have recorded this. However, with all the focus on "shift of consciousness" and the "galactic alignment" on 12/21/2012, many of them don't seem to acknowledge the obvious: that cosmic bombardment has always been a part of our history during such shifts and it seems very likely that we're just at the beginning of massive changes of a cosmic nature that also manifest in the form of cataclysms.
A SOTT reader posted his research recently under this article, proposing a different interpretation of the Mayan Calendar:
Usually when I bring up the topic of cyclic cataclysms in conversations or on facebook and point out that we may enter such a period right now, I'm met with the usual accusation of being a "fear and doomsday mongerer" or "you're so negative!". The information I provide is often denied off-hand without further investigation on their part. This has nothing to do with the "end of the world", nor do I see ALL of the population being wiped out, nor do I want that to happen. However, facts are facts and the fact is that there has been a significant increase of meteor and fireball sightings that are either downplayed or ignored. Most importantly, the Powers That Be know what's coming, even if they delude themselves that they won't be affected. So don't expect an early warning anytime soon.
Recommended reading and watching:
- Reign of Fire: Meteorites, Wildfires, Planetary Chaos and the Sixth Extinction
- Reading Celestial Intentions Through the Wrong End of the Telescope: Missiles, UFOs and the Cold War
- The Golden Age, Psychopathy and the Sixth Extinction
- Global Warming And The Corruption Of Science
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets: Damages, Disasters, Injuries, Deaths, and Very Close Calls
- Forget About Global Warming: We're One Step From Extinction!
- Cosmic Winter by Victor Clube and Bill Napier
- Cosmic Serpent by Victor Clube and Bill Napier
- The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes by Richard Firestone, Allen West and Simon Warwick-Smith Where do we go from here ?
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Joking aside, anyone who takes a sober look at the world can see that we're far from any significant collective shift in consciousness. We live in a day and age where most people still believe the lies we're being told. It's a global Stockholm Syndrome, the perfect Matrix Control System, where the prisoners build their own walls and worship their captors, becoming tools of the matrix as the sheep police each other. No martial control needed. Much of it has also do to with what Bob Altemeyer termed "The Authoritarians" - those who blindly believe government (left or right) and official authority. This is not only true for the obvious right-wing conservative (republicans) oriented folks, but also for many self-proclaimed liberal, progressive lefties and Democrats who support Obama, the man-made global warming scam, the official 9/11 story (fantasy), Israel's genocide in Palestine, etc, without question. I've had many "discussions" with such individuals who pride themselves on being "aware" and "spiritual". Some of them are even popular yoga teachers, life coaches and "healers" (such as the aforementioned "ayahuascero") here in Los Angeles, hiding behind a passive aggressive mask and who are more close-minded and conditioned than they are aware. Much of it is also about keeping a "politically correct" attitude because speaking out about such topics may not serve their career and public image. What I've experienced in my interactions with them mirrors exactly what Bob Altermayer said: "They bring strong loyalty to their in-groups, have thick-walled, highly compartmentalized minds, use lots of double standards in their judgments, are surprisingly unprincipled at times, and are often hypocrites. But they are also Teflon-coated when it comes to guilt. They are blind to themselves, ethnocentric and prejudiced, and as close-minded as they are narrow-minded."
As I said in "Love, Reality, and the Time of Transition": In response to growing awareness of the fundamental condition of Right-Wing Authoritarians, 'Anti-Authoritarians' are being diagnosed as mentally ill. People who question their government and learn about "the man behind the curtain" are often labeled as "paranoid conspiracy theorists" in a condemning ad hominem way, as though governments never act in secret. I've been living in the Los Angeles area for 17 years now. What I've come to realize more and more is the vast difference between people "appearing" aware, spiritual and conscious, as opposed to their true state of being and awareness, which is reflected in their beliefs and (non)-actions. California is known to be "progressive" and, being a professional bodyworker, I can certainly attest to that in the "healing arts" sphere. I don't know any other place in the world that has so much to offer in that regard. I've learned from amazing teachers and am able to make a living with something I love doing and which would not be very easy in other parts in the world that are not that open to alternative healing modalities. It's a strange mixture of open mindedness, progressiveness, niceness and the same time close mindedness, denial, self-delusion and self-grandeur.
