{"id":3624,"date":"2012-07-12T23:49:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T13:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2012-07-14T12:27:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T02:27:32","slug":"robert-sitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2012\/07\/robert-sitler-3624.html","title":{"rendered":"Expert Opinion #1: Robert Sitler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I reached out to some of the most-read authors in the 2012 space, regardless of whether they agree with my doom&#8217;n&#8217;gloom mentality. I simply asked for a brief overview of what they think will happen in 2012 (if anything), and optionally, where they will be on Dec 21.<\/p>\n<p>First up, I&#8217;m pleased to present the thoughts of leading Mayan scholar <a href=\"http:\/\/robertsitler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Sitler<\/a>, author of <em>The Living Maya: Ancient Wisdom in the Era of 2012<\/em> :<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?attachment_id=3626\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3626\" title=\"sitler\" src=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/sitler1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/sitler1.gif 225w, http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/sitler1-199x300.gif 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sitler<\/span>:<\/strong> Apart from the awe-inspiring unfolding of consciousness that has occurred continuously since the dawn of time, I honestly do not think anything extraordinary will occur in connection with the December 21, 2012 date. The hoopla surrounding the close of the 13th pik in the Long Count has no basis in reality and has unfortunately overshadowed the brilliance of Mayan cultural traditions and the lessons they offer for global societies that are fundamentally disconnected from the natural world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I reached out to some of the most-read authors in the 2012 space, regardless of whether they agree with my doom&#8217;n&#8217;gloom mentality. I simply asked for a brief overview of what they think will happen in 2012 (if anything), and optionally, where they will be on Dec 21.<br \/>\nFirst up, I&#8217;m pleased to present the thoughts of leading Mayan scholar Robert Sitler, author of The Living Maya: Ancient Wisdom in the Era of 2012 :<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSitler: Apart from the awe-inspiring unfolding of consciousness that has occurred continuously since the dawn of time, I honestly do not think anything extraordinary will occur in connection with the December 21, 2012 date. The hoopla surrounding the close of the 13th pik in the Long Count has no basis in reality and has unfortunately overshadowed the brilliance of Mayan cultural traditions and the lessons they offer for global societies that are fundamentally disconnected from the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3633,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions\/3633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->