{"id":18896,"date":"2009-11-04T08:24:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=18896"},"modified":"2009-11-04T09:30:53","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T14:30:53","slug":"the-fear-and-chaos-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/the-fear-and-chaos-index\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fear and Chaos Index"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re full throttle into one of those spells of history that exceeds the ability of most people to make sense of it; to contain what they perceive within their preconceptions. In other words, we all approach the world with pre-established beliefs, and compare what new things we perceive to them. If the new things are too intense, or challenge what we already think, we tend to either shut down or have our minds blown open — or just simply blown. And not in the earlier sense of that concept (the Sgt Peppers album, Burning Man). I mean hurt.<\/p>\n

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We were warned - not to fornicate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Collectively, we’re experiencing this increase in energy in a compromised state, and I would suggest, it’s not a voluntary process in the way we usually think of that. Rather than openly choosing, we set ourselves up to be forced, to be pushed, to be backed into having no other options. It helps to be open and flexible, for example, when you’re being presented with new information or new experiences. Most of what we’re open to now is fear.<\/p>\n

Our other portals are being systematically closed by fear, by divided awareness, by pain and by what we do to avoid pain.<\/p>\n

Most of that is by shutting down; closing ourselves off to the world, to people, and to ourselves. By blocking out genuinely natural energies (eros, for example), or by mingling them with fear, we set ourselves up for even more fear, because fear is in part the result of resistance and a lack of trust in the flow of life.<\/p>\n

One of the ways that people “avoid fear” is to indulge deeper in it — for example, horror movies; most of these involve chaos; and the influences are coming in from every direction. The 2012 movie is about to come out. I’m sure it will be a smash hit. That’s a lovely example of what we do to ourselves. It’s official website begins, “With the Mayan calendar ending in 2012,\u00a0 a large group of people must deal with natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, typhoons and glaciers.”<\/p>\n

The premise here is that volcanoes follow schedules, like trains. If the calendar predicts the disaster, then it’s not a disaster. The calendar is supposedly astrological in nature, and dis-aster<\/em> means “against the stars.” So this sounds more like a happy coincidence. In fact there’s a glacier right outside my door right now, and we are great friends.<\/p>\n

Another premise is that the Mayan calendar is “ending.” No calendar ends; your datebook ends, but time does not end and the calendar itself does not end. From what I have read over the years, it is true that the 13th baktun of the Mayan calendar is ending, and that means that the 14th baktun is beginning.<\/p>\n

If this implies natural disasters, I would remind everyone that we’ve been dealing with that since the beginning of time, and also for quite a few years in the millennial era. Does anyone remember the Asian tsunami and the hurricanes and all these floods and droughts? And bank failures? And just about anything else you can name?<\/p>\n

Earlier this morning, I was reading one of those let’s freak out websites pertaining to the supposed pole shift. It was sent to me by a reader asking my opinion; this happens a few times a month. The site she sent took me back to another website by a guy telling us how to “survive 2012.” His “official website,” as he calls it, begins, \u201cAuthor Patrick Geryl came \u00a0to the staggering conclusion that the Earth will soon \u00a0be subjected to an immense disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just try to visualize that. He’s sitting there typing…and then…<\/p>\n

Well, then he declares that right after he’s done writing this website, he’s going to devote his time and energy to creating a survival group. Off to Wal-Mart! Better stock up on survival stuff<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The problem with all this dis-aster (external drama) is that it generally leads us to ignore the personal growth factors involved in being alive: the exploration of our existence, the privilege of relating and sharing. Even while we’re busy dealing with hurricanes, locusts, earthquakes and bank failures, we still have relationships and we still have a relationship with ourselves. We still have the option to be at peace with existence, and the privilege to to seek that peace; or alternately, to view our relationship with existence as a battleground.<\/p>\n

This is what you might call the spiritual piece; the place where we can take ownership of our existence, which includes the way we reassemble the “reality” that we perceive, once it’s held in the confines of our mind. Once there, what we do with it is our business, though that choice affects many others. I would propose to you today that those who invest their energy in freaking themselves and others out are not using their minds creatively.<\/p>\n

But I promise you, they long to. We all do.<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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