Chapter 6: AwakeningAwakening is defined as the beginning of a feeling or awareness in a person. It is an emotional experience, resulting from the need for humans, plants, and animals to connect in a whole, complete, and perfect reality. This year of 2012 has ignited a global awakening of enlightened humans fueled by universal energy, raw love, and ancient knowledge. Every day, more and more people become awakened to the awareness that we have created our reality and will directly create and influence the future of this planet.

A person just being awakened may or may not understand what is taking place. The forces of cosmic energy call to everyone, but the option of choice always remains. The ones who choose to succumb to the energy are guided to resources for further development. It’s not just any resource though, it’s the exact resource that will enhance their awakening experience and speak to their soul. Once the human consciousness accepts the universal call, a process of spiritual awakening begins.

As with any human nature change, it first begins with symptoms. There may be restless nights due to uncontrolled energy being pumped into the mind and filtered through the body. Chakras start opening either first in your heart or right above the top of your head in the crown chakra. All this pure energy begins to activate emotions and this is when the ride begins.

Emotions, old and new, are arisen to nurture the unison of your higher self and your physical self. This phenomenon affects every aspect of one’s reality by activating human glands and DNA structure. Through dreams, awakened ones learn how to empower the connections of spirit, often through astral projecting or lucid dreams. Upon arising in the morning, awakened ones are attuned within the collective consciousness.

Symptoms enable us to start the process of molding our realities. Instant job changes, withdrawals of family or friends, new levels of communications, and most important, the untamed desire to seek others experiencing similar changes. The year of 2012 brought with it the dawn of a new age: The Golden Age, The Fifth Age, The Age of Aquarius, The New World Age, The Sixth Sun, and The Cosmic Era. 2012 is a point of singularity: one heart, one mind, and one spirit.

The trilogy of one includes the call, the plan, and the prophecy. The “call” is to awaken the heart and become selfless in everything we do. No words or actions are initiated without first determining whether the effect is for the greater good of humanity. The “plan” is to bring balance to the earth. Our current state of existence teeters on a thin line of catastrophe. The reality we have created is based on greed resulting in an unsustainable future. The “prophecy,” as defined by Mitakuye Oyasin, the Lakota prayer that means, “everything is connected,” is:

“The prophecy brings the message, awakening as one exists for the sole purpose of inspiring and encouraging humanity to make the intelligent choice to unite and live for the peace and harmony of all, rather than for the material gain of the self. Awakening as one commits the total sum of its available resources and creativity into the furtherance of the immediate divine objective for humanity and planet earth; which includes 1) uniting those who hold a vision for a more harmonious existence, 2) combining our diverse, yet complimentary skills, so that we may free ourselves from our dependency on our current self-destructive system, and thereby 3) begin the co-creation of a new harmonious way of being, with each other… and the Earth.”

Further reference of global awakening is mentioned in the Bible, Revelation 7:9, “There before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the lamb.”

This powerful cleansing energy is one given to all of humanity to empower love; Love for ourselves, love for mother Earth, inexperienced and unknown love, and the most powerful love given to us by the creators. 2012 is the rebirth and resurrection of intuition through the Great Spirit that will call to each and every person on the planet. Have you answered yet?

Popular Culture of 2012

Popular Culture of 2012

February 4, 2012

Christy Warner

            Through this journey of writing about, “The Mysteries of 2012 and Their Affects on Today’s Society”, the theories that relate best to popular culture are the myths of the Five Suns, the Singularity Theory, the Mayan prophecies, and eschatology.  The latter, eschatology, is the most interesting find within these analyses.  Popular culture is and has been creating eschatology throughout history.  The History Channel’s slogan is, “History is made everyday”.  It is important to remember that society is today, making history.  The coming of December 21, 2012, and the ending of the Mayan calendar will be a monumental shift in history.    

