The
Mayan Elders 2012
Perspective
by Carlos Barrios
2012:
The End
2012:
The Beginning
An
enlightened Mayan narrative about the coming transformations in our
economic, educational, political, financial, industrial,
and social institutions.
Points To Ponder
"The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed,
and all that is secret will be made known to all."Luke 12:2
"Now,
we are leaving the Piscean Age, the Age of 'I want to know',
and beginning the Aquarian Age, the Age of 'I know'."Yogi
Bhajan
“We
are entering the Age of Aquarius on November 11, 2011.
It will be a new time. The entire psyche is changing. You must
purify the mind, body and soul to be real, innocent, and sattvic
(pure). Elevate yourself to be angelic. This age which you will
serve is an age of awareness and experience.” Yogi
Bhajan
"Take
the teachings of the Age of Aquarius seriously
and do not pollute them by mixing them with the Piscean
teachings - that is the only danger there is."Yogi
Bhajan
"Man's
purpose is to serve others. Service is an intrinsic value,
not a value to be added. Those institutions that are of the Piscean
Age
persuasion whereby their success is measured by money must now adopt
the
Aquarian Age paradigm, 'To serve
is to succeed,'
or soon disappear." H. S. Khalsa
The
1 Percenters of the now defunct Piscean Age
The
99 Percenters of this, the Aquarian Age
Carlos
Barrios is a Mayan elder and Ajq’ij (a ceremonial priest
and spiritual guide) of the Eagle Clan. Carlos initiated an investigation
into the different Mayan
calendars circulating. Carlos along with his brother Gerardo studied
with many teachers and interviewed nearly 600 traditional Mayan elders
to widen their scope of knowledge. (Check
this out.)
Carlos found out quickly there were several conflicting interpretations
of Mayan hieroglyphs, petroglyphs, Sacred Books of ‘Chilam
Balam’ and various ancient texts. Carlos had some strong
words for those who may have contributed to the confusion.
Carlos Barrios: “Anthropologists visit the temple sites and
read the 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.”
“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.”
He continues: “Humanity will continue, 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.”
Carlos tells us: “The indigenous have the calendars and know
how to accurately interpret them -- 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
such as the Tzolk’in or Cholq’ij, some of them charting
time accurately over a span of more than ten million years.
“All was predicted by the mathematical cycles of the Mayan calendars.
It will change – everything will change. Mayan Day-keepers view
the December 21, 2012 date as a rebirth (second
coming), 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. Carlos reminds us. “This process has already
begun. 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, we will rise to a
new, higher level. But to get there we must transform enormously powerful
forces that seek to block the way.”
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.
Carlos tells us: “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 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. Now, people are paying attention.”
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. Carlos tells 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. 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."
The
Creator created Constuctive and Destructive Forces - Yin and Yang
“We need
to work together for peace and balance with the other side."
“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.”
Carlos believes the dark side works to block unity 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 unity. 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 unity,
a key concept for the World of the Fifth
Sun.
Unity of Man
Carlos 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 -- that element is ‘ETHER’.
The dictionary defines Ether as a “hypothetical substance supposed
to occupy all space, postulated to account for the propagation of
electromagnetic radiation through space.” Perhaps it could be
defined as the “space between space”. I would suggest
it could be manifest as the alignment of charged particles from our
solar system (Sun), and our galaxy (Milky Way) surge. The Ether element
represents spiritual energy.
“The element of the Fifth
Sun is celestial. Within the context of Ether there can be a joining
of the polarities. No more darkness or light in the people, but an
uplifted unity. 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 unity
now, to confront the other side and preserve life.”
“We
are disturbed -- 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.”
Carlos says: “The prophesied changes are going to happen, 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. (See Food
Additives.) 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.”
“One simple but effective prayer technique is to light white
or baby-blue colored candles. Think of 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.”
Carlos reminds us that this is a crucially important moment for humanity
and for Earth. Each person is important.
