z121231211 said:
I've read somewhere that the Earth's heartbeat (somewhat important in meditation) is at 7.8 beats per second, and in 2012 it will be at 13 beats per second and start getting slower. I'll try to find the link.
Edit: http://www.secondattention.org/articles/slowing_time.asp
Paragraphs 4-6 sort of explain it. Something about the Schumann Resonance.
Anne Brewer's article is an amazing collection of unrelated things and unsupported statements. I checked into her credentials, and those of Gregg Braden (her source on Schumann Resonances being the 'heartbeat' of the Earth), and they primarily deal in the realm of pseudoscience. Harmless pseudoscience, at least.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonance
It's a bit technical to chew through, but it's no heartbeat, and kills the assertion that "For decades, the SR measured 7.8 cycles per second. In 1980, it started increasing. By 1993, Norwegian and Russian scientists published reports of the SR pulsing at 8.6 cycles per second. Currently, it is believed to be around 12 cycles per second, hence the feeling of time passing more quickly. At 13 cycles, the Earth will be at a zero point magnetic field, and in two or three days it will start turning in the opposite direction". We already have peak resonance frequencies at 14.3, 20.8, 27.3 and 33.8 Hz. So, applying Anne/Gregg's logic, the world has stopped, turned the opposite direction, stopped again, turned, stopped, etc. We're a washing machine!
Also, search for "Schumann Resonance 8.6" and you'll gain ESP, some sort of powered quartz crystals, the best meditation ever, hair regrowth, something about UFOs, and other wonderfully useful things.
Ok, I spent too long on this, but it was a fascinating adventure proving the old adage 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing'.