--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <babajii_99@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Therefore there have been many prophecy's of this time; > > > So, the real question is: > > > With so many people, expecting something like this to happen; > > > These fanatical thought forms... > > > Will there be a chance to change this apparent destiny? > > > > A good question. > > > > Not to comment on your last question (I have > > no answer) but on the first statement, a couple > > of the teachers I've worked with had an inter- > > esting interpretation of people's fascination > > with Armageddon and impending disasters and > > prophecies of Huge Events and possibly even the > > end of the world being right around the corner. > > > > They termed it 'self importance.' > > > > I think there is some truth in this. When there > > is an upsurge in the number of people believing > > that they're in the Last Days, there is prob- > > ably *also* an upsurge in the self importance > > of the people who believe this. "I'm so important > > that these Huge Events are going to happen during > > my lifetime," "Aprés moi, le deluge," and all that. > > And thus there is probably a corresponding upsurge > > in the *fear* that accompanies identification with > > the self. > > > > You heard the same thing in the Middle Ages, and > > in the Renaissance, and in thousands of eras in > > thousands of cultures all over the planet. And > > we'll probably *keep* hearing it for a long, long > > time. It may be a buncha cockroaches saying it, > > with no humans left, > > Which would mean that the last humans around before > the cockroaches took over were right to believe > they were so important that the Huge Events were > going to happen in their lifetimes....
The cockroaches don't miss 'em. Neither will the universe. :-)