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 that the destiny of the Mayan world is related to the destiny
of the whole world." (See The Human
Planet.)
“The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. 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 it from the beginning.
Find your heart, and you will find your way." --
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1.
Recognize that the other person is you.
2. There is a way through every block.
3. When the time is on you, start, and the pressure will be off.
4. Understand through compassion or you will misunderstand the times.
5. Vibrate the Cosmos. The Cosmos
shall clear the path.
*Sutra:
A rule or aphorism, often intended for memorization.
The
Aquarian Sutras of Yogi Bhajan
Compassion = Understanding A commentary by Dev Atma
The
Hopis say we are living in the age of animals. The age of the human,
like the age of Aquarius, is about to begin. The Hopi terminology
is helpful for highlighting the first of Yogi Bhajan’s Sutras
for the Aquarian Age.
Medicine
Wheels
Representations
of all peoples of the world uniting as one. E
unum pluribus. From
the One, many.
Animals are ruled by instinct. Abstract thoughts – hope, charity,
justice – do not occur to them. (Of course there are examples
of humanistic behavior throughout the animal kingdom, but the brains
of God’s creatures are very much different, in terms of both
hard-wiring and actual cognitive capabilities.)
That said, the teachings of the ancients hold that this animalistic
orientation is applicable to humans in the world today. While certainly
capable of “understanding,” people tend to see truth as
something that happens to them, originating from outside. Thus terms
that convey the sense of knowledge allude to its externality –
one “grasps” the situation or perceives a “kernel
of truth.”
Destroying this model of understanding about understanding was a large
part of Yogi Bhajan’s project
on Earth. His approach to this project was different at different
times, but it was with this aim that he insisted on the power of experience,
on teaching in order to master a subject, and even faking it to make
it. None of those ideas are exclusively Yogi Bhajan’s, but the
way he used them, they were subtle suggestions for a profound reorientation
of the psyche. As evinced in the sutra, the mind was to be guided
by the heart.
To return to the Hopi concept, Yogi Bhajan is telling us how to adapt
to the “Age of the Human.” The secret, he says, is compassion.
Within the word compassion itself are component parts necessary to
effect this acclimatization to the new age. “Com-passion”
is the psycho-emotional bond shared by more than one person. So the
Word itself contains the proposition
that we balance head and heart. In the sutra, compassion is imparted
as a lens, through which understanding takes place.
At first glance, the sutra also appears to offer a solution and a
consequence. But it is really, like a poem, a well-hidden statement
of fact. The solution, engaging in compassion, developing the relationship
between head and heart, involves serious commitment. Why? Because
eventually, there will have to be a reconciliation between thought
and deed.
Faith, in the age of the animal, was a bridge too far, the promise
of redemption – again, oriented to change from the outside.
The sutra is a closer bridge. Because compassion implies a singular
relating to a whole, as a core way of being, it implies constant remembrance,
a bowing of the head so that the heart may rule in any given situation.
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From
The Piscean Age Into The Aquarian Age
It happens December 21, 2012
The Word Will Reign
Word
Equals Power
In the Piscean Age that we are leaving behind, it's been a central
and even sacred task to find and gain access to the right information.
The motto of the Piscean Age was “to be or not to be.”
Learn, grow, and become something. Great knowledge about human potential
was guarded by secrecy and layers of initiations. The Piscean Age
has been dominated by machines and hierarchies. As the Aquarian Age
dawns, the old defenses and manipulations based on hiding and controlling
access to information will no longer work.
This new Aquarian Age is ruled by awareness,
information, and energy. In the Aquarian Age there are no secrets.
Information is readily available. Finding it is not a difficult or
central task any longer. In this, the Aquarian Age, the motto is “be
to be.” Real value will come from truth embodied in practical
actions, and in the internal caliber and qualities of our minds and
hearts. Your greatest power will be The
Word – your consciously projected Words.
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which are constantly changing all around us. Life is truly the University
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Points To Ponder 
