There has been an awful lot written and said about 2012 and 21st December in particular. I read somewhere that there are 40,000 titles available from Amazon that have something to do with Mayan calendars, culture and the meaning 0f 2012.
Amongst younger folks in particular there seems to be confusion and actually fear being created over this date. The end of the World is nigh! How many times have we heard that. Apparently the crusades to Jerusalem were inspired by the fact that notable scholars of the time were predicting the end of the World and the belief prevalent then was that the only way to insure going to heaven on Judgement Day was being buried in Jerusalem’s holy soil.
To be honest I haven’t read much about our impending doom simply because I don’t feel the need. I met a very interesting man a few years ago from Guatemala who is a time-keeper in the Mayan tradition. He said to me that the West had jumped on this doomsday idea without having a correct understanding of his time-keeping tradition. As far as he was concerned the end of time date that everyone is talking about is incorrect and actually it falls on the 5th January 2020 and it isn’t an end date but a beginning. According to him the Mayan calendar has been running backwards-a bit like a countdown for thousands of years and the magic date everyone is talking about is actually day zero. Its a countdown to a new and golden age when Humanity finally have the opportunity to get it right and learn and transcend the futility of War etc etc. This will not happen overnight or on a particular day but take years, maybe centuries to manifest. We are approaching the beginning and as in all the best new beginnings we have to rid ourselves of the old to make way for the new. This helps to explain all the upheavals and changes we are experiencing on a global scale.
But what does it mean for you? And me? Many of us are already feeling the effects of a change of energy-I am excited by the possibilities and very glad to alive at this time. Large parts of the population are totally unaware of all the hype at all and will continue to live as they do now. Those who have heard the news will react in various ways:
- Skepticism-its all a load of New Age codswallop!
- Fear-the end is nigh
- Joy-this is what we’ve been waiting for
- Boredom-I’ve heard it all before
Which camp do you fall into, if any? Whatever your take on the subject, one thing we can be sure of, once 21st December 2012 has passed we’ll all be wiser with hindsight!
