All of us here at Level Beyond wish you a Happy New Year!

May 2012 bring you peace, prosperity and hope for the future.

That’s correct – there are only 500 days left until the end of the Mayan Calendar. What will it bring? End of the world, new spiritual level, nothing at all?

For a frank look at the various theories about what could lie in store for 2012 and the end of the Mayan Calendar, check out an excellent website called 2012 Reviews. They even have articles debunking 2012.

Interested in tracking the latest earth changes? They have a Facebook page which has additional content dealing with earth changes and anything else which may point to changes taking place in 2012.

This just in from Live Science. It seems that the ‘end of the world’ may not occur on December 12, 2012 because of a mistake in converting dates!

It’s a good news/bad news situation for believers in the 2012 Mayan apocalypse. The good news is that the Mayan “Long Count” calendar may not end on Dec. 21, 2012 (and, by extension, the world may not end along with it). The bad news for prophecy believers? If the calendar doesn’t end in December 2012, no one knows when it actually will – or if it has already.

A new critique, published as a chapter in the new textbook “Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World” (Oxbow Books, 2010), argues that the accepted conversions of dates from Mayan to the modern calendar may be off by as much as 50 or 100 years. That would throw the supposed and overhyped 2012 apocalypse off by decades and cast into doubt the dates of historical Mayan events. (The doomsday worries are based on the fact that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, much as our year ends on Dec. 31.)

The Mayan calendar was converted to today’s Gregorian calendar using a calculation called the GMT constant, named for the last initials of three early Mayanist researchers. Much of the work emphasized dates recovered from colonial documents that were written in the Mayan language in the Latin alphabet, according to the chapter’s author, Gerardo Aldana, University of California, Santa Barbara professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies.

So when will the prophecy actually take place? My guess – no-one knows!

James Michael Sayer, 2012 expert, has put together one of the most comprehensive eBooks written on the topic of 2012 called 2012 Official Countdown..

James covers the prophecies of the Sybils, the Hindu, Indigenous Americans, Mayas, Hopi people, Merlin, the Celts, and the Druids, Mother Shipton, Nostradamus, the Bible, and the Web Bot Project. Included in his book are theories on crop circles, the importance of sound waves, and the potential of polar shift changes, New World Order, alien cover ups, and the Illuminati.

Will it be Adam and Eve all over again, or are we on a path to a different future? Find out in the 2012 Official Countdown.

1.) Q – What will happen in December 21, 2012? Is the world really going to end?

A – There is a great deal of information surrounding the date 12-21-12 that would be in your best interests to read and comprehend. Exactly what will happen on this date is not so easily or quickly answered. There are many different schools of thought and complicated pieces of evidence that interconnect and bring us to the conclusion that the date December 21, 2012 is of huge significance to the future of humanity. What you and every person around the globe does between now and that date, could have a great deal to do with whether the world will end or not. There is a definite need for knowledge to formulate your plans and prepare for the winter solstice of the year 2012.

2.) Q – Is 2012 just another “End of The World” scare? What makes this date any different?

A – The simple truth is that the “End of the World” is not a scare tactic. It has been common knowledge of all human cultures since ancient times that the world will one day end. No one is 100% certain what will happen on December 21, 2012. There is a huge significance in this date because ancient knowledge, lunar-solar records, cosmic events among many other things that are happening in our world. The galaxy holds the key to natural events on Earth, celestial activity is not something humanity or governments can control. 2012 could be the end of the world or the beginning of a fresh new era.

3.) Q – Is there really a planet called Nibiru AKA (Planet X) that will get close to the Earth in 2012?

A – Before modern technical advances, it was known that there existed proof of more planets in our solar system. The evidence comes from ancient records. Just as the Mayan calendar and other ancient cultures’ have proven to be accurate, there is no reason to doubt that the ancient solar maps are wrong. The study of space is a new science that we continue to make new discoveries all the time. NASA probes found the perturbations of a planet beyond Pluto years ago. In February of 2008, the impression of a planet was discovered beyond Pluto and recorded in the Astronomical Journal, making it an official precedence. This planet is currently believed to be almost as large as Earth, further proving the fact that there is a 10th planet in our solar system. Just how close it will be to Earth in 2012 is not yet known but there is no reason to believe that it will not swiftly approach Earth. The ancients knew it was there and that it would return in 3500 years.

4.) Q – Will there be a Galactic alignment in 2012?

A – Every day brings a new galactic alignment, which is the basis for the four seasons and the affect each planet in our solar system has on Earth. The Mayan calendar did accurately predict the galactic alignment for December 21, 2012. With the most advanced astronomical software used by institutions around the globe today, the galactic alignment shown for the end date of the Mayan Long Count is accurate. The center of the Milky Way will align with the ellipses of our solar system again in conjunction with an eclipse and a highly irregular planetary crossing.

5.) Q – What does Nostradamus say about 2012?

A – Nostradamus has a great deal to say about horrific events and catastrophes that were futuristic to him, and already historical to us today. His most important messages were encoded in his drawings which are more difficult to understand than the quatrains in his prophecies. Our present times are reflected in the watercolor highlighted drawings found in the Lost Book of Nostradamus. In 2012: Official Countdown Guide you’ll will learn why Notradamus encoded his prophecies and how his message echoes that of indigenous people’s beliefs about what humanity is facing right now.

6.) Q – Does the Mayan calendar end December 21, 2012? Is the Mayan prophecies true?

A – Yes, the Long Count calendar of the ancient Mayans does end on the winter solstice of the year 2012. The Long Count calendar began mapping the heavens on the day that this current era of Earth began over 5120 years ago. All scientific evidence has shown the Mayan Long Count astronomical predictions to be accurate. The last time the planets were in this alignment was 26,000 years ago. December 21, 2012 is a date of amazing historical significance and the end of a complete time cycle.

7.) Q – WIll a comet hit the earth and destroy everything?

A – Nostradamus has prophesized a comet hitting Earth and causing grave destruction and suffering. New comets could enter our solar system at any given time. In the past 6 months, three new comets have been discovered by amateur astronomers. All three have been verified officially. The frequency of the appearance of comets appears to be on the rise. We have no way of knowing when the next destructive comet could be propelled into our solar system, and become a Near Earth Object without warning. The latest new comet appeared on June 18, 2009 and was named Comet P/2009.

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