Wisdom Connections

We had a great discussion on the subject: What’s All This Hype about 2012? What’s the Basis for it and What Do We Think Might Happen? I’ve included some notes here and a couple of book references for those who would like to take a closer look.

The basis for the 2012 date becoming so prevalent and popular is the cycling of several calendars around the world. The predominant one is the Long Count Mayan calendar which ends a 5125-year cycle on or around the winter solstice of 2012. The longest time-period examined is the 26,000 year precession cycle we are moving through; this is the length of time the zodiac wheel cycles through one complete rotation around the sun-signs. This is all about moving into the Age of Aquarius. This cycle also brings the solar ecliptic into alignment with the galactic equator. I don’t want to go into all the details here, but to offer a hint as to the significance of the time-period we are in. There’s a lot going on out there!

But more importantly what does this all mean to us, the community of humans? I think there is a collective sense that something is happening. There are many signs. There is an increasing polarization of thought which seems to become more extreme with every newscast. People seem to be dividing; issues are discussed in black and white terms; compromise seems to be an approach of the past. It’s as if two worlds are beginning to form. People are being presented a choice. One of the books we brought up is one Rosemary has been reading: 2012: You Have a Choice!  Archangelic Answers & Practices for the Quantum Leap by Sri Ram Kaa and Kira Raa. Whether anything happens to the physical planet or not, it is clear that choices are being presented and we need to be ready to make those choices, not from fear but with open minds and hearts, consciously.

Of course, we did discuss the movie, a typical disaster scenario which seemed to exploit the hype around 2012 rather than reveal any truth. But there are possibilities of physical earth-changes discussed in the many books on the subject of 2012. Everything from moving into and through a photon belt to a polarity shift of the earth and a shift of the earth’s axis are explored. The fact is we are in the middle of earth changes. Whether we call it global warming or global climate change; whether we believe it is human caused or a natural cycling, changes are apparent. The polar ice sheets and glaciers are melting, the oceans are warming, and our computer models used to predict outcomes of these phenomena are not programmed to cope with the extremes; i.e. we aren’t sure what’s going to happen as a result of the real and current earth-changes we are experiencing.

But this is not cause for fear. It is rather an opportunity to remain open to the possibilities. Change is inevitable; it’s called evolution. And we are called to consciousness and choice. We are called to a higher vision of what is possible.

Another good reference for 2012 is a collection of essays I discovered in my research for the discussion: The Mystery of 2012, Predictions, Prophesies & Possibilities, a publication of Sounds True; contributors include Gregg Braden, Peter Russell, Daniel Pinchbeck, Joanna R. Macy, Ph.D., John Major Jenkins, and many more luminaries on the subject.

As a special note, our April meeting was our 13th meeting of our Spiritual Exploration Group! The April 2009 meeting was a formative meeting during which we discussed possible topics. So, with our 2010 April meeting we have completed discussion on 12 topics! Rosemary and I are discussing the topic for our May meeting and will announce it soon. Meanwhile please be thinking about new topics to add to the list for the remainder of 2010. You can post them on this blog as comments or you can email them to us.

Happy anniversary to our Spiritual Exploration Group! Thank you for sharing with us!

Our meeting on March 1, 2010, included a lively discussion on the topic of Past Lives. I believe the consensus was that, indeed, there seems to be meaning in exploring the possibility; but there was less agreement as to whether they are real or simply metaphor.

We opened the discussion with some examples. Rosemary offered a story of a police officer who set out to disprove the possibility of past lives and reincarnation. He did a regression with a hypnotherapist and during the session got in touch with a life as a painter. He applied police detective skills to investigate and disprove his own experience! What he found provided substantiation rather than disproof that this past life was real! You can view this story at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB_j-chZvR0

There are many examples to be found; as with most subjects a Google search tends to turn up fascinating (true or otherwise) results and stories. Google “past lives” and see where it leads you!

Several members of our group reported on their experiences, including others’ stories from Past Life Regression Healing sessions. The key point discussed from these examples, stories and experiences is the healing that can result from exploring our past lives. And, if the healing is the ultimate result from the exploration then does it really matter if the story is a myth? What we may recall, whether it is from a true past life or from tapping into the collective unconsciousness, can shine light on the present. And if that light helps to clarify an issue, a health problem, a psychological block, then the question implied by our discussion title is irrelevant.

There are many ways to explore past lives. Often they reveal themselves spontaneously through encounters, events, visits to new places. And there are more proactive ways to discover them through hypnosis sessions, regression analysis and even through self-exploration through story telling or writing: make up a story about a past life and see where it takes you. Someone suggested taking multiple photographs, e.g. in a photo-booth; make faces, strike funny poses and see who might show up! Play a game of “past lives” with friends; the story you tell may have some basis in a “real” past life. Use past-life story telling to solve problems; if you write your story with your non-dominant hand you may be surprised what your right brain allows to come through!

Whether myth, metaphor or meaningful, if nothing else, past life exploration can be fun!

As a follow-up to our February Spiritual Exploration Group discussion please take a look at the following new feature:

http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/discovering_planets_beyond/

There is some great animation on this site illustrating how planets form around developing stars.

And, if there are all those stars out there, and so many with planet-forming discs around them, how could we possibly believe we are alone in the universe?!

Enjoy!