FW: The Mayan Calendar - The World Will Not End

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To the GJList, friends and family,

Allen Covey, who works with stuff like Vedic Astrology and other ancient

cultural matters, who is also cousin of Steven Covey, author of "the seven

habits of highly effective people", is a contact of mine and sent me this

article which is from indigenous Mayan priests of our time current, and is a

rebuttal to the widespread assumption that the Mayan Calendar "ends" in 2012

and that this is therefore almost "the end of the world".

If you can, please spread the news. This is another case of "The Indigenous to

the Rescue".

I personally like people more when they don't say the world will end soon.

Thanks, Richard / Das Goravani

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The Mayan Calendar - The World Will Not End

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Sunday, December 29, 2002 5:21 PM

The Mayan Calendar - The World Will Not End

The Mayan Calendar - The World Will Not End

CARLOS BARRIOS was born into a Spanish family on El Altiplano, the highlands of

Guatemala. His home was in Huehuetenango, also the dwelling place of the Maya

Mam tribe. With other Maya and other indigenous tradition keepers, the Mam

carry part of the old ways on Turtle Island (North America). They are keepers

of time, authorities on remarkable calendars that are ancient, elegant and

relevant.

Mr. Barrios is a historian, an anthropologist and investigator. After studying

with traditional elders for 25 years since the age of 19, he has also became a

Mayan Ajq'ij, a ceremonial priest and spiritual guide, Eagle Clan.

Years ago, along with his brother, Gerardo, Carlos initiated an investigation

into the different Mayan calendars. He studied with many teachers. He says his

brother Gerardo interviewed nearly 600 traditional Mayan elders to widen their

scope of knowledge.

"Anthropologists visit the temple sites," Mr. Barrios says, "and read the steles

and inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the

signs correctly. It's just their imagination... Other people write about

prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say that the world will end in December

2012. The Mayan elders are angry with this. The world will not end. It will be

transformed. The indigenous have the calendars, and know how to accurately

interpret it, not others."

The Mayan Calendars comprehension of time, seasons, and cycles has proven itself

to be vast and sophisticated. The Maya understand 17 different calendars, some

of them charting time accurately over a span of more than ten million years.

The calendar that has steadily drawn global attention since 1987 is called the

Tzolk'in or Cholq'ij. Devised ages ago and based on the cycle of the Pleiades,

it is still held as sacred. With the indigenous calendars, native people have

kept track of important turning points in history. For example, the daykeepers

who study the calendars identified an important day in the year One Reed, Ce

Acatal, as it was called by the Mexicans. That was the day when an important

ancestor was prophesied to return, "coming like a butterfly." In the western

calendar, the One Reed date correlates to Easter Sunday, April 21, 1519 the day

that Hernando Cortez and his fleet of 11 Spanish galleons arrived from the East

at what is today called Vera Cruz, Mexico.

When the Spanish ships came toward shore, native people were waiting and

watching to see how it would go. The billowing sails of the ships did indeed

remind the scouts of butterflies skimming the ocean surface.

In this manner was a new era initiated, an era they had anticipated through

their calendars. The Maya termed the new era the Nine Bolomtikus, or nine Hells

of 52 years each. As the nine cycles unfolded, land and freedom were taken from

the native people. Disease and disrespect dominated. What began with the

arrival of Cortez, lasted until August 16, 1987 - a date many people recall as

Harmonic Convergence. Millions of people took advantage of that date to make

ceremony in sacred sites, praying for a smooth transition to a new era, the

World of the Fifth Sun.

>From that 1987 date until now, Mr. Barrios says, we have been in a time when the

right arm of the materialistic world is disappearing, slowly but inexorably. We

are at the cusp of the era when peace begins, and people live in harmony with

Mother Earth. We are no longer in the World of the Fourth Sun, but we are not

yet in the World of the Fifth Sun. This is the time in-between, the time of

transition.

As we pass through transition there is a colossal, global convergence of

environmental destruction, social chaos, war, and ongoing Earth changes.

All this, Mr. Barrios says, was foreseen via the simple, spiral mathematics of

the Mayan calendars. "It will change," Mr. Barrios observes. "Everything will

change." He said Mayan Daykeepers view the Dec. 21, 2012 date as a rebirth, the

start of the World of the Fifth Sun. It will be the start of a new era resulting

from and signified by the solar meridian crossing the galactic equator, and the

earth aligning itself with the center of the galaxy.

