It is times such as these that give cause for people to fear the future and what seems to be inevitable doom and misery. Many events have been the impetus for such fear and speculation, and many have exploited the situations, however benign, for monetary rewards, fame, or just recognition. Much of the reasoning behind the prophecies and fear does not warrant or even suggest the worrisome outcomes prescribed to them. One such subject is the Mayan calendar and its supposed prophecy of the destruction of the universe on December 21, 2012.

It has been so mutated and corrupted from its true nature that the world has no idea as to its true origin, use, or meaning, and believes it to be a harbinger of the end of time. A true understanding of the Mayan calendars, and there are many, requires a great deal of research and study. I hope, with relatively few words and in a short time, to attract the attention of a few reasonable minds and plant a seed of understanding in those interested.

The Mayans had many calendars, each having a different basis and a specific purpose or meaning. Most were based on the orbital motions of the planets, including Pluto. There are, though, three calendars that were not created by them and have no basis in celestial or astronomical mechanics. These three calendars are the source of all the fables and prophecies.

Mayan history tells of a man with a white beard and white robes, descending from the clouds around 500BC. He presented them with three charts and a manuscript saying they would explain the nature of the universe and aid them in their lives, making happiness and security easier to gain. These calendars were based on momentous evolutionary advances of the universe from the beginning of time. These advances occur in the conciousness of everything, and the way that conciousness creates reality. This calendar did not reflect any physical thing, but the progression of awareness. The only physical aspect was its use of solar time to express its advancement and make it understandable in mans mind.

This "Long Count Calendar" is divided into nine epochs each having as its result a major advancement in evolution. Each epoch is a derivitive of the first, meaning that the sum of all are expressed in the first. (it will become clearer as we go) Each epoch is divided into seven "days" and six "nights". The calendar’s first epoch begins with the beginning of the universe, 16.8 billion years ago, and is named the Cellular period. Each day and each night are 1.26 billion years long each, the seventh day being all of the remaining eight epochs.

During the Cellular period, the universe was formed from all the elements resulting in the stars, planets, and all the other bodies. The state of conciousness at that time was Action/Reaction, the result of chemical and physical laws upon matter. By the end of the Cellular Period, cellular life had formed where water and organic compounds existed, and these living cells evolved a different conciousness of Stimulus/Response, a sentient alternative to Action/Reaction.

The epoch’s names, durations (or year began), and state of conciousness are:

Cellular              16.8 billion yrs            1.26 billion yrs               Action/Reaction

Mammalian         820 million yrs           63 million yrs               Stimulus/Response

Cultural           102 thousand yrs                8000 yrs                     Reasoning

National             3115 BC                          400 yrs                      Law/Punishment

Planetary           1755 AD                           20 yrs                               Power

Galactic            1/5/1999                           360 days                            Ethics

Universal         2/10/2011                         20 days                  Concious Co-creation

Notice that each epoch is twenty times shorter than the previous one. This demostrates the increasing pace in evolution, having the same amount of change in a period twenty times less in duration. This calendar also implies that conciousness is the driving factor in the evolution of everything in the universe.

Conciousness is generally defined as the awareness of being aware. Animals are aware of their environment, but to ponder that awareness, to contemplate your own thoughts is a strictly human capability.

Calendars are the very centerpoint of any civilization. All aspects of society have two qualities in common: time and place. Time needs a calendar to set a standard day. Place requires conciousness to be aware of a commitment, and to be aware of the time of that commitment, an awareness of being aware.

This ability of conciousness has evolved through time, and is changing dramatically in the present days. The Concious Co-creation of the final epoch is thought to be a merging of man’s spirit or conciousness with the Creator to allow creation of one’s ultimate paradise, which many religions teach as an aspect of Heaven. Many other of the Mayan Calendar’s components appear to verify and elaborate on the religions and philosophies from history.

The first epoch, seven days and six nights, each day and each night being 1.26 billion years each, could explain Genesis’ account of God’s creating the Earth and all that there is in seven days. The merging of man’s conciousness with God has been the teaching of almost every religion in history. The fact that, according to the Mayan’s benefactor from the clouds, this present universe is the fifth, and a new universe will begin when this one becomes our heaven, seems to intimate at parallel universes or dimensions.

One thing that is definitely not taught, theorized, or, in any way prophisied by this Long Count Mayan Calendar is that the end of the world, doom and destruction, will be our fate on December 21, 2012. In fact, quite the opposite is the message it sends.

Glenn Flowers