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August 15, 2009

" 2012 MAYAN Prophecies "

Kenneth Johnson

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Paranormal Phenomena

Paranormal matters are simply those which do not fit the presently accepted paradigm. Conventional science dismisses facts that they can't explain. They acknowledge them as presence of anomalous data and events but ignore them because they don't agree with the premise they are defending. A current day example might be what they have referred to as "junk" DNA. There is NO "junk" in nature. There is only that which we do not currently understand. The quest to understanding the unfamiliar and unknown is the first step to the discovery and awareness of our new future. It's not that the paranormal is not real its just that we don't understand it yet.

As our technology becomes more advanced and the average person has more access to devices like digital cameras and video cameras many investigators, researchers and unintentional documenters are recording high volumes of unexplainable events and activities. The fact that these events are being experienced is no longer in question. What it represents is now the question. The scientific community and other institutions that form our conventional belief systems dismiss any results that can not be consistently replicated or defy contemporary conventional thinking. These quantifiable anomalous nonconforming results that fall into the paranormal category can be assimilated and researched until they ultimately become the basis for our new scientific understanding. Skeptics and so called "debunkers" of paranormal events automatically try to force everything into present day paradigms. It is the easiest pigeonhole for most of us to place these thought provoking bits of data into as we go about our demanding daily routines.

Myth, legend, folklore and religion all have a basis for their stories and belief systems. The exaggeration, dramatization and detailing of facts that make for good story telling unfortunately place the information into a less than credible category for a lot of people. It's interesting how many religions have been created from differing individual interpretations of the same events each suggesting theirs is the correct understanding and the others are mistaken or incorrect. However, more people are in the U.S. culture are becoming more curious and acknowledging the existence of paranormal phenomena and are shifting from traditional rigid scientific and religious beliefs to a more collective spiritual belief. When you take the time to research any paranormal phenomena you quickly discover the plethora of quantifiable data confirming the presence of "something". The interpretation of this "something" information is where people start disagreeing and it begins falling out of mainstream acceptance. Those that summarily dismiss "paranormal" matters as silly or crazy have limited their ability to understand the multitude of different realities we coexist with.

Our culture is so focused on what can be proven scientifically that we ignore, dismiss or deny what does not conform to the present day parameters that have been defined for us. It is difficult, if not impossible, to evolve our understanding using this approach. If you use a method of viewing these matters from the biggest picture to the smallest microcosm constantly moving from one to the other you start to discover an amazing understanding of everything from a new perspective. It is thrilling to realize something that you may have made fun of all of your life you now recognize in a way that makes complete sense rather than the way it was presented to you.

It is important to remember that nearly every major scientific discovery made was viewed as occult or paranormal before it was endorsed by the mainstream. If you told people as recently as 100-200 years ago that man could fly, you could talk to someone on the other side of the earth they would likely label you as crazy or possibly shunned or attacked you for your beliefs. Earlier in man's history you could have been tortured or killed for wild or blasphemous statements like "the earth is round". Giant leaps of understanding have always been available to us when we stop viewing science as the highest form of human understanding. Most forerunners of new scientific breakthroughs are referencing "quantum physics" as the basis for comprehending reality in a new more meaningful way.

As many cutting edge scientists are discovering what we refer to as "spirituality" seems to be a foundational building block for creating our realities. That may be a giant leap for many but it is as simple as viewing "spirituality" as a name for our new sciences we have yet to discover. Intuitively we know these things but cultural conditioning and the limitations of linear intellectual thinking keep us progressing at a 2 miles per hour in evolutionary speed. Rather than seeing ourselves as "highly advanced" by referencing our what we have accomplished by looking in our rear view mirror we would likely be better served seeing our human evolutionary stage as teenagers overly impressed with what we think we know. If we view ourselves as just beginning to mature in the greater intelligence in the galactic neighborhood we will easily move forward at a much faster pace.

We don't currently have the concepts to grasp or vocabulary to describe the realities that exist although they are unfolding rapidly. When we have accepted science, religion, spirituality, folklore myth and legend as the same reality viewed from different perspectives rather than conflicting we have become more wise and have truly taken a giant step in our evolution.