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21 The Truth About 2012 21 The Truth About 2012 Mayan prophecy (2012) my hindsight different than that of Barrios? Are Mayan prophecy (2012) Continued from Page 19 we shoehorning data to fit our beliefs?) Continued from Page 19 What will this "transformation" be like when we reach the end of one of these 17 The Mayan Calendars comprehension of calendars? time, seasons, and cycles has proven itself to be vast and sophisticated. The Maya understand It will be the start of a new era resulting 17 different calendars, some of them charting from and signified by the solar meridian time accurately over a span of more than ten crossing the galactic equator, and the earth million years. The calendar that has steadily aligning itself with the center of the galaxy. drawn global attention since 1987 is called the At sunrise on December 21, 2012 for the Tzolk'in or Cholq'ij. Devised ages ago and first time in 26,000 years the Sun rises to based on the cycle of the Pleiades, it is still held conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way and as sacred. With the indigenous calendars, native the plane of the ecliptic. This cosmic cross is people have kept track of important turning considered to be an embodiment of the Sacred points in history. For example, the daykeepers Tree, The Tree of Life, a tree remembered in all who study the calendars identified an important the world's spiritual traditions. Some observers day in the year One Reed, Ce Acatal, as it was say this alignment with the heart of the galaxy called by the Mexicans. That was the day when in 2012 will open a channel for cosmic energy an important ancestor was prophesied to return, to flow through the earth, cleansing it and all "coming like a butterfly." In the western that dwells upon it, raising all to a higher level calendar, the One Reed date correlates to of vibration. Easter Sunday, April 21, 1519 the day that Hernando Cortez and his fleet of 11 Spanish That sounds swell and we should all galleons arrived from the East at what is today look forward to having our vibration level called Vera Cruz, Mexico. increased. However, the mundane facts indicate When the Spanish ships came toward that the Mayan kings and nobles focused more shore, native people were waiting and watching on short-term projects like enriching themselves to see how it would go. The billowing sails of and building monuments (Diamond 2005: 177) the ships did indeed remind the scouts of than in predicting the dawning of the Age of butterflies skimming the ocean surface. High Vibration long after their civilization had collapsed. [] How Barrios knows what the scouts were thinking is anybody's guess. (When I try to THE ‘X’ ZONE RADIO & TV SHOW imagine myself in the place of the scouts seeing Monday - Friday from 10 pm - 2 am EDT a fleet of ships sailing towards the shore I don't Tuesday - Saturday 2 am - 4 am EDT see skimming butterflies; I see trouble. Why is www.xzoneradio.com