Thanks for this thoughtful post. I've started reading from the links you provided. Came back to login and favorite your post so I don't have trouble finding it again.

I think many of us feel an inner knowing that things have to change and we are just waiting for the inevitable. Beyond that "feeling" - it's hard to have a sense of certainty about the truth. I'm not so convinced that things will happen within certain predicted time frames or dates. That strikes me as too simplistic for a complicated world full of souls going every which way. Everyone is making decisions and acting to change things at every turn and it is all not written in stone as to when a fated event will happen as a result. However, the idea of a predicted rough sequence of events makes sense to me. I look forward to reading more!