After we successfully survived the beginning of the new millennium without any incident, the most promoted and anticipated event in 2012 is the end of the world. The new apocalypse date is 21.12.2012 which coincidentally coincides with the end of the ancient Mayan calendar which abruptly comes to an end on the above mentioned date after completing its span of 5000 years. But it’s not just the end of Mayan Calendar that points towards to this date’s significance; it is also believed that this date also coincides with a galactic alignment in which the sun will align with the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Some predict that this movement could have catastrophic consequences as this rare event occurs every 26,000 years.
Other than the Mayan Calendar and the colossal alignment of the sun with the center of the Milky Way further evidence which leads to the 2012 catastrophe comes from a book that was released in 2900 B.C. called I Ching (or the Book of Change). This book contains hexagrams and calculations which were refined by Terrance McKenna and were converted into a graph. This graph has been fairly precise in foreseeing changes in the world. Much like the Mayan calendar this graph also ends at 2012 with no explanation. Another source that points towards the impending doom in 2012 is the Web Bot. It is a software that has been designed to calculate potential changes in the world. The software was basically developed to help in predicting the fluctuation of the stock market. It has predicted certain past events such as 9/11 with a degree of accuracy and now it forecasts a worldwide disaster in 2012.
The print as well as the electronic media is playing a significant role to hype up this date. Several books have been written on this topic for the past several months and new books keep arriving at local bookstores which are being read with great interest. Journalist Lawrence Joseph predicts a widespread catastrophe in “Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization’s End” whereas Spiritual healer Andrew Smith forecasts a restoration of a “true balance between the Divine Feminine and Masculine” in “The Revolution of 2012: Vol. 1 The Preparation”. Channels like History Channel feature several programs on the significance of the relativity of 21.12.2012. but television is not the only resource that is focusing on this much talked about topic Hollywood is helping in building up the excitement regarding this date as well, movies are being made on different story lines some which support the date while others that claim it to be nothing but fiction. New sites are being put up every day to warn people about this unfortunate ending to the world.
Although all these sources are talking about the issue but in general there is difference of opinion that is to be found on what exactly happens on December 2012. Some think that this day will lead to the destruction of planet Earth thus bringing an end to the human race while others believe that we are to experience an unmatched spiritual awakening. Some predict a global financial meltdown while to others an asteroid will be main reason for the dooms day. Some tend to believe that there will be a shift in the Earth’s pole that would lead to disastrous environment events.
Every source that leads to the foreseeable doomsday there is an argument to the contrary. The Mayan calendar that is considered as the root cause of the whole doomsday theory was given up by the Mayans themselves hundred years ago and they use the modern calendars now. In fact, the Mayan calendar is not used by anyone these days and is considered irrelevant, and therefore there is no factual connection between the end of world and the calendar. On the other hand, the sun does not approach the center of Milky Way to closer than 5 degrees and that also doesn’t happen on 21.12.2012 but on 18th December and not just in 2012 but every year. The Web Bot has been accredited for predicting the 9/11 incident but what people leave out is that the Bot forecasted other major events and disasters as well which never happened.
Like every debate and every theory in the world, the dooms day theory too has some believers and some non believers who have their own arguments. The non believers consider the stories, science and prophecies are fiction and are being created to advertise the books, merchandise and television shows, a way to bag money from innocent people, to them this is nothing but a way to play with people’s fear. Whereas the believers are focusing more on these theories and try to cling on to every piece of information they can find regarding the doomsday, they are to get survival gears that would help them live to tell the tale of this apocalypse in 2012. So eventually it all gathers around a person’s belief so it’s for us to decide whether we want to see ourselves doomed or want to survive. End of the day the only person who can resolve the doomsday theory 2012 riddle is no one but us.
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