Ethereal Predictions for 2012

It's about to get real. Or not. We'll see. But 2012 will soon be upon us. And I can't help but think this year will represent more significant change for humanity than we've experienced cumalatively in recent times. I'm not talking about Hollywood's fascination with end of world scenarios either. But rather, the writing, it seems, that's on the wall.

The last several years have in fact ushered in significant change already. Events that we never thought possible were realized before our eyes. The election of Barack Obama, change of leaders around the world, unprecedented wave of natural disasters -- and most recently -- the Arab Spring and other uprisings around the world, along with global economic turmoil like we've never seen before in recent decades. The list goes on... 

It would seem perhaps that we are merely on the cusp of even bigger changes yet to unfold. What awaits us in the year ahead? Is humanity becoming more aware and less tolerant of the status quo? And if so, what truly is the cause of this newfound awareness?

For those of us fascinated by science, world events, human behavior, spirituality, and the interconnectedness of all things -- what are your thoughts on the current  times we live? Were there any events of 2011 (or the last few years) that particularly shocked and awed you? And more specifically, what are your predictions for what awaits us in 2012?

I'll be back here to follow up. ;)