The date was etched in stone. Literally. For decades, scholars, mystics, and paranoids looked at the calendar of the Long Count and saw a brick wall. December 21, 2012. The end of the 13th Baktun. The Great Cycle closing.
We laughed. We made movies with John Cusack driving limousines through collapsing tectonic plates. We bought “I Survived the Mayan Apocalypse” t-shirts. But here is the terrifying question that keeps me up at 3 AM, staring at the ceiling while the rest of the world sleeps: What if they were right?
According to the ancient Mayans, the world was supposed to hit a reset button. A cosmic format C: drive. Until recently, I wasn’t much bothered. I hadn’t made any plans for the New Year anyway, and my skepticism was a thick armor. But looking back at the bizarre sequence of events that started around that time—and continues to accelerate—the evidence is stacking up. It’s not about fire raining from the sky. It’s about a shift in reality. I’m starting to think more seriously about heading for the nearest magic mountain and hunkering down with some baked beans and a shotgun.
Consider these five portents of doom. We dismissed them then. We shouldn’t dismiss them now. Let’s rip this wide open.
1. The Rogue State Factor: Why North Korea Matters
In the original countdown to the end, the North Koreans released photos of a “successful” rocket launch into space. The internet exploded. Not with fear, but with mockery. It confirmed our worst fears: they’ve finally mastered Photoshop. But, seriously, step back for a second.
We have to admire the North Koreans for their remarkable persistence. This is a country that can’t feed itself. Its only source of entertainment is a theme park that visitors have only a 1 in 3 chance of surviving. Yet it’s determined to put a satellite into space. What for? Are they so desperate to get access to Sky Movies and reruns of Seinfeld?
The Deep State of Paranoia
Whatever the rationale, we comforted ourselves saying it’s unlikely that the North Korean satellite will spark World War 3. But that was the old world thinking. In the post-2012 timeline, the absurd becomes reality. Don’t be surprised if the hamster powering it gets a dose of vertigo and it crashes back down to Earth, killing us all, which makes us believe the Mayans knew something about geopolitical instability that we ignored.
Think about the “butterfly effect.” A rogue launch. A glitch. A misinterpretation on a radar screen in a silo in North Dakota. The Mayans understood cycles. They knew that civilizations don’t always end with a bang; sometimes they end because a chaotic variable enters the system. North Korea is that variable. A wild card. A glitch in the matrix.
Are we looking at a distraction? While we laugh at the “Photoshop” rockets, are we missing the EMP weapon floating silently above us? Modern internet theories suggest that the “End” wasn’t an explosion, but a capture. A technological capture of our reality. The rogue states are just actors on a stage, keeping us distracted while the curtain falls.
2. The Sky is Watching: UFOs and the “Ballet of Lights”
UFO sightings are up. Way up. Back in the day, we said they were only in parts of America populated by drug-addled hippies. We dismissed them. We mocked them.
On December 3, a flying saucer was spotted in Brooklyn. On December 9, a “ballet of lights” was seen in San Francisco. Mr. Barrios, who filmed the San Francisco sighting, says, “I am 100 percent sure this was a UFO.”
Alas, he was also 100 percent sure that he drank a lot of Tequila that night. The consensus? The “alien invasion” he witnessed was actually a parade of Chinese floating lanterns. A simple explanation. A comforting lie.
But wait.
Look at what has happened since. The Pentagon released the videos. The “Tic Tac” incidents. Navy pilots—sober, trained, trusted—tracking objects that defy the laws of physics. They accelerate without sonic booms. They drop from space to sea level in seconds. The “Tequila” excuse doesn’t work for Commander David Fravor.
The Blue Beam Theory
Nevertheless, keep watching the skies! So will destroy the world according to Mayans?! Maybe the “gods” returning wasn’t a metaphor. The Maya worshipped entities from the stars. They built pyramids aligned with the cosmos. Why? To say hello? Or to build a landing pad?
There is a terrifying theory circulating in the dark corners of the web called Project Blue Beam. The idea? That the powers-that-be will stage a fake alien invasion to unite the world under a single, tyrannical government. Was the “ballet of lights” a test run? A hologram projected onto the sodium layer of the atmosphere?
When the Mayans spoke of the end of the age, they spoke of the return of Bolon Yokte, the god of war and creation. If the skies are filling up with lights, maybe he’s knocking on the door. And he’s not bringing cookies.
3. The Return of the Flood: Great Ark Fever
Water. It destroys. It cleanses. It resets. Everybody’s got Great Ark fever.
Dutchman Johan Huibers completed a 20-year challenge to build a replica of the Great Ark, following instructions laid down by God in Genesis. Amazingly, it works. It floats. It’s massive. Although Huibers has made some adjustments to the divine blueprint. The ark contains plastic rather than real animals and it probably wasn’t part of God’s original plan to include two cinemas and a restaurant.
