Recently I read a paragraph on a Jungian website: Many
people inside our (USA) borders and across the Earth are worried about the
Doomsday prediction as the Maya calendar comes to an end. We have
heard reports that some US citizens are unable to sleep and eat because they
are stressed about what could happen on December 21st, 2012. Citizens in
Russia hoarding everything from kerosene to candles in preparation while
inmates in a prison fall under a mass psychosis.
What does one do with this anxiety? To me this is
mind/body/spirit angst. Angst is a feeling of anxiety or apprehension often
accompanied by depression. People are worried about their physical survival.
They are worried spiritually—is this truly the end time foretold in the Bible’s
revelation? What do I do if I am agnostic and cannot go to the Creator for
comfort? Then one has to rely on self to find meaning. Finding meaning is a key
element whether one has spiritual belief or if one chooses an agnostic path.
For the agnostic the existential path is the path of finding meaning.
A central proposition of existentialism is that existence
precedes essence,
which means that the most important consideration for the individual is the
fact that he or she is an individual—an independently acting and responsible
conscious being ("existence")—rather than what labels, roles,
stereotypes, definitions, or other preconceived categories the individual fits
("essence"). The actual life of the individual is what constitutes
what could be called his or her "true essence" instead of there being
an arbitrarily attributed essence used by others to define him or her. Thus,
human beings, through their own consciousness,
create their own values and determine a meaning to their life. Although it was
Sartre who explicitly coined the phrase, similar notions can be found in the
thought of existentialist philosophers such as Kierkegaard and Heidegger.
Are we truly doomed? I do not believe we are. The fact that
human being through her or his own consciousness
creates their own values and determines the meaning of their own life is an
essential proposition when facing the future. Is the world ending on 12/21/2012?
The truth is millions of people will die on that day and millions will be born.
We are essentially made of energy.
Einstein - "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can
only be changed from one form to another." In other words, energy can neither be created nor
destroyed, and energy, in all of its forms, has mass. Mass also can neither be
created nor destroyed, and in all of its forms, has energy. According to the
theory of relativity, mass and energy as commonly understood, are two names
for the same thing, and neither one is
changed nor transformed into the other. Rather, neither one
exists without the other existing also, as a property of a system. Rather than
mass being changed into energy, the view
of special
relativity is that rest mass has been changed to a more
mobile form of mass, but remains mass. In the transformation process, neither
the amount of mass nor the amount of energy changes, since both are properties,
which are connected to each other via a simple constant. Thus, if energy leaves
a system by changing its form, it simply takes its system mass with it. This
view requires that if either mass or energy disappears from a system, it
will always be found that both have simply moved off to another place, where they may both be measured as an increase of
both mass and energy corresponding to the loss in the first system.
I find this statement
reassuring. However, it could be that the energy and mass moving off to another
place is what is causing some individuals a great deal of painful ANGST and
fear.
My inner knowing tells me
that this is a time of reflection. I
wish I spoke the language of calculus because it is the language of physical
existence. But I speak the language of the mind, which is the spoken language
of a society or culture. And I speak the language of the spirit, which is inner
knowing and intuited understanding. I truly believe it is the language of the
Spirit that will bring calm and the inner knowing that creates existential
meaning.
The search for meaning is the
main process of Life. We all know this. How many times have I looked into a
mirror and reflected on my Life (this is the ultimate metaphor)?
And said why am I here? We
explore our existence through careers, passions, family relationships, and
group projects such as cultures, communities and governments. We also explore
the meaning of life by exploring self—the ever-evolving landscape of
perceptions, feelings, beliefs, responses, choice and actions.
How does one truly face
doomsday? By looking face-to-face in the mirror and reflecting on the meaning of
one’s own life. What do you do if you look in the mirror and you are not
satisfied? Feelings of being satisfied
or not satisfied are value judgments of the ego mind, the cultural mind. One
needs to look deeper and seek out inner knowing. How does inner knowing become
apparent? Through meditation and by going into one’s prayer closet.
Each person will face 12/21/2012
in a uniquely different way. Perhaps the actual purpose of focusing so much attention on this day
is to reflect on where am I right now and who do I want to be tomorrow. Do I
want to be a person filled with fear? Do I want to be selfish? Do I want to be
hopeful? Do I want to be Loving?
My 12/21/2012 plan was to be on
a cruise in the Galapagos Islands because I love the ocean and I love all that
is alive and free. But that did not work out—I will go next year. My personal
experience has taught me that life continues—dying is a choice and death is a
doorway. A doomsday lifestyle is a fear-dominated lifestyle. We create the
energy we live in by our intentions, choices and actions. Our intentions,
choices and actions create meaning in our lives. The first step in surviving
doomsday is by identifying what is meaningful in your life and honoring your
meaningful intentions, choices and actions. The choice is individual, as well
as collective within humanity as we are not really separate, between an evolutionary energy versus a retrograde energy.
It is never to late to take
personal, constructive action—time is relative (how many points on a line?—an
infinite number.) There are many esoteric
individuals who suggest that those who will survive doomsday are those who have
a higher vibration—in other words a higher energy. What happens when one prays,
meditates, or dreams? You change your energy. You can also change your energy
by chanting. If I was overwhelmed with fear and my thoughts were running wild—I
would choose chanting. Here are links to guide you into the process of
chanting.
http://www.wikihow.com/Chant-Om
http://video.about.com/hinduism/How-to-Chant-Om.htm
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