Summary: Is 2012 leading up to a doomsday - or a planetary BIRTH DAY - an invitation for humanity to rise to a new level of conscious choice and co-creation? As we move further into 2012, many people are experiencing heightened uncertainty and fear that is exacerbated by the media frenzy of doom and gloom scenarios, as we face a escalation of natural disasters, economic instability, global warming, threats of war, and more. While many indigenous prophecies - most prominently those of the Maya, whose prophecies are often, erroneously, associated with these "forecasts of 2012 doom" - do concur that a time for a planetary shift is upon us, the leading voices and conscious visionaries of our time are heralding the truth about this shift as a "conscious choice point" for humanity - as Julie Ann shares as the core message on ConsciousSHIFT. Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest and concious visionary Barbara Marx Hubbard, especially, has been a leading voice to put forth a more hopeful vision, which is to declare this 2012 “end” date of what is passing away, and as a symbolic marker of what is actually being born within us that is new, that is good, creative and loving. In fact, Barbara and other fellow conscious visionaries have declared December 22, 2012 as “day one” of the next era of life on this planet - a planetary BIRTH DAY - and an invitation for humanity to shift toward sustainability, peace building, innovative solutions in every field and function. “This great time is an unprecedented opportunity to collectively make a planetary shift and step forward and give our greatest gifts to the emergence of a new co-creative human society," Barbara shares. "If we do that, together we can ignite a new way of being that endures for decades to come.” It's clear, humanity is facing a historic turning point. We are evolving from unconscious chance to conscious choice. Why? Because we know we can affect our own evolution by all the choices we make – from the food we eat, the number of babies we have, the cars we drive, and the weapons we build. At the same time, we also are facing the possibility of the collapse of our life support system - if our choices about our resources are not conscious or based in wisdom. However, Barbara believes, as does Julie Ann, that this is the potential pivot point for the emergence of something new, something better than we have ever known before. In Barbara's new book, BIRTH 2012 and Beyond: Humanity’s Great Shift to the Age of Conscious Evolution, she outlines humanity's current crises, and offers a new paradigm for the new age of conscious evolution, as well as tools for becoming the new “universal human.” She offers us the vision of creating a harmonious heart-centered co-creative, sustainable new world. On ConsciousSHIFT, Barbara will share with Julie Ann why it is time to rapidly connect what is working in every field and function, and communicate through all media, as fast as we can, our creativity, innovations, and capacities to make it through together. Dec. 22, 2012, has been selected as DAY ONE to consciously contribute to this process. It is our first Planetary BIRTH DAY to celebrate the coming of the next era of evolution based on what works. Join Julie Ann and Barbara to discover YOUR ROLE in this ConsciousSHIFT!
