Metaphysical Monday: The Beginning of the End Times

As an appropriate follow up to my last post on prophecy, this marks the beginning of a new series here at The Searcher Journal.

The whole End Times, Armageddon, Second Coming, End of the World, Mass Destruction, thing is something I talk about frequently but don’t often write about. As anyone who’s watched one of the specials that often shows up on The Discovery Channel knows, it’s all wild and scary stuff. Conspiracy theories abound, as do prophecies of metaphysical, supernatural doom and gloom. There are, it seems, hundreds of different things that could kill us (some in very creative ways).

I talk about it because I deeply and firmly believe I will see the end of the world as we know it in my lifetime. I have felt that way for a long time–nearly half of my life. I also know, in a way I can’t fully describe or explain, that if the world does end, I will still be around and will have to do what I can to survive and help put the pieces back together. I most certainly won’t be the only one–and I’ll be far from the most important one doing that kind of work–but I’ll be there.

I don’t write about it much (at least in non-fiction) because, quite honestly, it really freaks me out. The simple fact that I can’t not think about it makes me dislike thinking about it. And putting it down in a solid format just makes it that much more real.

When I write, the more logical side of my brain comes into play. When it finds and confirms the same things that my more metaphysical side intuits, I begin to worry that I’m right about my feelings of impending global doom.

I really don’t want to be right.

In fact, I want to be completely and totally wrong.

I don’t want to actually see the piles of bodies and smoldering rubble I’ve seen in my dreams. I don’t want to smell death on the wind and feel the heat of a desert sun in what were once fertile plains. I don’t want to hear the screams of those lucky enough to survive the transition into what comes after, but unlucky enough to not understand what has happened.

Intermittently, from here on out, I will make an effort to discuss some of these things.

All the while I’ll be hoping that, in some small way, that will make the transition less unpleasant.

As always, requests, questions and additional information are more than welcome. If I’m getting something wrong–especially on this topic–I really want to know.

The first bit, by request, will be about 2012 and the Mayan calendar. Look for it here next week, if not sooner.