Quite interesting - Mayan day/nights and earth periods

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That's funny because I see those as the ones "seeing past the facade". I see no reason to attribute emotion to the "gradualist" theory. I used to have difficulty seeing it too. Admittedly, I was of the "abrupt" scenario because I didn't want to consider that I had to wait any longer, and I also wanted to 'proof' the material one way or the other. I clouded my own perception of the material to fit the "abrupt/instantaneous" scenario. The only reason I'm pointing this out is because it is apparent that avoidance of the possibility can go both ways.

Personally, I have taken specific steps in my life over the last fifteen years to put myself in a position of minimal investment in something "happening" between now and the end of 2012.

The larger point that I think gets missed is that, from a time/space perspective, all of a person's "loved ones" are already on the "other side". From their perspective, they are waiting for you, and probably wondering why you are taking so long to arrive!

And even if it is the choice or destiny of another entity to repeat 3D, or even to have their consciousness completely annihilated and returned to 1D, it is all part of the process.

For a student of the Law of One, or to whatever small degree of being "in the know", this is where the rubber meets the road. We can wax all philosophical about "All Is One" but then we have to actually swallow the pill, and that is not always so comfortable. Where we might see an opportunity of cosmic proportions, others may not see anything, or even consider us to be delusional.

These others are also our parents, siblings, children, etc. We find it easier to accept all the talk about manipulation of humanity through bloodlines and elitist doctrines through groups like the Illuminati. But things get squirrley when comes to the manipulation we all agree to when it comes to our own immediate family.

We are all enslaved to a system which compels us to prioritize service to one's family over all others. Service to the bloodline. This is the fundamental control tactic that has kept humanity from polarizing properly. The idea that there is some sort of universal duty to "take care of one's own" no matter how negative, controlling, or a hopeless case the other person may become.

Getting back the "gradual harvest" scenario, I think this concept my play a large role in why one might prefer to view it as a gradual process. This is because one is subconsciously hoping that they will have "more time" for their loved ones to "make it". I can't help but point out that this is a very linear 3D way of looking at the process.

It sounds more to me like you have just let go of attachment to any particular scenario rather than being squarely in the "gradualist" camp. But maybe I'm missing something.