We're leaving together

But still it's farewell

And maybe we'll come back

To earth, who can tell?

I guess there is no one to blame

We're leaving ground

Will things ever be the same again?

It's the final countdown

The final countdown

--Europe

    I have just returned to Sedona from a five-day vacation in New York City and am now ready to begin the next phase of my final countdown to December 21, 2012.  Susan Gordon, my 11-year relationship’s significant other, has also returned to the red rocks after a 7-month absence.  The vibration of my present moment presence will - with Susan’s addition - shift my energy to a different frequency. Already I am receiving a new awareness of an old realization.

    I have always known - and up to now ignored - an obvious paradox: the more I publicly discuss my plans for December 21, 2012 – especially as we advance on that date - the less likely it will be for me to be on the top of Bell Rock when a portal opens then.  And though I still do not know the exact details of my leap of faith (and most likely won’t until the “11th hour”), some people – including my immediate family - have interpreted my previous postings to mean that I am jumping off the top of Bell Rock – an obviously suicidal act. With about 15 months still to go, both my family and friends have informed me that there will be no chance of that happening. They will either find a way to legally or physically stop me or, in the alternative, ask the City of Sedona to take some action to prevent me from becoming a stain on one of America’s most mystical places to live. 

    A few weeks ago my son demanded to know what my plans presently are for that day – from the moment I awake. I told him that my only plan is to be on the top of Bell Rock on December 21, 2012 at 11:11 am. While in New York last week, I further assured both him and my daughter that if nothing extraordinary happens while I am up there, I will be coming down the same way I went up, later that day. And until something definitive causes me to change my thinking, I will not risk my life without clear and convincing evidence indicating that I have no other choice. The opportunity to spend time with my kids in the future is not something I will relinquish without a justifiable reason.

    Regardless of whether anyone can actually prevent me from fulfilling my destiny, the realization is that I must resist talking about my leap of faith if I seriously want to be where I need to be when a portal opens. Though I am still preparing to access the portal if one materializes, I am no longer entertaining the idea that my leap of faith is necessary to activate it.  For that I require at least one unequivocal sign.

    By now you know how I love a movie message especially when it is relevant to an issue I need to resolve at the time and the messenger is one of my fictional role models. A few days after being confronted by my family about the details of my leap of faith, I was watching the Star Trek Next Generation episode Time Squared when, about 22 minutes into the story, I heard something that I intuitively felt was a message for me. The exchange is between first officer Commander Will Riker and Captain Jean Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise. I’ve always identified with Picard and this episode is no exception:

Commander William T. Riker: Captain, I think this is one instance where you should suppress your natural tendencies.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Oh, really?

Commander William T. Riker: One of your strengths is your ability to evaluate the dynamics of a situation, and then take a definitive, pre-emptive step, take charge. Now you're frustrated because you not only can't see the solution, you can't even define the problem.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Hm... Go on.

Commander William T. Riker: What we're facing is neither a person or a place, at least not yet. It's time.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You're saying I should just sit down, shut up and wait.

Commander William T. Riker: Well, I wouldn't have put it exactly like that.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Not something I'd do easily.

    Neither a person or a place, at least not yet. It’s time.

   Something is returning to our simulation on December 21, 2012 - through the portal on Bell Rock and I need do is be there when it happens. I will learn the final details of my leap of faith at that time.

    Obviously the less I discuss my leap of faith the greater the likelihood of my getting to the top of Bell Rock on the winter solstice of 2012. Thus I will be taking Riker’s advice – at least on this issue: I will just hangout in Sedona, I will not talk about my leap of faith, and I will simply wait for December 21, 2012.

    Evidently my final countdown is a lot less intimidating than I originally thought. But then again I should have known it would be this way.

    I also suggest if you are a member of Facebook send me a friend’s request. I have found Facebook to be the perfect place to post my PAG e-NEWS-type stories as well as sharing other items consistent with my beliefs.

    And now for your viewing enjoyment;