            In this final presentation, the most important ideas to go away with are the facts that have played relevant roles in popular culture since the first ancient writings have been discovered.  There are five ages of the universe: 1) The Primordial Era, 2) The Stelliferous Era, 3) The Degenerate Era, 4) The Black Hole Era, and 5) The Dark Era (The University of Michigan, 2001).  There are five ages or races of humanity defined by Hesiod (Greek poet) and linked with archaeology, they are 1) the golden race, 2) the silver race, 3) bronze race, 4) the heroic race, and 5) the iron race (Griffiths, 1956).

            The magic number is five or a new world.  All eras, ages, and races have ended while another one has begun.  The Mayan’s calendar, Native Americans, and ancient prophecies include five worlds or ages, and they are the ages of the Sun (Jaramillo, 2007).  The first age is the “Red Age of the Sun and Initiation”.  The second age is the “White Age of the Sun and Refinement”.  The third age is the “Black Age of the Sun and Transformation”.  The fourth age is the “Yellow Age of the Sun and Completion”.  December 21, 2012, is the end of the Fourth World and the beginning of the age of “Great Purification”. 

            Dr. Richard Boylan, Ph.D, states it best in his article, “Transition from the Fourth to Fifth World: The “Thunder Beings Return””,

            "That Fourth World is this present world we live in. The survivors spread across the broad lands, and gradually began building up the high civilizations which surround us today. Since this Fourth World is the one we have grown up in, we are aware of the behaviors of  those in it. It can accurately be said that, after an initial time of fidelity to the path of wise consciousness, many have fallen into a low level of consciousness. In fact, it can honestly be stated that many people of this Fourth World have fallen into the fatal flaws of the three previous Worlds: forgetting the Oneness of all creation, sinking into greed and materialism, and engaging in promiscuity and aerial mass warfare. But we have added an additional serious element: mass destruction of Earth and its ecological systems. Thus, the Fourth World’s fatal flaws are: all of the previous Worlds’ ones, plus ecocide, the killing of one’s own environment". 

Dr. Boylan continues to state,

            "During this transition more than ever before, each of us is being called to serve the Great   Spirit, that Center of Consciousness from which everything derives its being. Each of us         has an important role during this Great Purification. We need to help find ways for nations, races and tribes to put aside differences, and join together for the good of     everyone. We need to help plant and animal species survive. We have to bring to an end    the pollution of Earth, and return to our proper role as caretakers of Earth’s ecosystems. We need to lay aside the "success" lifestyle of greed and materialism, and learn to adopt a     lifestyle of "just enough" and "good enough". We need to move away from the twin follies of promiscuity and puritanism, and learn to reverence sex as the delightful yet sacred activity of appropriately joining opposites to create a higher truth. And we need to lay aside the weapons of war, and operate with that compassion, understanding and economic justice which make for peace". 

         Popular culture is changing through metaphysics and uniting.  The meek and humble are becoming the heroes.  The larger the calling of the “Great Spirit”, the greater chance for a change in humanity today.  The shift of third dimensional consciousness is already taking place and “shifters” or “bloomers” are arising with knowledge of the fourth & fifth dimensions.  Popular culture is not about fads or trends fed to society by public media; it is about the similarities we share with ancient civilizations and the popular culture, which has been lost, being rebirthed. 

References

Dr. Boylan, R. Ph.D. (1998). Transition from the Fourth to Fifth World: The “Thunder Beings Return. Mayan Majix. Retrieved on February 4, 2012, from,

            http://www.mayanmajix.com/art471.html

Griffiths, G. (1956). Archaeology and Hesiod’s Five Ages. Jstor. Retrieved on February 4, 2012, from,

            http://www.jstor.org/pss/2707688

Jaramillo, J. Dr. (2007). The Mayan calendar and the four ages or periods. 2012 Rising. Retrieved on February 4, 2012, from, http://2012rising.com/article/the-mayan-calendar-and-the-four-ages-or-periods-of-the-sun

University of Michigan. (2001). Five ages of the universe.  Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved on February 4, 2012, from, http://www.fathom.com/course/10701055/index.html

