Doomsday prophesies: The future’s in OUR hands

By Shanti Toll

Worldwide mass media is showing us that humanity has come to a tipping point: We are creating many more problems than we are solving. For every good news story there are two sad news stories. For every movie, video game or book about love and human triumph, there are three media sources portraying human violence, death and sexual exploitation. We do not have to be psychic to see what is happening. Pessimism seems realistic if we get caught up in the news and pop culture.

It is sad to watch the self-made destruction, when we have the technological, scientific, ethical, creative capacity to create a positive future. In a small interdependent ecosystem, the old evolutionary paradigm “survival of the fittest” doesn’t work. The new paradigm of conscious and personal evolution is needed to allow for constructive collaboration. On a personal level, survival means honoring and harmonizing with one’s mind, spirit, body and nature. On a planetary level, it means accommodating and honoring the whole social/nature interconnected system of our world. The “Grand Choice” humanity, offered in all the end-time prophecies, is meant to expand our empathy to the human condition and the needs of the earth.

Almost all end-time predictions have not only apocalyptic destruction, but a way to be saved. It seems like humans wish for a clearing way of all that is rotten, corrupt and broken in society. We want to have a new start, where we can do it right this time. Maybe one religion or cultural prophecy is right in timing and specifics. Time will tell.

There are tipping points in history when big shifts happen. Those who have consciously prepared themselves spiritually and physically will survive and even prosper. They will be more able to adapt, accept and move beyond the trials and tribulations of the purification. Working on self-purification now before the crisis appears will make it easier later. Using intuition, new science/technology and courage, we can join with other awakened beings to position ourselves to flow beyond the hard times.

This year’s prophesies are planetary, not nationalistic. All the prophecies are about the end of this period – this “Age of Man.” All of the prophecies are about the old dysfunctional society being purified and a New Age of man beginning. All the prophecies talk about the commonality of all people as mind, spirit, body and nature.

If you are holistic in your thinking, then you can see the bigger picture of humans as mind, spirit, body and a living part of Earth. If you believe this is a time of re-birth, then death of the old is necessary to embrace the new. If you believe we are spiritual beings having a physical manifestation, then learning to make a positive difference in the lives of your friends and the greater community is your reason to live. If you believe that reality functions on more dimensions and levels than you can possible imagine, then transcending limited thinking and awakening to new paradigms is a glorious and necessary journey.

Time is part of physical reality, while timelessness is part of spiritual consciousness. Physically, it is absolutely true that “This, too, shall pass.” Metaphysically and spiritually it is absolutely true “All is one.” The end of time is a cross-cultural myth that describes the connection between these realities. The end of time calls on human consciousness to prepare and act now to be ready for what is to come. Action and love dispels fear of the unknown. If and when we embrace holistic consciousness, we approach the unknown future with empowered freedom and peace of soul. ]

Shanti Toll is the founder of the Celebration Metaphysical Fairs and majored in religious thought at the University of Pennsylvania and received a Master’s degree in Agency Counseling. After a 20-year career as a public school teacher, Toll now spends his time exploring the subconscious through hypnosis. More info online at http://celebrationnetwork.net.