At sunrise on December 21, 2012 for the first time in 26,000 years the Sun rises

to conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic.

This cosmic cross is considered to be an embodiment of the Sacred Tree, The

Tree of Life, a tree remembered in all the world's spiritual traditions. Some

observers say this alignment with the heart of the galaxy in 2012 will open a

channel for cosmic energy to flow through the earth, cleansing it and all that

dwells upon it, raising all to a higher level of vibration.

This process has already begun, Mr. Barrios suggested.

"Change is accelerating now, and it will continue to accelerate." If the people

of the earth can get to this 2012 date in good shape, without having destroyed

too much of the Earth, Mr. Barrios said, we will rise to a new, higher level.

But to get there we must transform enormously powerful forces that seek to block the way.

A Picture of the Road Ahead

>From his understanding of the Mayan tradition and the calendars, Mr. Barrios

offered a picture of where we are at and what may lie on the road ahead: The

date specified in the calendar Winter Solstice in the year 2012 does not mark

the end of the world. Many outside people writing about the Mayan calendar

sensationalize this date, but they do not know. The ones who know are the

indigenous elders who are entrusted with keeping the tradition.

"Humanity will continue," he contends, "but in a different way. Material

structures will change. From this we will have the opportunity to be more

human."

We are living in the most important era of the Mayan calendars and prophecies.

All the prophecies of the world, all the traditions, are converging now. There

is no time for games. The spiritual ideal of this era is action. Many powerful

souls have reincarnated in this era, with a lot of power. This is true on both

sides, the light and the dark. High magic is at work on both sides.

Things will change, but it is up to the people how difficult or easy it is for

the changes to come about. The economy now is a fiction. The first five-year

stretch of transition from August 1987 to August 1992 was the beginning of the

destruction of the material world. We have progressed ten years deeper into the

transition phase by now, and many of the so-called sources of financial

stability are in fact hollow.

The banks are weak. This is a delicate moment for them. They could crash

globally if we don't pay attention. If the banks crash ... then we will be

forced to rely on the land and our skills. The monetary systems will be in

chaos, and we must then rely on our direct relationship with the Earth for our

food and shelter. The North and South Poles are both breaking up. The level of

the water in the oceans is going to rise. But at the same time land in the

ocean, especially near Cuba, is also going to rise.

A Call for Fusion

As he met with audiences in Santa Fe, Mr. Barrios told a story about the most

recent Mayan New Year ceremonies in Guatemala. He said that one respected Mam

elder, who lives all year in a solitary mountain cave, journeyed to

Chichicastenango to speak with the people at the ceremony. The elder delivered

a simple, direct message. He called for human beings to come together in

support of life and light. Right now each person and group is going his or her

own way. The elder of the mountains said there is hope if the people of the

light can come together and unite in some way.

Reflecting on this, Mr. Barrios explained: "We live in a world of polarity: day

and night, man and woman, positive and negative. Light and darkness need each

other. They are a balance. Just now the dark side is very strong, and very

clear about what they want. They have their vision and their priorities clearly

held, and also their hierarchy. They are working in many ways so that we will be

unable to connect with the spiral Fifth World in 2012."

"On the light side everyone thinks they are the most important, that their own

understandings, or their group's understandings, are the key. There's a

diversity of cultures and opinions, so there is competition, diffusion, and no

single focus."

As Mr. Barrios sees it, the dark side works to block fusion through denial and

materialism. It also works to destroy those who are working with the light to

get the Earth to a higher level. They like the energy of the old, declining

Fourth World, the materialism. They do not want it to change.

They do not want fusion. They want to stay at this level, and are afraid of the next level.

The dark power of the declining Fourth World cannot be destroyed or overpowered.

It's too strong and clear for that, and that is the wrong strategy. The dark can

only be transformed when confronted with simplicity and open-heartedness. This

is what leads to fusion, a key concept for the World of the Fifth Sun.

