Re: Mayan fun,Am I being moderated?

05-01-2001, 09:46 AM

Namaste,

Several of my post have not appeared but others posted later have!
Is there something wrong? I hope I am not being censored....Tony.

--- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., "Joyce Short" wrote:
>
>
> > >The Mayans in public and more in secret have preserved the
> teachings,
>
>
> Like most everything else, I know nothing much about the Mayans.
But
> recently I went to the Yucatan. And while there we went off to have
a look
> at the great pyramid at Chitzen Itza. My intrepid husband climbed
up the
> pryamid while I, having a fear of heights, cowered at the bottom.
>
> Later, our guide told us that inside the temple was a very
interesting room
> that would later be open to the public after the guard had his tea.
I was
> game for this, assuming that it was just a room inside, no steep
inclines.
>
> Well, inside the temple is a long, very narrow, very steep,
slimey-walled,
> deathly cold, dimly lit staircase that leads up to the top of the
pyramid
> from the inside. No way out, up I climbed sweating and gasping along
with a
> great crowd of others. At the very top is a small room the Mayan
priests
> used for rituals of some sort or other, I didnt even dare speculate.
There
> were candles burning, ghosts everywhere in the gloom. Finally, down
the
> narrow staircase and out we came, suddenly out into spaciousness,
warmth and
> blinding light.
>
> Naturally, I have a lot of speculations about THAT - to say the
least the
> re-birthing folks could have a good session there.
>
> Another interesting tidbit. Apparently the Mayans had games of
football.
> But they had to hit the ball with their hip and it had to go between
the
> goal posts that where at a great height off the ground. Our guide
told us
> that who ever won the game, the captain of that team got to be the
sacrifice
> to the Gods. We kind of chortled at this assuming it would be the
loser who
> would get his head chopped off - but, now I wonder.
>
> Most of my life has been about playing games with life and death,
going into
> and coming out of small spaces - but I've no idea what the Mayans
were
> doing.
>
> Joyce

05-01-2001, 02:43 PM

On 5/1/01 at 4:46 PM Tony O'Clery wrote:

ºNamaste,
º
ºSeveral of my post have not appeared but others posted later have!
ºIs there something wrong? I hope I am not being censored....Tony.

What is wrong is a large delay at yahoo. But sometimes that can happen to the
ISP
as well, as was my case today. However the thought of being censored did not
arise

But in your case, the snip squad could come into action.

Jan