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TH E GOOD, TH E BAD, AND TH E UGLY!
Revised 2 nd Edition
Copyright. 2011. James Will Power
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Chapter 1: As it was in the Days of Noah
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man.”
Luke 17:26 Bible, NKJV
It is quite interesting that these words stand-out in the text of the
Bible like the lyrics from a well-remembered song. These words from the
Book of Luke are as puzzling as they are powerful. When read or spoken,
they command one‟s attention today – just as they did yesterday, if only forthe fact that they present a riddle written in history and the passage of time.
Something in the mystery of this riddle made me long to solve it. Jesus,
when asked when the “End of Days” w ould come, offered the above
parable as metaphor.
The story of Noah ‟s Ark is one of my favorites for quite a number of
reasons. It is a story that offers much insight into the workings of the mindsand hearts of men and our relationship to universal or catastrophic change.
Thus, it was the perfect story to reference as one to analyze if one were
interested in the way the “End of Days” were to occur in his or her own life-
time. Just as an end comes to each individual life on this material plane,
the end eventually comes to civilizations also. Further, modern science
reveals that planets and stars ultimately meet their demise as well.
Therefore, the cycle of life is illustrated as follows:
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BIRTH – GROWTH – STABILITY – DECLINE – DEATH
Other than at a sub-atomic level, is there to be found a situation in
which the preceding cycle does not occur on our physical (material) plane
of existence? If so, I would like to know. It would seem, however, that
entropy (the natural inclination of things to decay at some point or other)
has a grip on just about everything. So, for all those who wish to debate the
specifics of whether the stories of Noah and Noa h‟s Ark are literal or
figurative, there is no need. The story of Noah‟s Ark is the story of the life
and death cycle on the material plane. In all areas of life, there is a part that
survives to bear witness to the hereafter and there is another part that
meets its ultimate demise.
Our bodies return to the Earth that cultivated them, but most believe
our spirits continue on. In terms of mass, the spirit is a miniscule part of
each human being. Noah can be said to have been allowed to save the
essence of life on that part of our planet where he built the ark. The
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balance was an old, decaying body whose time of death had come. 1 As
another example of life after death, the caterpillar enters the chrysalis and
transforms to exit as the beautiful butterfly. In essence, the caterpillar is
saved. Its body, however, is forever lost in the process of transformation.So, the question becomes – Should we really expect the body of our
present world to be saved when nature dictates that all bodies ultimately
go through a process of decay and death, even if they are to be reborn
anew?
Were the people of Noah‟s time really all that different from you and
me? Let‟s analyze this history logically. Noah (who was not a b oat builderby trade) built an ark in the middle of the desert, in a place where it hadn‟t
rained for decades. Further, it took him 150 years to build that thing. Isn‟t it
reasonable for the average person to withdraw consideration of joining
Noah ‟s forces if five generations had passed without any flooding what-so-
ever? Further, through the use of one‟s own senses, it could be observed
that there was no sizeable amount of rain in that area for years. Anyrational person could reasonably argue that by climbing the mountain that
was set as a back- drop to Noah‟s buildi ng project, one could escape the
flooding of the valley below. And, lastly, one would be expected to have
concern for his own safety when considering embarking upon a boat
shoddily built by someone who admittedly and most obviously (because of
where they all lived) was not a boat-builder by trade. Lastly, I find it
interesting that Noah‟s own son betook to the mountain. 2 So, let‟s all just
keep it real! Very few, if any of us would have joined Noah in the building of
the Ark.
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It is no wonder Luke 17:20-21 reads – “The kingdom of God does not
come with observation; nor will they say, „See here!‟ or „See there!‟ For
indeed the kingdom of God is within you.” It is within the spirit of the
caterpillar who will become the butterfly to know when to enter the ark ofthe chrysalis. And, it is in the spirit of each person who has been chosen to
enter into the hereafter to do what is necessary to enter that state of
existence. The ultimate author of the story of our future is God Almighty,
because he is the author of the story of our continued presence in this
particular place in time. As evidence, most of us haven‟t the faintest clue of
when our bodies will perish or meet their ultimate demise. Perhaps, it is
best to petition Him (God Almighty) for a place in His Kingdom. Still, we
must realize that even the people of Noah died at someplace, sometime in
history.
Yet, some of us still have worry and concern for all those who will not
make it. It is the human thing to do. There are six billion people on this
planet. So, at times, it is easy to get caught-up in thoughts of the sufferingof the masses of people who die (or worse, suffer day-in and day-out) on
our planet. This feeling is only further exacerbated by the doom and gloom
talk of the „2012ers‟ who are predicting that our world will face every
imaginable calamity between now and December of 2012. This can be
really scary stuff. Still, the truth is – we are only the conduits through which
life is brought into existence. None of us gives birth to the spirit, which is
the essence of who we are.
Again, the solution to this dilemma is to embrace the natural life cycle
for physical beings. Our bodies are meant to go through the process of
decay and death, whether it is a more rapid and unexpected decay or the
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natural process of aging. Most of the readers of this book will be residents
of the United States of America, Canada, or the United Kingdom. Even with
all the conspiracies that may or may not be true, most Westerners live lives
that are far more comfortable than the lives lived by many other people inour world. We sing, “God Bless America”, but in truth – God has already
blessed America hundreds-of-millions of times over. We are just as much
the beneficiaries of all the hard work of engineers and builders of
yesterday, as we are the beneficiaries of all the ugliness that has made
America one of the greatest nations in our world today. By right of the fact
that this nation is not a desolate wasteland beset on all sides by the
ravages of war and the scourge of famine and disease, most of this great
land can truly be said to be a sort of heaven on earth.
Again, the material of our civilization will not last. Only the spirit will
withstand the ultimate test that time presents. 3 It may be two, twenty, two-
hundred, or two-thousand years from now, but all that we see will one day
be no more. The cycle of life on our planet dictates that only a remnant ofwhat was will be left. So, let us appreciate that which we have. The late
Senator Robert Kennedy said, “May you live in interesting times.” I would
say – our times are far more than interesting. We live in extraordinary
times. With the internet, I can be witness to one-hundred realities in an
hour or one-thousand in a day. Our technology lends to so much creativity
that one could not take-in all that is created in one year if one chose to take
a lifetime to do just that. For those whose eyes are open to it, the glorious
future we‟ve been awaiting has arrived. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., just one
day before he was assassinated, left us these words:
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“Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its
place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do
God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And
I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not
get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as
a people, will get to the Promised L and!” 4
Consider these words from a man who was not so selfish that he
could not accept the process of decay and death that comes with birth,
growth, and stability. Could this manner of acceptance be one of the
hallmarks of true courage and greatness? It is one thing to be able to
embrace all the beauty, splendor, and opportunity that life has to offer. It is
an altogether different thing to be able to accept that we must all leave this
world one day. And, most of us don‟t leave here smiling and jumpi ng for
joy. We drift from this life having fought as hard as we are able to hold onto
what‟s left of our bodies. I think it is sheer insanity that we manufacture and
amass weapons designed to destroy the human body faster than it will
decay naturally. Sixty to seventy years is not a long time to live at all.
Now, there are some of us who have allowed ourselves to become so
attentive to decay and death that we miss most of the creative endeavors
of our time. Informing others about the ugly side of life has become a sort
of rock behind which hides those who are afraid to endeavor to do
something truly creative and different for fear of ridicule and rejection. Still,
others are so thoroughly immersed in the idea that the world could end at
any moment that they wouldn‟t dare concentrat e on living their best life or
making the world a better place for themselves and others. Well, to all the
doom-peddlers, I have news for you. The process is the same for all of us.
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We will all experience decay and we will all certainly die. So, to focus one‟s
time and energy on decay and death as a means of doing anything other
than improving one ‟s quality of life is senseless.
Some religious groups have adopted a sort of gang mentality
whereby they promote strength in numbers to new members who are
encouraged to adopt the position that „all of us cannot be wrong‟. Thus,
new congregants are allowed to get lost in the crowd. They hide within the
illusion of being safely on the side of “right”. The ir rationale becomes “If I‟m
wrong, then there are a whole lot of people on the side of wrong with me.”
Some call this “group think”. Others call it the “mob mentality”. Yet,something in the soul of man yearns for safety and security, even if the
basis upon which that feeling is achieved makes no sense what-so-ever. A
catastrophic earthquake has little concern about the number of people in
your group when it strikes.
NOTE: I have found that that there is far more safety and security in accepting that I am
not in control. I never have been. And, I never will be. So, I don‟t seek out that which I am not meant to find. We can, however, find gratitude and appreciation for the beautiful
things in our world and the blessing of life. Each moment is a gift. We might not be able
to control every aspect of this third-dimensional reality, but we can find love, dignity, and
self-respect if we search for them. I focus on what I can have, because I will never have
complete control.
Maybe complete control rests with the God of some religion. Funny
thing about the kind of logic that makes us join religious groups is – if and
when tragedy does strike any group of religious people, that event is
viewed as a test from God anyway. So, anyone who makes it through the
actual moment when catastrophe strikes is strengthened in his or her
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position – that God saves the righteous and that they have passed the test.
Thus, religion can be said to affirm one‟s hope in the hereafter by d efault. If
one dies, one goes to heaven. If one lives, God has saved him and he is
meant to go on. So, the more consideration we give to the ideas of “theEnd of Days” and the “Hereafter”, the more we realize that those who will
not be here should not worry about it and that those who will be here
(provided they believe in some higher power or reason for being) will likely
find just cause to go on living. Thus, religion is a fascinating program for the
security and comfort it offers its adherents. For all its merit, the sobering
sting of science is ill-equipped to offer us such an opiate.
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Chapter 2: The Three Powers That Be
Information is power. And, in determining t he „who, what, when,
where, why, and how ‟ of the “End of Days”, we are afforded the power to
act and react in a manner that will best result in our lives being saved.
Simply put, there are three forces capable of causing a global catastrophe
that could wipe-out most or all of humanity. They are - the forces of evil, the
forces of good, or the forces of mother-nature.
