About Saturday’s end of the world and prophecies in general… by Nicky Mikula
According to Harold Camping; 89 year old preacher from Oakland, California, the end of the world was supposed to have taken place last weekend, on Saturday May 21. He spent over $100 million on media promotion. Many even quit their jobs or spent their life savings preparing for the forecasted event.
What was your reaction to Mr. Camping’s prophecy?
Are you influenced by any predictions in your life?Are you preparing to enjoy the forecasted warm and beautiful summer, the announced prosperous economic times ahead or even the 2012 change predicted by the Mayan calendar? It’s easy to laugh at Harold Camping or others like him. However, chances are, you are being influenced on some level by some form of prediction.
We love predictions
We like to prognosticate. In fact, we all use the skills at our disposal to track along possible destiny lines for ourselves, our loved ones and our community. It’s what we humans like to do.
It is called by many names: predicting trends, following cycles, forecasting, guessing, divining, channeling, tapping into intuition, drawing conclusions, making prophecies…It is done in most areas of human endeavor: economics, politics, meteorology, astrology, philanthropy, religion and spirituality, metaphysics, psychology, science…
In fact, the only area I can think of where we don’t make predictions is when we are at one with our creativity. When we do this we are living in the moment and are not thinking about the past and worrying over the future.
Listen to the evening news and you will notice how freely we make predictions and how easily we take them onboard. This is one reason I rarely watch the news and am careful about what I read.
How predictions work
First of all, let me be clear here that, according to my world view and my understanding of how the Universe works, no one can predict a future event with a 100% degree of certainty. However, it is possible to predict the likelihood of an event happening sometime in the future.
In the old days when life was much slower and simpler, it was much easier to make predictions. However, because our world is now very fast and complex, our future is becoming increasingly unpredictable.
The Universe is infinite, unbounded and is always creating and expanding. Anything is always possible.
Our State of Consciousness
One of the most important variables influencing our existence today, along with the planetary movements and weather patterns, is our state of consciousness. Our level of human consciousness is evolving very quickly. This is happening as more people take responsibility for their lives, heal what needs to be healed, become more loving, honor their connection to the land and start to understand how the Universe works.
When we make a prediction, we send energy into creating what we are predicting. The more people lend energy to creating an event the more that event will be anchored into reality.
The more people listen to the news and freak out about what is being said, gossip behind people’s back, belittle what they don’t understand, label a child as being handicapped, the more that outcome will be created and reinforced.
When predictions are helpful
Predictions can at times be helpful, especially when they promote health, happiness and optimism. Even when predictions are based in fear and stress, they can be turned into opportunities for growth and learning.
They can help us make sense of the world. I usually find that there is a kernel of truth in most everything I hear. Then I like to find a way for it to make sense to me. When I listen with an open heart, turn down the volume of my filters, I always find something that will enlighten my thoughts and my life on some level.
About “End of the World” predictions
When we read about Harold Camping’s biblical “Judgment day “prediction, we can look at it another way. Rather than interpret it as the day the world ends and everyone gets raptured up to heaven, we can see it as a day we decide to start to live in our own “heaven on earth“. For instance, the day we let go of pain and suffering could be the day of our proverbial rise up to heaven.
Here’s what I predict
I predict that we will continue going through huge changes in consciousness. I predict we will treat each other very differently in 20 years than we do today. I predict we are becoming more loving, we are learning to focus on our similarities rather than our differences and we are learning to accept ourselves and each other for who we truly are.
Regardless of any forecast made, it is important to stay in our heart and continue doing what we love.
Anybody peddling fear is not living in their heart.
Yoga and meditation are great ways to help us prepare for these light-filled days and I predict that the light is already here for those who are open to see it.
Namaste,
Nicky
www.nicolemikula.com
www.steppingintoconsciousness.com
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