2012 & Human Destiny

Big Ideas — POSTED BY Stanislav Grof on December 2, 2009 at 6:31 pm

THE END OF THE WORLD OR CONSCIOUSNESS REVOLUTION? Instead of predicting a physical destruction of the material world, the Mayan prophecy might refer to death and rebirth and a mass inner transformation of humanity. In order to explore this idea, we have to answer two important questions, First, how could ancient Mayans two thousand years ago predict what situation humanity would be facing in the twenty-first century? And second, are there any indications that modern society, more specifically the industrial civilization, is currently on the verge of a major psychospiritual transformation?

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STANISLAV GROF, M.D., is a psychiatrist with more than fifty years experience researching the healing and transformative potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. He is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA). On October 5, 2007, he was granted the prestigious award – Vision 97 – from the Czech ex-President Václav Havel and his wife Dagmar. His groundbreaking theories influenced the integration of Western science with his brilliant mapping of the transpersonal dimension. Among his many books are Psychology of the Future, The Cosmic Game, When the Impossible Happens, and The Ultimate Journey.