Some people think that the winter solstice of the year 2012 will be a very special time. Some great shift is to occur then. For mankind and for all existence there will be either a great leap forward outward and upward or an ugly and unfortunate fall from grace. I myself have believed this from time to time. The precise nature of this belief has depended largely on my mood. Sometimes, too, I wonder - What if the great shift has already happened? What if that is the trick? Doomsday is always coming but never comes. Enlightenment is fast approaching yet nowhere to be seen.

I stare at a the clock and it reads the eleventh hour. Outside it is already afternoon.