Dissappearing of Mayans

[Astral Projection]

What do you think about disappearing of Mayans? Do you think that they actually evolved spiritually and became invisible for us, "normal" humans?

[Jaco]

But, Mayans still live in middle america Visible people  
They have mayan culture and they speak mayan languages and dialects. They also consider themselves Mayans

[baodur]

True I see it all the time on discovery

[malganis]

I have heard they ascended...reached higher vibrational level. However they still do exist so maybe just some ascended?

[Jaco]

It's hard to tell... Maybe some ascended. But it's possible, that when conquistadors came and started killing and pillaging, those Mayans which were still alive have fled to the jungle and stayed there

[dingo]

What's wrong with these explanations?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayans#Decline_of_the_Maya

[Astral Projection]

Well, I thought that there are not ony Mayans today, that's why I asked for... dingo, Wikipedia is not reliable source, anyone can Edit it so.....

[CFTraveler]

Well, like it's been said before, the Mayans are still around-what the folklore says that dissappeared was it's civilization- all those temples & pyramids.  My brother last year went to Peru and got to know a few people there, and what he told me, and this is not a popular view, but there is extensive evidence of this (mass graves, pictographs that are not just artistic license) is that after their Golden age they started practicing human sacrifice- a view that is not the official version- any scholar will tell you they didn't, (and I know this, since I studied anthropology in college umpteen million years ago) that the only civilizations that practiced ritual sacrifice were the Aztecs- but they have uncovered a lot of evidence that the Mayas did practice it, and when they ran out of prisoners to sacrifice, they turned to their own, and the rest is history, (or prehistory, depending who you talk to.)  Once again, this in not the official unglamorous story, but the evidence strongly points to this.

[dingo]

dingo, Wikipedia is not reliable source, anyone can Edit it so.....

Yes, that is true, I guess.

[MisterJingo]

Well, I thought that there are not ony Mayans today, that's why I asked for... dingo, Wikipedia is not reliable source, anyone can Edit it so.....

Not so. here's an article on this:

http://news.com.com/Study+Wikipedia+as+accurate+as+Britannica/2100-1038_3-5997332.html

[NickJW]

I don't think there is any reason to believe that mayans have disappeared, number one: there are still mayans today and number two: the Spanish killed quite a bit of them and devastated their civilization. If you don't trust Wikipedia just do a google search you'll see that the Wikipedia articale on the Mayans is quite accurate.

[kinay]

the mayans beleived in a prohpecy that said that their civilization would come to an end by the coming of some sort of demon from unknown lands.
the date said of the demon's coming turned out ot be the exact date of Cortez setting foot on land.
they idd started sacrificing their own to prevent this disaster from happening and get favor from the god's. they were only alowed to save their knowledge.
and did so by building more cities. hidden in the jungle. some of these were never inhabbited.
for they didn't need them, being used of living from the land. until they had to flee.

this is only an interpretation of what i've come acrross so far about the mayans history. and i find that the knowledge they left is far more usefull and important to us today rather than how they died or dissappeared.
although it still remains an intresting subject.

[Sidra]

after their Golden age they started practicing human sacrifice- a view that is not the official version- any scholar will tell you they didn't, (and I know this, since I studied anthropology in college umpteen million years ago) that the only civilizations that practiced ritual sacrifice were the Aztecs- but they have uncovered a lot of evidence that the Mayas did practice it, and when they ran out of prisoners to sacrifice, they turned to their own, and the rest is history, (or prehistory, depending who you talk to.)  Once again, this in not the official unglamorous story, but the evidence strongly points to this.

The difference between the Mayans sacrifice and the Aztecs, the Aztecs sacrifice their own people.  The Aztecs had a distorted version of what sacrifice really meant, that is coming from the teachings--passed on.    As many know, the Aztecs aren't the original builders of the Pyramids in Mexico.

the mayans beleived in a prohpecy that said that their civilization would come to an end by the coming of some sort of demon from unknown lands.  

this is only an interpretation of what i've come acrross so far about the mayans history. and i find that the knowledge they left is far more usefull and important to us today rather than how they died or dissappeared.

So how were they able to prophesy the future?

I would say, foretelling the future was and is part of that knowledge.

Anyway, that's my take on it.

[kinay]

i agree.
and
hey i know they were experts in living in the now.
and they grow a lot of mushrooms around their temples

[Sidra]

yeah, mushrooms was one way, but then, again, you have remote viewing
and whatever other names others go by, unless we never had prophets.

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

the mayans encountered severe drought, and were forced to migrate away from their homelands.

their blood still exists, thin as it is, the same applies to the anasazi, except they didnt have a drought, it was already dry...   they didnt actually live there either, they were a nomadic tribe, 'their' location was merely a center of trade for themselves, as means for their own survival.

they probably simply integrated into other tribes and abandoned the nomadic life.