The years leading up to 2012, were the forming years, where the earth was in this state of rising to ascension or rather stepping up in higher vibrational frequencies, and the years prior to that, were like the testing ground, to see if enough souls could raise their own frequencies and vibrations sufficiently, in order to avoid catastrophes from happening.
In that we did succeed as the quotient level of 144 000 souls who have had to hold the Light steady, did wake up, and managed to keep this light not only steady, but to amplify it. This indeed, is a feat in itself, and before 2012, nobody really knew if this would be possible of not.
The problem with most volunteer souls is that when they incarnate onto this planet, they fall into a deep sleep of forgetfulness, and then forget what they have come in to do or be here. However, with the wave upon wave of cosmic frequencies and solar rays pouring into the planet, a sufficient number of souls did wake up and then got activated, each according to his or her own soul’s commitment and its higher soul purpose in higher service to mankind.