Mr. Barrios said the emerging era of the Fifth Sun will call attention to a

much-overlooked element. Whereas the four traditional elements of earth, air,

fire and water have dominated various epochs in the past, there will be a fifth

element to reckon with in the time of the Fifth Sun: ether. The dictionary

defines ether as the rarefied element of the Heavens. Ether is a medium. It

permeates all space and transmits waves of energy in a wide range of

frequencies, from cell phones to human auras. What is "ethereal" is related to

the regions beyond earth: the heavens.

Ether the element of the Fifth Sun is celestial and lacking in material

substance, but is no less real than wood, stone or flesh. "Within the context

of ether there can be a fusion of the polarities," Mr. Barrios said. "No more

darkness or light in the people, but an uplifted fusion. But right now the

realm of darkness is not interested in this. They are organized to block it.

They seek to unbalance the Earth and its environment so we will be unready for

the alignment in 2012. We need to work together for peace, and balance with the

other side. We need to take care of the Earth that feeds and shelters us. We

need to put our entire mind and heart into pursuing unity and fusion now, to

confront the other side and preserve life."

To be Ready for this Moment in History Mr. Barrios told his audiences in Santa

Fe that we are at a critical moment of world history. "We are disturbed," he

said. "We can't play anymore. Our planet can be renewed or ravaged. Now is the

time to awaken and take action."

"Everyone is needed. You are not here for no reason. Everyone who is here now

has an important purpose. This is a hard, but a special time. We have the

opportunity for growth, but we must be ready for this moment in history."

Mr. Barrios offered a number of suggestions to help people walk in balance

through the years ahead. "The prophesied changes are going to happen," he said

"but our attitude and actions determine how harsh or mild they are."

We need to act, to make changes, and to elect people to represent us who

understand and who will take political action to respect the earth.

Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. It's very important

to be clear about who you are, and also about your relation to the Earth.

Develop yourself according to your own tradition and the call of your heart. But

remember to respect differences, and strive for unity. Eat wisely. A lot of food

is corrupt in either subtle or gross ways. Pay attention to what you are taking

into your body. Learn to preserve food, and to conserve energy. Learn some good

breathing techniques, so you have mastery of your breath.

Be clear. Follow a tradition with great roots. It is not important what

tradition, your heart will tell you, but it must have great roots. We live in a

world of energy. An important task at this time is to learn to sense or see the

energy of everyone and everything: people, plants, animals. This becomes

increasingly important as we draw close to the World of the Fifth Sun, for it

is associated with the element ether - the realm where energy lives and weaves.

Go to the sacred places of the earth to pray for peace, and have respect for the

Earth which gives us our food, clothing, and shelter. We need to reactivate the

energy of these sacred places. That is our work.

According to Mr. Barrios' reading of the Mayan calendar, if war happens in

November 2002 or after, then it's bad, but not catastrophic. But if it happens

between April and November 2003, it will be catastrophic. Really bad. It could

eventually result in the death of two-thirds of humanity. "So stay active," he

said. "If we are active, we can transform the planet. The elders watch to see

what happens."

Many Mayan elders and knowledge keepers may be eliminated in the next few years.

For the first half of the current Katun (20-year period) the dark side has a lot

of power. But that will pass 3 to 4 years from now. The tide can turn. Amazing

things are going to happen.

One simple but effective prayer technique is to light a white or baby-blue

colored candle. Think a moment in peace. Speak your intention to the flame and

send the light of it on to the leaders who have the power to make war or peace.

We Have Work to Do

According to Mr. Barrios this is a crucially important moment for humanity, and

for earth. Each person is important. If you have incarnated into this era, you

have spiritual work to do balancing the planet. He said the elders have opened

the doors so that other races can come to the Mayan world to receive the

tradition. The Maya have long appreciated and respected that there are other

colors, other races, and other spiritual systems. "They know," he said, "that

the destiny of the Mayan world is related to the destiny of the whole world."

"The greatest wisdom is in simplicity," Mr. Barrios advised before leaving Santa

Fe. "Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex

or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your DNA. All you need

is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your

heart, and you will find your way."

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Carlos Barrios is the author of Kam Wuj: El Libro del Destino, a book published

in Spanish that explores Mayan teachings. He is looking for a way to have the

book translated and published in English. Mr. Barrios can be contacted via Saq1

Be1 -- Organization for Mayan and Indigenous Spiritual Studies: HCR 72, Box 142,

Ribera, NM 87560 USA

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