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Formulas for the Affect of 2012

                                                                 Formulas, Assignment 

February 4, 2012

Christy Warner

            The concept of formulas as it relates to this thesis, “The Mysteries of 2012 and its Effects on Today’s Culture”, is reliant upon history’s formula of eschatology.  The formula of humanity has long been tied to specific events believed to be the destiny of all humanity, or the ultimate end.  This end to humanity is communicated through religion as a future event foreseen in sacred texts and mythology.  As history is divided into “ages”, the Mayans and many other ancient cultures has prophesied our current age, 2012, as the end of one way of living, thinking, and being and the start of a new age of consciousness.

            Eschatology, as defined by most dictionaries, is “The science of last things, then, or the science of the ultimate analysis”.  “Whereas all other sciences: chemistry, physics, music, astronomy, physiology, and others are sciences of effect and deal with the relationships existing between and among those effects, Eschatology is the science of cause and deals exclusively in terms of cause” (Walter, 2012).  Therefore, the ending of 2012 is the end of an age, an era, or the world, as we know it.  Due to the misrepresentation of historical documents throughout time by religious organizations and interpreters, many in today’s society understand eschatology only as a cataclysmic end.  This narrow-minded process has led to a fear based society and public media enhancing this fear through films such as, 2012 and 2012: Doomsday.

            In a comparison of eschatology done by Contender Ministries on Muslim, Jewish, and Christian end-times prophecies, the following formulas are present in each religion:  1) resurrection of the body, 2) destruction of the present world, 3) signs preceding judgment day, 4) all physical people will experience physical death, and 5) hell as eternal punishment (Rast, 2012).  While these ancient religious text offer similarities, there are also differences.  One main difference is the “nature of God as judge”.  Islam believes the nature of God as judge as, “Allah is arbitrary.  Some are born to knowledge while others are not.  Sura 35:8, “Verily God misleadeth whom He will, and guideth whom He will.”” (Rast, 2012).  Judaism says, “YHWH is a just God.  Genesis 18:25-26, “Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike.  Far be it from you!  Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?  The Lord said, If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”” (Rast, 2012).  Christianity states, Romans 3:26, “God is just God”, II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.  He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” (Rast, 2012).  Through the differences, it is also apparent that “God is just a God”.

            The formulas presented in religious texts have helped shaped the formulas for humanity and the ongoing eschatology that the world will end as we know it.  In a philosophy class at Berkeley, Kant writes this in regards to The Formula of Humanity,

            Consider the following list of candidates for ends-in-themselves: persons, things that we   will as ends because we are inclined for them, and other things.  Things that we will as ends because we are inclined for them are (normative) ends only conditionally.  For one            thing, our willing them because we are inclined for them is necessary to make them       ends. Moreover our willing them because we are inclined for them is not even sufficient        to make them ends, since our achieving them is only good if we do so compatibly with a   good will. Other things are at most means. The only thing that is an end unconditionally         is a good will. Rationality is (a capacity for?) a good will. If X is an unconditional end,     then there is a categorical imperative to treat X as an end. Therefore, there is a        categorical imperative to treat rationality as an end (Kant, 2007).

With the most recent studies of the future and transhumanism, scientists and ancient texts believe that the 21^st century will bring a course of change in human history.  In agreement with Kant, many of these conclusions can be categorized as rational.  It is the Sun’s life cycle that is affecting our solar system ultimately leading to the disappearance of life on earth.  Religious eschatology is known as the first strand of eschatology, and science is known as the second strand of rationalist based eschatology. 

            Like a circle and a cycle, “there is no beginning and no end”.  Humanity is formulated into progressive revelations and continued knowledge of existence.  The ultimate end is the answer to the question, “Why do we exist?”  The answer may be as simple as you desire or as difficult as you desire.  We know we do not exist for popular culture, big houses, new cars, country clubs, and other self-indulgences.  We exist to discover our higher potentials of consciousness and the greater good of humanity. 

