Everybody ready for the "Mayan Apocalypse"?
POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 00:54
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Phoenix- so sorry about the passing of a loved one. Hugs.
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I don't know about anyone else, but I am going to be celebrating my 28th birthday. If celebrations manage to destroy the world, I sincerely apologize
What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.
Well, happy Birthday! (ETD: Whoops, just read further along as saw read about the funeral - sorry) So far, the world is still here.
Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.
"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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My sympathies as well, that's awful, to have your day of celebration turn into one of sorrow.
As I was turning off the TV last night, the documentary "2012: The True Mayan Prophecy" came on (also available in DVD form). It was very educational. It showed actual Mayans--yes, they still exist and are gaining respect and returning to their cultural roots--scientists, and a number of Nobel Peace Laureates like Archbishop Desmond Tutu,the Dalai Lama, and other religious leaders. It focused on 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate and Mayan leader Rigoberta Menchu Tum.
The crux of it, not surprisingly, is that everyone has misunderstood the Mayan "prophecy". It's not the end date; it's twenty years into a forty-year period of upheaval which we will or will not emerge from as a better world, IF we do the right things.
Took some looking, but I found the essence of what I heard from the Mayan leader (also winner of Nobel Peace Prize):Quote:
Yes thing are in a state of chaos on the planet at this time. That is a natural occurence when there is a change of cycles. The shift began in 1992. The Mayans say that there is a 40 year period during which things fall apart and then rebuild into something new. We are in that change period.
Mother earth has been abused, polluted and totally disregarded by modern man. The perception is that the earth is a dead thing that is here for us to subjugate and plunder. That is not true. The old cultures realized that the earth is very much alive and what we do to it, we do to ourselves. We could not exist without her help. Mother Earth is alive and rebelling at how we treat her. That is why we are having all the storms, the floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and more. We need to shift our perspective and start giving back to her instead of just taking from her.More at http://ancientspiritwisdom.com/the-real-2012-mayan-prophecy-brings-no-
danger.html
That particular blog is about many things, and I don't recommend it, it's just the first thing I came across that explained in brief what the actual Mayan prophecy IS.
Everything we see in the world around us pretty much fits with what these leaders had to say. I happen to agree with many of their points, I just don't share their sense of optimism.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:Quote:Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
So I put my red dress on. I'm ready!
Pic ?
If anyone knows how to dress for the end of the world, it's Jessica Rabbit.
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I take it back, I won't be celebrating my birthday so much as going to a funeral. Maybe the world is coming to an end...
What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.
What happened?
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Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:Quote:Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
So I put my red dress on. I'm ready!
Pic ?
If anyone knows how to dress for the end of the world, it's Jessica Rabbit.
*Nods enthusiastically!*
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates
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As someone who was in Mayaland a few days ago I can honestly and with authority say that the only people worried about this were uneducated Americans who don't know anything about the Mayan calendar. All the real Mayans were just hangin out doing what they always do, work, visit, etc. etc. no big thing, just the next step in time.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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A Riona a achara
yes, we made up the end of the world. They said a god was coming down, and that god has an uncanny amount in common with the christian god, which is apparently coincidence, but then never thought the world would end because of it.
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Quote:Funny how religions work like that.
yes, we made up the end of the world
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If the world was going to end I couldn't think of a better time, I was flying home from my two week vacation to parts warm and sunny, where I swam and sang and met people and had a wonderful time, life was good and why not end on a good note? But here I am, back home, back to the rain and reality. I miss the ship, I had a standing gig in Ron's lounge where I would sing a couple of songs at ten each night and I could swim in the ocean at the ports we stopped at. Life was good.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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