Many Lost Faith After December 21 2012 Non~Event

 

Christine Hoeflich

A recent email I received from a  reader showed her loss of faith and disappointment over the "non-event" that was December 21, 2012. The following is her email:

"I have to say I feel like I've really lost faith in so many things but most of all I've lost my faith.  I feel so disrupted with everything that I've read and or learned and feel like nothing has changed.  Now to hear that it's only to be worse before getting better and even more disheartening is to know it will be difficult through this lifetime never unveiling this so-called golden age.  I feel as if we were fooled.  December 21 2012 was yet another great public ploy.  Everything supposedly led up to this date............... Nothing.   I feel angry and frankly let down.  I don't know what to believe and what not to believe.  People may say, "all your guidance comes from with in and you must learn from that".  To the contrary I went to school to be a nurse, I didn't just listen from within during meditation and get a job the following day.  Is it not taught we must also learn from those teachers who inspire, who are more enlightened than others?  Are there not those who spread false information for nothing but financial or selfish gains strictly for themselves?  Who do you believe? This all seems so transparent right now.  I feel as if I simply no longer believe.

"I can understand a side of those who believe in nothingness.  Life is nothing more than a game of luck and chance.  The cards you get cannot be changed.  And the only being looking out for you is you.  I suppose that would called atheism. And for the first time in my life, I feel this.

"I don't mean to be a Debbie downer but it all seems false at this moment.  I'm tired of being told stuff that is in hindsight is ridiculous. The world is getting worse, our pollution is horrible, this list goes on.  It seems to me that all verbiage is changed when an event does not occur.  A new date is set.  New "prophets" emerge.  All keeping us hooked until the next day of nothingness.  I've read the books.  I've done research in which so many conflicting points of view weaved nothing but a giant web of confusion leaving the student more dumbfounded and lost.

"Truly a different tune for a different day.

"Just my viewpoint and feelings on this. Read this with a grain of salt as life is subject to change :)"--Cynthia

Dear Cynthia, I love your email and I'm sure there are many who feel the same. You have stated that there are many conflicting points of view and yes, this is a major source of the confusion right now. I have done my best to let my readers know that nothing particularly "magical" was going to happen on December 21, 2012, and that the "magic" occurs when the individual follows their inner guidance and experiences amazing, favorable synchronicities--as signs from the Divine that they're on the right path, as well as real, tangible support for their path.

I used to be confused as well, even with a dozen long, channeled, personal messages from the Counsel of Light behind me (channeled from early 2001 through mid-2005). It was only after many months of consistently following my inner guidance (meaning, taking courageous action when I was so prompted) that the puzzle pieces finally began to be pieced together in my conscious mind. The taking of those courageous actions and the insights I received from doing so was necessary to develop the kind of understanding that would no longer be manipulated by others. (This is the major advantage of having a deep understanding that comes from deep engagement and profound personal experience--as compared to having superficial, "book" knowledge.)

Once I published my first book in 2008, I was ready to start writing articles about what I discovered. As part of this process, I read other people's articles, blog posts and channeled information. I discovered then that much of the information, even information from the big gurus, did not resonate with me; it didn't resonate with what I had experienced. But even before then, I already knew that I had a huge job (and burden) ahead of me, and that much of what I would share would not necessarily be liked.

I would also not be liked because I knew this "great shift in consciousness" would not be an easy process for anybody to go through, and I knew that no beings were coming to physically help us in any way. I knew that if they helped us by doing things for us, they would cheat us out of discovering for ourselves who we really were and what we were capable of--which was necessary for us to experience firsthand if we were to create a Golden Age. How could we even sustain a Golden Age when the population has not experienced self-actualization and true self-esteem? But of course very few people wanted to hear this.

None of these things made me very popular. Neither my books nor my articles made me popular with many bloggers, reviewers, or readers. I was the brunt of some nasty comments, even from "spiritual" book reviewers, and different forms of online sabotage. In fact I still am.  (My friend and personal psychic Pamela Leach says I couldn't get a better confirmation that I'm on the right track. But that isn't such a great consolation...) Not long ago another reader commented that she was surprised, considering the quality of my writings, why I wasn't more popular. Well, there you have some reasons.

I am also disappointed in the non-event that was December 2012, but not because I expected great events to occur. I'm disappointed because so few people had actually awakened to the truth, so few people had really "gotten it," and it was my job to help people awaken, to help them fulfill their higher purpose.

We are indeed entering a Golden Age, but it's us, as individuals, who are creating it--one step at a time, through our efforts and by following through with our inner guidance. (Which, by the way, helps us deepen the knowledge we have, including knowledge we received in the various schools and programs we attended. We just don't throw out everything we've learned, rather, we gain a deeper understanding of things, including of the process of life.)

Even though it will take some time to transform the entire world, once you as an individual get "on your wave" (and that does not have to take too long), you will have faith in yourself and your life will be transformed. The feelings of despair will dissolve because your understanding of the process occurring in your life and in the world has been transformed. (Which will help you have faith in others and the world as well.) All this will help keep you going even though you may still have a rough day now and then.

Of course, having personal experiences of the magic of this process is one thing, and believing it's true just because someone says so is another. (People say all sorts of things, and much of the information out there is meant to confuse and distract.) This is why I promote my memoir, What Everyone Believed: A memoir of intuition and awakening, not because I make a few dollars when I sell a copy (although it helps put food on the table)--but because a detailed account of someone's personal, real life experiences of the process (and the incredible, amazing synchronicities and learning experiences I went through) does offer the seeker much more in terms of real and tangible support than someone's theoretical information, or their promises / predictions, or channelings. Through sharing my personal experiences I offer hope and faith and an understanding that helps others go through their own process with less pain and more grace and ease.