As the magical year of 2012 approaches I’ve been noticing the growing “buzz” in the social Media about the possible “end of times”. Most of which is focused on the speculation of how the world is going to experience a catastrophic event next year. A lot of these ideas have been spawned by creative interpretations of ancient civilizations and their supposed predictions, which don’t really stand up to scrutiny (meaning the prophecies weren’t really about the end of the earth, but about a time of progressive change from the old ways). Fortunately, if one looks past the “screamingly dire warnings of 2012” we may find that it may be actually a time of new beginnings.

The recent demonstrations against corporate greed here and in Europe give us an opportunity to study one aspect of the changes coming with the new age; Duality versus Unity. The old model of duality is apparent as the demonstrators protest against wrongs. What might the demonstrations look like if Unity, working together, became the guiding principle? Science fiction can give us some insight when we look at some stories that deal with the theme of artificial life (corporations) vs. humanity.

Some science fiction writers have known all along

I have listed below 22 predictions (some entries contain multiple dates from the same source) of the end of the world, dating back to the 2nd century A.D. A quick internet search brought me over 50 hits. That means this practice has been going on for over 2000 years. To date all have been wrong, at least as far as my world is concerned. Don’t worry, I am not going to dive in to the theory of multiple universes. I have enough to do navigating the one I am in.

All major faiths, religions and belief systems I know of are in agreement on this topic. It is not known, is unknowable and their followers shouldn’t spend their time worrying about it. They are to spend their time achieving the tenants of their faith. Do that and the end of time is irrelevant. How could the end of the world be irrelevant?

The time has come to end politics as we know it. The people of this nation have outgrown its current political structure’s usefulness. Our country is ready for something better than the out-dated, force-fed, and endlessly popular “trickle-down economics.” Trickle down is a joke. Crumbs aren’t enough. What we need is a flood down economics policy to get out of this mess!

Reaganomics or Supply Side Economics does work, but only for the very rich. Reaganomics has caused nothing but hardship for the rest of us. International bankers see how rich they can become, and now that they are in power they are trying to impose their evil will on

Historically, much of humanity's behavior has been like that of an animal caught in a trap, gnawing off its foot or paw to escape the jaws of death. It survives - limping along ever after. Adapting, but never again whole. Unable to attain the full expression of its true nature. Except that we,

Polanyi: Great Transformation

“The outstanding discovery of recent historical and anthropological research is that man’s economy, as a rule, is submerged in his social relationships. Neither the process of production or that of distribution is linked to specific economic interests attached to the possession of goods; but every single step in that process is geared to a number of social interests…. These interests will be very different in a small hunting and fishing community from those in a vast despotic society, but in either case the economic system will be run on non-economic motives.” Polanyi, 46

A few month ago some friends and I were getting ready for a road trip

LOVE: the dictionary gives approximately 26 definitions. A poll in 2005 came up with 150 definitions given by the general public at random. I find all of these inadequate and incomplete. Many are a description, an emotion, a verb, a noun. None of them fully expresses the completeness of pure love. Ancient languages used multiple terms that have been homogenized in our modern English. The Greek, for example, used eros – the physical attraction

Back before life, there was only sound
Of primordial ooze sloshing around
It was a beautiful song that no one could hear
So the ooze grew a body, a head and an ear
The ear heard the sound and body started to sing
Of the meaning of life and the joys it would bring
You see the meaning of life is not love or hate
It’s all of the music that the universe would make
With a body came arms then legs and some hands
And the body started drumming on rocks and sand
First it made a beat then a rhythm and song
And soon others came to dance and play along
So what started life, who was there the first day
It was the primordial ooze and the music it played