It's the end of the world as we know it...

So I've always been fascinated by psychic predictions and things like astrology and numerology. I like to believe that we have the power to predict certain things and that there are signs that lead us to a particular outcome.

The Mayans predict that in 2012 the world will end. Now I've seen the movie 2012 (mainly because Adam Lambert sang the title track of the film) and I've also seen movies like The Day After Tomorrow. Each of these "end of the world by natural disaster" movies have left me with questions and a lingering fear that this could be my future and my fate. However I have recently come across some new information that has made me rethink my belief towards how the world will end.

A few weeks ago my parents went on cruise. As they were sailing the seas, they attended a talk on their cruise by a special guest John Arthur Daley, who is well known in Australia for his work on radio and his understanding of numerology. Now according to my dad, who may or may not be a reliable source, John said that the Mayans are known to accurately predict events and that there is validity to their 2012 predictions. However, unlike in the movie 2012, John says that the world wont "end", instead it will be the end of the world as we know it.

Now what does this mean exactly. Well according to what he told my dad, he said that the world's political and economical stability is going to completely unravel. There are going to be changes in power, countries are going to experience major uprisings and the way we live now, in this world, will dramatically change- due to manmade and natural disasters. He said that we can see the warning signs now- the protests in Egypt, the earthquakes in Christchurch and Tokyo, the floods in Queensland, Climate change...All of these events are affecting the lives of the people in those countries and the economy of those countries. John said that over the next year, we will see an increase in these events, and that the magnitude of these events will be even greater than we have ever experienced in this lifetime.

Now, a part of me is a little sceptical, mainly because I don't want to believe that 2012 signifies the end of something, however you can't help but realise that what he says makes sense. It's crazy to imagine the world just ending however it's not out of the realm of possibility that an event will occur that will change our lives forever. It's a scary concept to someone who believes in the power of numerology.

But don't be alarmed- like I said, this information isn't proven or 100% accurate- it's only speculation at this point- but I do believe that we should prepare ourselves for the likelihood of something happening that will change the way we are living now. It's one thing to be sceptical, it's another thing to be ignorant. Don't ignore the signs.