The intent is to present the following as opinon/conjecture only.... hopefully for thoughtful consideration/verification.
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To avoid becoming foolish, we seek the right questions and avoid the wrong questions. Indulging red herrings is foolishness when there is something larger at stake. Considering "2012" the end of the world-- and engaging in that debate-- is perhaps ridiculous. Unless we broaden the scope of what "the end of the world" could conceivably mean. The Mayans may have been HEIR to a sophisticated and most complex calendar. Even they may not have entirely understood all the intonations inherent in that system of time keeping. But one thing is certain, "2012" was a symbol for them and it is surely a symbol for us.
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What is "2012" a symbol of-- if not a symbol for time and a dramatic change in the way time is kept and viewed? And, of course, our cognition of space-time. What space-time means to us in terms of consciousness: (For me) this is the real, albeit generalized, significance of the symbol and metaphor "2012".
While engaging in scant research on "2012", it becomes obvious-- at least upon cursory investigation-- that much disinformation abounds. People question the significance of the event precisely because nearly everyone who isn't asleep at the wheel senses something significant is about to occur, OR is in process of occuring. After little research, it becomes apparent that The Precise Event we are expecting has perhaps already occurred. It also becomes apparent that this event is not really to be pinned down in space-time because the way we view and measure TIME is the very crux of the issue and meaning of The Event.
So what has been foretold and what does it mean?
Virtually everyone owes it to him or herself to ponder this question carefully. [as opposed to lightly dismissing "The Event" as so much stinky rubbish]. Some would contend, as would I, that by far the majority of us alive on planet Earth today are here for this EVENT....i.e., we most likely took embodiment precisely because of the event code-named "2012".
"2012" has become a metaphor for something way beyond the scope of a literal limited discussion of "The End Of The World". But yet, that is what it always devolves into. Since [I believe] most of us are only here to witness the event firsthand, because these are the best seats in the house.....then why don't we at least watch the show????? We've all paid the price for these seats. And needless to say for a great number of us still alive on planet Earth, that price has been quite high.
Firstly, it seems important to understand that "2012" in all its metaphorical glory--is not simply another year, nor is it meant to convey the End Of Days in terms of The End Of The World. Rather it means the end of a limited and linear conceptual time, or explicitly, the beginning of the end of a rather limited way we view and measure time.
THE SYMBOLISM
Mythologically, symbolically and scientifically---"2012" represents the proximity of our solar system with the center of our galaxy The Milky Way---We know what is at the center of our galaxy and as far as I know, the center of all galaxies.
It is a gigantic black hole. It appears that black holes are not only destructive in that what enters them seems to not emerge again intact---but they are also the cosmic wombs of galaxies. In a way you could say a black hole is either like god or IS god. In our Milky Way Galaxy, it is also referred to as the DARK RIFT.
"2012" supposedly refers to a kind of alignment of our sun with the ecliptic of our galaxy and relatively close proximity to the Milky Way's galactic center or core. Which is that humongous black hole.
Symbolically and mythologically for several civilizations past and present, the galactic core represents a gate, portal or birth canal.
The Precession of the Equinoxes
I don't understand this phenomena so therefore can't explain it. However I do know something about cycles and approximately once every 26,000 years (probably slightly less), our solar system appears to have completed a backward cycle in terms of transiting around the galactic core. A good many world civilizations have beliefs that when our solar system is closest to the galactic core, that is when Golden Ages are most likely to occcur. The Age of Aquarius is the latest expected Golden Age, due roughly now or within the next 200 years.
The one unusual thing about the date 2012 is that the winter solstice commences at exactly 11:11 am on 12-21-12. The number 11:11 is also symbolic of a gateway or portal. The metaphor of 2012 is like 2 mirrors held up to each other. Have you ever done that? And peered into their reflection of each other? That reflection looks to be infinite.
Vantage Point: Look toward the constellation Sagittarius and perhaps view our origins??? Well it is one possible take on what this all means.
THE EVENT has perhaps already happened.
Yes and no. If we take The Event that is supposed to occur on 12-21-12 as precisely a single event---which is misunderstanding---then that precise event has possibly already occurred.
As I understand it, and I don't understand it that well-- What 2012 refers to is an alignment of our Sun with the galactic ecliptic and at close proximity with the galactic core, which happens approximately every 26,000 years. The event this time is seeming to synchronistically coincide with a number of other cycles one of which may be several hundred million years.
At any rate, this Alignment, which seems to be what "2012" is all about---takes 36 years from beginning to end. That is because of the size of our sun, which research indicates is about 1/2 degree. Relative to what--I haven't a clue. But this is significant: Our sun began this closest Alignment with the galactic core and/or ecliptic in 1980 and reached the centerpoint of that alignment in 1998 [halfway through the 36 year period].....so "The Event" some are expecting in 2012 already occurred. It occurred in 1998.
28 Jun 2009, 11:11 am
