Nicolya Christi: "We are moving beyond the universal law of attraction, based on cause and effect and an acquisition mentality and into the Law of Elevation, founded on higher universal laws that we are now ready to embody."

Ervin Laszlo: "Will the coming of a chaos point in human societies coincide with the famous 2012 prophecies?  Many people say so, but such claims need to be substantiated. For the most part, the claims refer to esoteric prophecies coming from traditional cultures. These may convey important information and merit being known. But is there scientific evidence to back them up?" 

José A. Arguelles: "The process of arriving at this globalized condition has occurred so rapidly that the human mind, with its various provincial values shaped by antagonistic tribal, religious and nationalistic beliefs, has hardly had a chance to rise up from the conflict it has engendered to see that we are in actuality a single planetary organism. "

When tying the ending of the Mayan Calendar to the destruction of our planet in 2012, I am tempted to ask only, "So?" If we look at the endless prophecies that predicted the end of our planet at a given time and in certain ways, we readily see that not a single one has come true.  Here we are, still.  Could it be this record of prophetic failure on the physical plane speaks to the end of life on another dimension--the end of utilizing the more superficial levels of consciousness from which we often draw life?  

As another example of "evidence," the hieroglyphs from Maya antiquity do tell stories.  So--are these stories about the Maya culture or ours, and for what purpose?  Certainly, their glyphs, like those found in Egypt, in the Southwest and elsewhere, do tell stories--about the natural evolution of their spiritual consciousness, as is true for all cultures.  In this case, the stories the glyphs depict are not even uniform among various locations in the Maya culture, so how could any single one of them be right for us?  Don't you think it's rather narcissistic of us to think this is all about us?

Of course, there are those who benefit by our collective and individual compulsion to engage such information and live from fear rather than going within to our center of peace and equanimity.  The end-timers and those who espouse Armageddon as the sure and final chapter for us all would hasten this so-called impending disaster, so they could ascend sooner rather than later, leaving the rest of us behind.  Then there are those who gain financially by producing and selling goods and services to those in a state of vulnerability and fear, repeating a practice seen at other times in our history. 

Again I ask, "So?"  So, none of these views, elements or potential influences are any of our business, not at all.  How others want to envision and live their lives is up to them and we need to respect that right.  However, respecting their right to differ doesn't mean we should take on their ways and beliefs as our own.  Our single imperative is to listen inward and follow only the direction found inward.  By doing so, we not only bring spiritual order to our lives, at the same time we inspire others to follow our example--so we can join in walking in our Truth rather than in what others want for and from us.

To be sure, there are influences on our planetary life, but worry cannot change any of them.  To be sure, worry never fixed or changed anything. No matter how many potential influences others speak of creating a threat to our well-being in 2012, the only practical thing we can do is shift our perspective about them, and to understand if we live only in this moment, true to our inner guidance, this is the very best we can do for ourselves--and all around us.  It strikes me that the Serenity Prayer used in Alcoholics Anonymous fits perfectly here: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."  We cannot change these disruptions that may affect our planet, but we can change how we see the planet, and behave accordingly.  When we take a broader view, we come to see it is fortunate that such potential forces in our lives do have an impact on us--do inspire us to consider if we are doing all we can to live compassionately and holistically.