Year 2012

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<div class="content">Not having read the book I can't say for sure, but the Maya belief is based on the Maya calender which follows 52 year cycles and resets itself after completing the cycles. In 2012, the end of the Maya calender occurs before it resets itself, and this was traditionally associated in the Maya with the end of the current civilization, and if the gods allowed it, a new beginning.

Several other independent predictions were made by other people including Nostradamus that a societal upheaval would occur in the years around 2012, so take that for what its worth</div>

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<div class="content">I believe the Mayan calender ends in the year 2012 because this is when they predicted the end of the world would come.</div>

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<div class="content">There are many beliefs from various different cultures, that have a myth/legend about the year 2012. I am very interested in this prophecy. I saw a doco years ago, where the institute doing the study used psychics to send certain people into a sleep. These people didn't regress back to past lives, but forward to future lives. They reported some really weird stuff about , yep you guessed it, the year 2012 and 2013 to the aftermath of 'whatever' happened then. I just find it fasinating. Could be a whole pile of crap, or could have something to it. We won't know till then.

I've never heard of the book you mention-- The Singularity Is Near, but I'll look for it, to have a read. Certainly wouldn't surprise me if it was true;- the introduction of ideas about immortality being pushed into the mainstream consciensiousness. Very interesting. Good Question, Good Topic</div>