On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:07:39AM -0700, Ben Barrett wrote: > I guess if you're into things like the Book of Revelation, and study > end-time prophecies, then you might say it "ends" -- but the calendar > *is* cyclical, AFAIK there will be more rounds to make in my lifetime. > I used to think the world was going to end on that date, but I decided > to assume it is not and move on with valuable things in life. Not that > the end of time is worthless, but rather that thinking it's almost over > is too defeatist for me to handle... so even if time does end somehow, > it is not clear if we would also end.
The "prophecy" does not foretell a complete end, but "the end of the world as we know it" ... a change in consciousness, not physical destruction. > PS - yada yada new-agey mayan translations, yada yada... There is a > rather large private party out in the coastal range, to celebrate the > day(s) out of time and new year's, started last night and goes through > sunday; http://www.as1.info/ > I was told about this last night just after being lectured about > the incorrectness of the popular "Mayan calendar" Yes, well, the idea is to change consciousness ... bring order and stability from within by syncing with natural rhythms (life) instead of following arbitrary rules of man (money). -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