                                                                                                                           

References

Rast, J. (2012). Muslim, Jewish, and Christian end-times prophecy comparison.  Contender Ministries. Retrieved on February 4, 2012, from http://contenderministries.org/prophecy/eschatology.php

Kant,. (2007). The  formula of humanity.  Berkeley.  Retrieved on February 4, 2012, from http://sophos.berkeley.edu/kolodny/S07Phil104H08(Kant).pdf

Walter, W. (2012). Science of Eschatology. The Walter Method. Retrieved on February 2, 2012, from http://www.eschatology-wwwalter.org/index.html

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Analysis of The Antichrist as Anti-Monomyth...

                                                                      Article Analysis

January 31, 2012

Christy Warner

            This article analyzes Joseph Campbell’s theory of monomyth in relation to the Antichrist.  A monomyth is the journey a hero takes to ascension.  During the 1970s, the Antichrist’s role was heroic since he was a reflection of the American government and society, and not portrayed in the traditional religious role.  The Antichrist does not follow monomyth stages and is therefore anti-monomyth.  Neil Gerlach provides numerous examples to support his theory. 

            A hero’s path is one of following the heart, battling conflicting forces, loneliness, and ultimately victory with power to bestow freedom upon others.  The Antichrist is an inversion of the American hero or the dark underbelly of society.  His characteristics include being self-regulated, answering to no one but his own consciousness, and driving fear.  The Antichrist is a product of American wealth and power.  He moves within the democratic structures and capitalist society. 

            In the late 1960s, society was detached from government, people were entrepreneurs of the self and motivated by egoism.  The sense of community and wider responsibility was lost.  Most of society used the greater good as a resource to further their own personal goals.  Thus, the symbolism of the Antichrist began to arise in popular films such as The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Exorcist.  Arising in different uses and variances of tone and meaning, the Antichrist sends a message to society…evil comes from within. 

            The Antichrist continues to challenge popular culture and American myths, because our society cannot seem to figure out a way to prevent periods of material and ideological crises.  “The 1970s formed a crucial decade for the shape of American culture and society, punctuated by a series of crises that had a profound impact on the social and political landscape of the nation, disrupting central myths in a way that earlier crises had not” (Gerlach, 2011).  The social contexts of films involving the Antichrist reflect this period of cultural crisis.  As history repeats itself, this theme occurred again beginning in the year 1999.

            The remake of The Omen occurred on June 6, 2006: 666 (Gerlach, 2011).  This era of the film attempted to capitalize on the century millennialism.  Many films during this period reflect apocalyptic imagery of cataclysms and Antichrist themes.  In the original film of The Omen, images involved the birth of the Antichrist; during the remake, opening scenes involved apocalyptic images of explosions, natural disasters, war, and death.  Each film emphasized the period of time where a typical hero was not present. 

            During each of the eras where there is a rise in apocalyptic films, there also lies an epistemological shift.  In agreement with the article’s points, “taken-for-granted complacencies by which we perceive our physical reality and maintain social order become groundless, and characters come to understand that the dominant beliefs of modernity are false” (Gerlach, 2011).  Due to perceived historical, biblical, astrological, and apocalyptical events, society begins to sense the progress and nature of power in American society as disparities.  Gerlach continues to state, “The rational becomes irrational, the powerless become powerful, the innocent become evil, and the past becomes the present.  These inversions hold society up to a different light, allowing us to question our own assumptions about progress and the nature of the power in modern American society”.

            Horror films supply feelings of helplessness and anxiety.  Thus representing and expressing fears about our own nature.  This is important to know and understand.  Today, in the year 2012, humanity is attempting to claim control of our historical destiny.  Zachary Karabell describes this year as,

            Drawing on traditional religious theology, New Age Teachings, psychology, therapeutic    techniques, medical research, and communitarian philosophies, the seventh stage will    create a new framework for the culture. Instead of the language of the market, the seventh    stage will resound with the language of spirituality. Instead of valuing profit and       commercial transactions, the seventh stage will stress contentment and relationships.             Instead of technology, the seventh stage will be marked by techgnosis, the realm where    science blurs and spirituality blooms, and where computers begin to approximate        consciousness (Chapman, 2004).

