Could the Maya Long Count Calendar Be Technically Off a Year???

Based on our present evolutionary progress (in terms of technology, ethics, and understanding of our reality), I'm leaning in personal favor of October 2011 for the tipping point. Ancient cultures "in the know" have described history in terms of nine "underworld cycles". As we move forward in time, each cycle moves 20 times faster, like shifting gears in a transmission engine. Each cycle contains 13 parts (think stripes on the US flag), and the 13th "stripe" contains within itself the next cycle. All cycles end in 2011/12 (in other words, the near future as of this post), but instead of experiencing the 13th phase we shift gears after the 12th phase and start a faster cycle.

Sound confusing?

Cycle 1 (Beginning 16.7 BYA): formation of 3-dimensional universe

Cycle 1 Phase 13/Cycle 2 (Beginning 320 MYA): complex cellular life

Cycle 3 (Beginning 41 MYA): mammals on the rise

Cycle 4 (Beginning 2 MYA): familial relationships in apes

Cycle 5 (Beginning 102 KYA): tribal relationships; seafaring according to NY Times www.nytimes.com...

Cycle 6 (3114 BC - 1755 CE): "modern" societies, writing, law, etc
(also 13 Ahaw, 3114 BC - 13 Ahaw, 2011 = 1/4 precessional cycle)

Cycle 7 (1755 - 1999 CE): Heliocentric model (sun recognized as center of creation as opposed to the earth), seeds of American, French Revolutions, First Renaissance*

Cycle 8 (1999 - 2011 CE): Human Genome Project, permanent human presence in space (ISS), first nanotechnology, quantum computers, LHC

Cycle 9 (Feb - Oct 2011): All the badassery of the previous cycles combined. You do the math.

So even if the numbers aren't perfect, they reveal a consistent pattern as far into the past as humanity thus far has been able to observe. In terms of physical matter, history is born in the past, but in terms of information, it is born in the future. Of course, no one knows exactly when the "big bang" of information will be, and our conscious decisions change history all the time. Therefore, as much as we like to bet on a particular date, it's just that: a bet. Americans declare Independence Day to be July 4, 1776 CE but her independence wasn't won in a day or in a year for that matter; I'm pretty sure the war dragged on for another 5 years or so.

With that in mind, dates like December 12, 2012 are like a cosmic 1776: they are symbolic of a second renaissance that is ongoing. Maybe, hopefully, enough people focusing on that date as a goal for change will bring about a self-fulfilling prophecy; I wouldn't deny we have the power to do it.


[edit on 20-2-2010 by johnsequitur1221]

Originally posted by Stargate2012
Duped as in the belief that the majority of the people think the Mayan Long Count calendar ends on 12/21/12 (of course there is the Calleman 10/28/11 group) but just like myself I thought the start of the millennium was Jan. 1st, 2000 but technically it wasn't because the Gregorian calendar started at 1 not 0.

You do realize that the human measurment of time is completely irrelevant to anything that happens in nature. The millenium didn't start in 2001 or 2000. You must realize that the beginning of both the Common Era calendar and the Mayan calander are arbitrary.

It is in reality not the year 2010 more likely to be closer to the year 4,000,000,000. The numbers we put on dates are meaningless. The Mayan calander was meant to start over not stop. . . this is why its circular and not linear.

Attaching a date to the end of the world is completely rediculous. The date 12.21.12 is the first day of b'ak'tun 13. . . . 2012 is a scam.

[edit on 21-2-2010 by constantwonder]

hi all.

There was that Book, a book I read back in the late 70s, one of the types
of books where the topic is, "I became an apprentice to a shaman and Learned the secrets of their culture and Spiritual life".

I cannot recall the title or the writer, never seen it since.

In this book, someone became an apprentice to a group of Shamans of the Mayan peoples, in southern Mexico. The elders more or less told this guy, "we are the Keepers of the old ways and records. The white man's
time reckoning of the Age change is right but a bit off, due to errors in their calculations. We all know the REAL time of the age end;

2011 "!

there. for what it is worth. I wish I could find this book!

freestone

reply to post by Stargate2012


according to my calculations www.abovetopsecret.com...

21dec2012 should be on 12 may 2011,or lets say between 19april and 27may 2011
that was counted from first jan 3114BC
if i count from 5august 3112BC, i come up with a date between 24/11/2012 and 31/12/2012
who will tell?
Time I guess

but who says that the input numbers are correct?

I think it is 2011.

2001 actually began in 2000. 2000 really was the year 1999. And so on. The practice of adding leap days to years, has added days we did not really need. The days we should subtract most likely exceeds a year, but not two, putting the true 2012 date in 2011, probably late 2011.

Originally posted by Mercurio
I think it is 2011.

probably late 2011.

as in 28/10/2011?

I think it ends October 28th, 2011
When has a date associated with the end of the world ever been moved forward?
You're supposed to move it back, unless you really have a reason for moving it forward.