The Mystery of the 2012 Mayan Calendar
The 2012 Mayan calendar marks the end of the world as we know it. Many people believe that the 2012 Mayan calendar is the mark of the destruction of our world, an apocalyptic sort of end. Many natural disasters will occur and possibly extinct all human life. While others believe that it is a time of joy and of great self awareness and awakening, and possibly a global transformation of consciousness.
The mythology behind the 2012 legend focuses on the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar which was a Mesoamerican calendar system that mysteriously ends on December 21, 2012. The 2012 Mayan calendar also coincides with the winter solstice and the “galactic alignment” which is predicted to occur when our solar system passes directly through the galactic equator.
The Mayans believe that their 2012 Mayan calendar predicts merely the finishing point of a certain age or “underworld” (a galactic underworld) and the entry point into the universal underworld of conscious evolution and revolution. A collective rebirth or newfound cosmic awareness, if you will. An amazing era in which the human race expands their collective, conscious awareness.
The Mayan civilization inhabited several regions included southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize and western Honduras. Their region flourished between the third and tenth centuries AD but by the 1200s the Spanish had taken over much of their land, but Mayan descendants still spoke the Mayan language, and historical records were kept in order to keep the Mayan way of life.
The way of life for the Mayan people revolved around time. Ancient priests were consulted on civil, religious and agricultural matters, and their advice would come from readings and teachings of the sacred Mayan calendars. They had many different calendars to track different things. The long count calendar being important as it counts the time between certain events and how they relate to each other. Time was so important that a lot of Mayans named their children after the date in which they were born. Thus the importance of the 2012 Mayan calendar.
The Mayans themselves have not predicted what will happen in 2012 just that their 2012 Mayan calendar ends at that time. There is nothing scientifically proven that anything will happen in December 2012 but many people predict or fear that things will.
Some possible scenarios include:
Asteroid/meteor/comet collides with earth, Coronal mass ejection (solar storm),
Magnetic pole shift, Explosion form the black hole at the centre of our galaxy,
Religious apocalypse, Alien invasion, Gamma ray burst, flu pandemic,
Nuclear/biological war, Super volcano, Global warming, Nanotechnology and
Genetic modification, just to name a few.
Other people believe that the 2012 Mayan calendar predicts the start of something better for our planet. The global shift of conciseness and a spiritual revolution of sorts. The leading of our world into a new age of total world socio-political and spiritual activism. Peace, harmony and understanding for all people.