On the one hand, there is little doubt that humanity – yes, that means human life upon this planet – is experiencing monumental shifts and disturbances that include such aspects as: earth changes/disruptions, non-linear climatic variations, economic vulnerabilities and fluctuations, national political system failures, geo-political fractures, infrastructure breakdowns, global power grabs, mind programming, technocratic control systems, and much more. And on the other hand, we are witnessing an immense shift in peoples’ awareness, understanding, and perceptual clarity. So, since we are in the domain of discussing ‘big shifts’ – and this is a time for experiencing large themes – let me bring forward two ‘big words’ to frame this: Apocalypse & Armageddon.
These two words have, in recent times, been coming up repeatedly in spoken and written narratives and conversations. And often, they have been used interchangeably. And the reason for this is that on a very general level, both terms are used to refer to an ‘end times’ destructive event. Both terms, in this broad context, describe an end time, or end of the world, scenario. And with the current state of the world as it today, and its potential future trajectory, it is understandable that people are using these terms in conversation. Yet, for me, they each represent a different aspect of this ‘split-reality.’ So, I am going to lay out what, for me, these terms represent and how they play into a different reality scenario for each.
The term apocalypse comes from ancient Greek (ἀποκάλυψις – apokálypsis) which literally means ‘from cover;’ that is, a disclosure or revelation of great knowledge. In religious terminology it has been used to denote a disclosure of something very important that was hidden. This may refer to some ‘heavenly secrets,’ or similar divine disclosures that may bring understanding onto earthly life. Here then, we have a term representing a ‘revelation of the veiled.’ In such an instance of an apocalypse, we have a moment of individual and/or collective revelation of some hidden or veiled knowledge. Does this match with the term ‘Armageddon’?
Armageddon, in ancient Greek is Ἁρμαγεδών, Harmagedōn (and in Hebrew isֹ Har Məgīddō) which is the prophesied location of a battle during the ‘end times.’ Again, the term Armageddon is used in a general sense to refer to any ‘end of the world’ scenario. Yet it has no revelatory significance or suggests any epiphany. It refers to a physical battle, a time of great end times war – the ‘war to end all wars.’ As we can see, these two terms represent two distinct moments: one is an instance of revelation (apocalypse), and the other is a specific physical ‘war to end all wars’ (Armageddon). For me, how people use these terms (if they do at all), and also the presence of these terms in the same narrative, signifies this ‘split-reality’ positioning. In other words, a person can position themselves within a reality of revelation, a time when hitherto hidden knowledge and understandings are revealed to them – a perceptual awakening. Or, a person can perceive themselves to be caught up with a time of physical warfare, disruption, and destruction. For me, one of these realities allows for a refinement of self-awareness, cognition, and comprehension; the other, a densification, entanglement, and potential disturbance of one’s cognition and energy state....<<<Read More>>>....