The Mayan calendar is, in my opinion, one of the best sacred tools we have -- right up there with astrology. As is the case with astrology, it's such a shame that most people don't know about the Mayan calendar, and are not really open to thinking about it. The world would be a completely different place if people were taught the Mayan calendar in school, instead of learning about magic bullets that killed the Kennedy brothers and other historical lies.

Anyway. One of the core ideas related to the Mayan calendar is that as we approach the end of 2012 -- the time when the Mayan calendar ends -- we'll be seeing an end to "warring dualities." We can think of warring dualities as two things that are complementary yet opposites, and unite to create a single whole.


It is best understood through some examples:

Customer vs. Employee. We are already seeing how this duality is merging; think of how companies are increasingly looking to customers to co-create the product for them. Companies like Zazzle and Etsy are prime examples of this. In Internet-business speak, we refer to this as "pushing to the edge."

Work vs. Play. As Dan Pink noted in his book Free Agent Nation, the division between work and play is blurring. More and more people, particularly self-employed Internet people (like me!), tend to be working and playing at all times; the distinction doesn't really exist, and the 9 to 5 work day is gone. This trend will continue, especially as we get to 2012 and beyond.

Artist vs. Fan. Music is the dimension in which this duality is most being blurred; think of American Idol, and of how mainstream musicians like Radiohead, Jason Mraz, and Foo Fighters have looked to their fans to help them co-create their products by creating music videos and even collaborating on songs. This is essentially the same as the customer/employee duality we noted earlier, and is a key part of the business model revolution the music industry is on the brink of -- a revolution in which distributing music for free is seen as a positive thing and part of the business model.

Platform vs. Developer. In the technology world, we are familiar to seeing conflicts between developers -- the people who make software applications -- and platforms (the operating system on which those software applications run). For instance, developers who have made applications meant to run on Apple computers, or on Facebook's web site, often have a love/hate relationship with the platform. As business models develop, I believe we'll see a platform that is owned and shared by the developers, thus putting an end to the warring duality. I've referred to this previously as "the edge owning the core" -- see our collection of posts on this topic.

Jesus vs. Satan. I've saved the biggest one for last. First, let me reiterate that neither Jesus nor Satan actually exists. They are about as real as Neo and Agent Smith. See our previous post on this topic.

Now of course, Jesus and Satan do exist symbolically, and that duality, which has been in conflict for the past few thousand years, is coming to an end. Satan can be symbolized by central banking, fiat currencies, and secret societies (which historically have been tools of oppression and deception). Jesus can be symbolized by Truth and Love. As we approach 2012 and beyond, we'll see the symbolic tools of Satan -- central banking, fiat currencies, and secret societies, among other things -- serve the eternal message of Jesus (Truth and Love). We've referred to this before; see our discussions on the idea of "out of darkness comes light."

Anyway. It's a better world that awaits us, so long as we do our part and make it that way.