Humanity is not as special as we believe ourselves to be. The universe and our planet are part of a living system that has its own purpose. If we don't align ourselves with the universe and its evolution, the system will do what it has always done in the past and adjust itself, even if it means "shaking off" a large part of the population. We're talking about the evolution in knowledge and consciousness, which is tied in with seeing the world as it is without blinders on. As I wrote in Reflections on Love, Healing, and 9/11: So the question is, are there any signs of a real "raising of consciousness" and "awakening"? There is the Occupy movement where people are finally standing up to the crimes of their governments, yet at the same time most "Occupiers" mistake the symptoms for the cause, not being aware of psychopaths in positions of high power and how they affect society. Despite the issues I pointed out with certain "conscious" festivals, they are also a great outlet for self-expression, art and dance, connecting people from all walks of life. But they can also easily be an escape from reality, instead of being a sign of a true "collective awakening".
Technological progress and the Internet is connecting millions of people across the globe. Social networks like facebook can help in the process of seeking truth and spreading awareness. However, they can also increase narcissistic tendencies and disconnect us from real-life interaction. They are tools, neither good or bad and it depends on the user how they are being applied. There is much nonsense and disinformation on the internet as well. Lies are mixed with truth, so discernment is imperative without falling into the traps of "cynical debunking" or "blind belief", the two sides of the same coin.
There are many well-meaning people who also see that our world is going through big changes and that we need to make changes within and without. Many of them do their best to look for alternative ways of living, offering more sustainable solutions. However, each of the various Conscious Movements (The Zeitgeist Movement, Evolver Social Movement, Thrive Movement, etc) can easily be (and may have been already) co-opted (or even created) by COINTELPRO, spread disinformation and ignore/deny important topics, even without the conscious intent/awareness of their founders and members/followers because of cognitive dissonance, denial, wishful thinking and ego-related issues that are lie in the way of the pursuit of truth. Again, understanding how the Matrix Control System works through us is crucial and how easily we can buffer up the lies we're telling ourselves, dreaming that we're awake. The three subjects mentioned above hold the clues and keys to the Golden Age and world peace most of us yearn for. They need to be approached in a scientific and open-minded way, while questioning our own beliefs about the world and humanity. This entails working through our social, religious and cultural programming and adjusting our understanding even if it contradicts our long-held beliefs. From an esoteric perspective lies to the self are the most harming and as long as we believe lies about the world we will keep going around in circles until mother earth has had enough and she shakes us off. There is always the danger of dogma and agendas, mistaking the false for the true, that are in the way of creating a new world, if we don't make sincere pursuit of truth the foundation in every aspect of our lives.
Whatever your talent, profession or vocation may be, ask yourself, why you do what you do and what is your true intention? How much of it is socially conditioned and what is truly YOU? Don't be afraid to speak out in fear of ridicule or what others may think. So much of what people do is driven by the need for acceptance, appearance, approval, money, status and security. Our lives lose integrity if we're not honest with ourselves. There is only Love where there is Knowledge and Truth.
I see 2012 as an opportunity, not in the literal sense of the date, but in terms of the times we're in. There is potential for an awakening on a mass scale, although I question that there will be anything close to a "collective awakening". A splitting may happen as "The Wave" approaches. There is still so much we don't know. For that reason we must make the search for Knowledge and Truth a priority before we present solutions too quickly. The more we see the world as it is, with all "the faces of God", the more we are aligned with the universe and the more creativity we can access, enabling us to to act in tune with nature without fighting her. This has an effect on the the external world such that maybe the archetypal "reset button" won't need to be pressed. That is the evolution of consciousness, which is the evolution of Knowledge and Being. It doesn't happen by itself. Conscious work and effort are needed to counter the forces of entropy within and without.
I don't see a fundamental rise in consciousness or awakening happening at or after 12/21/2012 if the aforementioned topics are not made conscious. There are no short cuts we can take. We must learn our lessons, both personally and collectively. Whatever the living system's purpose is, we need to align ourselves with that and get out of our anthropocentric view of the universe, so that we can make the transition from a material-based view of our world to a spiritual one. "Discomfort" and examining our fears can serve a purpose. There is a chance for healing from a shamanic and esoteric perspective. It is good to put oneself into a state of vulnerability when looking at the "darker" aspects of our reality or of ourselves - truly looking at it, facing it and not giving the ego a chance to explain it all away so we can go back to our comfort zone through self-calming and ultimately back to "sleep". It is not about buying into fear and panic either, but about gaining knowledge and understanding. Sometimes things need to be confronted without automatically defending our beliefs and views, allowing us to look at the world and ourselves more objectively. That's part of the awakening process and raising consciousness. There is help out there, but no one is coming to save us. No Aliens, Jesus, or Galactic Federation of Light. There are accounts of information and help from"channeled sources", stating that is it is up to us to discern truth from deception and that we are our own 'rescue team'. Everything is part of creation. Evolution is a process of learning, becoming aware and conscious, gaining knowledge and hence wisdom and love. The topic of channeled information needs to be examined very carefully, neither in blind belief nor rejected with cynical debunking. We need to be careful not to throw out the baby with the bathwater. "Higher benevolent forces" (including our higher self or even "us in the future") may be able to contact us that way, when asked for and when it doesn't infringe free will nor interfere with the learning process of the one asking. However, who is coming through and what the source is really saying is what we have to question. Sometimes the messages can be subtle in our everyday life and it is up to us to be able to "see" and "hear" them. There is much disinformation, so that most often the devil appears as angles of light. Even synchronicities and "coincidences" are not always positive nor beneficial but can be orchestrated by negative entities to trap or vector the seeker away from truth, be it through temptation or ego/emotional hooks. It's the archetypal spiritual war of dark and light through us.
