The
Hopis said we would be communicating on an invisible web when it happens. Astrologers
say we are moving into a different age, The Age of Aquarius. In India, 2012
marks the end of the Kali Yuga, or degenerate age. The Mayan call it the World
of the Fifth Sun, an awakening to a more spiritual time. It’s been happening
now for a while, this movement away from the material world of the Fourth Sun
into a new, more spiritual era. Transcendentalists tried to tell us about ether
in the late 1800’s. Nostradamus called
it the Apocalypse – the lifting of the veil – a time of enlightenment. Unfortunately,
this enlightenment could be accompanied by violent shifts in the earth; a time
of transformation will ensue, both environmental and social.
Planets
will be getting into line – that is, Mercury, Venus and Saturn - can be seen
over the pyramids of Giza on December 3, 2012.
On
12-21-12 at 12:00, Ophiuchus, the thirteenth sign of the Zodiac – remember the
original Roman calendar had 13 months - will move into place along with all the
planets; the earth’s axis will form an eight-spoked wheel with the equator of
the galaxy; and the sun will rise on December 21, 2012 and move into position
to the center of the Milky Way by noon. This alignment happens once every
26,000 years, and each time, life on earth enters a new phase.
Who
is Ophiuchus? He is a very large man who carries a very large snake. According
to Mayan lore, their own Ophiuchus, will hand over that snake or the Staff of
Power to the Spirit of the Feminine at noon on December 21, 2012.
Get
ready guys, it will happen whether you like it or not. You’re going to get in
touch with your feminine side. The earth is going to move in mysterious ways.
Hmm,
a snake and a woman and a tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The
Mayan refer to the World of the Fourth Sun as being a time of materialism,
selfishness, darkness and evil. The World of the Fifth Sun will be one of
spirituality, openness, unity and light. A lifting of the veil, knowledge of
good and evil.
Nostradamus
gives us this illustration from his Lost Book. He talked about One Man who
would guide us during this time. Does anyone come to mind? Nostradamus speaks
of One Man, yet he has two women and a deer (symbol of the Goddess and virgin
huntress, Diana) standing ready to receive the book he is handing them. The
book on whose pages nothing yet has been written.
In
the 1970’s Broadway musical “Hair”, the singer belts out the song Age of
Aquarius in a voice that seems to resonate in the universe - “When
the moon is in the 7th house and Jupiter aligns with Mars/Then peace
will guide the planet and love will steer the stars/ this is the dawning of the
Age of Aquarius/ Harmony and understanding/sympathy and trust abounding…mystic,
crystal revelations and the mind’s true liberation, Aquarius Aquarius/ Open up
your heart/let the sunshine in!”
Astrologers have denounced these lyrics as "astrological gibberish", noting
that Jupiter aligns with Mars several times a year
and the moon is in the
7th House for two hours every day. These lines are considered by many to
be merely poetic license.But many astrologers feel we will be moving into a time of greater spiritual energy and unity amongst people.
What have we seen happen so far?
- We elected an African-American President not once, but twice! (Let’s pause a minute, I want to savor that.)
- Global warming is finally being looked at as real, a revelation very much like the Catholic Church finally apologizing to Galileo in 1991.
- Evil chemical companies tried to take over Mother Nature; Mother Nature fought back with GMO resistant weeds and worms. The people fought back with organics.
- Oprah’s Organics!
- An organic garden at the White House. Can the restoration of President Carter’s solar panels be far behind?
- 2012 saw more women elected than ever before.
- The GOP whacked themselves over abortion and rape. (Were they trying to throw the election?)
- Medical Marijuana and Recreational Marijuana legalized in some states.
- Gay Marriage was legalized in more states.
- Petfriendly work places. Naps at work. Babies at work. No dress code at work. Apocalypse!
- Occupy Wall Street – you mean the people don’t want more gruel?
We’ve also seen super storm nearly destroy one of the most important cities in the world. We’ve witnessed a Tsunami wipe out an entire area. (In all fairness, a previous generation had literally left signs indicating DO NOT BUILD BELOW THIS POINT along the mountainside. These signs were ignored.)
NASA has documented a bulge at the equator caused by a change in Earth’s gravity, which could be interpreted as a movement of the Poles. (This 2002 article, “Satellites Reveal a Mystery of Large Change in Earth’s Gravity Field” is currently unavailable.)
The Mayans say we will move from concern over the physical elements of earth, air, fire and water to focus on the spiritual element of ether. Ether, defined by Wikipedia as “[Ether]The quintessence, or fifth element, was a term used by medieval to alchemists for a substance similar or identical to that thought o make up the heavenly bodies. It was proposed that a little of the quintessence was present in things on earth, meaning that things on earth could be affected by what happened in the heavens…Alchemy then dealt with the isolation and use of this fifth element.
