The year 2012 is believed to be the world’s end because of a number of transformative and destructive events that are supposed to occur on 21st December, 2012. This particular date is regarded as the last date of the 5,125 year long cycle according to the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Many people suggest that there will be a catastrophe in the end of the year 2012. The New Age interpretation of this transition suggests that people living on the Earth will undergo a positive or spiritual transformation.
The Mayan Long Count says that 21.12.2012 is going to be the world’s end and an end of time. They say that this will be the end of the Kali Yuga and there will be an apocalypse. The winter solstice of 2012 will be the Great Solstice. The Great Solstice is the fountain of all solstices as well as equinoxes. Many say that the world’s end is actually going to be an end of the Kali age and will lead to the Golden Age.
Just the way every new transformation is established through the destruction of the old order, similarly the year 2012 will usher in a new order. The Mayans say that the destruction of the world in the year 2012 is not going to be like the one that happened at the time of Noah. This destruction will completely erase the seeds of the previous ages and give birth to a new and creative cycle. The change is an essential change they say. Many believe that the year 2012 will be a time of ascension for the planet earth. The ascension will depend on the degree of harmony that man has with his environment. What is going to be important is the concord between the spirit of man and the spirit of his creator.
The Hopis, like the Mayans also laid their belief on the fact that the world will come to an end in the year 2012. A lot they say will depend on how easily mankind moves into the new world. Will he have a lot of resistance or acceptance? This will determine whether the transition will be cataclysmic or peaceful and tranquil. The Mayan calendar is a prophetic calendar which helps people to see the future and also understand the past. There is a lot of speculation and uncertainty about what exactly will happen on the 21st of December, 2012. Many people believe that the world will literally come to an end. Hollywood has even made movies about how the world will get destroyed. These images together instill fear in people’s minds and they start doubting about what will happen.
There are others who believe that the transformation into a new age will bring in a new strain of thinking which will be balanced and harmonious. Nostradamus had written about a kind of great disturbance, unrest and disorder which will prevail from 2009 to 2012. No one knows for certain what will happen on December 21, 2012. But we can live life gainfully till that time comes!