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Me Musing .
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an interesting day today . . .
My friend Donna
left me a Voice Mail Sunday afternoon that she was driving through
our Valley and on one of the Radio Stations there was an interview
with a woman about the Mayan Calendar. By the time I got the message,
the show was over and I didn't think much about it as the past few
years other creative
pursuits have occupied my time.
(In 2004, I
was deep into the study of the Mayan Calendar through the work of
Carl Johan Calleman
and developed my own artwork for Glyphs and then my own Mayan
Style Day Counter.)
The next day,
my friend who teaches Spanish classes at the local high school left
a message that she would like me to come to school on Friday and
speak to her 3rd level Spanish classes!
I had no
idea when I got her message what I could possibly
talk to them about!
The next day
we finally connected and she said she had heard a woman speaking
about the Mayan Calendar on Sunday afternoon and since she and some
students from her classes were traveling to Chichen-Itza in a few
weeks to visit the Mayan Ruins, she thought it would be great
if I would come and speak to them about the Mayan Calendar!
Soooooooooooo
I spent the last two days digging out my artwork and re-acquainting
myself with all the information that was such a part of my life
in 2004 and 2005.
She mentioned
to me that a few of the students were freaking out about Dec., 2012
being the 'end of the world' (as many people seem to have gotten
that idea!).
Today was the
day and I arrived there with artwork, Day Counters and notes in
hand; however, really wondering if I could connect on this with
young people of that age group! The two classes were back to back
and would last about 40 minutes each.
I decided to
begin by showing them a page from our Gregorian calendar (which
to me has become more of an 'appointment journal', date listings
of past happenings in our history and dates of holidays we celebrate).
Then I showed them the Tzolkin (the Sacred 260 day Mayan Count)
. . . and of course, there is no comparison! I smiled as I could
see the looks on their faces when I explained, that for me, this
calendar has a life of its own; is one of energetics, evolving time,
organic, cycles, flow.
I explained
the numbering system from one to thirteen and about the 20 Day Keepers,
which repeat through the numbers (13 x 20 = 260).
I briefly touched
on the Day/Night Pulses . . . periods of action and periods of rest,
which to me are like the inbreath and outbreath.
I explained
about how my artwork for the Glyphs
came about, then about working out the Day Counter system and how
Carl had encouraged me to have it printed to share with others as
a great tool for using the Calendar. The first Glyph I had painted
was Etznab
and I had
them look at it and then close their eyes and asked them to imagine
themselves running up one side of the steps and then down the other.
Then by show of hands, I asked how many ran up the left side and
down the right and how many ran up the right side and down the left.
The amazing part was, which they had chosen seemed to depend on
which side of the room they were sitting ! Then I had them reverse
the process and most agreed that it was harder to 'mentally' do
it in that direction . . . which was the same response I had had
back in 2004!
I then talked
about the left and right sides of the brains and how we are moving
into 'balanced' or 'one' brain.
An exercise
like this, by the way, is a good one for integrating and balancing
both sides of the brain, especially if we have been spending too
much time in left-brain activities!
I explained
about Carl's years of research and study and the 9 Underworlds he
speaks of in his book..
In
40 minutes, it is difficult to cover billions of years, however,
my main focus was on how these 9 levels of Consciousness correspond
to the Pyramid they would be seeing in Chichen-Itza.
I
wanted them to begin to correspond the two with the idea that these
levels (or resulting states of consciousness as Carl calls them)
build on each other. On the dates shown in the chart, the one before
doesn't just end . . . it is the foundation for the next level.
I
talked about how the 244 years from 1755 to 1999 (the Planetary
level of consciousness) which began with Industrialization and closed
with Materialism consuming us, extended a lot longer than this new
level (beginning in 1999) we are now living in until early 2011
(Galactic consciousness), bringing with it the Internet and Technology
Explosion. We talked about the feeling of 'time speeding up', which
I was not sure, at their young age, they would have felt. A few
have!
I
talked about how many people of my age group can relate more easily
to their parents and grandparents lives than we oftentimes can to
people of their age group . . . as we and our parents and
grandparents were born and raised during the same Consciousness
level, so much of our 'history', I believe, is imbedded in our cells.
I can still see the looks on their faces when I said that I was
almost 8 years old when we got our first TV!!!!!!
I
explained that they may also have this same experience when in early
2011, another level begins (Cosmic) and children born during that
time (and possibly even the ones who have been born since 2000)
will most likely be totally different from them. Cell phones and
internet may be outdated, as we may be communicating through telepathy!
We
talked about the Dec, 2012 date and I explained that Carl's research
has revised that date to Oct. 28, 2011 . . . so many will be waiting
around for 2012 and will find out they missed the whole event the
year before! We talked about the hype of Y2K and how we all thought
we would wake up on Jan. 1, 2000 with no electricity, no food, no
water, on and on . . .
I
wanted to instill in them the idea that it is their
choice whether they look at this coming-time fearfully, or
if they choose to live it as an Adventure, an opportunity to begin
now by putting their awareness on the Universal Flow of Energy,
move with it and not fight it in their everyday lives.
Just
because others may believe one way doesn't necessarily mean it is
the Truth . . . they will only find what is best for them by taking
time for themselves in Quietness, perhaps journaling and looking
for the 'bigger picture' of what is really going on around them
. . . and most importantly . . . take
responsibility for their choices.
If
they feel they have been 'hurt' by someone's actions or remarks,
step back, look inside, see if there might not be something they
find there that could have prompted or even aggitated the situation.
And
perhaps that is the message of Etznab . . . Mirrored
Stepways to the Platform of Oneness .
. . one side mirrors/reflects the other . . . the outer reflects
the inner and only by climbing up to take a 'higher view' can we
see in new ways.
One
plus one equals two . . .
and when viewed from Above . . .
takes
us back to One again!
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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