[Dialogue] Myss on Armageddon

[LAURELCG at aol.com]

A Message From Caroline Myss


This is a sample of the JULY SALON: 


ESSENTIAL WISDOM AND GLOBAL HEALING 


I have an enchanting fifteen-year-old niece who is spending much of the 
summer with me. The other night she overheard a news broadcast on Armageddon. The 
newscaster was posing the question, "Is this war in the Middle East the 
beginning of the end?" And following that rather choice question, she focused on that 
particular group of fundamentalists who are taking delight in this war in the 
Middle East because they are convinced that indeed this war signals that the 
predicted end of time battle has begun. The program went on to show these half 
wits in hysterical prayer sessions, cheering and weeping and happier than 
kids with ice cream because the bombs are finally dropping all of the Middle 
East. This, they are convinced, is the will of God and the promise that Jesus is 
coming back. Coming back? I can tell you for a fact that if Jesus ever did come 
back, which is not something I anticipate in the least, he would hardly 
recognize his teachings of love and brotherhood in action. One is forced to ask, 
"Who are these people?" Who are these brainwashed human beings who are taking 
delight in the deaths and sufferings of so many people, believing that the 
traumas of bleeding children hit by bombs is a revelation from their God? 


Back to my niece….Much as I tried to explain the danger of fundamentalism to 
her and this theology of Armageddon, which happens to be a recurring 
archetypal theme in history, incidentally, (and a point worth discussing for that 
reason), this television program terrified her. Had I known it would have that 
effect, of course, I would have turned the program off – obviously. I've had 
several chats with her since that program, all with the intention of undoing the 
psychic damage of that broadcast, but the on-going reality of that war is my 
competition here and I am losing my battle with the Armageddon broadcast. She's 
scared – period. That program, and more to the point, those Armageddon 
believers, have succeeded in planting the thought form in my niece's mind that there 
isn't much time left. Funny as these things go, we rarely have the television 
on around here in the evenings because we are so busy chatting or painting or 
we are out walking the neighborhood. If we are in front of the television, it's 
because we popped in a movie, not because we are watching something on 
television, so it was one of those odd things that the two of us happened to catch 
this program at all. And yet, even though it has deeply stressed my niece, I am 
not disappointed that I saw this program, in light of the events unfolding on 
our planet because in some sense, it validates the psychic heavy blanket that 
I so often sense around so many people. 


WAR AND THE HEALTH OF THE COLLECTIVE – WHICH IS US 


First of all, when a planet is at war, the entire vibration of the planet 
shifts to one of trauma. The physical war does not have to be fought on local 
territory in order for the people of that area to become affected or "infected" 
by the mental and emotional strain that is created as a result of the fear and 
violence of war. A person does not have to believe in the Armageddon myth to 
be affected by the toxic psychic field that it generates. All it takes is the 
combination of a passionate group of believers in the Armageddon myth – and 
Evangelicals certainly qualify for that, if nothing else – and anything that 
looks like proof that the myth is true. In this case, the war in the Middle East 
has all the right markings and prophetic omens. Such a combination infects the 
collective psychic like a poisonous homeopathic treatment, penetrating into 
the subtle energy bodies of every single human being. No matter who you are, you 
are being influenced by the vibration of this war and many prophecies that 
are emerging around it and because of it. 


In a way, this reminds me of all the hysterics that preceded Y2K. Remember 
that? I remember this one guy – who I haven't heard from since, thank God – who 
sat in his home in Washington State sending out email after email after email 
warning people about all the destruction that was going to happen by three 
minutes after midnight, January 1, 2000. I mean, according to this guy, 
absolutely no one was going to survive this turning of the millennium, except him, of 
course, and the rest of his happy little Washington State community because 
they were savvy enough to listen to him, a high-tech oracle who was able to 
predict the downfall of all technological systems and airports and computers and 
what have you. I mean he had people going nuts with his material. I met him 
once and listened to him try to convince me of the insanity that was just on the 
horizon. All the while I was looking right into his eyes…speaking of 
insane….as he described the stupidity of people who "just won't listen" to the obvious 
signs that the end was near. It took me about thirty seconds to realize that 
this guy wanted the end to be near because he was building his identity on his 
predictions. He wanted death and destruction and global systems breakdowns 
and nightmares because that would prove he was right and every one else was 
wrong. This was a dangerous, dangerous man….all the more so because he thought of 
himself as so good. 


So, if you were with me right now, I'd ask you: 


Anything different? Do you feel psychically different? 


Have your dream patterns changed? 


Any change in anxiety, exhaustion, sleep patterns? 


Any increase in depression? I say increase because everyone has a depression 
rating. 


Any subtle shifts in your sense of optimism? 


Have you had an increase in aches and pains? 


Have you experienced unusual weight gain in this past year? 


Are you changing any short or long terms plans? – ie, "Let's just live for 
today," which, for you, would ordinarily be just too risky a way to live. 


Any increase in fear patterns? 


Any increase in rage or anger, either personal or ethnic? 


Any sensations that you can "feel" the trauma in the air and feel the change 
in the attitudes and energy fields of people? 


Do people strike you as being just a bit more depressed or psychically 
intense or heavy? 


A SERIOUS SUGGESTION 


Go back and review those questions and consciously pay attention to those 
areas. And pay attention to your own subtle changes. Many of your subtle changes 
can be attributed to the stress in the collective field of humanity and the 
planet. 


In the August Salon, I will do an interpretation of how these personal 
stresses are connected to the collective, so do pay attention to your personal 
activity. 


Love, 

Caroline