"What the Caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a Butterfly."

To the Tune of:
"It's The End of the World as We Know It" - REM"

Dear Beloved Friends,
As we approach the year 2012 and notice natural disasters around the
world, many people wonder what will happen less than five short years from now.

While some fear all manner of crises, it is reassuring to note that
several indigenous peoples of Earth inform us that this time of transition has
been long anticipated, and something that has occurred many times before.

According to the Mayan long count calendar system which tracks events
through 26,000 year cycles of time, there is special significance to the
year 2012 being a time of transition from the "Earth era" to an "era of
Ether" at the time of Winter Solstice, on December 21, 2012. Within the
cycles spanning 5,125 years, there are cycles known as the '13 Baktun
Count' which last 394 years, or 144,000 days.
We are currently traveling through the final 13th baktun cycle -- which began in 1618 and will run through 2012, and which is known as both 'the triumph of materialism' and'the transformation of matter.'

The Maya predicted this time would be a time of great forgetting, in which we lose our sense of Oneness with nature and the Earth. In the 1600s, mechanical clocks were invented which continue to this day, and which give people a sense that time exists outside of us, rather than as part of us.

The end of this materialistic time and the movement into
the time of Ether is a profound change that also corresponds to a unique
celestial event. On the winter solstice of 2012, the noonday Sun exactly
conjuncts the crossing point of the sun's ecliptic with the galactic
plane, while also closely conjuncting the exact the center of the galaxy.

Cynthia Sue Larson on California coast

This past month I conducted a workshop in which participants and I remote
viewed 2012, to see for ourselves what the future holds in store. In this
remote viewing circle, most all participants clearly sensed a feeling of
tremendous harmony, peacefulness and joy... and yet some also sensed that
just past this peaceful calm lay some degree of chaos, stress and strife.
This energetic view of 2012 is one which feels like a smooth continuation of
life as we know it today, with an additional emphasis on heightened
energetic awareness.
Most remote viewers had a sense of being in peaceful
contemplation by themselves on December 21st 2012, and some noted they
could clearly look out at a large, calm body of water.

I saw myself by the Pacific Ocean along the California coast, and sensed that even as I was basking in radiant vibrations of unconditional love, there were people on Earth who were primarily focused more on material matters... such as wind storms.

According to Hopi legend, the world has already ended three times before,
and people have survived fire, an ice age resulting from magnetic pole
reversals, and flooding. The signs of the coming Fifth World are now
appearing as prophesied by Hopi, as life forms from previous worlds
spring up from the ground, the stars, and our hearts. The Hopi Life Plan
petroglyphs remind people to be not be misled off course into
attempting to be better than others, but instead to remain guided truly by Spirit.

In previous end times, those who made it through the transition with the
most ease were those whose kopavi, the 'door on top of their heads,' stayed
open to receive inspiration, and whose hearts were open to caring for
others.
An attitude of open-mindedness and open heartedness is clearly optimal for
facing times of great upheaval and change, yet in stressful times, people
who have not practiced the art of keeping open-minded and open-hearted
can find it challenging to maintain.

This past month has provided us with opportunities to assist people in
the world who have suffered through earthquakes and wind storms.
While it is clear that many crises we are facing now require our attention and
assistance, it is equally clear on an intuitive level that when we
step back far enough, we can see that everything on Earth is moving forward
beautifully. It is up to us to remain open to inspiration. .. and open to
love.

As singer/songwriter Michael Stipe from the musical group REM
puts it, "It's the end of the world as we know it, And I feel fine."

God Bless All of You!
Your Brother in Peace,
Jordan