Not an end but a begining?

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what if something not life threatening but something DOES happen?

Not an end but a begining?

Jesse Darby (guest) 22 Jul 2011 00:33

I am not a huge proponent in this but it does SEEM somewhat curious to me…that in 2012 we are entering the age of consciouness and that we willl expand our knowledge and seek to know far more than we currently do..our brainpower will expand greatly.. any comments?

Re: Not an end but a begining?

3WMElliott 22 Jul 2011 00:38

Yes, one: Why 2012?

Why didn't it happen in the early 2000s, with the birth of the Internet as we know it? Why didn't the age of consciousness come thanks to the invention of the printing press to quickly spread the written word?

Well that's more than one question already. Might as well continue. How would you test that something has happened? How do we quantify our current 'state of consciousness' right now, in order to test it again in a years time?

Re: Not an end but a begining?

TheGreatJuju 22 Jul 2011 04:23

Everything Elliott said plus, aside from merely detecting and measuring such a change, what mechanism would you propose for its occurrence in the first place? While we still have unanswered questions, consciousness is by all current accounts a product of brain activity. What does it even mean to say that "our brainpower will expand greatly?" I'm not even sure that's a coherent proposition.

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Re: Not an end but a begining?

Tomy2011 22 Jul 2011 04:48

What makes you think that a great "rare" galactic alignment will change your mind, our minds? No maya prediction will change your consciousness, because this is up to you, Jesse.
Only because we will be entering a new year, it doesn't mean you'll be 'conscious'… no, it's not the way we work. ;-)

Re: Not an end but a begining?

Alene Y 22 Jul 2011 05:32

That sounds like a lot of new age mumbo jumbo, nothing that could be identified or quantified. We are always expanding our knowledge, but there is no reason for any sudden expansion of our brainpower to occur. Why would we suddenly enter "the age of consciousness" in 2012?

Jesse Darby (guest) 22 Jul 2011 05:27

like i said i'm not a proponent..just curious who decided to make this one up..i'm going to go research

Re: Not an end but a begining?

Syera 25 Jul 2011 02:02

I'd be tickled pink if there was some kind of magical change in consciousness that made everyone pull their heads out of their butts.

That said, it's been predicted several times over already and each time it's failed to happen. Also, there's no evidence that anything like that can happen. (Sadly, the hundredth monkey phenomenon is just a myth.) So, I'm not holding my breath.

I don't really care what people will believe will happen in 2012, as long as A: they can't terrorize someone with it, and B: it doesn't drive them to do something silly like sell off all their earthly possessions or take cyanide.

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