Thursday, December 27, 2007

2012 Meta Earth Hypothesis

2012 Meta Earth Hypothesis

In this article, Lord Pakal Ahau compiles several factors that will contribute to the 2012 Meta Earth evolution, Pakal’s hypothesis supporting the upper limit of habitability zone of Earth after billions of years and the controversial Mayan concept of End of Creation in 2012 as we know it.

In addition, the 2012 event is not a time period confined to Earth specifically (as many people have written and believe with an anthropocentric view), but as he learned from the wisdom of his Mayan teachers, it is an event that is applied to the solar system as a whole.

The complexity of the solar system evolution is beyond our imagination to explain it in this brief article, however Lord Pakal attempts to explain the variables applied to our planet (since we live in it) in scientific terms so we can understand the end of this great cosmic cycle. Bear in mind that other planets in the solar system will be affected by this transitional event as Mayans understood with their astronomical skills. Therefore, the Meta Earth hypothesis is an extension of the Rare Earth theory, and combines the effects of many of the Earth’s attributes and chance events in the solar system applied to all related planets to calculate that there may indeed be one and only one Earth able to support life in any given galaxy. Or none.

Many of the variables in the calculation have widely bounded estimates, and so the number may be larger, or it may in fact most commonly be zero. In geophysical research, Dr Iain Stewart looked up from the surface of the Earth to examine the influence of larger factors on the formation of our planet. It’s position in space, the presence of the moon, cataclysmic events in Earth’s past and its relationship to its nearest neighbours. Some of the conditions Stewart discussed are as follow:

Habitable zone around the right sort of star

Most of the stars in any given galaxy (around 90%) either give off too much UV radiation to allow DNA to remain stable, or not enough radiation/light/heat to sustain life. Of those that do, like our Sun, they have to be large enough to burn long enough to allow complex life to evolve (it’s taken us 4.5 billion years - some stars only burn for a billion years), but small enough to have rocky planets in a stable orbit. That orbit has to be within a fairly narrow band - the habitable zone - at the right distance from the star to allow water to remain a liquid.

There’s more to it than even that. Even the right kind of star has to be orbiting in the right position in a galaxy. Too close to the galactic central core, and the gamma and X-ray radiation emitted by the black hole is inimical to life.

Lord Pakal explains that Earth, as the Sun continues to attract the planet to its core, has arrived to a maximum habitability area in which the planet has reached the end of the cycle after billions of years and maximum enthropy will follow. The point of no return in 2012 and the main reason why we should look on Mars as the New Earth and our potential terraforming home.

Collision with another Earth-like body during the first cycles

Planets the size of Earth don’t normally have gravitational fields strong enough to retain an atmosphere. Take a look at Mars. It is beyond the habitability zone but it will enter in it one day. It had an atmosphere once but it all leaked away owing to Mars’ weak gravity. The theory goes that at one time, there was another planet orbiting the Sun very close to the orbit of Earth. The two worlds collided and part of the mass of that other planet became attached to Earth, increasing its mass and gravity.

Moon effect and impact with other asteroids

The presence of a moon is seen as essential to the development of life. Its effect on planetary water is to create a zone of evolutionary tension where tidal pools are created and which will stimulate life to leave the oceans. Our moon is considerably bigger than any other compared to the size of its planet, and probably formed by accretion of the debris left over from the aforementioned planetary collision.

Magnetosphere and effect of solar radiation

Without the Earth’s strong magnetic field, driven by its molten iron core, we wouldn’t have the Aurora. Our loss would be considerably more than just not having pretty lights in the sky. The Aurora is the result of the Earth’s magnetosphere deflecting the solar wind. Without it, life would have been subjected to intense solar radiation too strong for life to evolve.

Plate tectonics movements and continental drift

The continuous shifting of the continents is another evolutionary engine. Without it the Earth would probably be just one giant ocean, perhaps with a single continent to start with which would eventually have been completed eroded away. Continental drift drives the climate which in turn drives evolution.

Asteroid impacts and Earth evolution

Too many impacts from passing bodies is a bad thing, but too few is bad too. If an asteroid hadn’t killed off all the dinosaurs they’d probably still be here - they had already lasted 200 million years after all: more than 30 times longer than man has been around even in his simplest form. And if the dinosaurs were still around, we wouldn’t be.

Influence of Jupiter and space shield protection

This is a dubious one, since opinion is split as to whether Jupiter protects us or deflects asteroids towards us. On balance its effect on asteroid impact probably balances out to nil, but it may have other beneficial effects.

