Stan GROF à Cancun - conférence 2012

2012 AND HUMAN DESTINY: END OF THE WORLD OR CONSCIOUSNESS REVOLUTION?

Stan Grof, M.D.

Since the publication of Jose Arguelles’ book The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology (Arguelles 1987) brought to the attention of lay audiences the ancient prophecy concerning the end of the Maya Long Count calendar, which started on August 11, 3114 BC, and will end on December 21, 2012 AD, this date has become the focus of many articles, books, and of a forthcoming movie entitled 2012. Similar prophecies about the end of the Great Cycle can be found in many other cultural and religious groups – the Hopi, Navajo, Cherokee, Apache, Iroquois confederacy, ancient Egyptians, the Kabbalists, Essenes, Qero elders of Peru, the Subsaharan Dogon tribe, and the Australian Aborigines.

With a few exceptions, the Mayan prophecy about the end of the cosmic cycle, the Fifth World, has been interpreted in terms of actual physical destruction of humanity and of the material world, in a way similar to the interpretation (or better misinterpretation) of the term apocalypse by Christian fundamentalists, particularly the millions of American Christians who believe that at the time of this global destruction they will experience “rapture” and be united with Jesus.

People who see it this way are not aware of the fact that the original and literal meaning of the term apocalypse (Greek) is not destruction but "lifting of the veil" or "revelation.” It referred to the disclosure of some secrets hidden from the majority of humanity to certain privileged persons. The source of the misinterpretation of this word is probably the phrase “apokálypsis eschaton” which literally means "revelation at the end of the æon, or age."

The purpose of this conference is to explore a radically different, more optimistic interpretation of the Mayan prophecy – as referring to the end of the world as we have known it: a world dominated by unbridled violence and insatiable greed, egotistic hierarchy of values, corrupted institutions and corporations, and irreconcilable conflicts between organized religions. Instead of predicting a physical destruction of the material world, the Mayan prophecy might refer to death and rebirth and a mass inner transformation of humanity. In order to explore this idea, we have to answer two important questions, First, how could ancient Mayans two thousand years ago predict what situation humanity would be facing in the twenty-first century? And second, are there any indications that modern society, more specifically the industrial civilization, is currently on the verge of a major psychospiritual transformation? I will try to address these questions in the course of my presentation.

STANISLAV GROF, M.D., is a psychiatrist with more than fifty years experience researching the healing and transformative potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. He is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA). On October 5, 2007, he was granted the prestigious award - Vision 97 - from the Czech ex-President Václav Havel and his wife Dagmar. His groundbreaking theories influenced the integration of Western science with his brilliant mapping of the transpersonal dimension. Among his many books are Psychology of the Future, The Cosmic Game, When the Impossible Happens, and The Ultimate Journey.
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BRINGING TOGETHER Stanislav Grof, Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows of the Venus Project, Jose Arguelles, Graham Hancock, John Major Jenkins, Christine Page, Daniel Pinchbeck, and Miguel Angel Vergara, this significant gathering promises to be the groundbreaking lead up to the 2012 planetary cyclical change.

Following the conference there will be a special pilgrimage to the Mayan Sacred Living Temples of Chichen Itza, Coba, Ek Balam, and Muyil.

2012: TIPPING POINT
THE PROPHETS CONFERENCE CANCUN
The End of the World As We Have Known It!

Conference 22-24 January 2010
Conference and Mayan Sacred Temple Pilgrimage 22-29 January 2010