Several interesting realizations about humanity and the approaching of 2012
With the advent of the internet, literally almost every aspect of humanity is changing. Considering mankind is dictated by his five senses, and the media has been widely dominated by elitism to control the opinions of the masses via sensationalism and propaganda, the internet created an open source of information available to the public. The most recent and obvious display of this is the wiki leaks. What is so great about the wiki leaks is not just the information that is being made available to the public - but WikiLeaks itself is showing the collective consciousness 1) the power of the internet, 2) the reluctance of the global elite and powerful to release or have ‘sensitive’ intelligence or data released, 3) the fact that information is actually privatized, and lastly, 4) the possibility of truly having freedom of information around the globe, via the internet
As we are approaching 2012, it seems like now that we have the internet and you tube, google, and online news sites such as yahoo.com - certain global events that have been playing out have actually been teaching humanity , on a global scale, things which as a collective we never realized.
For instance, you had 9/11, which years later shed light on the fact that a vast portion of Americans and non-Americans think 9-11 was an inside job. This showed that as a collective, mankind doesn’t really trust its political or governing bodies.
Then you had the War on Terror, and the War in Iraq. These two wars shed consciousness on the Bush administration, global elitism, and the role of Oil in global elitism. It helped to lead to the investigation which shed light on the elite powers that be, their quest for oil, and it also stirred up consciousness about the conflict in the middle east. This is turn will probably lead to the shedding of more light on the Israeli-Palestine conflict, which plays a huge role in global terrorism in the West by Arabic extremists.
Then, you have the global financial crisis of 2008. This shed light on how the global elite manipulate the money markets. It showed just how true films like Zeitgeist are. It brought to the collective consciousness the realization that the global elite have been creating and manipulating money out of thin air.
Now in the news, we are seeing in Egypt, Central America, Africa, and even in European countries, people are protesting and rioting - and overthrowing their leaders - demanding democracy. People are finally standing up because the collective consciousness is becoming more aware of elitism, and how the power of the masses are being striped away by the tiny elite ruling body which governs us.
I almost forgot, the Gulf Oil Spill! This lead the collective consciousness to realize the importance of environmental awareness and health - and the relationship between corporations and environmental health. After this was brought to the awareness of the collective consciousness, you can only hope that corporations will be more conscious about the decisions they make, and much more afraid to let something like this happen again, lest the people get fed up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

I can only think what this year, 2011, will bring, and the following years after 2012. It truly does seem that things are changing exponentially, and I find it hard that anyone could deny that the time-line of modern history is accelerating at a exponential speed.

Can anyone deny that in the past decade we have seen an increase in spiritual movements, environmental awareness, natural disasters, increased awareness of global elitism, protests and movements demanding democracy, and in general - AN INCREASE IN COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS……

It is coming. Call it 2012. Call it a New Age. Call it whatever you want - the times ARE changing, something NEW is coming, and it is our responsibility to prepare ourselves.