So yet again, history repeats itself.  And, yet again, the same theme of 2012 reappears.  This apocalyptic theme is not destruction but redemption through spiritual enlightenment and knowledge of ancient civilizations. 

            The Antichrist is the representation of a fulfilling prophecy with the redemption of society.  However, redemption comes in the form of a selfless superhero, a redeemer.  At no point does humanity choose to redeem itself on its own.  Now, in 2012, society is awakening to the lost realization of one’s higher self.  This means that everyone can follow the monomyth path, unless one chooses greed, materials, or egotism.  If one chooses the latter, he is “completely self-regulated, answering to no one but his own conscience, of which he has none” (Gerlach, 2011).  Therefore, by exercising free will, humans can and have become antichrists.       

References

Chapman, R. (2004). Hyperlinks and hyperprotestantism: the internet as a postmodern epistemological shift. Lincoln Trail College. Retrieved on January 31, 2012, from, http://www10.cs.rose-hulman.edu/Papers/Chapman.pdf

GERLACH, N. (2011). The Antichrist as Anti-Monomyth: The Omen Films as Social Critique. Journal Of Popular Culture, 44(5), 1027-1046. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00886.x

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Heroes of 2012

Heroes of 2012

January 27, 2012

Christy Warner

            A trending heroic trait is one of self-sacrifice.  Religions have done a superb job of immortalizing their heroes throughout millenniums.  The most renowned hero is the Christian savior, Jesus Christ.  He is also known in cosmic religions as the master of Arcturians and ruler of Arcturus, they call him Sananda (Abel, 2005).  The Mayans immortalized their heroes through human sacrifice and the implementation of the spirit being becoming a cosmic star after death.  It is well known that in ancient times the heroes were gods.

            During the March equinox, every year, people from all over the world attend a cosmic ceremony and ritual in Central America at Chinchen Itza.  This cosmic event was built by the Mayan people for their god Kulkulcan, who is also identified under different names in Atlantis, Egypt, Sumer, Aztec, and other Mesoamerican civilizations (Crystallinks, 2012).  It is said that Kulkulcan sacrificed himself, spent eight days in the underworld, and remerged as the star Venus.  Kulkulcan promised to return during the Venus transit which began in June, 2004 and again in June, 2012 (Gardiner, 2009).

            Many people in society do not realize that all ancient heroes or gods represent both good and evil forces in one entity.  All ancient heroes and gods are in unison with heaven and hell or the underworld.  “Kulkulcan was a culture hero who taught the Toltecs, and later the Maya, the arts of civilization, including codes of law, agriculture, fishing, and medicine” (Crystallinks, 2012).  As with the cult of celebrity, Mesoamerican priests and kings often took the name associated with Kulkulcan.  Great monuments, cities, and timeless knowledge has been built and created in the name of heroic gods. 

            In the Popol Vuh, the Mayan equivalent of the Holy Bible, it is written in hieroglyphs that the sun king and the womb of mother (the Milky Way) will come together creating a new Earth and restore all the conscious knowledge of the deities (Gardiner, 2009).  Science has proven that the sun will be passing through a section of the Milky Way known as the Dark Rift.  The Mayas knew this thousands of years before our society could prove.  The Mayans believe this will occur on December 21, 2012 AD, bring a new Earth and a new civilization.        

            There is no doubt that the Maya are creating a cult of celebrity this year.  The similarities in many different religions are being discovered linking us to previously astrological knowledge lost throughout history.  Today we know we are not the center of the universe.  We are part of a solar system, which is part of a galaxy, which is part of endless space.  Yet amazingly, we live in the cosmic center or womb of the mother, a laboratory for new life.  However, we are missing something very important…a hero.

