Wonderings about 2012

What do all these questions about the possibleIn this chaos, we experience destruction. Out of
changes in 2012 mean? There are many rumorsthis destruction, we are thrust into letting go of
and fears of the destruction of earth andthat which is destroyed. What do us as individuals
humanity. What will happen? Are we destroyinghave to let go of to move to our next step in
ourselves or are we moving forward in evolution?our evolution? Looking at ourselves is always the
We might ponder the Hindu Goddess Kali. She isbest way to find clarity when large changes or
considered the goddess of destruction andshifts occur.
change, also sometimes called Bhavatarini, literallyAre our inner changes the result of many years
meaning the "redeemer of the universe."of seeking, questioning and learning, or planetary
All the ancient texts confirm that there havechanges in consciousness, or some combination of
always been wars and destruction on earth. Butboth? For all of us, listening to our deeper calling
have we humans evolved? Is life just chaos andto become better humans lightens our load and
random happenings or is there some sort ofthe load of all those around us. If each one of us
order?takes on the tasks of listening to the part of us
Chaos theory says that an underlying order isthat connects to a greater consciousness, we
apparent in random data; meaning that not onlychange this world for the better. By opening
does order come from the chaos itself, but thatourselves up to the greater flow we can soften
if we understood everything we would see thethe fixed personal constructs that must shift in
obvious order.order for us to have inner harmony and peace. If
The Bible, and Jewish mysticism from the 1300s,we accept the human charge to see more than
teaches us that out of chaos comes creation. Theour training and upbringing can show us, we can
Hebrew word Tohu means chaos, void or withoutbecome part of the possible transformation of
form. We can fall into this chaos when we break2012. Even if 2012 is nothing but a myth, let us
through old beliefs and challenge our old ways ofuse it as a catalyst toward the changes that are
thinking and feeling. In some circles that could be apossible.
healing crises.