Chicken Little's Comet-Ose Revelations (Deutsch)

By Cal Garrison

I just tossed two, half written articles into the wastebasket. One was an update on the Secret Government; the other was an essay on the whole concept of authenticity. Even though I wasn't that fired up about either topic, both of them were chugging along. I was all set to sit down and finish them off when I got distracted by recent reports that the comet we've been hearing so much about is due to hit the planet any minute.

With nothing but the same old thing to inspire me, the Comet Elenin story was like a shot in the arm. Aside from being a totally Earth shattering and interesting piece of news it raised all of life's more ultimate questions. The first one that came up for me was; if the world really is going to explode within the next month or two, why would anyone in their right mind waste their breath or their time trying to write?

It's an interesting question. And so is the question of whether there is any truth to the Comet Elenin reports. According to NASA, it whizzed through the Belt of Orion in mid-August. Aimed directly at planet Earth, Elenin's expected date of impact fluctuates because the comet appears to accelerate as it gets closer to our solar system. Up until the government issued a gag order on any news relating to it, NASA was posting regular updates on its position. Back in June they actually sent out memos advising their employees to stock up on doomsday gear in preparation for an Extinction Level Event, due to occur sometime in the very near future.

Hey, don't look at me! I just work here. I know how fantastic it sounds. That anyone could be this gullible is pretty hard to believe. But what keeps coming up for me is; what if it's true? And could it be the lesser of two evils? Part of the reason imagining the worst doesn't seem like such a bad idea is because if the Elenin predictions don't come to pass we're going to have to reckon with the nightmare we've created down here. Either way, we're up against it.

When I talk to people about how they feel about the fate of the world and ask them what they would be doing and how they would be living if they knew everything was going to blow up in a month or two, I get all kinds of responses. Much to my surprise, not everyone sees it the way I do. To show you what I mean, without including the hard core survivalists, who are already in their underground bunkers and unavailable for comment, here is a short list of some of the most frequently heard thoughts on the subject:

1) If the world blows up, I don't care if I die.

2) It's OK with me. I'm not afraid of dying.

3) No matter what happens I am completely protected by: fill in the blanks:___________

4) Isn't it OK to just keep living our lives the way we always have?

5) There's nothing we can do about it so it doesn't matter what we do.

6) You are a fanatic. There is no truth to these reports. Anyone who believes them is a lunatic.

Don't ask me why it blows my mind that so many of us don't take the question deep enough to look at what it's asking us — or ever go far enough to wonder why we don't care if we live or die. My little survey reminded me that people don't think, they don't listen, and when they answer questions, for the most part, they talk off the top of their head because they haven't even considered getting to the heart of the matter.

The ones who say they aren't afraid of dying sound almost heroic until you realize that it isn't bravery that motivates them to think this way. When you start talking with them about what living through an Extinction Level Event might entail, you discover that for them, there are worse things than death — and the reason they're so willing to give it all up is because they either don't have the courage, and/or they don't believe it's possible to live through something like this.

The ones who tell you they're shielded by the Light, or by Jesus, or by the angels, or by the magic crystal in their pocket, or by whatever it is that provides them with a sense of safety, make it sound like they have it all figured out. Maybe they do; but blind faith and delusion live side-by-side with the spiritual fix and they have been known to travel with all of the above. While the High Road looks like it has all of the best answers for us right now, anyone who believes in spiritual immunity needs to be clear enough to know that their sense of protection isn't just a bunch of fluff.

When I talked to my daughter Julia about it, after she politely suggested that all of this talk about comets hitting the planet might be "just my imagination", all she could say was: "Isn't it OK to keep living life the way we've always lived and just continue to do what we've always done?" In a lot of ways I agree with her, but when I mull it over the first thing I want to ask is; isn't doing what we've always done what got us into trouble in the first place? With something this big looming so close to the horizon, whether it's for real or it isn't, wouldn't the possibility that it might occur make it natural to stop and think about changing a few things? Or are the ones who believe that there's nothing we can do about it right when they say it doesn't matter what we do while we wait?

Who knows? Every now and then it hits me that the people who tell me I'm nuts to even think about this stuff are right. If they are, then NASA, the government, the military, and the Elders of the world's Indigenous tribes are all wrong. Whatever the story is, between the reports that tell us we're about to get blown to bits and the ones that tell us that the Comet Elenin thing is a total hoax, the one thing none of us can deny is the fact that the shit is hitting the fan.

For what it's worth ever since I started thinking about the prospect of total annihilation, life has opened up considerably. As weird as that sounds, when I began to look at how I would be living and what I would be doing if this disaster came to pass, all of my priorities got rearranged. Without expecting any particular result, in the course of refining and simplifying things, life began to open up to a slipstream of consciousness that makes it easier to live from the inside out. I've been in this groove for a couple of years and what I believe to be true is that whether we come out on the other side of this Elenin thing or we don't, we could change the world if we could just remember how to live.

So, getting back to the original question: what would you be doing and how would you be living if you knew that a comet was due to hit the planet in a month or two? What follows are my answers to that question. Don't take this to mean that I think your answers would ever be the same. I share mine with you because everything has opened up since these things have become real for me and I hope that my list, along with your list, and this entire conversation inspires you to go to the place in yourself that remembers how to live

I would withdraw from most of my outer responsibilities.

I would avoid anything that doesn't give me joy.

I would get by with less

I would wake up and lie down with the sun.

I would be with the ones I love.

I would forgive the ones I hate.

I would open fully to life as it unfolds and pay attention to the signs.

I would view it all through the Eye of the Heart and grow in my understanding of how to create with my inner vision.

I would pray.

I would purify myself.

I would give everything away.

I would look into the heart of the Sun when it rises and sets.

I would breathe into the place of oneness.

I would keep an eye on the four legged creatures, and the insects and the birds and the sea creatures; I would learn to speak their language and listen to their conversations.

I would swim.

I would listen to the water and watch the sun and the moon glide, shining across its surface.

I would love.

I would be at peace.

What would you do?

Cal Garrison
Sedona, Arizona
August 30, 2011

About Cal Garrison

Cal Garrison is a practicing astrologer with 40 years of experience. At present she goes between casting horoscopes, writing books, and working as the personal assistant to Drunvalo and Claudette Melchizedek. Editor in Chief at Drunvalo's online magazine, 'The Spirit of Ma'at', Cal is also a syndicated columnist for the Associated Press. An author with five books to her credit, and another one on the way, Ms. Garrison is well known for her affiliation with the late Slim Spurling. Out of love for her mentor she continues to support his research with her dowsing, through her articles, and as the spokesperson for Slim's tools at all of Drunvalo's workshops. A single mother with three grown daughters, Cal lives happily in the Red Rocks of Sedona, Arizona. She can be reached at: cal.garrison@gmail.com

Latest articles by Cal Garrison in Spirit of Maat:

April, 2012: Life in the Imaginal Realm

March, 2012: WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF LOVE?

February, 2012: HEARTS AND FLOWERS

December, 2011: THE SEDONA CRYSTAL SKULL CEREMONY: True Confessions

November, 2011: NEPTUNE, PISCES AND THE POST 2012 PARADIGM - Chapter Fourteen from "The Astrology of 2012 and Beyond"

October, 2011: THE MAYAN ELDERS, THE THIRTEEN CRYSTAL SKULLS, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR UPCOMING CEREMONIAL PILGRIMAGE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

October, 2011: IF WE'RE STILL HERE, ARE WE THERE YET?

September, 2011: Chicken Little's Comet-Ose Revelations

June, 2011: How many miles to Avalon?

April, 2011: TRUTH AND LIES

July, 2010: Still Crazy After All These Years?