I had the honour and privilege to meet Fernando Hernández, a Maya man from Chiapas, Mexico, and the opportunity to absorb knowledge from him. He was invited to my school for an Indigenous Knowledge Lecture session, a discussion of his role in the movie "Apocalypto" and a discussion of the racial issues in that movie. I also learned a lot of other knowledge from him, and advice on my own contemplation of racial and cultural identity.
But that's for another time if I decide to write a journal about it later. The issue at hand is 2012. What people mistakenly call the "Mayan prophecies".
In short, it is complete garbage. The notion of such an apocalypse is a Western deduction of what they have "found" about the Mayas.
The Maya never made this prophecy.
But from the words of an actual Maya person:
There are three main Maya books (codex) and they are about astronomy, prophecy, and the calendar. In the book of prophecies, there is no mention of such an apocalypse at the end of the 12th katun, which happens to be 2012 in the Western calendar. The Maya calendar ends in 2012, but time does not end just because the calendar does. To say that the world will end is to say that time as we know it will end. Time is a neverending cycle regardless of calendar recordings, and to suggest that the Maya made such a prophecy is to suggest that the Maya are stupid and don't know anything about time.
The end of the calendar marks only the end of the 12th katun. The end of the 12th katun to the beginning of the 13th is an interesting and special time because the number 13 is sacred to the Maya. The idea Fernando brought up was that the entrance into the 13th sacred katun should realize a shift in the world population's way of thinking, an expansion into openness and discovery...and maybe even less destruction of peoples and resources. Not "saving the world" and "becoming green"; the earth is powerful and it's pretty presumptuous of human beings in general to assume that we have the power to destroy the world - at least in Western thinking. The ability to shift the global view is possible though. Maybe. We'll see how that goes.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading.
- 2012 "Apocalypse" - Maya perspective
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faodhagain- October 18th, 0:39
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My Personality892244723High levels of stress can lead to you feeling panic or confusion, but usually you cope with day to day pressures, however you are sensitive about what others think of you. Your concern about rejection and ridicule cause you to feel shy and uncomfortable around others. You are easily embarrassed and often feel ashamed. Your fears that others will criticize or make fun of you are exaggerated and unrealistic, but your awkwardness and discomfort may make these fears a self-fulfilling prophecy. People generally perceive you as distant and reserved, and you do not usually reach out to others. You tend not to express your emotions openly and are sometimes not even aware of your own feelings. You are willing to take credit for good things that you do but you don't often talk yourself up much, however you generally see others as selfish, devious, and sometimes potentially dangerous. Your sense of duty and obligation is average and although you are mostly responsible you can sometimes be unreliable. Free Poll
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