Because the Mind Could Only Stretch That Far

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    Because the Mind Could Only S t re tch Tha t Far

    The human consc iousness i s expanding rap id ly. Mankind i s equ ipped wi th modern communicat ion a l lowing the mind to wander f reely acrossa m a ss i v e p o o l o f i n f or m at i o n. U n ve i li n g n e w d i sc o v er i es , m o re l i f e

    myster ies are unear thed.B u t t h e e v e r- se a r ch i ng m a n w o u l d a l w ay s a t t em p t t o f a t ho m i t . S o o n,t h e or i e s a n d p r ob a bi l i ti e s f r o m m u lt i p le d i sc i pl i n es a r e d e v el o p ed ,t h e n , c h a n n e l e d i n t o t h e h u m a n m i n d t h r o u g h v a r i o u s m e d i a o u t l e t s where people receive i t .

    Though i t depends upon the ind iv idua l which in format ion to accep t o ri g n o r e , t h e r e w e r e t r a g i c e v e n t s i n t h e r e c e n t p a s t t h a t c o u l d n o t b ee as il y d is mi ss ed . ( Ju st re cent l y, a sh at t er ing 7 .0 magni tud ee ar th qu ak e h it H ai ti o n J an ua ry 1 2, 2 01 0 k il li ng o ve r 1 00 ,0 00 people).

    A s id e f r o m n a tu r al l a rge - sc a le d e v as t a ti o ns , t h e re w e re m a n- m ad ed is as te rs t ha t c ou ld b e l ea st f or go tt en : t he 9 /11 t ra ge dy a nd t heeconomic cr is is of 2008.

    N o d ou b t, t h es e b ri ng M am mo t h- si ze p e rp le xi t ie s i nt o t h e h um anm in d. T he d eg re e h ow t he se e ve nt s a ff ec t t he c om mo n p sy ch e i sr e l at i v el y s c al a bl e t o t h e m a gn i tu d e o f d e st r u ct i on c a us e d b y e i t he rm an ma de o r n at ur al d i sa st e rs . T hu s, t h e m or e m as si v e i t g et s , t hed ee p er i t c ut s s ke t ch es i nt o o ur m in ds . L at e r, t h re at e me rg es a s af ix tu re more eminen t ly found in our heads than in the th ings we see inour surroundings .

    For example , specu la t ions on December 21 , 2012 end-of - the -wor ld a ree x p r e s s e d n o t o n l y i n d i f f e r e n t s c e n a r i o s b u t a l s o f r o m a l l a n g l e s o f o u r i nd i vi du al i ty. T he r e a re p hy si ca l , p sy ch o lo gi ca l , s o ci o lo gi ca l,sp i r i tua l and as t ra l approaches d i scussed . Whether o r no t the end wi l lh a p p e n a s p r e d i c t e d , t h e s t r u g g l e h a s a l r e a d y i n v a d e d t h e h e a r t s a n dminds of most people .

    I nd iv id ua ls w ou ld n at ur al ly f in d w ay s t o c ur e t he g ap . E it he r b y a t t ra c t in g o t he r s o r g e tt i n g a t tr a ct e d t o l i k e- m in d ed i d e ol o gi e s, t h e

    s yn th es is c ou ld m at ur e i nt o a c ol le ct iv e s oc ia l a ct io n. G oo d, i f ar e s o l u t i o n i s s o u g h t t h r o u g h p e a c e f u l c o n v e n t i o n s . B a d , i f a n u n s e e nforce exp lo i t s confusion , uses i t and res to res o rder a f t e r the chaos (a laordo ob chao) .

    W hi le t he i mp act o f t he 2 012 -t hr ea t (o thers cal l i t a scare)accumula tes everyday, the more i t becomes cha l l eng ing fo r us becauseof the many t ime-cr i t ica l fac tors involved.

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    We can never t e l l when a se l f -p roc la imed Mess iah would make a g randp u bl i c a pp ea ra nc e; a nn o un ce h i s a no i nt e d o ff i ce ; c ap i ta l iz e o n t h econfus ion then p lace a mul t i tude o f fo l lowers under h i s con t rol .

    From t hat s ingle s tandpo int , we co uld se e t hat t he pro ce ss o f e xp an si on i n t he h um an c on sc io us ne ss h as b ot h t he p os it iv e a ndnega t ive cons idera t ions a ff ixed to i t . Thereby, an ind iv idua l ques t fo ranswers may e i the r resu l t in to something benevolen t o r malevo len t fo rt h a t p e r s o n . B u t i f p u r s u e d b y a b i g g e r n u m b e r o f p e o p l e , i t i s n olonger a househo ld mat te r fo r the soc ie ty no t to ge t invo lved .

    B ec au se o f t he m an y o pp os in g o pi ni on s, i ns ti tu ti on al a nd s oc ia lin te rven t ions may be u rgen t ly needed to p rov ide gu idance and p reven tpeop le f rom be ing l ed to the wrong end o f the journey.

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    ( An yo ne m ay re po st t hi s a rt icl e. A ut ho r a ck no wl ed ge me nt i srequested) .