For a further reading, we refer the reader to this discussion link in Wikipedia.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Mexico should establish the same laws of Egypt in copyright protection of Mayan Pyramids

We commend Egypt for the legal protection of cultural values and monument reproductions of their country as Mexico should create the same laws when it is applied for entertainment and profit in foreign resorts, movie themes and digital game technology. Here’s the interesting article from Yahoo! by Rayad Abou Awad published on December 25, 2007.

CAIRO (AFP) - In a potential blow to themed resorts from Vegas to Tokyo, Egypt is to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whenever its ancient monuments, from the pyramids to the sphinx, are reproduced.

Zahi Hawass, the charismatic and controversial head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, told AFP on Tuesday that the move was necessary to pay for the upkeep of the country’s thousands of pharaonic sites.

“The new law will completely prohibit the duplication of historic Egyptian monuments which the Supreme Council of Antiquities considers 100-percent copies,” he said.

“If the law is passed then it will be applied in all countries of the world so that we can protect our interests,” Hawass said.

He said that a ministerial committee had already agreed on the law which should be passed in the next parliamentary session, while insisting the move would not hurt Egyptian artisans.

“It is Egypt’s right to be the only copyright owner for these monuments in order to benefit financially so we can restore, preserve and protect Egyptian monuments.”

However, the law “does not forbid local or international artists from profiting from drawings and other reproductions of pharaonic and Egyptian monuments from all eras — as long as they don’t make exact copies.”

“Artists have the right to be inspired by everything that surrounds them, including monuments,” he said.

Asked about the potential impact on the monumental Luxor Hotel in the US gambling capital of Las Vegas, Hawass insisted that particular resort was “not an exact copy of pharaonic monuments despite the fact it’s in the shape of a pyramid.”

On its website, the luxury hotel describes itself as “the only pyramid shaped building in the world,” but Hawass said its interior was entirely different from an ancient Egyptian setting.

Hawass’s declarations came after the opposition daily Al-Wafd published an article on Sunday called for the Las Vegas hotel to pay a slice of its lodging and gambling profits to the city of Luxor.

“Thirty-five million tourists visit Las Vegas to see the reproduction of Luxor city while only six million visit the real Egyptian city of Luxor,” the paper lamented.

Samir Farag, head of Luxor town council in southern Egypt, home to the legendary Valley of the Kings, said that it would be difficult to prohibit use of pyramid shapes.

“We can’t forbid people from using the name of Luxor and copying monuments from (Luxor) city, which is the world’s richest city for monuments,” he said, adding that “tourists going to Las Vegas doesn’t affect our city’s business.”

Friday, December 14, 2007

The 13th B’aktun Prophecy of 2012

The 13th B’aktun Prophecy of 2012

Maya epigraphy is fun to write and we are proud of our Mesoamerican language. Therefore, we have designed the prophecy with our ancient glyphs describing the end of the 13th B’aktun Prophecy of 2012 for your research and entertainment. What does it say?

Well, you need to do your homework and learn a little bit of glyphs. It is an interesting decipherment. Otherwise, you will have to wait for 2012 and see what happens. Want more information? For additional reading, you can visit our page 2012 Prophecy Notes on Tortuguero Monument 6.



NOTES FROM THE EDITOR: As an entertainment bonus, here’s the link to an amazing video ‘The End of the World’ by R.E.M. in YouTube that will make you say Wow! Click now.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Winter Solstice 2007: The Icon Vanishes

With the ominous Arctic melt as predicted by NASA climate scientists by 2012, we post an image of animal serenity and relaxation in their vanishing habitat for Winter Solstice 2007 knowing their end is near.

And Lord Pakal Ahau’s prayer that says, “Blessed are the gentle animals, for they shall inherit Earth again.”


Monday, December 10, 2007

Lord Pakal Ahau: 2012 Prophet Glyph

For those people with an inclination for Maya Epigraphy, we have made the new and original glyph which identifies Lord Pakal Ahau of the K’inich Maya Family in Palenque for the year 2012 and beyond.

And if you don’t listen or understand what Lord Pakal Ahau is advocating in Mayan terms, listen to Al Gore because no one is prophet in his own country. “It is time to make peace with the planet,” Gore said in his Nobel Peace acceptance speech that quoted Churchill, Gandhi and the Bible. “We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war.”