            The Mayans proved the beginning of our world was 404 BC.  Will they prove the end of our world is December 21, 2012?  The Mayan state, a new vision quest is required to end the fifth sun and enter a sixth sun.  During the last 5000 years, civilizations have been born and civilizations have died.  To transcend into the next new age consciousness of our civilization, we all need to be heroes.  We must all develop the essential qualities of heroic gods and the qualities of the celebrity heroes played out in movie roles.  Alternatively, a hero of supernatural power may descend from the heavens and sacrifice their-self for our future development.   

This image is of Kulkulcan.  The center spiral is the Milky Way.

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References

Abel, D. (2005). The message of the stargates. Maya Mystery School. Retrieved on January 27, 2012, from, http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/stargate/stargate04.htm

Crystallinks. (2012). Mayan gods and goddesses.  Retrieved on January 27, 2012, from http://www.crystalinks.com/mayangods.html

Gardiner, P. (2009). 2012: Mayan Prophecy. Film retrieved on January 27, 2012, from Netflix or http://www.alluc.org/documentaries/watch-2012-Mayan-Prophecy-and-the-Shift-of-the-Ages-2009-online/170741.html

2012 Rituals and Stereotypes

January 19, 2012

Christy Warner

                                                             2012 Rituals and Stereotypes       
           Several classifications of rituals exist.  Rituals are handed down from previous generations and developed in every new society.  A stereotypical sequence of events involving objects, people, words, and gestures result in a ritual.  Religions practice rituals to bring about blessings from gods.  Sports fans practice rituals for their teams to win.  Families practice rituals by eating dinner together every night.  Since specific rituals are not practiced or approved by everyone around the globe, group ritualistic practices are always stereotyped.

            With the ominous year of 2012 upon us, rituals are beginning to form in societies around the globe.  One ancient ritual is the Mayan Crystal Skull Ceremony.  It is believed there are 13 clear quartz crystal skull artifacts dating back to before pre-Mesoamerican centuries or 5000 to 35000 year old (Finney, 2012).  The crystal skulls have been proven to be created of a complicated system of prisms, lenses, and channels which create optical effects.  In 1964, research completed by the company Hewlett-Packard discovered the most famous skull found had been made long before the first civilizations appeared and in addition was so perfect in structure it contradicted the law of physics (Finney, 2012). 

            Every 1000 years, the Mayans are believed to honor a ritualistic ceremony involving a ‘grandmother’, one man and one woman who will become shaman, elders, and a secret cave.  The goal of this ritual is to release the knowledge implanted into the 13 crystal skulls from one millennium to the next.  It is stated by Drunvalo Melchizedek, the creator of defining the human body of light in mathematical and geometrical terms, that the owner of the crystal skulls and the grandmother would concoct special herbs, psychedelic plants and mushrooms which will enable the practitioners to enter the crystal skulls through their spirit bodies (Melchizedek, 2011).  By completing this ceremony, the ones chosen since birth will remember all the knowledge that has been lost. 

            The crystal skulls are said to be one of archaeology’s most compelling mysteries.  As with any mystery presented in our time, the media must stereotype it.  Set in the year 1957, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, journeys to Peru to locate a Mayan crystal skull (IMD, 2012).  The only truth revealed in this Indiana Jones odyssey is that most of the crystal skulls were found in Central America.  What is truth is that quartz crystal is used to power all our modern technology.  Therefore, if ancient civilizations were technical, they would create a computer out of quartz crystal and form it in the shape of a human skull to represent consciousness, knowledge, wisdom, and thought. 

            As with any ritual and stereotype, the dangers include dependency, obsession, and fear of the unknown.  There are specific groups who worship the crystal skulls and rely on them for healing and wisdom.  There are archeologists obsessed with finding the crystal skulls.  Museums cherish the crystal skulls and are dependent on the visitors that come daily to see them.  Then there are the spiritualists and shamans who believe something unbelievable will happen when all 13 skulls are brought together.  

