Time is measured by matter in
movement through space. There are four major
phases in time that take place in any cycle.
In the earth cycle measured by a single rotation
of our earth, that is called a day. The phases
are morning, day, evening, and night.
In the moon cycle measured by a single
revolution of our moon around the earth, that is
called a month. The phases are new moon, waxing
moon, full moon, and waning moon.
In the sun cycle measured by a single revolution
of our earth around the sun, that is called a
year. The phases are spring, summer, fall, and
winter.
Whether you perceive that you are standing still
and things are moving around you, or that you
are spinning and moving around them, the cycles
still take place.
The Mayans just happened to be one of the first
to know that the sun was the center of our solar
system rather than the earth.
The Mayans also knew that in the same way our
earth revolves around the sun, our solar system
revolves around the center of the galaxy.
We have a solar calendar that we have to change
every year for a new one, whereas the Mayan
calendar was galactic and did not have to be
replaced as often.
It has been figured out that their calendar ends
in December 2012 and it has people concerned.
But why? It is just a calendar!
Time does not end when your calendar runs out,
and catastrophic disaster does not happen when a
century passes either, but there is always
hubbub about it. The same is true for 2012. It
has become a dramatist's nightmare number.
2012! The end of a galactic cycle and the
beginning of a new one. What does this entail
besides spending an awful lot of time chiseling
out a new galactic calendar, or didn't anybody
think of that?
Let's keep it simple and just review the four
phases of a galactic cycle. What happens as our
solar system travels this loop, circling in a
revolution around the center of our Milky Way
Galaxy?
Just like our solar year has seasons, the much
longer galactic year has its seasons too, and
they are chronicled as epochs, ages, or yugas.
For us then, what is happening is the Dark Epoch
of the Kali Yuga Iron Age is making transition
to the Clear Epoch of the Krita Yuga Golden Age.
Does that sound like something to worry about?
Here is the question in a context you might
better relate to: Do you worry when winter turns
to spring?
Time marches on. Having to throw away your old
calendar is not the end of the world. Although
the Mayans do have a pretty unique calendar, our
true calendar is the universe itself, which goes
on rhythmically ad infinitum. Celebrate! |
