2012: Living with Uncertainty

At a recent meeting, many people had definitive and passionately held opinions about what will happen in 2012. While it is easier in some ways to hold on to a pre-established belief, I believe that when it comes to matters 2012, we are well-advised to keep an open mind and a “high threshold for ambiguity”. Since intention and co-creation are very definitely in the mix, this is new and unprecedented territory. My opinion is that no one really knows what will happen on 12.21.12 (if that is indeed the date). And as Annette and I have pointed out in our talks and articles, the more important emphasis is that the Shift is happening now. The sage spiritual advice about living your life one day at a time seems to be more important than ever.

In terms of the challenge of living with uncertainty, I really like what Daniel Pinchbeck blogged on his Evolver site: “Recently, I have taken as my personal mantra the not very transcendent phrase, "I don't know." The list of things I feel unsure about seems to be steadily increasing… Something seems to be happening that is beyond my capacity to understand or articulate. I can only assume other people are feeling this way as well. We are witnessing the collapse of the old, rigidified structures, while the new hasn't come into realization yet -- that is, if there is going to be a new anything. A change seems to be happening at the level of logic, which is becoming less dualistic, less "either-or," and more binary, "both-and."