LightEye
12-04-2008, 11:54 AM
dear friends,
i received this email earlier today and sent it to jmj for his opinions which i've included.
http://www.colinandrews.net/2012-mayacouncilspeak.html
re-member this...
there is no end, no beginning...
there is only change...
be well, be love.
david
light eye,
i agree with everything sketched in the summary. yes, as i’ve been saying for many years, the maya calendar does not stop or end in 2012. regarding “pointing fingers” at those that have misconstrued and miscalculated the maya calendar dates – two things to consider. i believe it is okay to critique and correct misconceptions that are often aggressively projected in the marketplace. the intent can be motivated by a desire to help truth emerge, rather than vindictive name calling. i’ve learned the hard way that if one just ignores those who try to appropriate and distort the maya tradition, you will be dealing with a much bigger beast at some point down the road. this is not an easy situation, but one needs to stand for truth. someone said that evil only requires that good people look the other way. evil is a strong word; we could also simply recognize that dis-unity can be easily healed once we all come to agreement on the fundamental facts if the calendar – such as “what day is it today?” (which corrects the arguelles/dreamspell error) and that the 13-baktun cycle ends on december 21, 2012 (which corrects the calleman error). naming the origin of the “miscalculations”, as i just did, is intended to identify the source of the error so that hose who are following one or both of those positions will take a closer look at the origin of their belief. the alternative to the two distortions? the authentic maya calendar.
it is then said, in the summary below, that we will “return to the astronomical configurations” present 26,000 years ago. this appears to be an indirect acknowledgement of the astronomical reconstructions i have offered, notably in march of 1998 at the maya calendar congress hosted by hunbatz men in merida.
visiting temple and sacred sites with the intention of awakening is an important activity. in mexico it is made very difficult by the government’s refusal to allow maya shaman into the sites to do rituals. hunbatz men has been in the trenches with this situation for a very long time. perhaps we should attempt to engage a more political direct and formal appeal so that the doors can be opened on this level and the inevitable clashes will not end up fueling negative reactions. visiting other sacred sites – the approach is reminiscent of the harmonic convergence. i actually believe we need to visit and nurture the sacred places within our hearts rather than try to find parking at physical locations. i’d prefer a deep vipassana mediation over a long flight to cambodia any day.
yes, there is a huge amount of negativity and misinformation around 2012. “counteract” is perhaps a poor word choice, however. it is not a war in which we try to kill negativity. the spiritual work is one of transforming the old/negative patterns for a rebirth or cosmogenesis. it’s predictable that ego will hold onto illusion at the end of the cycle. we need to transform this attachment to illusion within ourselves while we also work to change our institutions and the way we treat each other and do business in the in the world.
best wishes,
john major jenkins
grand maya itza council speaks about 2012
november, 2008
to the caring women and men of the world:
below you will find a greeting and explanation from the grand maya itza council regarding 2012. i agreed with council members to do everything i can to get this word out to the world. it is simply this:
1) their calendars do not end in 2012 - soon after 2012 we, on planet earth, will experience the return to the astronomical configurations present when one of the calendars was begun 26,000 years ago ......and we simply experience that day and move on into a new cycle.....of another
26,000 years......
[the remaining article can be found at the link above]
i received this email earlier today and sent it to jmj for his opinions which i've included.
http://www.colinandrews.net/2012-mayacouncilspeak.html
re-member this...
there is no end, no beginning...
there is only change...
be well, be love.
david
light eye,
i agree with everything sketched in the summary. yes, as i’ve been saying for many years, the maya calendar does not stop or end in 2012. regarding “pointing fingers” at those that have misconstrued and miscalculated the maya calendar dates – two things to consider. i believe it is okay to critique and correct misconceptions that are often aggressively projected in the marketplace. the intent can be motivated by a desire to help truth emerge, rather than vindictive name calling. i’ve learned the hard way that if one just ignores those who try to appropriate and distort the maya tradition, you will be dealing with a much bigger beast at some point down the road. this is not an easy situation, but one needs to stand for truth. someone said that evil only requires that good people look the other way. evil is a strong word; we could also simply recognize that dis-unity can be easily healed once we all come to agreement on the fundamental facts if the calendar – such as “what day is it today?” (which corrects the arguelles/dreamspell error) and that the 13-baktun cycle ends on december 21, 2012 (which corrects the calleman error). naming the origin of the “miscalculations”, as i just did, is intended to identify the source of the error so that hose who are following one or both of those positions will take a closer look at the origin of their belief. the alternative to the two distortions? the authentic maya calendar.
it is then said, in the summary below, that we will “return to the astronomical configurations” present 26,000 years ago. this appears to be an indirect acknowledgement of the astronomical reconstructions i have offered, notably in march of 1998 at the maya calendar congress hosted by hunbatz men in merida.
visiting temple and sacred sites with the intention of awakening is an important activity. in mexico it is made very difficult by the government’s refusal to allow maya shaman into the sites to do rituals. hunbatz men has been in the trenches with this situation for a very long time. perhaps we should attempt to engage a more political direct and formal appeal so that the doors can be opened on this level and the inevitable clashes will not end up fueling negative reactions. visiting other sacred sites – the approach is reminiscent of the harmonic convergence. i actually believe we need to visit and nurture the sacred places within our hearts rather than try to find parking at physical locations. i’d prefer a deep vipassana mediation over a long flight to cambodia any day.
yes, there is a huge amount of negativity and misinformation around 2012. “counteract” is perhaps a poor word choice, however. it is not a war in which we try to kill negativity. the spiritual work is one of transforming the old/negative patterns for a rebirth or cosmogenesis. it’s predictable that ego will hold onto illusion at the end of the cycle. we need to transform this attachment to illusion within ourselves while we also work to change our institutions and the way we treat each other and do business in the in the world.
best wishes,
john major jenkins
grand maya itza council speaks about 2012
november, 2008
to the caring women and men of the world:
below you will find a greeting and explanation from the grand maya itza council regarding 2012. i agreed with council members to do everything i can to get this word out to the world. it is simply this:
1) their calendars do not end in 2012 - soon after 2012 we, on planet earth, will experience the return to the astronomical configurations present when one of the calendars was begun 26,000 years ago ......and we simply experience that day and move on into a new cycle.....of another
26,000 years......
[the remaining article can be found at the link above]