tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post5211632185604014283..comments2024-03-20T06:35:39.421-07:00Comments on hidden experience: The 2012 memeMike Clelland!http://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-80627796742148662822010-12-26T01:31:04.650-08:002010-12-26T01:31:04.650-08:00I'm a Daniel Pinchbeck fan after reading his b...I'm a Daniel Pinchbeck fan after reading his book "Breaking Open The Head" (I highly recommend it),and I have "2012: the Return of Quetzalcoatl" coming from Amazon (which as Kartott pointed out is the green book on the top shelf),so I'll reserve my judgment on 2012,until say,December 22,2012.-)Brizdaz (Darren)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16218154629850982033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-52650878806268646972010-04-18T18:17:00.811-07:002010-04-18T18:17:00.811-07:00This photo sparked an email conversation between M...This photo sparked an email conversation between Mac and I, regarding Daniel Pinchbeck - I had read his book "2012: the Return of Quetzalcoatl" (its the book with the green jacket at the top of the rack in the photo). Mac was only just beginning to read it. We discussed the role of consciousness in shaping reality. He asked me about my meditation experiences; he was particularly interested in the "Helper" beings I see when in deep meditation. (I posted about them on my blog: http://postreason.blogspot.com/2009/04/helpers_21.html).Kartotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289357362045137642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-30041851596470050092010-03-31T13:41:12.679-07:002010-03-31T13:41:12.679-07:00Looky here! Michio Kaku shares my fears, y'all...Looky here! Michio Kaku shares my fears, y'all:<br /><br />http://bigthink.com/ideas/19371Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-22780854341850439382010-03-30T08:05:35.737-07:002010-03-30T08:05:35.737-07:00"Just think-- by January of 2013 if nothing h...<i>"Just think-- by January of 2013 if nothing happens, all those books will be "obsolete." Which is kind of hilarious."</i><br /><br />And they will be still offered at bookstores, with a nice 25% discount ;)Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-25647879679762159202010-03-30T00:59:20.560-07:002010-03-30T00:59:20.560-07:00That photo IS funny.
Just think-- by January of 2...That photo IS funny.<br /><br />Just think-- by January of 2013 if nothing happens, all those books will be "obsolete." Which is kind of hilarious.<br /><br />I don't know if anything will happen. I expect to be "disappointed" (or relieved?) though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-90355317742492428372010-03-26T15:42:17.389-07:002010-03-26T15:42:17.389-07:00As I said in the photo caption - I thought the pho...As I said in the photo caption - I thought the photo was funny!<br /><br />Beyond that - Mac's outlook is as good as any...<br /><br />Mike C!Mike Clelland!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-47841465712921674562010-03-26T14:20:44.093-07:002010-03-26T14:20:44.093-07:00I remember a few years ago the 2012 meme was reall...I remember a few years ago the 2012 meme was really under the radar - people knew it mainly via terence mckenna, and I remember Grant Morrison using it in his wonderful comic strip The Invisibles. Nowadays, it feels like the meme's been kinda sucked dry - by a double wammy of Hollywood and New Age shysters.Tristan Eldritchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239386613395519115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-4261522647550445162010-03-26T07:15:04.920-07:002010-03-26T07:15:04.920-07:00I can survive without lights and such, but the int...I can survive without lights and such, but the internet and my phone...that's another story!Deep Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241705545787556164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-49788678530076382032010-03-25T22:32:35.967-07:002010-03-25T22:32:35.967-07:00When disaster is averted, people disbelieve any da...When disaster is averted, people disbelieve any danger and dismiss the worried as paranoid fools. When disaster strikes, people demand an explanation and hail the worried as brilliant sages. 2000 is a sticking point with me as I spent a chunk of life back then exterminating the Y2K bug. Much of the critical computing infrastructure at that time was based on millions of lines of ancient, poorly written spaghetti code and it could have catastrophically failed had nothing been done. If the public knew all that *might* have happened, the Y2K issue might be viewed as more a tribute to teamwork than the poster child of prophetic hype. <br /><br />2012 will come and go. The books and movies are simply playing into public fears for profit and when the next apocalypse is predicted, they will follow. However, if the planet continues to be trashed, a truly apocalyptic scenario is someday and may already be inevitable. As more people are personally affected by climate weirdness and other problems, let us hope “caring” will become an increasingly widespread meme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-82706449269481969712010-03-25T21:16:25.445-07:002010-03-25T21:16:25.445-07:00Just stopping by to say "Hi!" I found y...Just stopping by to say "Hi!" I found your comment to Stacey very interesting and I love this post of yours.Green-Eyed Momsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175981627284967050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-81536658077292026582010-03-25T11:54:06.970-07:002010-03-25T11:54:06.970-07:00Remember all those books about the Y2K?Remember all those books about the Y2K?Trish and Rob MacGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846270474176860924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-73758365276801425212010-03-25T10:22:20.097-07:002010-03-25T10:22:20.097-07:00Oh, I'm sure that by now the 2012 section has ...Oh, I'm sure that by now the 2012 section has tripled in size.<br /><br />I'm agnostic about it, too. But that doesn't negate the fact that a peak in solar activity is forecast to happen in 2012 —although NOW some articles are using 2013 instead, no doubt to separate the 'woo' from the 'real' science ;)<br /><br />So, imagining that a particularly powerful solar storm could fry the electronics of a discrete percentage of our communication satellites (how many transactions are performed on-line, how many millions are transferred from one bank to another via satellite?), and also cause a geomagnetic storm that could blow several hundred electric transformers —how many days can one stand without electricity? a day or two, how about a <b>whole</b> month?— is something about which I'm genuinely worried.<br /><br />Our current global economic system is at a very fragile state right now. It wouldn't withstand another blow, no matter how tiny it would at first.Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.com