Ancients, our ancestors the world over—from Vedic Sages of India to the Maya Shamans of the New World and countless others enraptured with meaningful star-stories and cosmic-tethers to our observable (and sometimes non-observable) universe—have prophesized coming cosmic change.
In particular, the coming of 2012 has been told to be a time of transition into our new beginning, transformation and/or rebirth—a time for conscious growth and connection to our ancestors, children, nature, cosmos and all that ever was and will be.
The Maya calendar (perhaps the most precise and sophisticated calendar in human history—more accurate than our own modern day calendar) counts down the 12 b’aktun ending on December 21, 2012. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the end of the Maya calendar (or the time it keeps!), but the beginning of the next b’aktun—the 13th.
The Maya calendar is comprised of Long Count (longer solar components which fix the date in time similar to centuries and millennia) and Calendar Round (day-to-day and month-to-month) components, the Long Count counts vegisimally (in increments of 20) and therefore provides the quantities of b’aktun (400 years), k’atun (20 years), tun (360 days), winal (months), and k’in (days) which represent time elapsed since the Maya creation date of August 13, 3114 B.C. Basically, a Maya calendar date lists these increments in order # b’aktun, # k’atun, # tun, # winal, # k’in followed by the associated Calendar Round. For example, today, December 31, 2011 is Long Count: 12.19.19.0.4 followed by Calendar Round: 12 k’an 12 k’ank’in. Another example, December 21, 2012 is 13.0.0.0.0 followed by 4 ajaw 3 k’ank’in. Notice the b’aktun transition from the 12th to the 13th on this day.
Point is, with an end is a new beginning. To illustrate, I will quote the sentiment of several Maya Shamans, spiritual guides, and revered elders (who better to ask about the Maya calendar?) with whom I have been working for over a decade in the rainforests of Belize, Central America. When asked what December 21, 2012 will bring they say: “a new age.” When asked what the new age will be, they reply “whatever we make it to be.” In that light, I would suggest that you all stray away from the apocalyptic doomsday scenarios running rampant out there in popular media and recognize that the future is a manifestation of our intentions.
We intend health, happiness and growth of life mindfully in the present moment—all in oneness and divine consciousness.
Happy and Healthful New Year!
Dr. Todd
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