References

Finney, D. (2012). Mayan crystal skull ceremony.  Retrieved on January 11, 2012, from

http://www.greatdreams.com/mayan/Mayan_crystal_skulls.htm

Internet Movie Database. (2012). Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. Retrieved on January 17, 2012 from,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/plotsummary

Melchizedek, D. (2012). School of remembering.  Retrieved on January 17, 2012, from

http://www.drunvalo.net/letter.html

                                                                          Resources
Mystery of the 13 Crystal Skulls, Movie created by the Sci-Fi Channel presented on Youtube
Archaeology and the Crystal Skulls
Teotiwakan
World Mysteries

The Mysteries of 2012 and Their Affects on Today’s Culture

            There is one main common theory circulating around the globe regarding this new year of 2012.  The myth is that the world will end on Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012, when the Mayan calendar ends.  The more scientists, religious leaders, and theorists study the phenomenon of 2012, the more theories begin to become apparent.  Here is what we know as fact; the Mayan people vanished without a trace, the Mayan calendar is ending its 13 Baktun period (the last year of a 5000 year cycle), and through films, literatures, spiritual ceremonies, history, and science, no one can or will be able to foretell what exactly will occur on 12/21/12.

            The curiosity about the end of the world has been pasted on to our generation by old world order.  “Five thousand years ago, ancient scriptures recorded that all of creation was done and complete, and that anything that could possibly be created already exists.  Now, five thousand years later, quantum physics has confirmed that every single possibility of anything and everything actually exists now (Byrne, 2010).  All many different theories exist; I am going to present three.  The first is the end of the Mayan calendar, the second is the Aztec legend of the Five Suns, and the third is Novelty Theory.  Each theory presents a similar yet different view of what will take place in 12 months. 

            The Aztec’s were not the only culture to believe in the Five Suns.  A summary of Aztec myths regarding the Five Suns is that every 52 years the sun begins to die and in order to save the world a god must sacrifice themselves (Freeman, 2009).  When sacrifice occurs, the world is destroyed and the process begins again.  Currently, the world is now in the Fifth Sun ending on 12/21/12 by the movement of the sun causing a massive earthquake.  The last theory presented is followed by millions of people around the world.  The mathematical novelty theory predicts a point of singularity in which humankind will go through a great shift in consciousness (Stopa, 2007).      

            The main point and insight of all these theories or myths is symbolism not actuality.  The world is not going to physically end.  Each theory, legend, and myth is in fact a change of consciousness.  If you believe in the Mayan’s and their calendar, you will have followed their traditions and what you believe will come to pass.  If you choose the Legend of the Five Suns and you devote your spiritual life to the Aztec’s wisdom, what you believe will come to pass.  If you meditate and surround yourself within higher consciousness, you will transcend and what you believe will come to pass.  If you are a Christian and you believe in the Book of Revelations, then what you believe will come to pass.  This may sound a bit simplest to you, but we are only a spec in the universe; how can we be complex? 

            A majority of popular culture knows little about the many different theories surrounding this ominous year.  Yet, even fewer of mainstream society understand the vastness of the universe.  Ancient civilizations depended on the universe to provide all their needs.  Werner Heisenberg, a Nobel Prize Quantum Physicist says, “Atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts (Byrne, 2010).  Therefore, because the universe is unlimited and bountiful, on December 21, 2012, the universe as we know will split into many different universes depending on the manifestations of thoughts and feelings being emitted.  What universe will you end up in?  What does your future look like in 2013?

References

Byrne, R. (2010). The power. Making Good, LLC. (pg. 71). Atria Books, USA.

Freeman, R. (2009). Mytholody: Legend of the five suns.  Helium. Retrieved on December 30, 2011, from, http://www.helium.com/items/1494290-aztec-legend-of-the-five-suns

Stopa, M. (2007). Apocalyptic beliefs about 2012. Flexray.  Retrieved on December 30, 2011, from, http://www.flexray.org/node/545