You might laugh at the cinemas. Popcorn at the apocalypse? Why not. But look deeper.
The Cycle of Catastrophe
Meanwhile, archaeologist Robert Ballard claims to have found proof that the Great Flood really happened, along with evidence of a submerged ancient culture. Actually, this isn’t as batty as it first reads – there’s a consensus among many world historical traditions that a large proportion of the Earth was covered in water at some point.
Why do the Maya, the Christians, the Sumerians, and the Hopi all share this story? Because it happened. And it happens in cycles.
Graham Hancock and other alternative historians argue that around 12,800 years ago—the Younger Dryas period—a comet impact melted the ice caps instantly. Water rushed over the continents. Civilization was wiped out. We are a species with amnesia, waking up in the ruins of our ancestors, trying to piece together what happened.
The question is, will he find the Great Ark? And will it have two cinemas and a restaurant? More importantly: Why are the ultra-rich building bunkers in New Zealand right now? Why is the Global Seed Vault buried deep in the ice of Svalbard? They know the water is coming back. The Maya knew the cycles. The “Ark” isn’t a boat anymore. It’s an underground city.
4. The Sound of Silence: NASA Denial
NASA has denied that the Armageddon is coming, which makes me suspect that it almost certainly is. This is rule number one of survival: When the government says “Don’t Panic,” you run. Fast.
If the administration issues a statement to the effect that everything’s okay, that there’s no need to panic, that’s your cue to head for the hills. Why? Because the job of the government isn’t to save you. It’s to maintain order until the very last second. Panic destroys economies. Panic clogs highways. Silence keeps the machine running.
And if America is suddenly submerged by 100 feet of water, the mainstream media will be on hand to remind us of the things that really matter: Mitt Romney once put a dog on the roof of his car and Sarah Palin’s kids are getting divorced. Distraction is the weapon of choice.
The Psychology of Normalcy Bias
The Maya didn’t have CNN. They didn’t have Twitter. They looked at the stars and did the math. We have screens. We are constantly fed a diet of triviality. Celebrity gossip. Political theater. It keeps our eyes down, glued to the black mirror, instead of looking up at what’s approaching.
There is a theory called “Predictive Programming.” It suggests the elites tell us exactly what is going to happen through movies and denials, so that when it happens, we accept it subconsciously. NASA denying the apocalypse is part of the script.
5. The Cosmic Shooting Gallery: The Asteroid Threat
Right now an enormous asteroid is flying terrifyingly close to the Earth. Yep, that’s right – the very thing that the crazy New Age people warned would happen … is actually happening. RIGHT NOW.
Space is not empty. It’s a shooting gallery. And we are walking across the range blindfolded.
We are reassured that there will be no impact, but I love that Fox News throws in this fascinating counterfactual: “Toutatis would cause catastrophic damage if it ever did slam into Earth. In general, scientists think a strike by anything at least 0.6 miles wide could have global consequences, most likely by altering the world’s climate for many years to come.”
The Electric Universe
Finally, we shall have an answer to “Whatever happened to global warming?” It won’t matter when the sky turns black with ash. But here is the kicker: It might not even need to hit us. The “Electric Universe” theory suggests that comets and asteroids are highly charged bodies. If a massive rock passes close enough, the electrical discharge—a cosmic lightning bolt—could fry our electronics, wipe our memory banks, and send us back to the Stone Age instantly.
No impact crater needed. Just a zap. The Maya wrote about the sun “eating” the world. Maybe they weren’t talking about heat. Maybe they were talking about a Solar Flare or a plasma discharge that resets civilization.
The Verdict: Did the World Actually End?
On a serious note, it’s fascinating how the Mayans prophecy has turned us all into fortune tellers. The science pages of many websites are filled not with stories about science but stories about magic: Vatican astronomers, underwater civilizations, mystical mountains, and little green men.
It proves that for all our supposed commitment to “reason”, we remain sky god worshipping cavemen at heart. One in the eye for Richard Dawkins, I feel.
But let me leave you with one final, mind-bending thought. A theory that has taken over the internet in recent years.
The Mandela Effect and the Timeline Shift
What if the world did end in 2012? What if the CERN particle accelerator, or some cosmic event, shifted our consciousness into a parallel reality? A reality that is slightly… off. Look around. The political madness. The impossible events. The feeling that time is speeding up. The “Berenstein Bears” becoming the “Berenstain Bears.”
Maybe the Mayans were right. The old world ended. We are living in the simulation of the aftermath. The portents—the rockets, the UFOs, the floods, the asteroids—they aren’t warnings of what’s to come. They are glitches in the new program.
So, grab your baked beans. Keep your shotgun close. Not because the world is ending. But because it already has, and we are the ghosts trying to figure out the rules of the new game.
Originally posted 2016-04-17 16:27:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
