This
is a piece I wrote in "thephilosopherschair" some time ago, and I
thought it might interest my new readers, as the topic comes up often
among followers of such themes, so here are my thoughts on the subject.
By Donald Swarbrick.
July-24-09.
I
would like to start by reminding you, that these are my theories, and
would like you to consider them before being sent into a panic by the
other theorists who think that the world will end on 21 or 23 of
December 2012 by taking their assumptions from one of the Mayan
calendars.
Lets look at a couple of the causes that are
supposedly going to end the world or put it into such an upheaval that
it will make our very existence dubious. Things that have been thrown
into the mix are "solar bursts" which the world experiences all the time
(the
Aurora borealis
and the aurora australis being an example of this) which the earth
defends its self against by deflecting the rays around the surface
keeping them safely above our atmosphere, and regardless of their
strength the earth's
gravity
will continue to deflect them as they are unlikely to become strong
enough to counteract our gravitational field, as the bursts are only
clouds of charged particles, and not an actual furnace charging towards
the earth. We have to remember that there are planets nearer to the sun
that get the same sun bursts as we do, and come to no harm although
they get a stronger surge than us, and the bursts continue to the outer
planets too, with no damaging results.
The earth has encountered
strong solar bursts before and survived, the only difference this time
is the fact that we have satellites up in the area that the bursts are
being deflected through, and given the uses we have for these satellites
it will cause a lot of disruption to the way of life we have become
accustomed to, but once they are past we will be able to put things back
the way they were although it may take some time. So if that is a
portrayal of doomsday to you, then just be patient as everything will
return to normal, or as they say "normal service will be resumed as soon
as possible."
Geomagnetic reversal,
or polar shift is another expectation by some in the dreaded 2012 but
as it takes 5,000 years for this to complete once the cycle has begun,
and if we only had till 21 or 23 of December 2012 for its completion
then we would be much nearer to the end of the cycle with more distinct
signs, other than global warming, or volcanic and geological movement
to convince us. Earth has gone through many changes and the signs that
the doom merchants are using to convince us that earth's end is near are
only natural occurrences that the world has to endure through it's
lifespan, but will not dictate its demise.
The Mayans were very knowledgeable people both in
astronomy
and mathematics 2,000 years BC so you have to ask, where that knowledge
came from, and why are the few descendants that are left, not as
clever, or, why did they not carry on from where their ancestors left
off giving us more to work on other than the records they left behind?
I
wrote a piece in "unfeatheredangels" on the subject of some of these
intelligent races, all from a similar time zone and area where each of
their cultures were only slightly different although they were not
connected to each other, and made the suggestion that they could have
gained their knowledge of the stars by traveling here from a planet that
had become endangered, and were brought here by the same spacecraft
described in "The Old Testament" by Ezekiel. This may sound outrageous
to you but when you consider the knowledge they had then, compared to
the knowledge the supposed learned people of today have, and why that
knowledge was not passed down and elaborated on by their following
generations, it becomes a more logical theory.
When you study
their rituals and beliefs, which don't always come from myths or
legends, you can, if you study the beliefs,and look at them with an open
mind, begin to see where my theories take some logic. Take one, for
instance, the "Zapotee" (another race from around the same time zone and
area as the Mayans) who think they come from an elite race among the
clouds, so if they WERE brought here from another planet, that is where
their belief would have originated, and not from myths or legend as we
have been led to believe. It has been thought that most of these races
I am speaking about suddenly appeared on earth,and their ancestry has
been nigh impossible to trace, so that is all the more reason not to
discount my theory.
The Mayans had two calendars, one called
Mesoamerican long calender, the other being the Venus cycle, and they
took calculations from the stars for many different reasons that I am
not going into now ( look up the Mayans on the Internet for all the
facts you need) so why has the public been frightened by one of them
just because it happens to last for 5,125 years and expires in December
2012. They only used it for a certain purpose and whatever purpose that
was, was not needed after 2012, not because the world was going to end
but because the astronomical reason they were using it would have become
outdated as the stars alignments altered. They never predicted the end
of the world although they were knowledgeable enough to do so, if it was
possible at all, and would have made it more clear than a date on some
calendar they were going to discard in 2012 had they survived in the
strength and knowledge of their origin, and not have mysteriously faded
into oblivion, taking their exceptional knowledge with them.
The
Mayans, and the other races in and around that time knew more than they
should, and one reason that cannot be discounted is the fact that they
could have gained their knowledge first hand from the space travellers
who brought them here, the same people the bible is referring to. Their
calendars could have been brought from their own planet as they do not
fit with earth's cycles, and the calculations taken from there, while
the long count calendar that all the fuss is about, having nothing
whatsoever to do with earth.
If the person who started all the
fuss had explained to the gullible people more of the culture and
rituals of the Mayans, then there would be more understanding of such an
intelligent race, and less ridiculous theories on a prediction they
never made or suggested.
Thankfully we have the Internet to fall
back on now, so if you want to put your mind at ease on the 2012
subject, then I suggest you go and study the Mayans and make your own
mind up instead of listening to other peoples theories, mine included.
Some
of you will never be convinced that 2012 is not going to bring disaster
to the earth, but I will be under the clock with a red rose in my
lapel, to meet any of you who care to turn up on the 25Th of December
2012 to prove I was right. What clock? I will disclose that on the
24Th but remember to buy my Christmas present. A bottle of Bacardi would
be fine to bring in the new year of 2013................?
Now then, 13 unlucky for some. I wonder??????
