Monday, August 23, 2010

2012 Predictions and Prophecies - A Critical Look at Mayan Predictions and 2012 Skeptics

A gentleman in my online community emailed me, asking for my comments on a skeptic's view of some 2012 predictions and prophecies. Sometimes I agree with the skeptics, other times I don't; it all depends on the details of the claims being made. For example, if someone predicted that a comet was going to strike this planet on December 21, 2012 (or, for that matter, anytime in the foreseeable future), I'd be a skeptic, too.

I find that both proponents and skeptics of the idea that something important and unique will happen around December 21, 2012 are guilty of careless claims and logic as well as inadequate research.

For example, the author of the online article on Mayan predictions at The Skeptic's Dictionary (skepdic.com/maya) that I was asked to comment on stated that the Mayan calendar is not predictive, and I agree with him. But that's not what's interesting or important about the Mayan calendar anyway.

It's important to realize that when a prediction about something is made, most people just sit on their behinds waiting for that something to happen. Or else they may use that knowledge to try to get an edge on the stock market or some other such thing--which is not what 2012 is about!

What it is about is personal growth and spiritual evolution, and we all know that doesn't come so easy. So the fact that nobody knows exactly what will happen in 2012 is brilliant (not even the Mayan elders know)--because not knowing actually serves a useful (and divine) purpose. (So... please read all 2012 predictions and prophecies with inner discernment, the discernment of your higher self.)

However, by delving into the details of the exact nature of the 2012 alignment (that will occur between the Milky Way's equatorial axis and a particular axis of the Earth), I discovered some valuable guiding information that promises a positive outcome for humanity--backed by solid science conducted at astronomical institutes, no less. Furthermore, this complicated astronomy can be simplified and pictures can be drawn so even those who flunked high school science can understand that there will be a "cross" in the heavens on December 21, 2012 and that this cross represents a "crossroads" in our spiritual direction and evolution. This cross in the sky (where the Earth points towards galactic light) happens once every roughly 26,000 years.

The details of this alignment (and its implications) cannot be adequately expressed in a short article, that's why I wrote a couple chapters in an e-book on this topic. It's important to examine the details, not ignore or gloss over them. I suppose that just like the rest of us 2012 skeptics lead busy lives and can't be bothered to do their due research. I also suspect their minds are way too set to discover anything new of any significance.

The other idea this skeptic tries to disprove is Guatemalan anthropologist Carlos Barrios's claim that the Mayans were prophets who used their calendar to predict the coming of Cortez's ships in 1519. According to Barrios, writes the skeptic, Easter Sunday, April 21, 1519 was a day that marked a return of the Mayan's ancestors, "coming like butterflies" on the sea, and the natives were "waiting and watching to see how it would go." (The skeptic makes fun of Barrios's reference to butterflies.)

But I doubt it was the butterfly effect of Cortez's ships that mesmerized the natives; rather, it was the crosses on their ships.

That's because the Mayans were already familiar with the symbol of the cross (sometimes called the "solar cross"). The cross in the heavens is what their long count calendar was based on. (Remember that the Mayans were obsessed with their calendars.) The cross symbolized a particular alignment of our earth and solar system with respect to the Milky Way galaxy.

On yet another level, the cross symbolized a new phase in their future. The Mayans must have been aware that they were going into a new phase of their development and evolution (a "crossroad") that they had all agreed to on the inner, subconscious level (and the ancestors they were awaiting were those back from the days of Atlantis). So of course they'd be curious about what that future would bring. That's why they almost just submitted themselves to the inevitable.

And now the alignment that happens in 2012 has a unique meaning for the future of the people on this planet.

So, please read about 2012 predictions and prophecies with inner discernment, remember that the details are critical, and strive to strengthen your own inner discernment by reconnecting and integrating with your higher self. Merging with your higher self is the key to awakening, to higher consciousness and to 2012.

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