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mleku | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 the entire ecosystem is affected by the changes of gravity and radiation caused by the presence of the moon in its orbit around us, from the tides to the blocking effect of the moon shielding us from solar radiation to the rise and fall of gravity due to the alignment/opposition/square relations of the moon relative to the sun

and it affects the magnetic fields as well, there is an entire complex of magnetic flux lines that are constantly changing due to the orbits of the planets and these have big effects on how much radiation hits us both from the sun, from the galaxy around us, and even from such things as jupiter and saturn
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mleku | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 ancient jewish and chinese and other calendars also were devised to track these things... modern technology allows us to also further monitor the sunspots, plasma channels and explosions that blast plasma at us, and shower us with X-rays and other things, these all have massive influences, and the Hindus and their Yuga thing... yes, turns out that this is a cycle that is created by the rotation of the galactic disc and when it gets to the vertical points every ~12000 years it can cause such drastic effects as causing the entire earth to rotate to a new rotation axis, the 6000 and 12000 and 25000 year cycles the hindus talked about are real, and we are in the midst of a reversal now, and likely within 30 years there could be such a dramatic disaster that very few of us survive

according to fossil and genetic records, one of these transitions some 50,000 years ago almost wiped out humans altogether
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d23b7c1f | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 in 30 years!  I'll stop saving for retirement then.
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mleku | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 no, keep saving, but think about how to get into a place where you won't get washed away by the ocean flooding everything and the rain dumping petatons of water on you at the same time

also, pray that there is a Jesus and he's coming with his posse to collect the righteous
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d23b7c1f | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 oh wait, so is 2nd coming something that also happens every 12,000 years? and they just take the lucky ones somewhere safe until it's all over and the cycle repeats?
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d23b7c1f | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The Hopi nation from the 4 corners region (Utah/Arizona, NM, Colorado) have the legend that they emerged from a cave in the ground and the god told them to spread out.
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mleku | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yes, "a god" in old myths is a keyword that usually refers to a human with advanced scientific knowledge and benevolent intentions, usually... some of them are not benevolent, thus shit like the human sacrifice of the aztecs and the more modern cult of kings
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franny | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 The dramatic disaster you describe seems terrifying. I’m still a believer of a positive change for humanity…. Even if this could be one… at least my descendants should live in paradise. 
The cosmic energies are so fascinating.