There have been a lot of people talking about the “end of times"
throughout the entirety of our history. Madmen, prophets, or just
people who ate too many mushrooms. Most of the time these prophecies
mean very little and the date mentioned passes with nothing more than a
slight chill in the air. 2012 is not one of these random dates. In
fact, 2012 is the only date that has several prophecies surrounding it.
This is important, there is very little chance that so many cultures,
from different areas of the world and different times in history, would
name the same date for “cataclysmic change". It is also important to
note that these same prophecies have been accurate for other events as
well.
The really interesting part is that they also had a calendar for consciousness. They had developed a way to outline what humanity would do and when humanity would do it. This Calendar has been accurate for everything from wars to the rise of new religions. It also covers the entire evolution of the universe…and it ends on December 21, 2012 .
Secondly, December 21, 2012 also happens to be the exact date that our species will get to see what nobody else has seen in almost 26000 years. Our sun, our earth, and the exact center of the Milky Way galaxy will be perfectly in line.
Thirdly, After calculating a mathematical algorithm from the I Ching (book of change) a wave form was developed. Very much like the Mayan Calendar this wave form indicates the patterns of human behavior. When the wave falls there is a major war, when it rises a new culture is born. This wave form also mysteriously ends on December 21, 2012 . Research Timewave Zero by Terrence McKenna.
Fourthly, In 1139 AD Saint Malachy, on his way to Rome , went into a ecstatic trance. In this trance he listed 112 popes that would reign before the end of the church and the end of times. Pope Benedict XVI is number 111. This list has been accurate.
Fifth, Recent science and the prophecies of Nostradamus agree that a Polar Shift will occur between 2007 – 2012. This is happening as we speak.
So, with
all of these prophecies pointing to the same year, what do you do about
it? Do you keep working? Do you build a bomb shelter? Stock up on food?
What to Do...?
1) Go to Where the Disaster Isn’t Fire up your search engines, kiddies, and do a little research. From what I’m hearing, if you live in the United States, you want to get into the center of the country (away from the giant tidal waves that will do more than sweep away your beach ball) and head up a mountain. If I had a little money stashed away, I might consider looking into buying a nice, solid cabin up on a mountain somewhere in the middle of the United States. Look at a map. Figure it out.
2) Water Water is a good thing to have around. Plenty of it. Make sure you have a method of distilling said water supply, just in case you need to — and you will. Boiling the water and collecting the steam is the way to go, from what I hear. Figure out how to do this. Oh yeah, if your survival cabin has a well (strongly recommended), I’d look into a way to get the water out of the earth and into your bucket without electricity — because you better believe that during Armageddon, the power grids are going to go belly up. A shallow well hand pumping system is a good alternative. They usually work for ground water supplies less than 20 feet deep.
3) Food This is a no-brainer — at least, I hope it is. But head out to your local supermarket and clear the shelves of canned goods. Buy some Ramon noodles, too. Them’s good eating when you’re sitting alone playing your 11-thousandth game of Solitaire. But more important than canned goods (eventually they’re going to run out), learn how to cook cockroaches. They’re going to make it — they always do, so you’ll want to learn how to catch, harvest and serve up the nasty little critters. I also suggest learning how to hunt and fish, so the mutant fish and game of the world, such as they will be, might end up on your dinner plate.
4) First Aid Kit Buy one. Make it a big one. Because you are going to hurt yourself up there on the mountain. Chances are good you’ll skin your knee and without proper treatment, you can count on it getting infected. Make sure you’ve got plenty of bottled distilled water and gauze around to clean up those nasty wounds. It’s hard to amputate your own foot, so try to avoid putting yourself in a situation that will make the operation necessary. Keep a first aid manual nearby. It’s going to come in handy.
5) Get Many Books You may find yourself holed up for a long, long time. It’s going to get boring up there. Keep your eye on FreeCycle for folks dumping paperbacks. Collect them and make sure you’ve got plenty of room in your cabin for reading material storage. I’m serious. If you’re the last person on the planet, and everything else is destroyed, you’ll have nothing but time on your hands. Those books will remind you of the world you once knew — and maybe provide a little hope. You’ll need that hope to make it through each day.
6) Bonus Tip: Stay Fertile Hold off on tying those
tubes or that snip job. Imagine being the last man on Earth and one
day, the last woman shows up. Now imagine having to say, “Sorry. Can’t
procreate with you. I had a vasectomy a few years back.” That might not
go over so well. As the sole male or female survivor, you’ve got a duty
to give birth to new generations of humans, who, after a few thousand
years, will blow the place up again!
Prepare for Disasters in Proportion to Their Likelihood.
You are far more likely to die of a heart attack or car crash... Agreed.
Wear a seat belt, don't drink and drive, watch your diet, exercise.
These are survivalist tactics. Don't marry an axe wielding maniac.
Don't sleep in gutters. Don't fly in a small plane during bad weather.
Think Like an Economist
"And
having one or two guns is probably a good investment. But each
additional gun is less useful than that first one, because the number
of situations where you’ll need that many guns at once gets lower and
lower.... Remember, you have limited resources - spend them where
they’ll have the most impact." Approaching 2012, you also have
limited time. If you devote 3 years of your life to surviving 2012, and
it fails to eventuate, would that then be a waste of 3-5% of your life?
The trick is to find a way of having your survivalist tendencies and
eat your cake too. Choose a bunker/basement that suits your normal
lifestyle. Like wine? Get a house with a wine cellar, and in 2013,
convert it back to a wine cellar. Like being self-sufficient? Use 2012
as an excuse to move to the country and grow your own food.
Train Your Brain
"The
ability to think rationally, creatively, and strategically - to analyze
a situation and come up with the best possible solution, is a useful
skill in every possible situation you will face." Play violent
video games. Hunt at your supermarket. Test your peripheral vision when
in crowded environments. Crosswords/Sudoku. Pretend you are
90-years-old and you want to stay mentally active. Attend a Murder
Mystery Weekend. Play paintball.
Favor Skills Over Objects
I'll just quote this one in full, it is so good:
The future is uncertain - that’s the entire point of survivalism. Your preparations should take this uncertainty into account. You don’t know if you’re going to be able to get to your stockpile, or have enough gas to drive to your hideout, or trade your gold bars to anyone. Any item used for survival is also a liability, by virtue of the fact that you’re depending on it. Objects can be taken away from you, and if society really does break down, they probably will be. Skills on the other hand, are inside your head - you can’t lose them unless you forget them. So it’s more useful to learn to farm, or hunt, or fish, or gather, than to stockpile. It’s better to learn how to build a shelter than to have a bunker. It’s better to know how to fix a car than to spend thousands turning one into your survival-mobile. The more skills you have, the more you’ll be able to turn any situation to your advantage.
You are Not Legend"Society may collapse, but people will still be around. You should plan to deal with them." Get out more. Be at a bar at 3am and have arguments. Join the parent's committee of your kids school. Get a job where you deal with the public. Join a political organisation. Get used to dealing with people.