For the sake of argument, let‟s just suppose that there are forces of
good in the Universe. Whether they are humanoids, spirit-forces, or alien,
let‟s just say there are beings out there with an interest in keeping
earthlings alive. Now, in 100 years of Hollywood movies, we have never
seen a film where the good guy is the one plotting to blow-up the world. So,
we have to ask ourselves if it was God who was responsible for the flood in
Noah‟s time or if it was simply an act of mother-nature that God or some
lord in that time gave Noah warning about? Given our analysis of the Noahstory in chapter one, is it more reasonable to think that God would kill the
People of Noah‟s Day or more likely that they were going to die anyway?
Perhaps, the answer to the riddle of Noah‟s Ark is that God told Noah to
build it because He (God) had no intention of saving those people. If he did,
I am certain He would have come up with a more viable solution.
Isn‟t it more logical to assume that the forces of good could see thatglobal change would result from this cataclysm and told Noah to build the
ark than to think that God caused the flood himself? Let‟s just take a
rational look at all of this. Should we even give consideration to the fact that
Noah and his family were the ONLY decent people in the entire world at
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that time? If we are told to look at the story of Noah in determining what the
situation will be like at the “End of Days”, then our chances of surviving
things to come in the near future are about 1-in-500 million. I mean – if only
Noah and his family escaped the flood, why should anyone reading this(including myself) presume that our family is so righteous that we would be
one of the only families to escape divine judgment? Mark Zuckerberg is the
founder of Facebook. Only one of his five- million friends is on the „saving -
list‟. So, it makes no sense to make a literal interpretation of the scripture,
unless you want to follow that stream of logic to its inevitable conclusion –
that neither you nor I would be saved from this hypothetical global
cataclysm.
Perhaps, it is more safe to assume that Noah and those with him
were the only ones local to that area to escape the flood. Many of the
indigenous people of our planet say that their histories date back tens-of-
thousands of years. And, these people are not descendants of Noah. So,
the story of Noah seems to be a more modern anecdote, with a messagefor a people of modern times. It is interesting that the writers and producers
of the blockbuster movie “2012” determined that Africa (the Motherland)
would be the only place for arks to land in surviving their fictional depiction
of a catastrophe of global proportions. Something deep within the soul of
man tells us that if humanity is to be compared to a tree of any kind, the
roots of that tree must be able to withstand the forces of man and mother-
nature. We all have our roots in the mother land.
There is a hermetic principle – As above, so below . This principle
states that every reality in the heavens has a corresponding reality here on
Earth. So, if the good guys are good here on Earth, we can only suspect
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the sign that God uses in determining just how far out of alignment we are
from his „goodness‟? Still, I think we can safely argue that it is not the
intention of the “God of Good” to teach us a lesson by wiping out nearly all
of humanity. So, this leaves us with only two possibilities.
Mother Nature: A Force to Be Reckoned With
Imagine you are in a ship orbiting the Earth in
outer-space. You and your fellow space-travelers
have developed a means of studying planets todetermine the behavior of such. In your travels,
you come upon this planet – Earth. You determine
that the civilization of planet Earth is advancing at
a slow, but steady pace. Many of the problems
that plague the planet Earth are ones your civilization has long since
overcome. And, while you do not want to interfere in the growth and
development of the people of Earth, you have determined that these
Earthlings are ill-equipped to handle the cataclysm that will inevitably strike
as a result of the Earth‟s convulsing in or around the Earth year of 2012.
So, your ship returns home to discuss the issue with the Galactic
Federation and the counsel determines that this planet will receive help. It
makes a determination of just what kind of help this planet is to receive and
the limits beyond which space travelers are not to go in helping this
developing orb-ship, Earth. So, you and your fellow space travelers return
to Earth to begin making people more aware of what is to occur. Since the
rules prohibit your landing at the White House and walking right up-to the
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front door, you instead offer various signs of your presence and your
willingness to help. Noticing that world governments have not developed
the level of concern for their people necessary to do what‟s in the people‟s
best interest, you visit both with the government and with various membersof society. In a very slow and methodic way, people are made more aware
of the symbiosis that exists between humanoids, planets, stars, and cosmic
forces of every imaginable type.
At the heart of the story you‟ve just read is the idea that for all we
know about mother-nature there is so much that we still do n‟ t know. We
don‟t have the perspective with which to determine the degree to whichEarth can undergo incredible changes in remarkably short periods of time.
Modern scientists have been equipped to chart global change for less than
100 years on a planet with billions of years of history of global change
affecting humanity. It‟s like we‟re dancing with this beautiful lady (mother
Earth) in the dark. And, w e haven‟t the faintest idea of her many dips and
turns or what she may bump into as she floats round-and-round about theroom.
So, scientists (some with bigger imaginations than others) say that
we should expect everything from clear and sunny skies to volcanic
eruptions and massive earthquakes in 2012 and years to follow. I think we
can safely say that the good guys are not out to get us. The Earth,
however, poses a considerably greater threat to our well-being. For one,she sits in heaven, where she is not only affected by our ignorance and our
own destructive nature, but she is also subject to the influence of heavenly
bodies and cosmic phenomena both known and unknown. As most of the
planet continues to pro-create mindlessly, I get the feeling that we are like
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pins just waiting to be mowed down by the next cosmic bowling ball to
make it down the lane. So, the Earth, my friends, is a real X – factor.
Thankfully, the historic record informs us of what past civilizations
have faced in dealing with our mother Earth. Historians and scientists have
examined this data as a means of giving us their best guesses at things to
come. Some try to dismiss this information as inconsequential or invalid.
This writer, however, would advise against doing so because information is
power. If I flipped a coin and it landed on tails four times, (all things being
equal) common sense would tell me that this coin would have a greater
chance of landing on heads with the next flip. To discount the informationavailable about the previous flips is to leave the future totally to chance. In
later chapters of this book, we will examine some of the most likely
scenarios for what may befall our Earth in 2012 and the years to follow
based on what scientists and historians have uncovered. To make light of
this information is to leave our collective futures totally to chance. And, I
don‟t like that idea too much. The Bad Guys
The lege ndary comedian and lecturer Dick Gregory put it best. “There
are people who would kill GOD if given a chance.” Now, that‟s saying
something. In fact, that‟s all the information we need in determining the
threat level of the true “bad guys”. If someone woul d kill the one who was
most probably responsible for his own creation, we would indeed consider
that someone evil. Further, it is logical to suspect that the same Creator
might also play a role in the sustenance of life in our Universe. So, “pure
evil” would be total disregard for one‟s Creator. We also depend on this
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planet and our fellow man for the sustenance of life. So, closely associated
with pure evil would be anyone who had total disregard for our planet and
human life.
Sadly, this planet is plagued with that type of evil, day-in and day-out.
There are people who somehow got lost along the way. They could care
less about our mother Earth or anyone on it. The lucky ones were born into
races, places, and positions of power and many of them use those
positions as perches from which to cast their evil spells. These spells take
the form of chemical spills, chem.-trails, biological and nuclear weapons,
wars, and every manner of experimentation. A nuclear holocaust could killeveryone. So, along with mother-nature, the bad guys are an apparent
threat.
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Chapter 3: Woe unto the Date Givers!
I really don‟t wish woe on anyone, but if not woe then
at least - “Whoa unto the date- givers”. Whoa means
hold-up. Whoa means slow-down. Whoa means stop.
Stop giving dates. According to one website, Jesus is
coming back in May of 2011. 5 Google “the Rapture ”
and you will discover that the Rapture will happen in
September of 2011 according to one website. And, as
we all know, the world will end in 2012. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. And, to allthe believers out there, don‟t be stupid, stupid, stupid.
We must realize that every date of importance in our calendar was
determined to be important by man and man alone. And, while there is
definite correspondence with cosmic occurrences and events here on
Earth, there is very little (if any) significance to most dates that are picked
either willy-nilly or because they simply sound good. Nothing of significantimportance happened on 10-10-10 or 1-11-11, unless someone made it
news. And, unless someone dresses up in the image of Jesus for which we
are most familiar and plans a big parade for himself, it is likely Christ will
not be returning in May of 2011. Even if Jesus did return, he would have to
schedule some kind of press conference to let everyone know. Further, he
would have to bring proof that he is the real Jesus.From time to time, our collective energy does create reality. That is –
through our own thoughts and actions, we fulfill prophesy. If a newscaster
says that hundreds of people are expected to line-up in a few days to buy
tickets to a play-off game or to purchase some new gaming system, the
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energy can begin to build from the moment of that report until the vision is
fulfilled. Normally, if there is a history of an event happening like clock-
work, someone can drop a date out there and be spot-on in making a
prediction. For example, I predict that right around December 23, 2011people are going to get more focused on their families for a few days. It
doesn‟t take a rocket scientist to realize that Christmas is two days from
December 23 rd and that Americans always focus a little more on their family
at Christmas time. British meteorologist Piers Corbyn was able to predict
that the next few winters would be the coldest and snowiest on record. Is
he a prophet? No! He simply used the hundreds of years worth of data
available on world weather patterns and noticed that there were periods in
which the weather was far worse than at other periods.
Now, before we get into an analysis of all of the predictions that were
either so nebulous that they could come to pass on any day in any given
year of the last 2,000 calendar years, let‟s talk a bit about the predictions
that absolutely did not come to pass. Years ago, I was watching one of theafternoon talk shows, where famed psychic Sylvia Browne was asked if the
future President George H. W. Bush Jr. would be president for a second
term. Well, she was emphatic in stating that he would not be in the White
House for a second term. It was a year or so before the election, but I was
determined to use her prediction as a litmus test of sorts. Well, a year later,
Bush was in the Oval Office once again. And, I had to write Sylvia Browne
off as another fraud whose gift for seeing the future was not as much about
psychic ability as it was about suckering people to secure a salary. Don‟t
get me wrong. There are some very good psychics and channels out there.
I‟ve witnessed their work with my own eyes and ears. I‟m just saying –
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there are some who lose that ability and others who‟ve never had it to
begin with. So, be careful.
I know. I know. We want to believe. We want desperately to believe.
There is something magical about having an ability to see the future,
because there is something in m an that yearns to “know with certainty”. In
a world where we are asked to believe, believe, believe, something in us
tells us that we ca n “know” for sure.
Thing is – some make the mistake of looking to psychics for knowledge that
can only be gained from the studies of mathematicians, scientists and
researchers. Also, there is something to be said for „going within‟. No one
else occupies the space in time where you are right now. You have a very
unique perspective on the world. So, why should anyone feel they have the
authority to determine your future, without a thorough understanding ofyour perspective on the world? General observations can be made about
anyone, but the future for the most part remains unwritten for everyone.
If I am someone who makes money from claims I have psychic
abilities, then people have a right to presume that I might be a fraud if my
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predictions do not come to pass. Australian channel, Blossom Goodchild,
predicted that a large UFO would appear over the skies of some major city
in our world on October 14, 2008. The internet was abuzz with excitement,
as Blossom bravely blogged and video-logged messages from our UFObrothers up-to the very day of the would-be sighting. Well, turns out we
were not ready for a visitation from our larger space family at that moment
in time . To Blossom‟s chagrin, they apparently had no problem reneging on
their repeated promises to show-up. Poor blossom, who was just as
shocked as all of us that there was no sighting, is still in time-out waiting for
all this to blow-over. And, it may take another three to five years before she
can show her face in the New Age community again.
To me, the very premise on which most predictions are made is false.
The very idea of predicting a future event with pin-point accuracy pre-
supposes there is only one possible timeline. Common sense tells us this
notion is completely false. As I write this, I just finished drinking a cup of
coffee and eating donuts. I have two choices. I can either put the cup andwrapper in the trash now or continue writing. Two possible futures present
themselves. You take a guess at what I am going to do. Well, if you
guessed that I would continue writing, you‟re right. I can put this trash in the
can when I get up. Anyone who knows me knows I believe in conservation
of energy. Armed with that knowledge, they would be better able to predict
the future I chose than most.
Well, guess what? I changed my mind again. For the purposes of
writing this book, I felt it best that I act in a less predictable manner. I just
got up and threw the cup and wrapper in the trash. The aforementioned
experience offers insight into the basic challenges inherent in predicting the
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future – the first being that there are almost always at least two possibilities
that present themselves. Second, if one is not completely in control of a
given situation, how can one predict with pin-point accuracy what another
will do or is capable of doing? To attempt to do so would be illogical. It isnot logical to suppose that one will do X, when one is equally capable of
doing X or Y.
When one is involuntarily committed to one possible future, we call it
fate.
When one is voluntarily committed to one possible future, we call it
destiny.
Let‟s say – a man accidently drives over a cliff. Instead of leaping
from his vehicle, he takes his chances steering it in attempts to avoid trees.
He manages to steer clear of the trees and enters the river below. He
decides that he will let his jeep become completely submerged in water
before attempting to break the window because he saw this done on
television. He finally breaks the window and crawls from the vehicle. His
foot, however, gets caught in the seatbelt and he begins to lose valuable
oxygen. No matter how much he struggles, he cannot release his foot. He
realizes that he is out of options and begins to come to grips with the
possibility that it is his fate to die in this crash. So, he loosens his grip and
just as he realizes that he cannot hold his breath any longer his foot slips
loose from the belt. Then, he uses his last bit of energy to thrust himself to
the surface.
As the writer, I voluntarily committed the victim of this horrible
accident to one possibility – life. As the writer, I determined it was his
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destiny to live. Before that, he was fated to drown with that vehicle. That,
my friends, is the difference between destiny and fate. I shaped the crash
victim‟s destiny such that the crash victim was destined to live. Life is about
choices. To have a pre-destined future means that someone has the powerto determine that future. To be fated to a certain future means that one
does not have the power to change one‟s future. Ours must be a
preoccupation with changing destiny for ourselves and those willing to
accept our help. Whenever possible, we must stare into the deathly gaze of
fate and say that we choose destiny. This is the best we can hope for.
Those who make predictions that do not take into account otherpossibilities are either ignorant of those possibilities (and the fate to which
they commit others in making these rock-solid predictions) or ill-intentioned.
The Russian seer Baba Vanga boasted a fairly good hit ratio with her
prophecies. Still, she was careful to point out that at least two possible
futures could present themselves in any given scenario. So, it should come
as no surprise that while she predicted that World War III would begin inDecember of 2010, another future altogether presented itself. Prophecies
and predictions should always be accompanied by the following disclaimer:
Warning: What I predicted may or may not happen – I don ’ t know!
Furthermore, what any one man sees in a vision is subjective. That is
– it is subject to his interpretation of the viewer. While then President Bush
was in Office in 2006, an acquaintance of mine shared a vision of a
president being assassinated in the White House. He said that he heard
the voice of GOD, in which GOD said – “the president is a good man and
that one day they would say he was missing. Shortly after that, the world as
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we know it will end. ” With all my heart, I believe this was my friend ‟s
genuine experience. However, I knew then as I know now that he had n‟t
the faintest clue about how visions work. At that time, I made a silent
prediction myself – that none of this would come to pass exactly as heenvisioned it.
My friend made his first mistake in not realizing that we relate to
things we can easily recognize. So, he was shown the image of a president
that he was most able to recognize as „a president ‟. Second, his insights
into the unfolding events were given as highlights. However, his mind
immediately began filling in the blanks. This is what the human mind does.Your new girlfriend doesn‟t call you all day. You immediately assume that
she doesn‟t like you. Or, you assume that she‟s probably in communication
with the old boyfriend. Or, worse, you think she has been in a car accident.
As another example, if you saw someone shot, you would immediately
assume that the gun was real and that the victim was hurt. After running
home, you might turn on the news hoping to catch the story and to learnwho got shot. The whole event, however, could have been staged for any
number of reasons.
Truth is – what we perceive as true is not necessarily true or real. It is
an observation – yes. It is our experience – yes. It is factual – yes. Still, it is
not an objective reality on which all can rely. It is only a perspective on the
broader reality. In the case of my acquaintance, time proved hisinterpretation of his experience to be completely wrong. That does not
necessarily invalidate the experience, but his interpretation was proven
false. I am certain that he is examining this experience in a new light given
events that have transpired in the five years since he shared that story.
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This brings me to my final point. Date givers often become date
adjusters. There is always some convenient excuse as to why that which
was prophesied to happen last week will instead happen next week. If 2012
fizzles, I think that humanity will be through with those who pencil-in datesin the prophetic datebook for some time. And, that‟s a good thing. Perhaps,
then we will all realize that only those events over which we give ourselves
total control are destined to come to pass. In my view, we need to take
more personal and collective responsibility and accountability for what goes
on in our world. Further, we are all fated to die at some point or another.
Since this is a reality over which most of us have little or no control, to me it
is a bit self-deceptive to say that one has the ability to accurately predict
any future outside of the next few moments. Let ‟s work on our ability to
create and influence this world in a real way and not let the prophecies of
yesterday determine the world of our tomorrows.
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Chapter 4: Beyond Each Road A Destination
What if you were asked to choose from three doors? What if each
door led to a separate destination – one heavenly, one earthly, and one toa hellish underworld? And, what if you were not allowed to see beyond any
of the three doors before choosing? What means and methods would you
use to determine which door to take? You might visually assess each door
taking in its color and shape. You might use your sense of touch to
determine which was cold, which was warm, and which was hot. If you
were able, you might inquire about the experience of those who had gonebefore you or question the one asking you to choose. How would you really
feel if you were just told to guess – to choose a door without knowing
where each door leads?
Thankfully, life isn‟t like that at all. To those who are attentive, life
almost always gives us clues as to the right road to take. A door is the
wrong analogy to use altogether. When we think of a door, we think of theunknown in what might lie beyond that door. Immediately, some mystery
presents itself. Life, however, is more analogous to the fork in the road.
Most often, you can see the immediate steps you are about to take and you
have some idea of where those steps will lead. In many cases, you can see
for miles down any given road. Often, you are even afforded road signs,
distances, and the opportunity to turn around and take a different route or
to take a side path and get onto a better road if you find you are on a road
that doesn‟t suit you.
Both metaphysics and monotheistic religion teach of three ultimate
destinations and three paths leading to these destinations. When we talk
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about the End of Days or the Hereafter, we are talking about a destination
in time that either ends our journey altogether or leads to some new point
at which our journey will continue. Does 2012 mark an end to one leg of
humanities journey and the beginning of another? Of that, I am not certain.What I am more certain about is that we are entering into a period of time
that will mark the end of one leg of humanity‟s journey and the beginning of
a new one for all of us. Whether it happens for YOU in 2012, 2014, or
sometime there-after, it is likely that you will recognize the shift if you pay
attention.
It is nearly impossible to complete this book and still remain blind tothe shift as it occurs. What this book offers is a peak at what the road
ahead looks like. So, chances are – if you are reading this book, you will
recognize changes taking place both now and in the near future. I use the
word “as” because very little happens in an instant. Once pregnant, it takes
nine months for a mother to manifest life. And, it takes 18 to 21 years for
the human body to mature. Even the growth of trees and the manifestationof fruits and vegetables take time. So, why should we expect the End to
come in one moment of time? The exploding star we notice today may
have actually collapsed billions of light years ago. So, one day we simply
wake up to the realization that the world that was changing over time is
totally different than it was before. Instant and irreversible change (at least
on a global scale) is the stuff of Hollywood cinema.
As proof, there were massive earthquakes in Afghanistan, Haiti, and
Indonesia. Did those earthquakes affect humanity‟s response to
catastrophe on a global level? I would like to respectfully submit that I don‟t
think so. While some individuals have certainly changed the way they view
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and respond to environmental change, collectively we awaken every day as
if little ever happened. We could have chosen to point to those events as
indications that the End of Days had arrived. We could have celebrated the
fact that while millions lost their lives, humanity survived those events. Wecould adopt the position that we are in-fact in the Hereafter. We could say
that heaven on earth is having running water, a working toilet, and the
ability to walk into a store and hand someone paper for food. But, we
haven‟t adopted that position that we are in paradise, have we? Apparently,
our deepest empathy and sympathies are reserved for those closest to our
individual realities. So, this “end ” stuff is as subjective as it is suspect.
Yet, we still await the End of Days. And, if we don‟t feel it personally,
it simply didn‟t occur. Perhaps, future generations will take a more holistic
look at this period in history and instantly recognize it as the end of one age
and the beginning of a new one. The only thing left to history will be the
events that marked historic changes in life as we know it and the evolution
of man. We, however, live each moment, day by day, hour by hour, secondby second, finding both joy and pain in living. We seldom see things from
any perspective other than our own – a perspective colored by television
news and cinema, readjusted by religious and philosophic rhetoric, and
weighed by what the public is willing to accept. I am not referring to the
words of scripture. Those words have stood the test of time. However, one
should take note that the spin on those words changes to fit the
circumstance. So, it is the duty of the religious adherent to read scripture
for him or herself and obtain some kind of understanding of what this
history says about the recursive cycles of the world in which he or she
lives.
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It is our journey through time that leads each of us to an eventual
destination. In the third dimension, the ultimate destination is physical
death. Our bodies go through a cycle that eventually returns us to the
earth. We leave our shared experiences and our possessions to our lovedones. In metaphysics, there are the concepts of density and dimension.
Density deals with object orientation in space, while dimension deals with
consciousness orientation in space. In metaphysics, even time is a form of
space. Someone might say, “It happened somewhere in the 21 st century.”
Thus, everything occurs at someplace in time just as it occurs somewhere
in space. So, the third dimension is the place where our consciousness
resides while on Earth. The 4 th dimension is the place where our
consciousness resides in time. And, the 5 th dimension is the place where
our consciousness resides beyond time.
If one questions the existence of a place beyond time, he can look to
his own life for evidence that this place exists. If it is Sunday at 10AM in the
U.S. during football season and one loves football, he willsee himself in a place beyond 1PM watching the NFL
game of his choice. Almost as certain as the sun does
rise, this 5 th dimensional reality will present itself. And,
that person will travel through the 4 th dimensional time stream to get to that
intended destination. A true fan will let nothing stop him from creating this
reality.
So, what does this have to do with the three destinations or possible
destinies on the material plane? Well, there is heaven, there is continued
existence on E arth, and there is hell. Let‟s use the above example to
determine which state is heaven, which is a more earthly or temporal
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existence, and what would constitute a hellish existence. Heaven (or a 5 th
dimensional existence) is where one truly desires to be at any given time. It
is the place in which one sees self in the future, regardless of how short or
long the time-line. Thus, one with no concept or view of the future would be one with no access to heaven. Earthly existence (a temporal existence,
which is a better way of saying it) is the 4 th dimensional time stream.
Because we live in a physical / material reality (or 3 rd density), we have to
travel through time to get to where we want to go. Hell, on the other hand,
is stagnation (or no-time). In other planes of existence, it might be best to
have time stand still. If you‟re experience what you want to experience, why
would you want to be concerned with time? On this plane, if time were to
stop for a person at 10AM, that reality would constitute hell.
Let‟s give a few examples. What if our football fan‟s car stopped on
the highway at 10AM? Or, worse – what if the roof caved-in trapping him
under wooden beams and sheetrock? Or, what if that same person were to
get arrested at 10AM? All of these events essentially stop time, becausethat person had an intended destination in time. A transient, with nowhere
to go and nothing to do, might do far better in a situation like this . He wasn‟t
making any time anyway. There‟s a phrase I coined that I like to share with
people from time to time. “When the ceiling falls, it hits the person closest
to it first.” The higher you are, the harder you fall. So, it is essential that
angels keep their wings.
SO, WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE SECRET TO 5 TH DIMENSIONAL LIVING (OR
HEAVENLY EXISTENCE) FROM THE METAPHYSICAL POINT-OF-VIEW.
When a desired time-line leads to the 5 th dimensional reality of your
choosing and liking follow it. When a desired timeline will not lead to the 5 th
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dimension reality of your choosing, immediately create a new desire and
timeline based upon the information (or observable reality) available in the
moment. Further, if the desired 5 th dimension reality (or the destination) no
longer exists, it is essential to create another heavenly state of existence (or a new destination) as soon as one is able.
The above is the key to getting into and staying in heaven while on
Earth. You may have heard the saying – wealthy people do what they want
to do, while poor people do what they have to do. The one who possesses
true wealth possesses a wealth of possibilities and is not limited in the
scope of what can be accomplished. You may have also heard the saying – “ Great minds focus on ideas. Average minds focus on events. And, small
minds focus on people. ” Well I say – the greatest minds focus on ideas
more than events and the events of their desires more than reacting to
other people. The good idea (or creative inspiration) constitutes heaven. All
events occur in the 4 th dimensional time stream. And, the people we
encounter (especially those with no creative ambition) are the most capableof dragging us into hell.
One of the keys to getting what you desire is to have a pure desire for
it. If one‟s desired intention is to bring something into reality (and one sets
the proper time line), that desire can be made real. However, the timeline is
very important. In my book, What the Creator Knows I talk about the Law of
Momentum. Permissions must be obtained when we seek to create anynew reality. Permissions are the tolls we pay on the road through time to
our destination, because to get where we desire to go (at least in this
dimension) requires that we cross into the territories of others. Universal
Law dictates that this cannot be done without permission. Those who make
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a habit of passing into the territory of others without permission eventually
find their momentum stopped. This is the cause for the dissolution of most
relationships, whether familial or romantic. Just because someone is a
member of your family (by default) or in a relationship with you (by consent)doesn‟t mean they have the right to cross i nto your territory in every way
without permission. My brother doesn‟t get a key to my house because he‟s
my brother. And, my girlfriend doesn‟t get access to my e -mail because she
is my girlfriend.
The momentum of life requires that we are allowed a certain amount
of “operating room”. Imagine two planets with no room to orbit on their own.They would smash into one another. For those who‟ve watched the movie
“Crash”, you saw first -hand the consequences of living in a world where no
one sought permissions. Those people simply crashed into one another
and the momentum they were building with their lives came to a sudden
halt. So, 5 th dimensional living is not about doing what you want to do,
regardless of whom or what. It is as much about respecting the space,time, and energy resources of others as it is about fulfilling your goals. This
is how your fifth dimensional existence (or state of heavenly bliss) is
maintained.
Now, where the 5 th dimension is ultimately the living of the life one
desires or heaven on earth or the hereafter, the 4 th
dimension is life in the time-stream. Most people livesomewhere in the 4 th dimension. That is – most people
are wrestling with time. I have to get to work on time. I
have to be to be there by 9AM on Monday morning. I
can‟t wait until Friday gets here. I just got over hump-
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day (Wednesday). I get so happy right around Christmas time. Don‟t bother
coming if you cannot be on-time. I work all the time. You need to stop
playing all the time. Maybe you‟ll win the game next -time. I want to spend
more time with my family. If you don‟t get in on this by a certain time, you‟regoing to miss out. Do you have a minute? It will only take a few seconds.
Time! Time! Time! Time! Time! 4 th dimensional existence is temporal
existence and tempo has everything to do with time.
I disagree with those who say time is an illusion. Perhaps , it doesn‟t
apply to other dimensions and realities, but it is obviously very real to those
who are caught in the time-stream. The rat race is about the misuse of bothone‟s time and energy. It is not just that we are rats on a wheel. That wheel
is connected to a generator. And, the energy that is generated from our
movement is owned by someone else. This is not necessarily a bad thing if
you like to run on a wheel and get paid to do it. Thing is – some people
don‟t like to run. Others ha te the monotony of the wheel. Yet, the middle
path is one of balance. You win some. You lose some. You work hard. Youplay hard. And, while some desire to abolish this reality altogether, with
what would they replace it?
There are places where millions of people sit idle all day with little or
nothing to do. They are not on anyone‟s clock. And, they don‟t receive a
paycheck. And, in places where people would desire to do otherwise, they
are high-tailing it for America. The building of anything substantial requiresmomentum. And, momentum requires order. Order presupposes the
healthy respect for and the proper use of time. People who are out-of-time
or on permanent down- time don‟t build pyramids. They are not likely to
install working plumbing or to maintain libraries and schools. This planet is
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not a time-free zone. It is more of a time neutral zone. You can choose to
make time, to exist within time, or to be out-of- time. It‟s up to you.
Many students of metaphysics confuse density with dimension. Thus,
the words “We are moving into the 5 th dimension” can be confusing. Some
of us are becoming more conscious of the fact that we choose our destinies
in many respects. So, in that sense, we are moving into the 5 th dimension.
However, with respect to Earth object orientation, it is not as clear or
evident what changes will result from the Ea rth‟s being bombarded with
energies of a higher resonant vibration than physical matter. These intense
solar rays and cosmic gases continuously strike our planet. They affect allof us. The question is – what role will they play in raising our
consciousness and the energy vibration of our planet? How will the time
stream be affected? We will share the best information available on this
subject in a later chapter.
For now, let us quickly discuss hell from the metaphysician‟s point of
view. We have already said that the 5 th dimensional reality is one where wecan choose our own destiny. The 4 th dimensional time stream constitutes
the 4 th dimension. Well, hell from the metaphysical perspective is the
inability to affect change in one‟s circumstances. Hell is ignorance. Hell is
to see that heaven lies well out of one‟s abil ity to obtain it. As it relates to
consciousness, hell is somewhere between the 2 nd and 3 rd dimensions. The
person who is forced to react to everything is in hell. Hell is a reactionarystate of being. A person who feels forced to wait for things to happen is a
slave to his circumstances. Sexual slavery is the grossest form of hell.
Physical slavery is a step-up from that. Mental and spiritual enslavement
are steps- up from physical slavery. The Holy Qur‟an informs the reader that
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„persecution is worse than slaughter‟, because at least in death there is no
time. In heaven, one is the apparent cause of everything in one‟s existence .
In hell, one is affected by everything in one‟s existence . He is the victim. To
the adept, everything in existence is seen as controllable substance. Thus,hell is a state in which one has no control over anything. Those who
operate in- between the states of heaven and hell are rightly called “the
middle- class”. They win some and they lose some.
Let us now examine these same concepts from the stand-point of
religion. The three monotheistic (or really henotheistic) religions (Islam,
Christianity, and Judaism) place people in three basic categories – theChosen Ones, the People, and the Evil-doers. There are many terms used
in the scriptures, but I use these terms for the sake of brevity. Let‟s discuss
them.
The Chosen Ones – I used to think that the chosen ones were those lucky
enough to have followed all of the rules and to have passed every test.
Now, I just think of the chosen ones as lucky. Chosen means that youdidn‟t choose yourself (at least not in the sense of being conscious of
making that choice). Even the Holy Qur‟an (the book of scripture of the
Muslims) , in chapter two states, “It being the same to them (the people with
no understanding) whether you warn them or warn them not, they will not
believe.” 6 Further on it states that Allah (God) controls the hearts.
Therefore, one cannot awaken him or herself to consciousness. Either youhave the spark of Divine or you do not. And, one cannot awaken another –
at least not anyone who is not already pre-programmed to have their
consciousness piqued upon receiving a good word. In terms of Heaven or
the Hereafter or the Kingdom or Paradise, it is written that the Chosen
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Ones will experience this reality first. It makes sense that those who start
the race first would figure out a way to finish it first. The ones who take part
in the creation of any reality are always afforded the choice of being its first
beneficiaries.
The People – You ever heard the saying – “Ignorance is bliss.” Well, in
most cases it is. While we are learning and discovering right from wrong,
we can have a lot of fun and get away with a whole heap of non-sense. On
the other hand, one matures to realize that life is certainly unfair. Many of
the pitfalls we face in life would have been easily avoidable were we
matured in our understanding at the moment we faced the choices that led
us into them. Still , there is nothing wrong with a little “bliss”, especially
when the contrast is “pain” and “blisters”. So, I liken “the people” to a good
audience. Everyone is not meant to sing like Beyonce Knowles. Beyonce is
the chosen one. She sings her heart out. She endures the pain and blisters
of daily, dance practice, workouts, and vocal exercises to put on a show forthe people. In exchange, she is affirmed in her position as one of the
chosen. She gets attention and she is afforded the opportunity to live the
life she desires. Best of all, she can stay in her creative space.
The people, however, get a good show. They enjoy and maintain the
creation engineered by the creators. And, so it is with the Kingdom. They
will enjoy and maintain it. So, where the creators fashion creation, the
people maintain it. What the people have to watch out for are wolves
(regular folks) in chosen people‟s clothing. T o be chosen is to be chosen to
serve. So, it should come as no surprise that chosen people work
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extremely hard at delivering the best quality product they can possibly
present to the world. The charlatans and tricksters of the world are simply
out to make a buck. So, if you are one of the regular people, know that you
are blessed. You are here to savor the experience . You are here to enjoythe ride. There is heaven in that experience if you embrace it for what it is.
And, truth is – we are all chosen by God. Or else, we would not be alive to
experience any of this. Further, even the People are afforded the
opportunity to create from time to time. Who did the interior design for your
home? Who picked out your wardrobe? Who chose that make, model, and
style of automobile? You did. So, accept your own and be yourself. You are
perfect just the way you are. We are moving into a time where the number
of creators will dramatically increase. This is called heaven on Earth. The
fact that you are reading this is a sign of that motion and the opening of a
new reality to us all.
The Evildoers – With that said, sadly some people just don‟t get it and get
lost along the way. With no light what-so-ever to see or guide them, theyfeel unsafe, insecure, subject to pain and are the most likely to cause
intense pain themselves. Being insecure, they bump into others. The
acknowledgement of the presence of others is proof of life for the evil ones.
The living-dead thirst to hear the sound of the living. This is why the evil
ones find it so easy to inflict pain. That pain resonates with them. It makes
them feel alive.
One has self-control to the extent that one has light of understanding
(wisdom). It is not that GOD needs to destroy the evil ones personally, they
destroy themselves. Eventually, evil meets with an overpowering force –
the ultimate overpowering force being death. Thus, the wages of sin is
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death. And, because wisdom (or the light of understanding) is even
required in death, the evil ones find no escape having never prepared for
their death either. Part of the life we live is a preparation for death and the
soul‟s journey onward. Having little understanding of the death process andhaving made no preparation for life beyond the gates of hell, the evil ones
have no clue of the crime they commit against themselves. This is why no
one really gets away with anything. They get their wages on the other
side. 7
Physicist Tom Campbell said that the opposite of love is not hate. It is
fear. On this plane of existence, hate is an outgrowth of fear. The goodnews is that while some are compelled to do good things, no one is
compelled to continue in evil. The fear one has can be replaced with the
light of understanding if one so chooses. All it takes is a step made in the
right direction. Yes. It is that simple. The question is – how many are willing
to take that step? Many of the fearful have found coping mechanisms for
dealing with their fears. Bullying, carrying guns, amassing a large sums ofmoney, large armies with large caches of weapons, enacting unnecessary
laws and policies, pimping women (or men), domestic abuse, drug abuse,
and gang violence are just a few of the coping mechanisms for dealing with
fear. If we would accept the fact that few of us are or ever will be totally
secure in our bodies and that all of us are going to die eventually, we would
go a long way to alleviating a lot of the fear that plagues humanity. There is
no need to play tough. Most of us fear grief, pain, and death. It is part of the
survival instinct.
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Chapter 5: Who Are You?
The ancient Egyptians had a mantra – “Know thy -self.” You are best
equipped to deal with who you are and all possible futures you face when
you know who you are. So, I have developed three surveys – each with
questions that are designed to show you “the reader” who you are. In the
next chapter, we will talk about the three destinies that
await each type in the months and years to come. It is
important to note that no one has to choose any one
destiny path. This is what destiny is all about – choices.It is important to note, however, that when we succumb
to fear we limit our choices. Robert Monroe, in his book
Far Journeys, stated that one of the unforeseen
benefits of the Monroe Institute‟s Gateway Program
was that people passed „the fear barrier‟ in realizing that they were more
than their physical body. Thus, the natural fear and security consciousness
they developed over a lifetime gave way to a newfound curiosity and sense
of adventure.
Fulfillment of the parable in Matthew 10:34-36 of Jesus coming to
separate people is found in the idea of the three main types. Jesus said, “In
the End Time, they will be getting married and givi ng in marriage.” Wait a
minute?! I didn‟t think anything was wrong with getting married. PerhapsJesus had insight into something that occurs at the end of any given Age. It
would seem that at the end of each time cycle, people are ripped apart and
placed on the time sequence most suitable to their development beyond
that point. In most cases, it is our relationships with those closest to us that
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are most affected by these changes. It is natural to want to be close to our
family and friends, but what if they are on a different destiny path than the
one best suited for your destiny? It‟s a harsh reality that requires a lot of
patience and understanding on our part. The first thing to understand is thatpeople are not things. Persons are individual consciousnesses having
experiences on a material plane. We don‟t own people. We are not entitled
to their bodies. And, this becomes more evident at the end of any Age
when human bodies and minds can go through extraordinary changes.
Further, the way we relate to one another changes with the transitioning of
one age into another one.
I have designed the following survey to get us started on the path of
learning just who we are. With the exception of the category of the “evil -
doer”, there is nothing wrong with taking the other two paths. Some
espouse the idea that we should all become “super -spiritual”. The master
teacher, W. Fard Muhammad said, “Accept your own and be yourself.”
There is a reason for this. We learn from all of life‟s experiences – goodand bad. It is like learning to read. You learn the letters. Then, you learn the
sounds. Then, you put them in words. Then, you put the words in
sentences. If you never learn the letters, you never learn to read. If you
never experience the basic human behaviors, you can never understand
the diversity in people and the complexity of the human experience.
Further, you can never be invited to visit another world, because you‟d be
ill-equipped to deal with the complex nature of other humanoid beings
having never developed the insight necessary to do so.
In doing each survey, check the boxes that correspond with the types
of things you might be likely to think or say. If you notice that there are
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many more boxes on one survey than another, you are likely in that
category. Don‟t get me wrong. I am certain you are a very unique
individual. However, we can and do classify human beings every day. You
are either a man or a woman. That is a classification. You are either a childor an adult. That is a classification. You are either living or dead. That is a
classification. So, let‟s not be against classifying people just because we
feel uncomfortable about labeling others. Words are a necessary means of
providing the description and clarity necessary to bring about
understanding.
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SURVEY 1: THE CHOSEN
___ I am the type of person who has always felt I had a special purpose in life.
___ I have a parent or grandparent who was a popular artist, entertainer, psychic, an
intuitive, or an astral traveler.
___ I am certain I have had experiences where I have traveled in my mind to other
places or worlds.
___ I can regularly detach from my body while sleeping.
___ I believe with all my heart that GOD has a purpose for me and have maintained a
special relationship with GOD.
___ I live to help and serve others.
___ Of all things, I really love bringing joy to others most.
___ I am so creative. The thing I love to do most is create.
___ I can see how the principles in my religion relate to the principles in most other
religions. People are really not all that different.
___ I like what those of other cultures, religions, belief systems, and especially people
of our world help me to learn about myself.
___ It is not so important that you believe what I believe. I think it is more important that
we grow to understand and appreciate one another.
___ How can I judge anyone else when I‟ve still got my mess to work out?
___ Money is not as important to me as doing what I‟m here to do in life. I am trulypurpose-driven. And, the purpose isn ‟t really money.
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SURVEY 2: THE PEOPLE
___ I wish God gave me the kind of talent others have.
___ How di d you get so creative? You‟re so lucky. I could never do that.
____ Once I get this money situation straight, I can figure out some more of the things I
want to do with my life.
____ Are you saved?
____ I decided not to work with anyone who has not accepted Jesus Christ as there
one, true Lord and Savior.
____ Allah is the one, true God! And, Islam is the ONLY religion! All others are infidelsand are not worthy of my time or energy.
____ We Jews are the chosen people. Hey! It is what it is.
____ I have my job, my family, and my friends. For the first time i n my life, I feel I‟m set.
____ That can‟t be true or we would have heard about it on TV by now.
____ Join my network marketing team. We‟re doing something new and different. And,
we‟re looking for people like us who think outside the box.
____ Most guys just don‟t do stuff like that. You should be more like the guys I know.
____ Most people don‟t dress like that. You should dress like this.
____ You should be careful. I don‟t know what people might think if you start telling
them your crazy ideas.
____ I‟m a democra t, because most black people are democrats.
____ Money is the most important thing to me right now.
____ Brooklyn born. Brooklyn raised. Gonna‟ be in Brooklyn „til they put me in a grave.
Tell them they can find me on the block.
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SURVEY 3: THE EVIL-DOER
____ With all t he stuff I‟ve done and gotten away with, I‟m just happy to have lived this
long.
____ I don‟t care about nobody. I gotta‟ eat. I put that on my mama.
____ I will do anything to survive.
____ I keep my gun with me – just in case somebody decides he wants to act stupid.
____ I be knocking on that dudes door trying to holler at his wife. When will these dudes
learn? They will never see me coming.
____ I don‟t use condoms. I just do me. I‟m just living. It is what it is.
____ I don‟t know. The party got rowdy and I jus t started busting shots everywhere. As
long as I made it out safe, you know…
____ Whether it was unrelated to the present government or not, we had to bomb that
nation as a means of sending a swift and immediate message that we don‟t tolerate
terrorism.
____ So what we killed women and children? They are against our way of life anyway.
____ It might not be good for peop le, but it‟s still legal to sell it and they are buying it.
So, I don‟t see any problem here.
____ That crack whore sold me all of her food stamps. And, she got six babies. How
stupid can she be? Maybe I can get her for them joints next month too.
____ If they try to get me, they will get it even worse. If I find out they ‟re trying, they
getting‟ it first.
____ I try to be a good Christian, but I take money out of the register every chance I get.
I know they all want to get rid of me. So, maybe, they‟ll blame Kate or Matt. I‟m not
going to let anybody play me.
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If you have more than two or three checks in the last category, be
careful. This is essentially the category reserved for people who don‟t care
about other people – at all. There may be some very legitimate reason for
this. Most people who don‟t care about other people were not properlycared for themselves. If little girls are made of sugar and spice, monsters
are made of insecurity, discomfort, and fear. Still, each of us is held totally
responsible for our continued thoughts, feelings, and actions. And, each of
us must find a way to resolve the issues (negative energy) that we are
attempting to carry into the future with us.
WARNING: While it is certainly alright to offer a good word or seek tohelp change someone ‟s stars (or path) it is very dangerous to associate
with evil-doers. Judgment is often handed down at the most inopportune
times. And, there is no guarantee you will not be caught up. Further, in
placing yourself on that track, you‟re actually moving along with someone
who has no clear direction or destination – the type of person most likely to
bump into another person to get a gauge on just who they are, where theyare, and where they should be going. Death wields a sickle for a reason.
You must be strong enough to cut ties with those whose vibration is death.
Or, death will have you both.
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Chapter 6: The Worst Case Scenario
The worst case scenario is to be grossly ignorant of the changes thatmay reshape existence in our world over the next one-hundred years. Weare further handicapped, because no one taught us the true history of ourworld in the first place. So, these shifts may force many to have to react inways they never considered. If one is in survival mode, he may devolve intosomething worse than he ever thought possible. Conversely, he mayevolve into someone he never considered he could become.
I digress. I guessed we never addressed why the world is beingvisited with global change at this moment in time. The easiest way to
explain it is to use the analogy of a balloon. Every empire and age is like aballoon. You fuel it with air. It expands. There is a period where it is used inthat state and either it naturally dulls and deflates or is burst and replacedby another balloon when another is needed. End-dates are like expirationdates on the balloon. Let ‟s say nothing at all happens on December 21,2012. Even if nothing happens, this is the end date to end all end dates.Thus, by default the age of worry and concern over the “End of the World ” will have ended and the sunshine of a new age of unlimited possibility andprogress can begin. After all the bluffs have been called, the last of ourfears can be broken and we can move forward in new and amazing ways.
So, where were we? Oh! The Holy Qur‟an states, “Greetings are for Allah (God), also prayers and good deeds.” Why would your greeting beimportant to God? Well, in Muslim countries, it is customary to greet aperson with words that mean „peace be with you‟. We have n o idea whatcould have agitated or upset a person only moments before our meetingthem. So, an encouraging or loving word is advisable whenever possible. In
a world like this, even that is hard to do. We are often fearful that if we sayanyt hing, we‟ve jus t invited some maniac into our reality. The result oftencauses more problems than it is worth. That‟s where the „good deeds‟ partcomes in. Since God is not known to manifest Himself often, it should beevident that His blessings come through us.
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On CNN, there was a story about a homeless man who discovered$3,000 in a back-pack left lying at a bus-stop. While he certainly could havefound a thousand things to do with the money, he returned it to its owner.What happened? Well, the owner was a college student to really needed
the money to buy a car. So, he thanked the homeless man and gave him asmall reward. The experience showed the student that there were kindpeople among the homeless and the student vowed to dedicate a fewhours a week to working at one of the local shelters as a means of helpingothers. So, which is more an angel – the guy floating through the clouds onwings or that homeless man, who really needed the money but gavethought of the possible need of the one who lost it? This man‟s sacrificehad a redemptive affect on the student. Men, especially, have to make a
more firm commitment to doing the right thing, as by nature we have aconquering spirit. Fear misdirects this energy, which should always be usedfor the doing of the greater good.
I digressed a bit, but we cannot say that for the first time humanity asa whole is considering the worst case scenario. Some people face thisreality with each and every waking moment of their lives. Consider thepeople of hurricane-ravaged Haiti, earthquake-ravaged Afghanistan, orIndonesia . They don‟t need some metaphysical analysis of the worst case
scenario. They are living it (or a very close approximation of it) at this verymoment. So, the intended audiences for this book are those whoexperience the creature comforts of both the modern and the Westernworlds. Until now, we have never really had to give serious consideration tothe worst case scenario. Hurricane Katrina offered us a wake-up call.
Since my readers are primarily westerners (people in Europe, theAmericas, and the surrounding islands), my sole focus in presenting theseideas is to stir your consciousness and pique your interests. What would bethe worst case scenario for us? Well, frankly, it would be completecollapse. It would be total systems ‟failure. While some might argue that anextinction level event would present the worst case scenario, I would beg todiffer. If in one day all that we knew were no more - that would constitute afairly clean break. If, for example, a meteor smashed into the Earthrendering all life extinct in an instant that wouldn‟t be so bad. As humans,
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we are not so much averse to death as we are to the pain and sufferingthat often accompany destruction. When we give it some thought, it isdisease, famine, poverty, emotional and physical pain, and the suffering ofself and loved ones that are the hardest burdens to bear. So, bring on that
meteor baby! No one should lose any sleep over a global killer like that,because it puts everyone to sleep.
As a society, we in the United States are heavily dependent upon thesystems that allow for continued commercial trade and the perpetuation ofour electrically-powered world. The complete collapse of either systemwould be devastating to our way of life. We hear a lot of talk about controlby “the system” from critics who may fail to realize the exquisite benefit ofbeing able to walk into a store and exchange paper or swipe plastic forfood. At the same time, we have to ask ourselves, “From the stand -point ofour basic physical survival, is it at all wise to be totally dependent on yourlocal retail store for food?”
Further, our technology allows for the maintenance of comfortableliving environments in many of the seasonal climate citiesin the United States. These same technological advancesallow for communications, travel, the transport of goods,
and the delivery of life-saving services. Life withoutelectrical power would be unthinkable in many of themajor cities. A prolonged period of electrical outage would
result in eventual pandemonium. The only natural disaster that would beon-par with a total loss of power would be a direct hit by an earthquake ofimmense proportion. And, that might only affect one or two cities. So, whenwe really think about it, we are mostly doomed by catastrophic possibilitiesof our own making. So, right now, thinking green (or thinking about MotherEarth and Father Sun on which we all depend) is more important than ever.
Think about it. Aside from hurricanes, most natural disasters arelocalized to limited geographic areas. So, even if we endured acatastrophic loss of life in the Baltimore area where I live due to somenatural disaster, the country as a whole could recover. What, however,would be the effects of global financial collapse? And, what would be the
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effects of a catastrophic and continued loss of power? Are there bad guyswith the capacity for causing either scenario to unfold? Are the bad guyscapable of causing a catastrophic and continued loss of power as a meansof diverting attention from eminent financial collapse? While it is beyond the
scope of this book, it is worth it to ask and answer these very seriousquestions. Further, we must attain and maintain a degree of self-sufficiency, while being certain to appreciate the benefits of the presentsystem. Historian and lecturer Bobby Hemmitt said something that ticklesme to this day. In one lecture, he remarked “Give me Wal-mart or give medeath.” Careful to appreciate life‟ s conveniences, we must be even morecareful about inattention to the provision of life ‟s basic necessities.
As it relates to bad guys, to me – whether darkness falls as a result ofa cyber attack or someone flipping the switch, this constitutes the worstcase scenario. Rather than deal with an angry populous hell-bent onbecoming more informed about why they are in an ever-worseningcondition, the powers-that-be could attempt to divert our focus. And, whatbetter way to divert the attention of the masses than to turn out the lights,since there is nothing people fear more than being in the dark. The crazything is – this frightening scenario is also our most likely threat frommother-nature too. However, mother-nature has a way of doing thingsalong the magnitude of one-hundred to 1,000 times that of which man iscapable. The bad guys might be able to turn out the lights, but mother-nature with her awesome power can halt the functioning of most electronicdevices on Earth. We will talk about that in the next chapter of this book.
For now, please realize that mother-nature has a mother. She is thecosmic mother and when she says it is time for bed that means lights outfor everyone – no exceptions. And, while man can hurl rocks and mother-nature throws boulders, the cosmic mother (Big Mama) will hurl a mountainthe size of a continent at your head. Duck that, if you‟re bad enough. Soundengineer, Preston Nichols, in one interview remarked that the probability isgreater than 50% that the cosmic weather affecting our sun could have theultimate effect of causing the malfunction of nearly every electronic deviceon Earth. It‟s one thing to experience power outages in this or that part of town. It is another thing altogether when even your car will not start. What
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could result from a catastrophic, total loss of power is unknown. We havenever had to experience such a horror. Scientists like Dan Winter,researchers like Susan Joy Rennison, and metaphysicians like Dr. DelbertBlair echo the same sentiments. Space weather and our sun are beginning
to have a remarkable affect on Earth‟s atmospheric conditions. We willdiscuss possible solutions to all of this in a later chapter.
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Chapter 7: All Signs Point to the Sun
S ome of the boldest scientific predictions state there is a 100%probability that the cosmically-charged, solar energy entering ouratmosphere will negatively affect the technology on which we depend mostheavily in the next few years. It is not only scientists though.Meteorologists, religious scholars, historians, and metaphysicians are allsinging the same tune on the basis of what weather patterns, archeologicalobservations and ancient text reveal about what will happen at this momentin time . Our Earth‟s sun is unpredictable and could change the game at anymoment. While she goes through regular cycles, researchers point to thefact that we are getting closer to the galactic center as evidence that wedon‟t know what‟s going to happen in years to come. Humanity must bemade aware. And, humanity must be made ready. I heard Dan Winter (theman responsible for the math that helps doctors to understand EKGreadings) say – the increased wind would be one of the first signs of thisglobal change. Well, I live in Baltimore and I know with certainty that thiswinter has been one of the most-windy on record. I have been registeringcomplaints about the weather from people who‟ve ne ver complained aboutthe wind here in Baltimore before. And, while we have had our snowy
winters, the winter of 2010 has been blistering cold due to the high winds.So, we can only hope that the changes to come are for the better.
There is talk of the star, Betelgeuse, going supernova as early as nextyear. Perhaps, our food will be more energized by this sun, as the Earthgets bombarded by these cosmic rays. Maybe our bodies will undergosome type of metamorphosis that renders them virtually indestructible. Or,maybe this solar energy will result in a cheaper, cleaner form of fuel andpower. That‟s thinking positive! And, while all of that is wishful thinking,what we do know is this. Our technology has not been battle-tested againstthe sun and our galaxy‟s new and diverse energy output. Our sun,according to scientists, revolves around a central sun. The latest researchconfirms that our sun is affected by this central sun (or galactic center) justas our earth is affected by our sun.
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According to space weather researcher, Susan Joy Rennison, it isactually the decrease in our sun‟s solar flares that should give us cause for alarm. While researching, she discovered that our sun‟s solar flaresactually increase the power of the magnetosphere that protects us from
space weather entering our atmosphere. And, just this year, NASAscientists photographed some odd plasma phenomenon emanating from aclose galaxy that stretched more than 50,000 light years into space. So, asour solar system transits through the galaxy, our home planet is carried intow. Again, speculate as we may, as it relates to physicality and materialexistence we don‟t know what will happen in the coming years. Scientistsare clueless. They are just now learning that research suggests that oursolar system is not part of the Milky-way galaxy, but was part of a
neighboring galaxy that is now entering the Milk- way. So, what the *bleep*do we really know?
The metaphysical explanation of what could happen in the comingyears is beyond the scope of this book. It is not within the purview ofmainstream information or common knowledge that there is a spiritualcomponent to life (that we exist simultaneously in other dimensions). Wehave a connection to our Universe that is beyond the scope of thefunctioning of our brains, bodies, and the use of our five senses. However,more readers and their families will benefit from practical, short-termsolutions then from an immediate and total change in lifestyle. So, if the lastfew chapters have worried you, just remember what was shared in chapterone. Life in the third-dimension dictates that we either endure change forthe better or suffer the change that comes with degeneration and death.Either way, this has been man ‟s lot since the beginning of civilization on ourplanet.
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Chapter 8: How Long Do You Want To Live?
When asked about how much a person should keep in his survivalkit, Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad, M.D. once answered “Well, how long doyou want to live”? I wasn‟t the re to hear him say it, but this response ticklesme to this very day. He is right, you know. There are only two ways toinsure that our needs continue to be met. The first is to be capable ofmeeting those needs ourselves. The second is to develop the capacity toadapt to change with relative ease. To do either, we must always bepossessed of a take-charge attitude and an appetite for obtaining and
utilizing the most up-to-date information available to us.Life in our changing world demands that we be possessed of
ingenuity and know-how. Today, though technology threatens to render usall impotent, information on how-to do just about anything is at our finger-tips. Basic survival skills must become a subject of interest for everyoneliving in the Western world. Learning these skills doe sn‟t have to be boringand tedious. We don‟t have to scare people into desiring to grasp theconcepts that may one day save their lives. With television, video games,
and mobile applications, we can quickly be made ready. With socialnetworks like Facebook and Twitter and social media websites likeYouTube and BlogTalkRadio, we are well able to take command andcontrol of our future if that is what we desire.
We are well within our right to choose against enduring the full wrathof mother-nature or to choose against being victimized by the sadisticschemes and machinations of madmen. Perhaps there is something in thehuman psyche that makes some feel worthy and deserving of death just asothers are driven to fight for our survival. Then, there are those who havelittle worry or concern about the changing tide what-so-ever. Well, thischapter is dedicated to that middle group. Some people have adopted theview that they will do well, regardless of what happens. These eternaloptimists do not believe in hoarding food or storing candles and cannedgoods. They will do just fine – whatever cards life deals out. Again, please
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refer to the chapter on 5 th dimensional thought and action. Also, get mybook What the Creator Knows and check for the follow-up Chapter Two: Arise the Super-Conscious Being if you want to learn more about thislifestyle.
Please – don‟t try to rationalize that mind- set if you‟re not one whohas adopted it in fact. Now, more than ever before, is the time to beconcerned with you and what you believe will occur for you in the comingmonths and years. Take note of what is in your observable reality and actaccordingly. If you don‟t live in a 3,000 -square foot home that sits on fiveacres of land and is equipped with generators and stocked with 6-monthsof provisions, then you are not capable of maintaining the level of comfortthat might be available to someone who lives that lifestyle. If you don ‟t havefriends in other countries who would gladly offer you a bed if things got hotin your country, this is simply not your lifestyle. If you have never triedfasting for days at a time, have no knowledge of gardening, no clue of whatnatural remedies would be available given a shortage of pharmaceuticals,and have no doctors or dentists whom you call friends, you would not beexpected to be as secure and comfortable in your reality as someone whodoes.
A signal appears to be emerging from the future. Can you see it? Canyou hear it? Can you feel it? It seems to be saying turn off the televisionand venture out into the world again. It seems to be telling us that ourdependence on technology is far too great – that we will need motherEarth; that we will need one another. The movie, Terminator, offered apost-apocalyptic view of a world dependent on machines and artificial-intelligences. Are we so far off from that reality, when we consider that ourgadgets are more precious to us than other human beings? The mostsadistic among us fight wars with these machines never having to fullyengage other human beings. Innocent men, women, and children areviewed as blips on a screen. This is not hypothetical rhetoric. I rememberreading a story about scores of women and children whose blood and fleshwere smattered against the walls of a facility in Iraq, a facility into whichthese people were placed as a refuge. This facility was bombed after bad
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Some will dismis s what I‟ve just written as sheer non -sense. That‟sfair. Anything that cannot be sensed is indeed non-sense, until it makessense (or is observed by the senses). They thought Galileo insane when hetried to reintroduce the idea that the Earth orbited the sun. The idea, which
was first introduced to the European world by Copernicus, was rejected bythe Church and was not given due consideration until some years after thedeath of Galileo. All ideas undergo this natural scrutiny and questioningwhen they are beyond the scope of the understanding available at the timethey are presented. Well, we are entering into an Age governed by ideasand near-infinite, observable possibility. All that is required of us is that weopen our minds and our hearts to the many possibilities that await us.
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Top 20 Items to Keep In Your Survival kit
Note: The first four items on our list are characteristics that must beadopted and maintained. As simplistic as these characteristics seem, they
are very important. For example, if we were as loving as we claim to be,our murder, divorce, and child abandonment rates would not be as high inthe U.S. How accountable is the nation of Cuba, if no lives (reportedly)were lost in the ten days that nation was battered with rain and winds fromHurricane Wilma in 2005? Contrast that kind of response with the one wesaw in 2005 with Hurricane Katrina in the States. Say what you want abouttheir politics, they take care of their people.
Talk is cheap, but the words we adopt to describe our individual andcollective lifestyles must mean something. Words like “free” and “ just ” havebecome catch-phrases, because most Americans (and the nation as awhole) are slaves to debt. Further, can any nation claim to be just if one ofits states incarcerated two working-age mothers for 16 years for aquestionable $11 robbery? So, what if the citizens of our nation, of theirown free-will, began to characterize our nation like this:
“ America is a place of love, respect and appreciation for life, where its citizens are encouraged to be responsible and accountable for one another, to work diligently in their chosen field of endeavor, and to be solution-oriented toward the continued success and growth of the Republic.”
What if this same phrase could be used to describe our world?
“Earth - a place of love, respect and appreciation for life, where its citizens are encouraged to be responsible and accountable to and for one another,to work diligently in their chosen field of endeavor, and to be solution- oriented toward the continued success and evolution of our home planet.”
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So, here they are – the top 20 items to keep in your survival kit:
1. Love, Respect, and Appreciation – Love, respect and appreciationwill go a long way toward helping you to maintain your quality of life.
So important are love, respect, and appreciation that beyond itemnumber three on the list, one could trade any five items for itemnumber one and be better off with item number one. Those familiarwith the chakras know that love opens the way to higher levels ofconsciousness and existence. Love is the opposite of fear. So, love ispriceless. Respect allows for a tolerance and understanding ofothers. A healthy respect and tolerance for others is cultivatednaturally in places like New York City, where there are many culturesand types of people. However, other places in the U.S. and world-wide don‟t do as well. We must respect the fact that we need oneanother or suffer the consequences. Appreciation helps us to putthings in proper perspective. Those who look for the beauty andwonder in our world find it. Conversely, those who focus on ugliness,pain, blame and complaint bring those realities into their existence.
2. Responsibility, Accountability, and Work – I call these the R.A.W.Materials. I am convinced that just about anyone in my country can
attain a sense of well-being when possessed of the R.A.W. materials.Wherever there is poverty, there is a lack of one or a combination ofthe R.A.W. materials. An irresponsible person will find himself in astate of poverty . A person who is not accountable will remain poor.And, the person who refuses to work shuns the primary resourcerequired to build anything substantial in the material world.
3. Solution Orientation – Solution orientation is to be desired morethan faith. More than belief, faith is a strong conviction. Solution
orientation reaches beyond faith, because it is a strong conviction totake action toward achieving one‟s goal. The faithful are often contentwith waiting for things to happen or for circumstances to linethemselves up. The solution-oriented person goes the extra-mile infinding what he or she seeks and lining things up to assure success.
