{"id":479,"date":"2011-12-28T03:25:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T03:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=479"},"modified":"2011-12-30T00:36:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T00:36:05","slug":"december-21-2012-or-the-littlest-apocalypse-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2011\/12\/december-21-2012-or-the-littlest-apocalypse-video.html","title":{"rendered":"December 21, 2012; Or, the littlest apocalypse (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
\nBuddha<\/p>\n

Over the last few years, catastrophobia has continued to build for for the ominous date of December 21, 2012; the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar. So much so, many of my fans and readers asked me to weigh in on the matter.<\/p>\n

In the video below, I give a precise explanation of why 2012 is a big deal, and what is going to happen, but I will give a short recap here.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, no one KNOWS what is going to happen on that day, just like no one KNOWS what is going to happen tomorrow, or the day after.
\nThe issue lay in the fact that the Mayan Long Count Calendar comes to an end, on December 21, 2012. This date has been widely touted as the ‘end of the world’, which is further inflated by the fact that the Egyptians and Sumerians had similar calendars that end around the same time. Even the Taoist I Ching can be interpreted as a calendar of sorts, which also seems to point to this date as a period of major transition.<\/p>\n