Thoughts On The End of the World and Other things.

I saw The Hobbit this past Friday night with some friends and it was pure awesome -not as dark or serious as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but light-hearted, and with wittier dialogue. Anywho, after leaving Teatro Ideal I walked down calle Carretas and along all the walls on both sides of the street were posters with the website address noeselfindelmundo.com So, when I got home I decided to see what all the fuss was about. Sure enough, its a Madrid-based blog trying to dispell the myth that the world ends this Friday. The blogger is called Mr. Currice and he is histerical!!

Check it out!

http://www.noeselfindelmundo.com/

Now, according to literature, articles, and people whom I've talked to over the past couple of years, the Mayans believe that we are going to enter a new era, a new cycle were human beings will be more receptive to the harmonic waves of nature, the cosmos, and human-interconnectedness (that to me is a nice thought). I also remember reading about how the lead up to December 21, 2012 would be plagued with natural disasters and catastrophic events brought about by man's disrespect towards himself and mother earth. And if you think about it, many of these things have happened. These supposedly are warning signs for us to become more receptive to harmonic waves.

Regardless of what you think, the idea of entering into a new cycle is the positive reinforcement that we need during these mad times. After all, we ARE living a global economic crisis, and to a lesser extent, an environmental crisis (that could accelerate). We could use a dose of this positive medicine regardless if we believe in the Mayan prophecy or not. The fact is we are living in a more inter-connected world and we need to use that to our advantage (is this what the Mayans were talking about??!!)

During my venture into the Mayan prophecy, I came across a fascinating figure: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. His ideas about the noosphere are overwhelming, but mind-blowing. You can read up on him more by clicking on the link. I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes by him (perhaps not entirely related, but its great advice anyway) which talks about this hectic, fast-paced, and anxiety-inducing world that we live in and why we have nothing to worry about, especially this friday (here me out, quarter-life-crisis sufferers!).

Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. Yet it is the law of all progress that it made by passing through some stages of instability and that may take a long time. And so I think it is with you. Your ideas mature gradually. Let them grow. Let them shape themselves with undue haste. Do not try to force them on as though you could be today what time -that is to say, grace- and circumstances acting on your own goodwill will make you tomorrow.

-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin