An Interview with Gregg Braden

by Jayne Denker

Knowing where we come from will help us get where we’re going, says author and speaker Gregg Braden

Gregg Braden’s speaking voice could calm the roiling seas, its deep timbre and melodious tones soothing to the ear, the underlying warmth a balm for the soul. And a good thing, too, considering he’s talking about December 21, 2012, which many people fear will be the date of a worldwide apocalypse.

Even rather alarming statements such as, “The Earth doesn’t need healing—it will be here … but will we be here?” go down smoothly.

Truly, if everyone who thinks the world is going to end on that particular date would take five minutes to listen to Braden, one of the foremost authorities on the Mayans and predictions about 2012 and the Shift, he’d be able to talk them all off the ledge.

Again, good thing, as the notion of the Shift is still a touchy subject not only among the New Age community that knows it well, but the general population as a whole. With apocalyptic movies giving the date a bad name and the growing awareness that the Earth is indeed undergoing a relatively drastic climate change at this very moment, 12/21/2012 is continuing to receive a great deal of attention. And it’s only increasing as even the general populace can’t help but notice the startlingly high number of earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, flooding, and other extreme weather that’s occurring—and that’s even before they add in all the societal and political upheaval.

All going according to plan

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Best-selling author and sought-after speaker Braden, who has addressed different facets of the Shift in his previous works including The Divine Matrix and Fractal Time, sees the need for humanity to change, but not to panic. This is yet another in a long line of cyclic World Ages, he says, which our ancestors experienced and recorded for posterity, most famously in the form of the Mayan calendar that Braden has studied and written about extensively in his many books. And, he says, we can learn from our ancestors’ messages—if we pay attention.

“I’ve been on every continent except Antarctica, and I’ve connected with people all over the world,” Braden says. “It’s universal—many cultures expected this and tried to give us a ‘heads up’ in the language of their time. We’ve had 2012s in the past, and if we know where to look, it gives us solid ground to build up our knowledge about what these cycles entail.”

Braden bucks predictive trends by stating that the climate changes we have been witnessing are not the fault of humans abusing the planet, but instead are indicative of a normal Earth cycle coming around again. He is quick to point out, however, that this doesn’t mean we can continue to live the way we have been, abusing Mother Earth and wasting our resources. Instead, he says, we are currently at a tipping point.