2012 - Don't believe the hype ( part one )
Posted on Wednesday, 21 July, 2010 | 
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Columnist: Candace Talmadge
The Mayan calendar may end on Dec. 21, 2012, but the “doomsday” hype from Hollywood and other sources is neither helpful nor accurate.
“The Mayans and the Hopis speak of it as the end of one world and the beginning of another,” says Mitch Battros, author of Solar Rain—The Earth Changes Have Begun and Global Warming—A Convenient Disguise. He also hosts the Earth Changes radio show and edits the Earth Changes website (
www.earthchangesmedia.com) and newsletter.
Additional societies that long ago predicted a period of transition in the present day include the Dogon, the Sumerians, and the ancient Egyptians. “They meant exactly what they stated,” Battros says. “The world will end as we know it.”
He does not believe that means a global cataclysm like the one depicted in the film 2012. But he does point to heightened and widespread incidences of severe earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes, and more. The chaos of disrupted intercontinental airline traffic due to the volcano eruption in Iceland last spring is just one relatively small example of how natural events may adversely affect human society.
Battros, who sees himself as a bridge between the worlds of ancient legends and modern science, says the changes mentioned in ancient texts are both external, as in the natural phenomena, and internal, which he characterizes as a possible struggle within self.
“Change is coming. Truth is coming. Integrity is coming,” he says. Those who have already started making the shifts within their own beings to be in alignment and harmony with themselves and their environment will have a much easier time during this transition.
Those who live in fear, who focus solely on material gain (think Wall Street), or who believe that others are the enemy whom they must fight and conquer in order to survive will have an extremely rough time of change. “It’s not going to be a pleasant transition for many people,” he adds.
He foresees a large number of deaths due to natural events. But what seems on the surface only like tragedy will have a positive effect. “The way the Mayan elders have described it to me is that extreme events will bring us back together. We will be forced to unite to survive,” Battros explains.
He receives as many as 20 emails every day asking what place is safe during the coming increase in violent natural events like earthquakes or hurricanes. His response is always the same. Location is not nearly as critical as people’s neighbors and their support networks.
“If you are surrounded with like-minded people, and have a general sense of physical, emotional, and spiritual preparedness, that is how to get through this,” he explains.
Some years ago, during response training with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Battros says his instructor told the class that they cannot rely on government workers for help in the event of multiple catastrophes, such as a large earthquake and a major flood at the same time.
“It will not be the fire department to come save you,” he recalls the teacher’s words. “Or the police or the Red Cross or FEMA. The person who you will be relying on will be your neighbor.”
The huge unknown in the wake of a natural disaster is disorienting even for those, like Battros, who have prepared and developed disaster contingency plans. Panic and the natural flight-or-fight response will prevent some people from ever regaining their wits enough to act in their own self-preservation.
Keeping abreast of developments like hurricanes or earthquakes and having a personal/family disaster response plan and emergency supplies already in place will help minimize the time it takes to recover from the initial shock and move forward.
(Part 2 looks at how the convergence of ancient prophecy and cutting-edge science explain the catalyst for the long predicted earth changes.)
Article Copyright© Candace Talmadge - reproduced with permission.
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Candace Talmadge writes about the intersection of unexplained mysteries and spirituality. Her blog is StoneScribe (www.healingstonebooks.com/stonescribe) and her speculative fiction is the Green Stone of Healing(r) series (www.greenstoneofhealing.com).
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