2012 Mass Delusion, page 1

The 2012 Phenomenon is a mix of doomsday-prophecies or new-age-prophecies, depending on perspective. For me its nothing more than a mass-delusion. I say this not from the viewpoint of a Skeptic but from the viewpoint of a believer in spiritual realities...spiritual realities which the 2012-movement denigrates.

The 2012 movement was developed in the 1970s by Jose Arguelles. The authorized biography of Arguelles portrays a man who suffered phases of depression, hatred of society and was drugged out of his mind on psychedelic substances for most of his life. It was in drugged states that he had most of his "visions" on mayan calendars.

It was also supported by the late Terence McKenna, another promoter of the "psychedelic revolution".

David Icke too had Ayahuasca "visions" of 2012 and began promoting it.

It is also promoted by crowds of extremely narcissistic people claiming to be "star children" or "indigo children".

These people rant on about how special and enlightened the mayans were, when in fact...

The Maya practiced human sacrifice. In some Maya rituals people were killed by having their arms and legs held while a priest cut the person's chest open and tore out his heart as an offering. This is depicted on ancient objects such as pictorial texts, known as codices. It is believed that children were often offered as sacrificial victims because they were believed to be pure

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Any person of some metaphysical sophistication understands that time itself is in perpetual fluctuation, that what the Future is and is not changes with every breathe each human takes. Trying to pinpoint an exact date for a future event is a folly because time is flexible and human-made-dates are arbitrary.

Neither are Arguelles delusions actually based on the Mayan Calendar...not to mention the Buddhist Calender, Hindu Calendar, Jewish Calender or any other spiritual time-line.

You will not find a single 2012-follower that can explain how and where exactly the "Mayan Calendar" ends in 2012. Nor will you find ANY indication whatsoever of the following associated claims:

* The Hopi Calender makes no mention of 2012
* Nostradamus makes no mention of 2012
* The Book of Revelation makes no mention of 2012
* The Collision of the planet "Nibiru" with earth was originally predicted for the year 2003. Marketing-tricksters have only recently changed that to 2012 in order to match the mass-hysteria.

If these "hints" arent enough, consider the following:

- The 2012 movement only gained momentum after nothing spectacular happened in the year 2000. Neither did the world come to an end in other widely publicised doomsday and new-age dates: 1900, 1950, 1988, etc.

- There is no reason to dismiss all other calendars in the world which do not end 2012.

- According to ancient Hindu teachings concerning the "Kali Yuga" the "new age" will not happen on a specific date but be spread out over hundreds of years. Actually the industrial revolution and the Internet Revolution of the late 80s are already sufficient indicators of a "new age" having happened.

- The amount of cheap gimmicks and products sold to the gullible, such as survival packs, protection sprays, "ascension robes" star-child-make-up and other such nonsense are evidence of the type of dumbed-down crowd being catered to here.

Psychosis (from the Greek ψυχή "psyche", for mind or soul, and -ωσις "-osis", for abnormal condition), with adjective psychotic, literally means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality".

People suffering from psychosis are said to be psychotic. People experiencing psychosis may report hallucinations or delusional beliefs, and may exhibit personality changes and thought disorder. This may be accompanied by unusual or bizarre behavior, as well as difficulty with social interaction and impairment in carrying out the daily life activities.

A wide variety of central nervous system diseases, from both external poisons and internal physiologic illness, can produce symptoms of psychosis.

I hereby promise that the world will not end in 2012...and if I was wrong, I´ll give you a million dollars.

reply to post by Skyfloating

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2012 Mass Delusion

I sure do wish you wouldn't tell everyone! I mean, damn! How often can we have a show like this in one lifetime? People are really getting into this thing... digging holes and burying themselves ahead of the arrival of the Great Destroyer, you just can't stir them like that even over a college football game!

Personally, I'm planning on tailgating 21 December 2012... ribs, beer and rooting for the end of the world!

So... shhhh! Okay?

reply to post by Geladinhu

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I posted these two as two different (and more sensible) ways of viewing time than picking out one specific date as the 2012-believers do.

reply to post by Skyfloating

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Don't make your selves ridiculous. Compassion? Who are you you to say that people's believes are artificial and empty?

And so what if they are? Compassion?

Gotta be kidding me.

Why don't you just let them be deluded? Why do you have to rub on their faces that they are deluded and helpless?

What a joke.

reply to post by Benevolent Heretic

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ill add 1 million, doomsday prophesies always come and go...lots of people thought all the nukes in the would would go off on y2k, yet NOTHING happened. theres always predictions of the end of the world, and its just not going to happen no matter how much hype and crack pot theories you hear

reply to post by Skyfloating

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I see.

But here is some bad news for you.
I'm a believer and I pick no specific dates.

reply to post by Skyfloating

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Have it ever occurred to you that maybe your own interpretation of the phenomena is misleading? Thus disproving your own interpretation which is already erroneous means nothing and that it just makes you closed to new interpretations?

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