Hi Everyone : )
Here is something I just got from one of my other groups, I thought it might interest some as it did me, since we have been talking about this somewhat:
suzen

from Carl Johan Calleman, the scholar who has studied the
Mayan calendar and written books:

Before going into the specifics of the upcoming sixth night of the Galactic Underworld, November 8, 2009 – November 2, 2010, I feel I should clarify some of my basic points of departure for understanding the Mayan calendar, since the various ideas that are currently proposed for this vary significantly. There are for instance those that believe that the end date of the Mayan calendar only marks the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new. On my own part I however think that we are approaching something much more profound than just a point in a cycle that again will be repeated. Thus, there is overwhelming empirical evidence that we are approaching a point in time when nine evolutionary levels of the cosmic plan are simultaneously going to be completed. This is in accordance with the only Mayan inscription from ancient times, the Tortuguero monument, which describes what will happen at the end date. This would imply that we are approaching not another cycle or another shift, but the end to all shifts, something that all evolution has been a preparation for and a build-up towards. Only such an end to all shifts would conceivably provide the basis for a harmonious eternal peace on Earth.

What is about to transpire now is in other words not something that has ever happened before in the history of the universe. Maybe this impending, partially unknown, causes the widespread denial that I feel dominate many people at the current moment. Rather than facing a tremendous change in our socioeconomic relationships (since any change in human consciousness also implies a change in our relationships) many prefer to fantasize about some physical or astronomical event, that purportedly is going to happen on some specific date. In reality the Mayan calendar is however not about something that will happen on a singular date, but a description of a divine plan for the evolution of consciousness where quantum shifts between calendrical energies bring about shifts in consciousness. Human consciousness will continue to be transformed step by step in accordance with this plan until we come to the real end date of the process of creation, October 28, 2011. At this date the highest quantum state of the universe will be attained (13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13 13 Ahau) when the shifts disrupting the harmony will come to an end. Obviously, we are not there yet.

Lots more at http://www.calleman.com/content/articles/nov8_sixth_night.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Share11/

I'm not sure I understand this! Calleman says that "the Mayan
calendar ... is not about something that will happen on a singular
date.." and then goes on to say that the real end date is October
28th, 2011. Maybe I ought to start keep a record of all these
alternative end dates which people are proposing and see if any of
them work out. In fact, I am going to start a thread now on that very
topic. Feel free to post to that any end dates you come across which
propose an alternative to the December 21st one
Jackie

On Oct 31, 6:44 am, "Suzen" <doobi...@windstream.net> wrote: