The Weather Wizards – Part Six
Our universe of thought and the manifestations of weather are inextricably interlinked. Since the universe is a projection of our minds, and since our minds are composed of thoughts and feelings, it is our own thoughts and emotions that are the ultimate determinants of the atmospheric conditions of our world. Each one of us contributes to the weather patterns of the planet by those very thoughts and feelings that we create.
We are therefore the true creators of our weather, just as we are the architects of the events of this world. What we think, desire and feel comes ultimately to reflect itself in the weather conditions of the planet, and our weather is a direct barometer of the thinking of mankind at any particular time. As the thoughts, desires and fears of mankind change in character, so the character of our weather comes to change in harmony with ourselves.
This is one of the truths that enlightened beings throughout history have sought to pass on to humanity. For as the mental climate of our minds becomes more stressful and violent, so the weather conditions of the planet becomes more turbulent in consonance with our thinking. If we wish therefore to to improve the climatic conditions of our world, we can only do so by harmonising the attitudes of our minds.
When in the ebb and flow of life there come times of crisis that impact the whole of humanity, these inner crises are inevitably attended by catastrophic disruptions of the physical forces of nature. These disruptions not only affect the planet in the form of floods, droughts, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, they also affect the very functioning of the heavens as well.
The cosmos that lies beyond the earth is as much a product of our minds, and is as senstive to our basic thoughts and feelings, as the cells of our bodies. As the 20th century sage Nisargadatta Maharaj replied to a visitor who enquired about the mysteries of the world: “What you do not know is that the entire universe is your body and you do not need to be afraid of it.” He went on to say: “Your little body is full of mysteries and wonders which you do not know. Both anatomy and astronomy describe you.” (I Am That)
When Immanuel Velikovsky was researching the global legends of mankind in developing his revolutionary cosmological ideas, he was struck by the fact that so many societies retained in legend, dim memories of cataclysmic changes which had destroyed entire societies and changed the face of the earth. He found that these legends were common to many societies which otherwise were remote in time and geography from one another.
According to these legends, the earth appeared many times to have been shaken in its course, altering not only its polar alignment, but also its orbit around the sun. Periods of relative physical stabilty on the earth were interrupted at irregular intervals by cataclysms of overwhelming ferocity. The agents of these catastrophes were described in the legends as emanating from the heavens themselves. They appeared to be what we know today as comets and asteroids.
According to these legends the history of the earth was reckoned by successive ages. Each age was a period of relative stability between cataclysms. Each age was in turn characterized by a particular “sun”, which represented the path traversed by the sun through the heavens during that particular age. As Velikovsky noted in his book “Worlds in Collision”:
“The sacred Hindu book Bhagavata Purana tells of four ages and of pralayas or cataclysms in which, in various epochs, mankind was nearly destroyed; the fifth age is that of the present. The world ages are called Kalpas or Yugas. Each world met its destruction in catastrophes of conflagration, flood and hurricane.”
Velikovsky found similar references to past catastrophes and vanished ages in scriptures of such nations as the Greeks, Persians, Chinese, Incas, Aztecs, Mayas, as well as in Iceland, Tibet and Pacific Polynesia. He went on to add:
“The Chinese call these perished ages kis and number ten kis from the beginning of the world until Confucius. In the ancient Chinese encyclopedia Sing-li-ta-tsinen-chou, the general convulsions of nature are discussed. Because of the periodicity of these convulsions, the span of time between two catastrophes is regarded as a ‘great year’.
“As during a year, so during a world age, the cosmic mechanism winds itself up and ‘in a general convulsion of nature, the sea is carried out of its bed, mountains spring out of the ground, rivers change their course, human beings and everything are ruined, and ancient traces effaced’.”
Jesus predicted that a time would come on earth when nations would rise up against nations, and kingdom against kingdom. These troubles would be attended by famines, pestilences and earthquakes. (Matthew: 24:7) He said it would be a time when”the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.” (Mark: 13:12)
According to Jesus, this affliction and tribulation would encompass the entire earth and would culminate in a cataclysmic event that would bring to an end our current cycle of civilization. In his book of Revelation, the disciple John described the disasters that would herald this event.
