Catastrophes strike our world with increasing frequency. Or so it seems. Earthquakes, tidal waves, uprisings, plants and animals going extinct, and global warming have garnered headlines across the globe. What stands at the core of humankind's challenges, however, is not caused by our inability to manipulate our world, but our failure to understand it.
Let's face the facts. Earth is a violent planet. Every day scores of earthquakes shake our world as the result of tectonic plates shifting, moving, and altering our plant's mantle. In the past week there have been hundreds of earthquakes, many of them near Japan. However, these earthquakes are not religious punishment for mankind's behavior.
Earth has an inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust and the pressures of these continuously working against each other are the cause of earthquakes. As such earth quakes, and tsunami's they may cause are and have been throughout earth's existence and predate man by millions of years.
An ancient Hopi prophecy claims that when the Blue Star Kachina emerges a Fifth World will emerge. Blue Star Kachina is the name given by the Hopi Indians for the star Sirius. The prophecies state that WW III will be started by people who first see the light - specifically the countries of China, Palestine, India and Africa. The USA will be destroyed by "gourds of ashes" and is interpreted by modern day folks as the impact of multiple nuclear holocausts.
Other prophesies for 2011 include the worse earthquakes will be seen in 2011, solar activity will increase (the sun's solar activity is cyclical, occurring approximately every 10.7 years), the end of the Catholic Church, global economic collapse, massive floods and rain will pummel the world, and other catastrophes. All that is predicted isn't bad news. November 11, 2011 is noted as being a time of peace on Earth. Let's get a jump on that prophecy.
Moral decay is prominent throughout the world. It has been since man walked upright. We are a hateful species. Since the time of the Neanderthals, we have killed and have been killed by ourselves. We haven't learned to deal with our neighbors in a civil manner. Look across the street. Most people don't talk to or trust their neighbors, don't know their names, and wouldn't offer them a hand if they were suffering hardships. Don't take this wrong, there are plenty of people who are more than willing to help their fellow man, but there are more people who wouldn't turn their head or hearts to help others.
There is a clarion call to arms, however, resonating throughout the world. It's time we educated ourselves. It's time we understood the cause and effect of our actions. Humankind has evolved, and we can be a kinder, softer people if we try. Just ask your Grandmas and pay attention their lessons.
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