Transcendentalists, a
spiritual movement of the late 19th
Century, considered the ether to be where
spirits lived, in other words that the ether
was filled with our charged, collective spiritual energy.
Present day Mayan
elders say, "The prophesied changes are going to happen, but our attitude
and actions determine how harsh or mild they are. We need to act, to make
changes, and to elect people to represent us who understand and who will
take political action to respect the Earth… "We live in a world
of energy. An important task at this time is to learn to sense or see the
energy of everyone and everything -- people, plants, animals. This becomes
increasingly important as we draw close to the World of the Fifth Sun, for
it is associated with the element 'ether' -- the realm where energy lives
and weaves. Go to the sacred places of the Earth to pray for peace, and
have respect for the Earth, which gives us our food, clothing, and
shelter. We need to reactivate the energy of these sacred places. That is our
work.”
We still have a long way
to go, provided it all doesn’t end on December 21 at noon. Organic proponents
still fight for organics (God’s own provision for us.) and against GMOs and
chemicals in food. Wildlife advocates still fight for every inch of pristine
wilderness and for every endangered animal. Animal rights advocates still fight
the good fight for helpless animals. Vegans still mourn the death of each and
every cow, lamb, steer, bird, fowl, goat and fish. 27 million people are still
enslaved in this world now moving toward spiritual enlightenment.
Some people are
committing suicide over fear of the end of the world. I
say, “Don’t suicide.” We know from suicide near death experiencers that
suicide is no relief from pain. In fact, suicides go to dark
place, near death suicides tell us. I always think of the quail in
“Bambi.” She is safe, but she cannot bear the suspense so she runs
out screaming. I identify with the quail. I tell myself, don’t do it, don’t
run out screaming.
And, what if it
all does end on December 21, 2012 at noon? Won’t it have been worth it?
Remember Woody Allen’s character’s spiritual struggle for answers in “Hannah and
Her Sisters”? He walks all day in New York City only to find himself in a movie
theater watching a Marx Brothers movie. All the characters on the screen are
dancing and singing a very silly song and they’re having a great time and they
are all passed on. Woody’s character says, “So what? So what if we all
die? Aren’t you glad you were here and you were a part of it?”
And - I’m glad that we are now
communicating on an invisible web – what could be more unifying than the
internet?
Present day Mayan
elders teach us: “The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love,
respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or
elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your DNA. All you need
is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart,
and you will find your way."
©Patricia Goodwin, 2012
two poems from the housewife by Patricia Goodwin:
antikythera
sleeping is the hardest job
she does all day
since the children are grown
she seeks out the stars for solace
hungry for stars, deep in the night
she searches the dark blue street lighted sky for one, just
one
to hang her dwindling hopes upon
watching
watching that one might move
oh, yes, they have moved
and not in kind directions
once coming swiftly toward her
flaring red on fire
becoming brighter and bigger as it came closer
looking her directly in the eye as one who would
purposefully consume her
beside her, her husband shouted, “it’s nothing! nothing!”
it suddenly turned and burned out
with a pop
another time,
quietly leaving its place in line
and falling calmly in an arc
toward the ocean
perhaps a small, furry cuddly thing
would assuage her empty arms
better than hot stars
even so, would she ever stop asking herself
why there are
patterns of Sagittarius
ruined in Egypt
and on Mars?
she knows where he points his arrow
into the center of the universe
into the black hole where the sun will rise
one day too soon
oh, too soon!
she tries to stay grounded
but when she walks
her feet froth with fallen blossoms in spring
snow in winter
each foot is a country frothing with fallen flowers or red
snow
there are no more countries, only banks
she is born like Aphrodite in a cold land
she is haunted by the loss of the antikythera
golden instrument of the stars, nameless device,
named after the island where it was found
buried among the arms reaching from under the ocean floor
among the glistening bodies of broken gods
while scientists wastes her time arguing about it
she knows
one must remember and forget oneself
one must believe in more than one god to comprehend
vastness, that her vastness is ordinary, daily
fractals are not chaos! they are her bloodstream!
she wants back
her lineage to the stars, to the gods, to the planets
her daily horoscope and the phases of the moon
she regrets the years spent not learning alchemy!
oh, too soon!
the
last day
on
this, the last day of the world
she
wants everything to be the same
everything
must be the same
the
coffee cup waits for the computer to boot
the
bean pot bubbles
the
mailman makes his way down the street
the
bus stops and goes
she
dusts for the millionth time
as
though she can make routine eternity
she
stands
every
day
at
the center of a vortex
her
arms outstretched
east
and west
her
dining room
a
henge
one
hand touches sunset, the other,
dawn
twice
a day
the
crystal centerpiece
explodes
she
turns the never ending planets
©Patricia Goodwin 2012
"the last day" was previously published in The Potomac: A Journal of Poetry & Politics.
Patricia Goodwin is the author of When Two Women Die and Atlantis, poems about the United States being another Atlantis, among other works.
