Explanation of "2012 is so silly" Thread

[personalreality]

maybe i should clarify my personal perspective.

i totally believe in 2012. 

i don't believe in some dramatic shift that will instantly change the whole of creation on earth.

but i do believe very strongly in cyclical time, in universal cycles beyond our comprehension (but not our imagination).  having studied shamanism a lot and spoken with a mayan (Guatemala) shaman/astrologer/astronomer on numerous occasions, I look at 2012 from an "otherworld" perspective, not a physical one.  But naturally, what happens in the otherworlds effects the physical, albeit more slowly.  the universe is increasing in complexity, there is an obvious movement towards physical entropy (which i suspect is countered by nonphysical ectropy).  i believe that the mayan calendar isn't a calendar as such, but more like a diagram, a blueprint, maybe a map of nonphysical changes.  the mayan calendar isn't just a collection of "arbitrary" dates like our calendars are.  the mayan calendar is composed of symbolic representations of energy, it is a magical device of great power.  i couldn't say what it's precise function is or how to use it, but i'm sure the answers to these questions can be discovered (especially through the astral). 

that said, 2012 has obviously become something really really stupid.  now the shadow self is the repressed aspects of ourselves.  our greatest fears, weaknesses and shortcomings all stuffed down inside because we don't have the "strength of character" to address them.  not only do we have individual shadows, but we also have a collective shadow, a human shadow.  as a species we repress that which frightens us.  a great example comes from Dean Radin, a psi researcher at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, who ran online psi tests starting in 2000 (and possibly still going, i don't know).  after 9/11 here in the states, Radin thought it would be a good idea to go back and look at the data from the year around 9/11/2001 to see if anyone had any unconscious premonitions about the attacks in New York and DC (arlington).  What he did was gather a collection of the most common words used to describe the 9/11 attacks (not psychically, just normal people describing it), which totaled 9 or so.  He went back and looked at the year up to 9/11 and the year following it (he looked at psychic tests that involved describing a picture yet to be determined in words).  What he found was actually quite astonishing.  Not only did people NOT have premonitions, the use of those words dropped to a level that was well below any other time that he had recorded just before 9/11.  On top of that, he also found that on other psychic tests (like predicting a playing card chosen at random before it was chosen) the accuracy rates dropped to the same low levels seen in the other word based tests on and around 9/11.  what this means is that people's intuition and psychic openness literally shut down, closed off, on and around 9/11.  it's like we collectively repressed our ability to sense the impending disaster because it was just too horrific and we couldn't face it.  unconsciously we protected our fragile psyche's as a species.  intuitively we knew the attack was coming and so we shielded ourselves from knowledge of it.  the same thing happens with 2012.  it's a great unknown which makes it a perfect opportunity to turn it into something that will shield us from it's true nature and our own.  one of the things it can shield us from is the knowledge of our impending physical death.  it also provides a way out from the horrible state of the civilization we have created.  from this simple idea has sprung an immense collection of speculation and theories (ever more imaginative) to further protect our ego. 

SO!  there are only a few ways to really address the shadow self and release it.  one of those ways is "honoring the shadow".  the shadow self really just wants attention.  it often gets that attention in AP/OBE/LD/Dreams by "trapping" the traveler in his/her own subconscious and forcing the traveler to face representations of these fears.  so when we do something to honor the shadow self we give it a little attention which eases the shadow self and in turn the shadow releases its grip on our ego ever so slightly.  continued honoring leads to continued release and ultimately an actualized being (i suppose you could say 'enlightened').  honoring the shadow is as simple as acknowledging it in a symbolic way.  one example of my own is that i would often paint a picture and then burn it to acknowledge my own doubts about my worth as an artist.  and that's what this thread is about, burning the painting.  by addressing how silly we've made 2012, we are actually addressing our own fears about the unknown and especially the Great Unknown (death).

yep.

[TofuAttack]

...so yeah i started reading and i agree then i skimmed to the end and your post got all nutty about shadow selves and burning paintings LMAO.

i'll read it again in a sec.

EDIT: okay, it makes sense if you read it all. but i'm skeptical about all this, i think it's just overanalysed.

so you are saying that our minds have somehow collected information from near future events and blocked it from our present conciousness so we can continue living as normal and not affect our current state of mind?

so by your thoery, it's likely that people who don't see 2012 as a myth probably had a "better" experience in 2012? (as in lived.)

p.s the burning of your own paintings is still a little nutty.