| With all the doomsday fears, are there any good | | | | fold. |
| Mayan Predictions for 2012? Did the ancient Mayans | | | | The problem is that every time this deadline passes, |
| know something that we don't and is the world going | | | | their followers believe in them even less. It is very |
| to come to an end? | | | | similar to the boy who cried wolf stories you were |
| Well there really are no simple answers. It is true that | | | | told as a child. |
| the Mayan calendar will end on 12/12/2012, and it | | | | Does mean there are no good Mayan predictions for |
| predicts that there may be a global catastrophe then, | | | | 2012? One of the things you can take away from |
| but what it is and how bad it may be just isn't there. | | | | these predictions is that there will indeed be some |
| Sure there is going to be a celestial alignment, but | | | | kinds of changes occurring, and that their calendar will |
| how many of these have we had since the beginning | | | | come to end. |
| of human kind and earlier? | | | | However, if you believe in life as a cycle, then you |
| Planetary changes are going to happen, whether you | | | | shouldn't be that alarmed, there is no end because it |
| go by the Mayan Calendar or not. They are | | | | is just a start of a new beginning cycle. It is just like |
| supposed to do this every 60,000 years or so, and | | | | the yearly calendar, and ancient beliefs of the Celtic |
| we haven't seen one since end of the last ice age, | | | | Druids. |
| more than twice that. | | | | There can't be a beginning of something without the |
| We are already seeing some of these changes, with | | | | end of something else. We have winter to kill off all |
| the increasing number of earthquakes in places where | | | | the seasonal plants, but it is a new beginning, so that |
| you wouldn't think, more volcanoes erupting, and | | | | when it gets warmer, new plants can grow in their |
| other signs of climate change. | | | | place. |
| While there may not be any specifically good Mayan | | | | What does all of these predictions mean for you and |
| predictions for 2012, does that mean we should be | | | | me and the average person? Should we start |
| preparing for the end of the world? | | | | stocking up on food and water, hide in the hills or |
| No, it doesn't. Sure there is a lot of hype out there | | | | some underground bunker just before December of |
| about all the different worse case scenarios that | | | | 2012? |
| could happen, but many of these were also predicted | | | | No, let those people who are freaking out about it do |
| for the new millennium as well. | | | | so on their own. The thing is that if you really are |
| Sometimes it makes one think that a lot of these are | | | | that worried about it, what can you do? |
| spurred on by Christian belief systems. It does seem | | | | Not much. So instead of freaking out, do something |
| like every time the Church feels that their followers | | | | you should be doing anyway. Be closer to the ones |
| are dwindling that they come up with some new time | | | | you love, and not take them for granted. Make them |
| line for Armageddon, to help bring people back to the | | | | a priority, rather than work. |