I've heard a lot about the "end of the world" coming in 2012. The Mayan calendar supposedly ends on December 21st. The Roman Catholic Church officially announced the rapture began not too long. Government corruption seems to be getting worse. War is spreading. Poverty seems to be escalating too. Pollution is at an all time high as well.
With all this speculation and hype, its hard to make sense of any of it. But what I believe?
I think this whole "end of the world" publicity actually means "end of the era." What i mean by this is that this age, period, era - is shifting gears and changing. A new era is beginning where humanity will learn to become more responsible for mother Earth. I the new era will bring in ecologically friendly technology and industry, a more humanitarian designed standard of living, a spread in knowledge and awareness, and shift in focus from power and money to a focus on advancing humanity as a whole, and preserving Earth as much as possible.
I feel that the "end of the world" is a big symbol for the "end of an era".
I agree with whoever said many people are going off the deep end. A symbol is a symbol. Just because the Mayan calender ended 2000 years after they wrote it, doesn't mean it will end with a cataclysmic event killing off much of the life on earth.
It's a shift in awareness, in focus, energy, concerns and priorities; a shift in goals, values, habits, morality - a change in the way humanity lives and treats itself and its environment.
That is my opinion, how I feel, and what I believe.