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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Bye-Bye Human Being!!!

Are you planning for the future of you and your family and having life insurance so that your family won’t need not to worry after you? Just get your capital back, because your countdown has began. The recent hype over the devastation of the world is an issue of controversy. The common man has a common query…. Will we be some objects to be excavated or not even that after 21th Dec, 2012???



History says we have a habit of seeing more than we know. We started correlating what would happen in a person's life with planetary positions. From the earlier days, we are afraid of those things we couldn’t control. Some shrewd people started getting benefit out of our beliefs. Some of the examples of predictions of God human being are:




When, on June 14, 1968, there were predictions of a possible collision of the earth and a minor planet Icarus, which passed within only four million kilometers of Earth.



In 1974, some people predicted that in 1982 all the planets will be aligned on the same side of the Sun, As a result a very high sunspot maximum and great earthquakes affecting principally the Los Angeles region. The sunspot maximum occurred in November 1979; and Los Angeles survived these events.



Similarly, in May 2000 there was a prediction of a catastrophe because of the simultaneous alignment of the planets Jupiter and Saturn behind the Sun (in conjunction with the Sun). Since the year 1600 there have been four occurrences with a closer "matching"(less duration) than the 2000 grouping.




These are only a few instances, the list is endless. In all the cases except a few, we were able to thank for our existence. But this did not deter us to predict.






Our discussion is incomplete without the Mayan Calendar, which gives good fodder for many end-of-the-world fans. Mayan Civilization existed around 250-900 AD it stretched around most parts of the southern states of Mexico and reaches down to the current geological locations of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and some of Honduras. It gives "day 1" as August 11th, 3114 BC (0.0.0.0.1). It has a life of 5125.36 years, so it is also easy to calculate the date at which the calendar would end -- December 21st, 2012 (12.19.19.17.20).

It was possibly based on religious belief, the menstrual cycle, mathematical calculations, But the fact remains, the Mayan Doomsday Prophecy is purely based on a calendar which we believe hasn't been designed to calculate dates beyond 2012 or it might be reset (0.0.0.0.1) to use beyond 2012. It gained the popularity because of the possibility of collision of an asteroid as predicted by some scientist that in Dec, 2012 an asteroid will pass near to the earth.


So, we can’t give up the habit of trying to be in lime light. If some things really happen, it is just one case out of the many cases possible. You can say it is a mere co-incidence. But we remember only those predictions that come true, which is why astrology works only for those who believe in it.

According to noted astrologer Bejan Daruwalla, the 21st century will be the brightest and the boldest period of humanity. This is because the sum of 21 is 3, which is the number of Jupiter, the planet of good luck. In the next 9 years, we'll even contact extra-terrestrials.

I think this discussion has ample reasons for you not to be panicked over the paltry predictions which don’t have an end. Enjoy the precious life given to you without any tension but the savings!!!


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2 Comments:

prateekamlathe said...

saale...
kuch bhi likh dega to kya hum mann jayenge....
dont instigate writing nucense in ur blog...
as the name reflect "The call of India" ur articles must be related to development of the country.....

Unknown said...

whoa whoa..its a bouncer..went above my head.. :)

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