The document discusses the dawn of a new era and references prophecies about major changes in 2012. It notes that even as a young child in the 1950s, the author sensed something significant would be different by 2000. The political and social movements of the 1960s helped shape the conditions for current events. While some want to abandon traditional values and structures of government, the tides may be shifting as prophesied changes arrive. The year 2012 is significant for many ancient calendars and could mark a new beginning with karma wiped clean and humanity's DNA and nature altered, bringing people closer to their higher selves.