Alright, The Mayan Calendar: The Earth has years, the year "ends" at the end of a calendar year. The Mayan's had Calendars for the moon, for many of the planets, for Earth, for the sun, and I think some other stars... But the "End of the Calendar" is NOT the "Apocalypse"... The Mayan's made CALENDARS, 2012 is the end of what is called an "AGE", specifically we are moving from "The Age of Pisces" TO "The Age of Aquarius". The SUN has a calendar (That the Mayan's made, based on the suns movement through the Milky Way Galaxy) a "Sun Year" is called an "Age". So it is not the "End of the world"...The sun has just made a shift through the galaxy, and they calculated that shift happening before it happened... In terms of change...Think of it this way: By the end of 2011, EVERYTHING that will be invented, and released in 2011 comes out. THEN in 2012, some new things come out RIGHT AWAY...But, you don't get to see ALL the new things for 2012, until 2012 is DONE. Something could still be released December 31 2012. So don't expect to see ALL the leaps of this age in the first year, don't expect EVERYTHING to change, or "The World to end" by Dec 2012...There are THOUSANDS of years left in the age of Aquarius...There is MUCH more too come... But the past 100-200 years is a HUGE indication of what is to come. The invention of flight, harnessing of electricity, advancements in conductivity (Microchips), all kinds of things. These have happened in preparation of the new age. And for the Next few thousand years, things are going to happen that we could NEVER IMAGINE... And it can go so many different ways... There will be a lot of potential for good though
I reckon the 'Apocalypse' has been going on for years and is gradualy coming to its inevitable conclusion, but as you say 'there is much more to come', not sure that humans have thousands of years left tho, its most likely we wont be around to IMAGINE, altho i would say we can certainly imagine what can and is going down at present. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2em1x2j9-o"]What A Way To Go: Life at the end of Empire (must see) - YouTube
I agree that the end of the world isn't going to occur on the next winter solstice. December 21, 2012 is as significant as any other major calender milestone. There's nothing remarkable about the Mayan calender other than the ingenuity it took to create it. Contentions that the age of Aquarius will begin in 2012 are nothing more than an afterthought and certainly not an agreed-upon fact. While some calculated we've been in Aquarius for over 150 years, others argue that it won't occur for another 2000 years.... and many more estimates in between.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]The 5th Dimension Age of Aquarius 1969 - YouTube