Channeled material can be approached as Superluminal Communication from a scientific perspective. It should never be taken as fact and proof alone, but one should cross-reference it with other material and combine it with scientific research, using it as inspiration for new ways of thinking. There are some sources that actually encourage that approach and tell us that it is up to us to learn, discern and gain knowledge, hence becoming more aware and conscious, consciously engaging in the process of evolution and awakening. This entails piercing through the corruption of science and opening pathways to scientifically study the paranormal and high strangeness aspects of our reality, particularly the "topic of all topics", which is so roundly ridiculed and ignored by our "official culture" for reasons that are actually un-scientific. That alone should make us think.
The path of seeking truth within and without is not an easy one. It goes against literally everything we've been told and taught by society and governments. The indoctrination through lies, the conditioning and programming is deep and far reaching. It has been going on for millennia. It takes tremendous effort to wake up from the hypnotic slumber, where most people dream of being awake. At this Time of Transition, as more and more knowledge is coming to the surface, there is the potential to create a new earth. However, this is also the age of deception for there are forces at work that do not want this to happen. They do their best to vector us away from truth. The most effective way to make someone swallow a lie is to sandwich it between some truth and flavor it with emotional hooks. As mentioned many times before, lies are mixed with truth, so discernment is essential. We need to engage our higher emotional center - connecting us to divine intuition - and also activate our higher intellect, engaging in sincere, open-minded critical thinking, fusing the heart and the mind, mysticism and science.
That is the prerequisite to building the vessel inside of us that can receive Gnosis/Knowledge. For the truth is hidden in plain sight, so we can "see the unseen" and not get distracted by the shadows on the wall. James Baldwin said "Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience, you must find yourself at war with your society." There has been much struggle, depression and suffering on my own path since I started to question reality. It has lead to alienation and ridicule from friends and family. However, "alienation" is actually a good thing and depression can be a stepping stone to seeing the world as it is and connecting with one's real "I". It's part of the awakening process. The sincere truth seeker will inevitably feel alienated from society at some point, because he/she starts to "see" through appearances and the lies of "official culture". As J. Krishnamurti said: "It is no sign of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Essentially, the Matrix works through people just as they defend the prison they are in.
Each and every time some revelation exposes the Control System at work, the Matrix goes into overdrive to destroy it. It is very clear in humanity's present situation. It is in "seeing the unseen" that we become aware of higher levels of being; it is in ordinary human interactions that we experience the "battles" between the forces of STS (Service to Self) and STO (Service to Others)! And it is most definitely this factor that the Matrix Control System vigorously attempts to conceal! In other words, we are not just talking about a "petty dispute," we are talking about a battle of forces at other levels, manifesting - as ALWAYS - in human dynamics. As tedious and hard it is at times, the esoteric axiom remains: "The truth shall set you free!" The necessity of disillusionment is unavoidable before we can truly become free, fulfill our potential and create a New Earth. Despite the struggle within and without and the madness in our world, I can say that I find more and more true love, fulfillment, happiness, joy, authentic friendships and a deeper connection to nature and the universe. It's an ongoing process. There is light at the end of the tunnel and the only way out is through it. Don't ever give up.Every sincere effort will be noticed by the universe, even if seemingly unnoticed in your immediate environment, and it will contribute to a positive outcome in thisTime of Transition and to the progress of your soul. All there is is lessons. Our task is to give the lies what they deserve: the truth. Many are called, but few choose to answer the call. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/248735-2012-Collective-Awakening-or-End-of-the-World-
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