WINTER SOLSTICE 2012

In the mid 1980's I became aware of the Solstice magical moment our planet was heading for according to some Mayan calander.

Something big would happen, but what???

The predictions changed over the years.  The      late     80's        brought           Harmonic                                                              Convergence.  

 My personal life shifted dramatically as did many of my friends. Those of us who learned how to accept and flow with the changes survived like rafters hitting the rapids but others capsized.






Early November of 2003 came another wave of "Alignments" with Harmonic Concordance.

I was in Atlanta  Georgia when I became aware of this alignment only a few days before it was to happen and it seemed that the major center of activities were slated for a small town near Orlando, Fla. called Yalaha. With my teenage son we hopped in the car and drove to get there in time. It was  a full moon celebration being broadcast live to 100's of thousands around the world. It was truly one of those magical moments you remember all your life.My life is about to shift again but this time I already familiar with the idea of flow.

Now we heading for that magical moment 2012 December Solstice. Over the next ten years the worlds awareness of this solstice alignment will move well beyond the current new-ager circles it has been circulated in. Hollywood gets on the bandwagon and does not miss this opportunity to grandize the fear.

Now with the growing involvement of youtube and the internet in general the small percentage of those who are in the know grows to world wide proportions.By the mid 2000's it was difficult to find anyone who had not at least heard about the Solstice of 2012.

In 2010 I move to Mexico with absolutely no conscious connection to the Mayan culture that first declared this special moment. Other circumstances "move" me along with my brother to Mexico.It is only later that I "notice" this connection with Mexico and the Mayan 2012 calendar prediction. Ok , I am in Mexico. There must be a personal connection for me. A logical conclusion.

 We arrive just in time for another rare alignment 

I watch it from my rooftop wrapped in blankets on a not so cold evening.

As the moment nears I wonder what special event will I be called to attend this time.While I am in Mexico I am meeting many special people and even some Mayans , who are not traditionally from the area I live in.There are big events planned of course, but I do not feel drawn to attend any of them. I ask friends around  the country what they are doing and I a find that I am not alone in my nebulous plans. Every one I talk to seems to feel open but nothing in particular has presented it self to them. Many friends claim they have NO IDEA about what or where they will be for the Solstice only a few months away. and neither do I.
I decide to not look for a plan but like the other major events just allow it to unfold and trust whatever shows up.

I have not seen my son for almost a year and when he suggests a visit to him that coincides with this time, I  agree. He is working on a cruise ship that sails out of Cape Canaveral, Florida into the Bahamas. He refers to the three cruise as a "booze" cruise.As most guests get the cheap cruise to drink and gamble.

He arranges for me to be on the ship beginning on December 3 and he is vague about the ending but suggests that it may be near or on the 21st of Dec. I do not feel concern as he suggests something will work out. Yes there is that trust . Something will happen but what we do not know in that moment.He has also arranged for his father, Randy to come and share the same cabin with me during some of this time.Randy and I have not been in the same bedroom for more than 20 years. This is not at all what I envisioned for that special moment but as I have learned to flow .And after all we are all together, along with the latest member of our spiritual family, my son's Russian girlfriend, Natalia. The evening of the 20th we enjoy our last night together with and elegant meal together in one of the ships great restaurants.

We return to our cabin for a glass of wine to toast our wonderful time together. If the world will end tomorrow we certainly were not concerned about it. Our present moment was too delicious, too heartfelt to be anywhere else. We parted and Antwan and Natalia left for their cabin while Randy went to bed.


A few weeks before as I walked the streets of the Mexican town I live in I found the most beautiful black butterfly with shiny blue spots on its wings. I had slipped it into a book that I just happened to bring along to read on the airplane.

 Now the butterfly came to mind. I wanted to do something special at midnight to mark this grand moment. The black butterfly would play a part along with a few tamarind seeds I acquired in some candy I had recently bought in an Oriental grocery store. At 11:30 I made my way to deck 7, the only deck with a complete walking lane around the entire ship. It was a warm balmy night. As I rounded the bow of the ship there was a magnificent darkness, beyond what I have experienced being a city these past few years. Darkness with no city light pollution revealed a dazzling starry night. I spent some time just breathing on the ocean scent and drinking in the glorious beauty. As midnight approached  I made my way to the rear of the ship and watched the wake  disappear into the darkness.

I held the tamarind seeds. They were mini packages of new life and I projected all the potentials of my future new life into them as I tossed then into the ocean.

As for the black butterfly, I released her into the breeze as a symbol of regeneration. She would carry all my negativity of the past and symbolize my openness to renewal . My heart filled with gratitude for these past few weeks with my spiritual family. The next day Dec. 21, 2012 we would be scattering across the continent again, but in this brief moment of time we were magically together for a quiet heartfelt time. 
I was grateful beyond words for allowing this master plan to unfold just the way it was intended to . In 1987. the time of the Harmonic Convergence I was with Randy and in 2003 the time of the Harmonic Concordance I was with Antwan. I believe the imprint and entanglement of our consciousness in the larger scheme of things brought us together again in this moment.
I spend the rest of the Solstice day alone in Orlando not far from the site of Harmonic Concordance or 2003.