Hi everyone, how are you? Well, here we have it: the obligatory DECEMBER 21, 2012 newsletter. If you are reading this newsletter, then you most likely know that December 21, 2012 is not the end of the world. You may also realize that it's not even the ultimate end of the Mayan Calendar. It is the end of a *particular cycle* in the Mayan calendar. Note that the next similar marker of time in regard to the end of a cycle in the Mayan Calendar is October 13, 4772, nearly 4,000 years from now:

"December 21, 2012 is simply the day that the calendar will go to the next b'ak'tun, at Long Count 13.0.0.0.0. The date on which the calendar will go to the next piktun (a complete series of 20 b'ak'tuns), at Long Count 1.0.0.0.0.0, will be on October 13, 4772." - Schele, Linda; Freidel, David (1990). 'A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya'

In addition, the Mayans don't even have a word for End-of-the-World. They don't think like westerners:

"Mayan elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun as well as the Mexican archaeologist Guillermo Bernal both explain that the world "apocalypse" cannot be linked to the end of the Mayan Long Count in 2012 since the very concept of End-of-the-World is a Western construct that has little to do with Mayan beliefs. We in the West, for thousands of years, have been taught that history progresses in a linear way from Genesis to the Apocalypse. The Mayan, however, like many other societies, believed life is cyclical. In fact, a monument commemorating the ascension of 'King Pakal the Great' dates his coronation 4000 years after Dec 21st 2012 suggesting that "the end of the world" is not happening in 2012." - Gahl Sasson

If you really want to boggle your mind, consider incomprehensible Mayan Calendar dates with numbers in the quintillions:

"Mayan inscriptions occasionally mention predicted future events or commemorations that would occur on dates far beyond the completion of the 13th b'ak'tun. Most of these are in the form of "distance dates"; Long Count dates together with an additional number, known as a Distance Number, which when added to them makes a future date. (For instance) Stela 1 in Coba, Mexico marks the date of creation as:

13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.0.0.0.0

According to Linda Schele, these 13s represent "the starting point of a huge odometer of time", with each acting as a zero and resetting to 1 as the numbers increase. Thus this inscription anticipates the current universe lasting at least 2021×13×360 days, or roughly 2.687×1028 years; a time span equal to 2 quintillion times the age of the universe as determined by cosmologists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon 

December 21, 2012 looks like kid's stuff compared to the true vision - the cosmic odometer - of the Mayan calendar wizards

But December 21, 2012 IS a turning point, just like the date October 13, 4772 will be for those incarnated on earth at that time. Incidentally, the 4772 date loosely corresponds with the transitioning end of the Age of Aquarius, which will most likely begin in the year 4300. So, by 4772 humanity will be marking time in the Age of Capricorn.

Perhaps most important of all, the date of December 21, 2012 holds great significance for us because we have created a mesmerizing zeitgeist around it. It has become a part of our collective consciousness in a way that can't be ignored. It is loaded with meaning: with fear, with hope, with ridicule, and especially with confusion. It seems there are many in our society who want to stir up fear of the apocalypse by producing doomsday movies, tv shows and other forms of media which forebode the end of the world on 12-21-12.

As a result, that date has become a litmus test for a person's vision of life: apocalyptic? utopian? Will the world end? Will we all ascend in one glorious moment of epiphany? There are many people in both of these camps. Some truly are gripped with fear of a coming apocalypse; many have vague anxieties about an approaching end-time, fear which they may not even realize consciously.

So I decided to do a little research into what the date might mean, and how we can use the mass-consciousness energy for the betterment of humanity and the planet, lifting ourselves out of our myopic fears - including our illusions of a global 'Deus ex machina'. Keep in mind that the word 'apocalypse' means 'unveiling'. We don't need to be saved. We need to be revealed. Much is being illuminated! (See my previous newsletter for more info on the current energies of REVELATION: http://conta.cc/TiVDKO)

As with most of my newsletters in this intense last quarter of 2012, this is a multi-part newsletter. Scroll down for links to each of the 4 parts.

I wish you well and send you tidings of good cheer /: 

Carol

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Carol Ann Ciocco
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This newsletter is the OVERVIEW (announcement email) of a 4-PART SERIES concerning the date and the phenomenon of December 21, 2012. You will not be receiving 4 newsletters into your email inbox, so keep this email and you can use these links to access the information:   

Part 1: END-DATE? - the date of December 21, 2012 is actually a date in the Mayan Calendar (the Long Count), but it is not the ultimate end-date. Did you know that the Maya have 20 other calendars (5 of which they are not revealing to the world at this time)? The legend of 12-21-12 entered the public imagination with the Harmonic Convergence of August 16/17, 1987, introduced by Jose Arguelles, who was in part inspired by the Timewave concept of Terence McKenna. In this newsletter we explore the origin of our obsession with `12-21-12. 

"People write about prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say that the world will end in December 2012. The Mayan elders are angry with this. The world will not end. It will be transformed." - Carlos Barrios, Mayan elder and Ajq'ij (ceremonial priest and spiritual guide) of the Eagle Clan

Part 2: GALACTIC ALIGNMENT - You may have heard or read about a 'galactic alignment' in reference to 2012. In this newsletter we explore exactly what this alignment is.  Right now, the Solstices (December and June) are falling within a cosmic cross in the sky, formed by the Galactic Center and the Galactic Edge. This is the galactic alignment. The Solstices fall on these key points only once every 26,000 years. This means that we are at a massive turning of an age. Many believe that the exact moment of this epochal alignment occurs on December 21, 2012. In actuality, the exact alignment has already occurred - in May of 1998! But the December Solstice holds the energy of this profound alignment over the period of several decades: 

Part 3: AGE OF AQUARIUS - Yes, it is dawning. But exactly when does it dawn? And what might we expect the Aquarian Age to look like? Astronomically, the Aquarian Age doesn't begin until 2600 AD. Astrologers use a span of years - known as a 'cusp' - to determine when the energies of Aquarius begin to flow into our consciousness. In this newsletter we explore some possible ideas of the beginning date of the Aqe of Aquarius, and take a look at some of its possible characteristics.  

"The Aquarian Age is neither inherently positive nor inherently negative, but has a wide range of possible expressions in different areas. Just as the Age of Pisces gave us both Jesus and the Spanish Inquisition, so it's possible the Aquarian Age could bring us extraordinary technological or humanitarian breakthroughs side-by-side with a world beset by systemic lack of privacy, corporate greed and environmental challenges. How do we know if the Age of Aquarius will be 'a utopia or an Orwellian nightmare?" - Ray Grasse  

Mark Lerner paints a picture for us: "Think literally of a near future of mental telepathy, time travel, contact with ET's, clairvoyance, clairaudience, past-life and even future-life 'recall,' great advances in medicine, science, technology and environmental protection...And perhaps humanity and the Earth as a whole will actually go through a bonafide spiritual initiation"  

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Part 4: CHOOSE - We are a very important generation. Our conscious co-creation with unfolding events at this tumultuous turning point in history is  necessary and urgent. Are multiple timelines forming as we go through the cusp-portal to Aquarius? Timelines are most certainly an Aquarian concept! Meanwhile, our fears of apocalypse block our ability to co-create a positive outcome. We have deep catastrophobia complex (as described by Barbara Hand Clow) stemming from a very real cataclysm that occurred 12,000 years ago - the memory of which we have repressed. The symbols and themes of the Aquarian Age are UP FOR GRABS right now. We can CHOOSE not to let them be co-opted by others, and plant the seeds for the Age of Enlightenment. 

Through our awakenings, we are attempting to raise our consciousness to a level that allows us to CHOOSE. To choose to save the world we live in. To place our joy in life over our basest survival urges. - John Waldrup

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