Nostradamus was a Frenchman that lived during the late 1500's,
and was paid by Kings and Queens to foretell the future. In
addition to Nostradamus, numerous world religions believe in
their faiths ancient texts as having the ability to foretell
future events. Many also believe that, according to the Mayan
Calendar, the world will end, as the Mayan calendar also ends, in
2012. Most all theories of an apocalypse have many similarities,
as do certain other elements of world religions, such as the
creation theory.
Some Nostradamus experts believe that his prophesies predict the
demise of civilization in 2012. Some Christians believe this as
well. Other interpreters of Nostradamus believe that his
quatrains, that is, his poetic writings which were written in
metaphor to avoid persecution, can be interpreted in a number of
different ways the reader may choose to. Still, others believe in
nothing of an apocalypse at all, and believe only in what can be
seen and proven by scientific method of cause and effect.
What science has proven to be true is this; that what we believe
in, often does come true. If you get ten people together, and
tell them all that they will all be destroyed in some manner, for
example, and they all believe it, there is a good chance that
they will be. Similarly, if you get millions of followers to
believe that the end of the world will occur in two years, most
of these people who believe it, will unconsciously do things to
make it happen, as they believe it is their fate.
According to some Mayan Shamanic experts I have spoken with, the
Mayan Calendar’s end does not connote the end of
civilization, but rather, a new spiritual transformation for
humanity, a reawakening of a positive nature. And so while some
in Hollywood make films about the end of the world in two years,
or post-apocalyptic landscapes with the latest product placement,
those of us who know better, can try to forgive their ignorance,
for they are contributing to the very mindset of the destruction
of this planet that they are so blindly focused on supposedly
saving.
One human being did not create this world, and one person alone
can not destroy it, or if it would be doomed. And so while we
should all take responsibility for what we can to make the world
a better place, a part of that responsibility entails making our
own lives better, which starts from within. I urge you to focus
on success each day of your life, instead of doomsday theories.
Focus on prosperity, instead of ignorant bloggers who write
articles about how the economy is ruined, or the like. Focus
instead on how you will make 'your' economy, your life, your
friends and families lives, and your mind and spirit better. And
I'll bet you, you'll be here too, well beyond the year of two
thousand and twelve. Then we'll all be laughing at how foolish
the worlds talk was, just as we did with Y2K, and all the other
times it was preached by the masses that the world would end. We
will have no time for an apocalypse, we'll all be too busy
working and having fun. I hope you enjoy the new issue.
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