Theoretically speaking, if world had just one more year before ending, won't we be doing things a lot differently? Wouldn't our focus be a whole lot different?
The 2012 phenomenon has been talked over for years. The Mayan calendar predicts catastrophe and widespread natural disaster which will bring about end of the world on December 21, 2012.
There have been similar prophecies by Nostradamus and movies on this subject have attracted much publicity to this event.
A large number of natural calamities that happened over past one year may lend credibility to these predictions. The unforgettable pictures of Japan's tsunami (where giant waves swept away cars like toys and a yacht perched atop a building), hurricanes (so common place that they are now chronologically documented with rotating alphabetic names), and earthquakes in Turkey and Oklahoma suggest that world boundaries and topography are undergoing a distinct change.
I will admit that these are terrible thoughts to begin a New Year with. But think about it, if we all begin to live for the moment, as if there was no life after this year, maybe we will put our best foot forward and new realizations may dawn.
Rather than focusing on negative aspects of the forecasts, we can turn it on its head and look at it as a year of hope, a year full of optimism and opportunities to make the world a better place.
If there was a realisation that the world is going to end, scams and political loot would stop. The monies would be spent on development of telecommunication, infrastructure and in rural employment schemes.
Anna Hazare would be spared of torturing his already frail body. Lokpal and Lokayukta Bills would not have to be debated for months on end.
People would focus more on the finer aspects of living and less on mad rush. There maybe even a shift from being materialistic to being altruistic.
The world would be a secure and joyful place.
Security concerns would be low on priority and countries would not have to be gripped by single largest manhunt across rough terrains half across the world.
TV channels would not spend days recounting silent military operation that finally caught and killed Osama Bin Laden.
The grotesque pictures of bare-chested and badly bruised Mohammad Gaddafi been dragged on the floor would not have to be telecast repeatedly.
Millions of dollars would not have to spent on trading of armaments and sophisticated weapons to defend nation's territories.
If the world had just one more year to end, people would not defer acts of goodness.
People would focus on strengthening their relationships and ties, by not holding back words of sympathy, forgiveness or love.
The predictions of the Mayan calendar and Nostradamus invite a lot of debate. Several predictions made by the latter have arguably fallen through.
Without focusing on accuracy of these predictions, it may not be a bad idea to just focus on living for the moment, as the ancient Indian scriptures have so often preached.
by Manjula Pooja Shroff dnaindia.com
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