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Are We Simply Mistaken?
Remember all the “Y2K” hype that was preached just prior to the year 2000? You would a’ thought the computers of the world some how knew the dawn of a new century was rapidly approaching and they were unable to figure a reasonably way to count beyond 1999 … The truth is that all really smart computers (and those not so smart) probably didn’t know it was 1999 and if they did they could have cared less!
Today’s hype comes from an ancient calendar that is typically called The Mayan Calendar and how it predicts the end of time … at least as we know it … There have been articles, books, documentaries, TV shows, and at least one feature film on the subject; all about how the end of time must be December 21, 2012 because that’s when the Mayan Calendar stops … Ha, how much more proof do you need?
The Maya calendar is a system of calendars and almanacs that were used in the Maya civilization and are based upon a structure which had been in common use throughout the region, dating back as far as the 5th century BC. This particular calendar shares many aspects with calendars that were commonly used by earlier Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the ancient Olmec culture, and later civilizations such as the Aztec. This historic calendar (Maya Calendar) should correctly be called the Mesoamerican calendar as it did not even originate with the Maya, but in light of their extensions, improvements, and refinements which were most sophisticated; probably lends justification to the calendars notable significance that we see in today’s society but should we give the Maya credit for its development and design?
Scholars most certainly disagree about what humankind can expect on December 21, 2012, because that’s when the Mayan "Long Count" calendar marks the end of a 5,126 year period or age. If we take into account the teachings of the Mayan prophet Lord Pacal (603-683 AD) on the subject: "this date will mark the end of time as we know it, not the end of the world but the time of a tremendous change in human consciousness," little room is left for the dooms day crowd.
The Maya civilization, which is best known for its advanced writing, mathematics, astronomy, and the calendar that was used during the era, flourished for centuries in Mesoamerica, they reached there peak between A.D. 300 and 900. The Mayan “Long Count” calendar was discontinued under Spanish colonization (yes, they were still around when the Spanish arrived), which tracks more than 5,000 years, and then resets at year zero (0), the reset year 0 then begins on the day after 12/21/12, that is displayed on he Gregorian calendar most of us use today.
When considering all modern astrological findings, when the winter solstice of 2012 occurs, our sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in nearly 26,000 years. This will happen on 12/21/12 at 11:11 p.m. Universal Time no less.
Try using your imagination a bit and look into our future say, 5000 years, some archaeologist stumbles across several Gregorian style calendars that we use today … He can not help but notice that the very last day depicted is December 31 on each calendar …Do you suppose he will think we all believed the world would end on that day as well?
Or in the alternative will he think we simply quit printing calendars because a different system for keeping track if time was introduced …
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