Mayan
notes To
understand the significance of the Tzolkin, we need to realize that the Maya consider
the center of our Milky Way galaxy to be a cosmically conscious source
of energy and intelligence orchestrating the
evolution of all life on Earth. They believe we need to align
ourselves consciously and prayerfully with this source in order to live
in harmony with its deepest spiritual directives. Divining what those
spiritual directives are, is primarily a matter of inner spiritual work involving
learning, and applying, ancient metaphysical arts and sciences associated
with the galactic realm. Inevitably, this engages us in some way with
the Tzolkin calendar. Maya
consider the Tzolkin to be a universal spiritual tool capable of transmitting
to humanity, cosmic messages emanating from galactic center, what they
call Hunab Ku. Essentially, the Tzolkin is a 260 unit matrix of symbols
derived from 20 meaning-laden hieroglyphs and 13 sacred numbers. These
260 combinations reveal through their interconnectedness, a cosmic web
of spiritual essences palpable to human emotion. This occurs through
the phenomenon of sympathetic resonance, or re-sounding. Through resonance,
an immediate similarity and correlation between the perceived events
of a person's life, and the symbolic events of the Tzolkin can be understood.
The
Long Count end date on In Mayan myth, the winter solstice sun corresponds to the
deity One Hunahpu, also known
as First Father. The Mayan Sacred Book,
the Popol Vuh, is all about setting the stage so that
the Hero Twins' father (One Hunahpu) can be reborn, thus a new World Age. The dark rift has many mythic identities:
it is the Black
Road; it is
the xibalba be (the
Road to the Underworld); it is a crevice in the branches of the cosmic
tree (the Milky Way);
it is the mouth of the Cosmic Monster (often portrayed as a frog, jaguar or snake
with tree-like features); it is the
birth canal of the Cosmic Mother. , the
dark-rift is best understood
as the birth canal of the Cosmic Mother,
who we may call First Mother, to First Father. In this way we can trace how
these various metaphors are found
in Mayan Creation Mythology. the
date of this alignment is, again, the end date of the 13-baktun Great
Cycle - a cycle of approximately
5125 years. This all suggests that the ancient Maya were aware of the impending alignment and considered it to be
of such
importance to be a major transition point, the Creation of a
new World Age. In
mythological terms, this event is about
the union of First Father with First Mother or, more accurately,
the birth of First Father (the
winter solstice sun - the new World Age
ruler) from First Mother (the dark-rift in the Milky Way). The headline appropriate
for the upcoming event is: "Cosmic Mother Gives Birth to The First
God." The ancient Maya noticed that the winter solstice sun was
slowly moving towards the Milky Way. Two great markers in the sky were converging, presenting a rare celestial juncture.
Their calendar accurately
tells us when this will occur, and it meant more than the birth of a new solar year. It meant
the beginning of a new Great Cycle of time, the resetting of
the great celestial star-clock of precession and, perhaps, an
unprecedented shift in the nature of human consciousness and | ||
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