The End of the World has been Postponed

“It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.” ― REM

January is a blank page, or, if words are written, nothing is said; it's a time between forgetting and nothing to remember, and a place with no cross-streets or sidewalks or inhabitants or thoughts; somewhere, sometime not yet on the map, not on the calendar. Everything's behind you and everything's ahead, but what’s in January? Breakable resolutions, winter cold, thick skin white beneath your sweatshirt (or is that light gray, like the sky). The chill will come, the chill will go, and the golden summer will follow. But who can be sure... it came last year, but that was last year. Here we are in 2012.

Speaking of 2012, the social media frenzy has turned into a forum for postulating end-of-the-world scenarios, rather than examining its potential as a catalyst for shifting the direction of human evolution and spiritual consciousness.

It’s difficult to ignore the impact of the internet, and all the various forms of social media, has had on the collective human consciousness. With the recent uprisings in the Middle East, as an example, it seems that people are awakening to the truth that every man and woman is a star―capable and deserving of choosing their own destinies rather than having their futures chosen for them by dictators.

So what about the world ending? As Abraham Hicks says, “Your world is barely beginning. All we have to do is listen for the call of Source and come toward it.  Don’t let others discourage you.  Their discouragement is about their relationship with their vibrational stream.  It’s about the gap between who they really are and who they’re letting themselves be. We promise you it has nothing to do with the longevity of this planet.”

I don't for a moment believe that somehow we'll magically wake up on December 21, 2012 and find the world has miraculous changed. Nor do I think it'll necessarily be the point of the singularity. Realistically, I think it will mark a turning point where we start seeing much more rapid, radical changes in the evolution of our species. It could be as simple as the individual and collective realization that one’s future reality is shaped by the thoughts we are thinking. That’s because we have the ability to change the way we think, and as such the future is constantly changing. And to me, knowing that, believing that and practicing that is a good thing.