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4. Thrift – While “shrewd” and “frugal” both carry the connotation of short- changing one‟s self or someone else, thrift denote s a spiritedsense of economy and financial responsibility. Thrift is active, notaggressive. The thrifty person is cost- conscious, but doesn‟t try to
hoard money. He knows to save some for a rainy day and to invest infuture generations, but is aware that you cannot take any of it withyou. He spends. He tips. He shares. But is sure to keep his share .
5. Water – During the 2003 hurricane season, a storm traveled alongthe coast-line to reach Baltimore. It knocked out the power in myneighborhood for five days. Without power, the hot water heater andfurnace would not function. So, my apartment was a little chilly andwithout food. Unfortunately, the supermarket across street was on thesame grid as my apartment building. I did my best to make due, butby day three I was quite dehydrated. I refused to drink the tap waterand the people in my community brought-up all of the bottled water. Ibegan to realize how much water is in the food, milk, and juice wedrink, even if some of us don‟t drink the recommended four to eightglasses per day.
So, water is absolutely essential. Your skin needs it. Your brain
needs it. And, your body needs it. Without water, you will soon findyou have very little energy to act and react to whatever is demandedof you. I would suggest maintaining a few cases of bottled water inthe home at all times. Further, I would suggest buying a water purifier
– both for the refrigerator and one for use outdoors. You never knowif and when you will be forced to evacuate your home. And, becertain your loved ones are pro-active about their self-sufficiency andsurvival. In the event something happens, you would hate to betrapped at the home of someone who lives day-to-day. If you haveirresponsible friends and family members that like to “go with theflow”, quickly visit them and then head home. But under nocircumstance should you ever get caught in any “dead zone.”
Use empty containers to collect cleaning water. Put a few capfuls ofbleach in the water and clearly mark the containers. Ten to twenty
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gallons should be enough for cleaning and bathing. If you get a badfeeling, begin to collect rain-water immediately. Try to use the rain-water for flushing and cleaning purposes first. It never hurts to have „aday of absence ‟where no electricity is used.
6. Light (and heat) - If you live in some area that experiences bittercold winters, make the necessary provisions for this or move. Thatmeans – if you‟re living in an apartment build ing, you may have tomove out. Why? There is no guarantee that your neighbors willrefrain from using candles and open fire to light and heat theirapartments. These apartments are tinder-boxes and can go up inflames if you begin staring at them too hard. It has been shown byactual test that unnatural fibers burn far faster than natural ones. So,where there is cheap carpet, cheap paint, and cheap furniture, there‟sa problem. Learn to program your own mind. If the power ever goesout, tell yourself - “At the first smell of smoke, I will awaken. ” Do thisevery time the power goes out (especially if the batteries in yoursmoke alarm have died).
Also, get some LED, battery-powered lights (preferably a fewlanterns). LED stands for light-emitting diode. The advantages to
having LED lights are three-fold. They are tough to break if dropped.They have a relatively long battery-life and are not hot. However,most advantageous is the fact that these lights will likely survive anymagnetic disturbance that might knock out all other electricalequipment for some time. This is not the only light-source you shouldconsider, but given the circumstance and the possibility you‟re better safe than sorry.
7. A Generator – Whenever there is news of a snow-storm in Baltimore,
natives of this city make a ritual run to the super-market to buy itemsfor the impending hibernation period. Thank God most snow-stormsare not accompanied by wide-spread power outages. All that foodwould go to waste. Given any extended outage, much of the milk,bread, meat, and other refrigerated goods will be no-good at all. So, agenerator is a necessary item in an electricity-driven society such as
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ours. Just don‟t keep it in the house or have it venting i n such a wayas to have the exhaust leaking into the house. Also, generators makenoise. And, noise could attract visitors. So, assess the situationbefore cranking that baby up depending upon where you live.
8. Fasting – The ability to fast for days at a time will certainly come inhandy. Not only will fasting prevent disease from setting-in orspreading, it will also create an atmosphere of calm and inner peacewithin the person who can do so. Be sure to cultivate this abilitybefore necessity forces you to have to do it. Fasting is mostly mental,but emotional stress can and will force you to break the fast. After twoor three days, one wins the physical battle. After about 7 days, onewins the mental battle. However, the emotional battle is hard-foughtand often lost if there are people who can unnerve you. It is best toseparate yourself from contentious and argumentative people NOW!!!
9. Books and Games – I could meditate for hours, days, or weeks at atime. In fact, if there were no pressing need to work, I would devotemore time to meditation. Sadly, some people couldn‟t stand being leftalone to their own thoughts for more than five minutes, let alone anhour. The television is an escape from all the mental chatter that
plagues their existence. What will happen when there is no televisionor internet to keep one occupied? Buy a book or two every week orso. Buy a few board-games and some cards. Get pads, pencils, andpens. These are essential items for any survival kit. There is such athing as being „bored to death‟ from the feeling one has nothing for which to live. So, take the necessary precautions now.
10. Know-How – Do you know how to use a compass to chart a course?Do you know how to set a broken bone? Can you capture, skin, and
cook a rabbit, if that‟s all you have available to cook and eat? Canyou evade capture or avoid the detection of others? In a time ofsurvival, the words “I don‟t know” become the words “I don‟t knowhow”. And, those are dangerous words to adopt. I could offer a wholelist of items that would be totally useless to someone without know-how. So, know-how is essential.
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Ten More Items to Consider
1. Pre-cut plywood and nails – the plywood is no good if it doesn‟tfit your windows. Also, consider a few 2x4s or 1x4s. No one isgetting through those. They will run-out of energy and run on tothe next house first.
2. A light-weight aluminum bat – If you don‟t believe inmaintaining fire-arms, consider keeping an aluminum bat. Also,lay spike strips as an initial deterrent to trespassers if you don‟thave small children or pets that might get ensnared in them first.
Use a little common sense, but protect yourself. I don ‟trecommend keeping a gun, because many guns that areultimately used to kill eventually kill someone close to the owner,whether intentionally or accidentally. It is not worth the risk.
3. A battery-powered TV/radio - You need to maintain aconnection to the outside world. Chances are – someone will becommunicating something via radio in the event of an emergency,even if all other forms of communications are down. A short-wave
radio is advisable. And, with Radio Shack on the verge going outof business, these are quite affordable.
4. An Emergency Communication System – Don‟t cohabitate withsavages. Be civilized. Promote civilization. And, maintaincommunications and associations with civilized people. Let yourpolicy be “Love thy neighbor” and try your best to have neighborswho have adopted the same policy. Contrary to mediapropaganda against Muslims, it has been my experience that theymaintain very peaceable communities.
Ten civilized adults could outwit one-hundred savages. Part ofwhat will keep neighborhoods safe is the creation of acommunications system, whereby signs and symbols would be
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used as a means of conveying messages. Marauding bandits willlikely be ill-able to contend with or counter-act military strategy.
5. Foresight – Now is the time to give up candy, soda, and anything
else that will speed the rotting of the teeth. Now is also the time togive up any illicit or prescription drugs on which one depends. Aperson would easily choose death over a tooth-ache. I ‟ve had atoothache so bad I wanted to end it. So, I know.
6. Fortitude – Survival might require mental and emotional strengththat far surpasses that used in day-to- day living. You‟ve maderules that will keep you alive, but can you follow them? Beginfollowing the rules you set for yourself now and you certainly will
not break them when your survival depends on them.7. Cigarettes – Even if you don‟t smoke, cigarettes can come in
handy. They can be traded for everything from information to foodto safe passage. If you prefer not to keep cigarettes for thispurpose, you had better stock-up on Little Debbie Oatmeal CreamPies or Snickers bars. Why do they work? Well, being on-alert24/7 can be intense. The calming effect of a cigarette or somesugary treat is comparable to throwing a raw steak at a ravenousdog. They say – beware of Romans bearing gifts. Well, Romansbear gifts because they work. Remember that!
8. Canning – Learning to can your favorite vegetables, fruits, andsoups might be the only means of maintaining natural food on aregular basis in the event of some catastrophic disaster.Otherwise, you‟d better be willing to buy a number of cans of soup. They are pre-cooked, which might be for the best in theevent that your electric range does not work.
9. Condoms – Lord knows – you don‟t want to get your wife (or anyone else) pregnant before you find yourself in a place stableand secure enough to raise children. Further, condoms are water-proof. You might need something that ‟s water-tight, expandable,and easy to carry if you have to go.
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10. Skates - That‟s right. Ska tes! As crazy as it may sound, bicyclingis unadvisable in urban areas especially. Skates, however, wouldbe used like this. Take one skate with you on long journeys forcoasting. It should be carried in a back-pack and only worn when
in neutral zones. Then, it can be taken off and stored when youreach “hot zones”. If that one skate is taken o r lost, you have asecond at home.
If this last item makes you think – “This guy is nuts! ” I am glad I savedit for last. My primary reason for adding it is to send a message. You haveto learn how to think outside of the box. There are many things we wouldnever do otherwise. Survival, however, demands that we respond to theneeds of the moment in some interesting and uncanny ways.
So, there you have it. That‟s my list. There are so many out -of-the-box thinkers out there. I‟m certain there will be other top 20 lists to surface,with other interesting and diverse items. Hey! If you can think of any, e-mailme at: [email protected] . I would love to share the best ideas onmy blog. I pray for a future where people can sit around and laugh at thislist. I would rather be in a future like that than to be facing a future whereanyone would have to give any of the items on this list thorough
consideration. Still, it‟s up to each and every one of us to be responsibleand accountable enough to watch what‟s going on in the world and to worktoward securing the best possible future for ourselves and our families. Ipray this book presented a few ideas that will allow you to do just that.
Peace and a blessed and prosperous future to you all.
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References
1. The Ark of Millions of Years by E.J. Clark and Dr. Brooks Agnew, Ph ’D 2. The Holy Qur ’an, Chapter 11, verses 42 and 433. Soul Traveler by Dr. Albert Taylor4. Image used courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Defense. DoD Imagery Server5. Jesus Returns May 14, 2011:
http://www.jonathanselby.com/May14,2011.html 6. The Holy Qur ’an, Chapter 2, verse 6 7. Far Journeys by Robert Monroe. P. 126 – 128
Most of the information I have referenced for this book can be easily verified onYoutube or by means of doing a quick Google search. So, I have not included areference for everything I ’ve written. If you have any questions, please feel free toe-mail me and I will be happy to answer them.