Beware the Mayan Whatever

Is the world going to end on Dec. 21?

Probably not.  In fact, it is a 99.9% definite possibility that it won't.  I am only leaving a small bit of wiggle room because this makes me sound more pseudo-scientific.  No matter what, most people will wake up on Dec. 22 with the world as they more or less know it (minus a few hangovers and stuff).

The Mayan Apocalypse may be a tad overstated.    OK, George Lucas may or may not buy into it (his staff says he doesn't).  Many Russians are worried about it.  A bunch of Mayans are telling people to cut it out with all of the doomsday talk.  NASA agrees with the Mayans.  So there!

Of course the doomsayers club is extremely predominate across the internet.  I have seen postings from various mythics, seers, and spiritually inclined observers chatting about the upcoming 3 days (though now stretched to 2 weeks) of darkness that will overwhelm the earth.  According to some, the spirits of the dead shall walk while the poles shall shift and our vibrations will vibrate way off the chart (or something like that - it's a little confusing).

Obviously,  it is all horse hockey.  The so-called Mayan prophesy (which is composed of a few relatively minor glyphs) is not exactly a prophesy and the vision of the Apocalypse has been cobbled together from a bad mix of Mayan, Aztec, and Western references.  Heck, all the Mayans talked about in regards to Dec. 21, 2012 was their concept of one age ending and a new age beginning.  They were largely shy about any details and were definitely not talking about the world ending.  For the Mayans, it was all about the continual cycles of the cosmos.  The Apocalypse stuff is a Western mindset that would have been quite alien to the Mayans.

So get over it.  Nobody is talking about the end of the world.  There is nothing in here about poles shifting, the earth tilting, or anything of that sort of splashy Hollywood styled doomsday imagining.  Besides, it could be argued that the doomsday notion is based on a glass-is-half-empty vision.

What if the glass is half-full.  You know, the start of a new age.  A chance to quietly reboot.  Maybe even get a new and, hopefully, better perspective on things.  Maybe, just maybe, embrace the new age as simply a chance to start fresh.  Nothing speculator.   Just an old fashion resolve to try and do better.

Doesn't that sound preferable?  Or do you really have your heart set on a big old catastrophic end of the world,  fire and brimstone event? 

If so, plan on having it alone.  A lot of us will be busy with other things.