The ability to accurately predict, to the day, the future in a universe with sooo many constantly changing variables is as difficult as it is ridiculous. Has anyone who believes in this Mayan calendar thing read any genuine scientific or astronomy papers on the subject or at least read something by someone, preferably a scientist, who specialises in mayan history? Or are people getting their information from people and texts and quite possibly silly documentaries (made by the entertainment industry) that have no footing in proper astronomy or real historical findings and research and do not follow any set of fundamental principles that can provably produce results that are scientifically watertight? I think too many people have taken what people like Terence McKenna, that silly documentary zeitgeist and other sources of unreliable new age pop culture trivia have said as gospel without investigating the rest of the information that many very qualified critics have provided. I looked into this a while back and I was overwhelmed by the amount of evidence there was disproving all of these apocalyptic theories and this supposed evidence of some kind of spiritual awakening in mankind, there's just so much evidence against it from all sides that i don't see how anybody could believe it. For one the Mayan calendar wasn't designed by the Mayans as a tool to predict the future at all, they had no intention whatsoever of predicting any doomsday events - the doomsday idea was created by new age westerners looking for something to validate their illogical and scientifically unproven theories and ideas. It was simply an impressively accurate and well designed calendar for its time.
Like spacejunk said we have plenty of problems in the world that are far higher up the to do list and very real that need fixing. If people are worried about this end of the world business then focusing on things like climate change, pollution, over reliance on unrenewable resources and overpopulation should be the priority because they will very provably be causing us a whole heap of trouble in the future.
I remember watching a show on Foxtel about these family's in America who have sold everything they own to build some kind of bunker that will supposedly keep them safe from said apocalypse. LOL, sucks to be them if nothing happens.
http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/48184/earth-will-run-out-of-natural-resources-by-2015/ said:So what do we do? How do we stop the demise of the Earth.
“Nothing we can do,” said the lead Tasmanian researcher. ”We should just all party like it’s 2015!”
I would be delighted if civilisation got wiped out by some global catastrophe...yanno, as long as it's a quick painless thing and not slowly dying of radiation poisoning or changing atmospheric conditions or something droll like that...humans suck though, no great loss if we're all gonesville..
Hi Everyone...
You've probably all heard about the end of the Mayan Calendar which occurs on 21st December this year. It was even the subject of a SHIT movie. Anyway... Happily the popular opinion is that it is a spiritual ending and beginning of the age of Aquarius, and the evolution of the human consciousness. I really hope this is the case.
However, MANY believe that it will either BE or be ACCOMPANIED BY a mass disaster of some sort. Years ago it was predicted that might be an electromagnetic burst that would take out all electronic devices, and worryingly the solar activity is rising massively JUST as predicted! Also developing as predicted is a polar reversale where north and south swap over - not as damaging but still a mass event. On top of that are more crazy but frightening predictions, especially the eruption of the volcano in Yellowstone Park - which is LONG overdue to occur and would plunge the GLOBE into darkness, slowly killng almost every living thing through darkness over years. Other things are meteorites (long overdue also for an extinction level meteorite), various extreme weather events, a virus, etc etc.
I've read REAMS and REAMS of material on 2012 and i've been researching it since about 2009 and following it pretty closely. My opinion is that it will be both at once - a new age for humans, but also accompanied by a disaster event to cull our numbers and weed out those who are not spiritually growing and ready for the evolution.
So that means IF we want to survive (and survival probably wont be present) we need to plan for it. So who out there has a plan?
I am also vaguely thinking of starting a group. Looking by way of example at Hurrican Katrina in the states - the event was only part of it. The lack of water, food, and resources in the days and weeks afterwards was even more devastating. It will be SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. The currency will be drinkable water and food, and people will STOP AT NOTHING to get those items.
I have a location in mind to flee to, which i won't divulge as its pretty special - which has unlimited pure drinking water, and guaranteed safety from any events on the surface. I also have a pack at home made up, which contains a book on Australian edible plants, a book on outdoor survival, tools for making fire, a big ass knife, a radio and batteries, food, water, a can opener. Enough to survive with long term.
I'm taking the 21st off work so I can be prepared for anything. I am also co-ordinating with loved ones for the day. But like I said, starting a group that gathers and works together is probably the best way of surviving and being ready for anything.
Does anyone out there in Bluelight land have any interest in this? Opinions? Information? Links to survivalism groups? I'd be surprised if there aren't others around the place thinking in the same way I am. I have a good friend i've emailed tonight and invited who has a rugged 4wd and a gun - two VERY desirable commodities in an apocolyptic event.
Something is happening on the 21st - im convinced - if you look at the accuracy of the mayan calendar - these guys were predicting astrological events to the DAY THOUSANDS of years before they happened. Just crazily accurate. And their stories passed from generation to generation said that it was the END OF DAYS. So it might be that things are gonna get messy. The most technically proficient race in the history of humans is not likely to get this totally wrong.
Lets get prepared. Whos in?
Oh PS if we do this, someone will have to be in charge of stockpiling some good drugs to pass the time.
WarChild