Gregg Braden's Fractal Time: Year 2012 Heralds Dawning Of The Age Of Aquarius~
Written: Oct 25 '09 (Updated Nov 28 '09)
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Pros: very interesting and well-researched; engaging too
Cons: rather overwhelming, heavy
The Bottom Line: Braden has written other bestsellers and has a good website at greggbraden.com. 2012 is not to be feared, but welcomed as it begins a new world age.
jankp's Full Review: Gregg Braden - Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 an...
I know you're thinking of or singing the lyrics of the 5th Dimension's Number 1 song "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine," just like I am and so let's take a moment to fully experience that lovely song that was released way back in 1969 decades before the Earth actually began its transition from the Age of Pisces into the Age of Aquarius (we're in the middle of it now). At least this is what many quoted scientists and Gregg Braden, author of Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age, inform me.
When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius The age of Aquarius Aquarius! Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding Sympathy and trust abounding No more falsehoods or derisions Golden living dreams of visions Mystic crystal revelation And the mind's true liberation Aquarius! Aquarius!
And so on. It's a good thing I like the song because it popped into my head quite a bit while reading Braden's new book. He looks like your typical Baby Boomer who would've loved that song and after successful stints as a Senior Computer Systems Designer for Martin Marietta Aerospace, a Computer Geologist for Phillips Petroleum and the first Technical Operations Manager for Cisco Systems, he has published a handful of bestselling books. The Isaiah Effect about the longest, best-preserved scroll in the Dead Sea Scrolls and which is never discussed as far as I know sounds the most compelling. Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer that journeys back into time before Christianity could be interesting, but The Spontaneous Healing of Belief reminds me too much of Rhonda Brynes' The Secret. The others like The God Code and The Divine Matrix seem to be addressed in his latest book.
Reviewing his 2009 book and making sense may be one of my most challenging quests. My head, never one for mathematics, computers and physics, was kept aspun with things like the time code program, the time code calculator, fractals, quantum physics, zodiac constellations, magnetic fields (the galaxy has one too) and choice points.
At least I was never bored, right?
The book seemed to offer a more diverse approach to this ancient prophecy concerning 2012 than the book I read and reviewed earlier that was written by a Mayan elder. Braden has searched the remote monasteries of Egypt, Peru, and Tibet for over twenty years to try to comprehend what he considered the life-giving secrets encoded in their magnificent monuments, documents, creation stories and calendars. With twenty-two time codes printed in bold throughout the seven-chapter book, his first is this: We're living the completion of a 5,125-year-long cycle of time--a world age--that the ancient Maya calculated would end with the winter solstice on December 21, 2012.
This I knew already and that there have been four world ages already in a 26,000-year-long cycle that sent Earth through all twelve constellations and this long cycle will also end around the same date, causing a rare galactic alignment. I didn't know that our planet is now as far as possible from the magnetic core of our galaxy in its spiraling journey through space and this lowers Earth's magnetic field as well as our own. Not only does this (and the tilt of the planet and sunspots) mean that we'll have crazy, sometimes dangerous, weather, but it has an affect on our state of consciousness - our brains and hearts greatly rely on magnetic force. Fractal Time was written for the general public, explaining everything clearly, but leaving his long calculations in two appendices. Braden gave me much to think about in regards to what time is and how past events may predict similar conditions far into the future, using the examples of the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln that not only were separated by one hundred years, but were a part of an eerie pattern that began with 1840-elected William Henry Harrison who died in office. Every twenty years since a sitting president has either died in office or been assassinated. Reagan and Bush survived assassination attempts, but we'll see if the curse remains for 2020's president. Braden also uses examples from his intimate and business relationships. These examples led to his exploration of the distant past to help us to know what to expect in 2012.
This has been a quick overview of a complicated book that combined ancient wisdom with today's quantum physics like a marriage of science and spirituality. It has given me a fresh perspective on my life, the world and the ever-expanding universe, as well as encouraged me to realize the great opportunities we have when Earth leaves the divisive, polarizing Age of Pisces that began shortly before Christianity was formed and enters the holistic Age of Aquarius, a new world age. Yeah, sounds kooky, but the 5th Dimension must've known about these cycles discovered by many ancient cultures. Let the sun shine!
Because we must expect the transition to be a process and not a single event, I think Braden's advice for us to keep our cool and think positively of our future is the best approach to the big changes happening around us.
In this fascinating CD set, Braden merges the modern discoveries of nature s patterns (fractals) with the ancient view of a cyclic universe. The resul...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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