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"Get your ideas on paper and study them. Do not let them go to waste!" -- (Les Brown) : Remember ~ Belief has the word ‘lie’ in it... and that pretty much sums up what the world has us believing about ourselves." -- (Doug Firebaugh)

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HAVE A NICE DOOMSDAY!

June 17th 2009 06:51
Have A Nice Doomsday

Why Millions of Americans are Looking Forward to the End of the World.

By Nicholas Guyatt.

ISBN : 978 0 09 191087 7

About $10 to $15 at Bargain Bookshops (QBD in Brisbane)



THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH!

Journeying into the heartlands of America*s Bible Belt, Nicholas Guyatt goes in search of the truth behind a startling development : that 50 million Americans have come to believe the apocalypse will take place in their lifetimes.

Guyatt starts his trail in Texas where one of today*s most influential Evangelist, Pastor John Hagee has sold more than 600,000 copies of his book, Jerusalem Countdown, in which (as a staunch Jewish sympathiser), Hagee claims *inside* information from Israel, which proves the fact that, *The coming nuclear showdown with Iran, America and Israel is a certainty!*

Hagee is also the president of John Hagee Ministries, which sells sermons, videos, Israel tours and even high speed internet access that filters out the nasty stuff. He made $1.25 million in 2001 and claims that he earns every penny by working a 80 hour week. The list of his activities and commercial empire not ending there, as he controls his own TV and media outlets, NBA sports teams and all manner of stuff.

From this simple beginning, Guyatt winds his path away from Texas to the White house through a string of powerful Evangelical doomsday preachers including Tim LaHaye, who all share a remarkably consistent view of how the Bible*s prophetic promises from Revelation and beyond, will shape tomorrow*s headlines. Not surprisingly, it isn*t long before Guyatt runs into charismatic speakers like Tom DeLay, the former speaker in the House of Representatives; and Gary Bauer, an adviser to Ronald Reagan, and smack dab into G. Bush himself. Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu all appear too amongst others, many notable movers and shakers of Israeli politics, which seems (to Guyatt) slightly misplaced in San Antonio, Texas?


But, this is not a conspiracy theory book, far from it : just a book of facts. You will take away from it what you want and leave behind the rest, as Guyatt slowly unveils the means by which the second coming of Christ is about to happen, through the careful scrutiny of the scriptures, and as seem through the eyes of Hagee and millions of his followers. You will come to understand intimately this deep obsession that lies in the heart of the world*s only superpower and why.

Guyatt explores the texts in the Bible that today*s evangelists use to make their claims. He opens to plain view and examination the evangelical conclusions drawn by men like Pastor Hagee, and loooks long and hard at the reasons why they are so sure of what they are saying. Concluding that ALL AGREE that the beginning of the apocalypse, will be marked by the Rapture, when all the true believers will be *raptured* by God. The time when all the faithful Christians will instantly vanish from the Earth, creating political and social chaos.

Guyatt writes :

Although this is where things start to sound far fetched, the idea of a massive disappearance of true believers is based on a verse in a letter from St Paul to the Thessalonians. (You can hear Tim LaHaye reading the verse in question from Thessalonians, and admire a Flash animation of the Rapture, at www.timlahaye.com ). The Rapture is absolutely central to the prophetic scheme of most apocalyptic Christians in America. In a Christian superstore like Mardel*s in Littleton, you can buy a bumper sticker that reads:

IN CASE OF RAPTURE,
THIS VEHICLE WILL BE UNMANNED.

Prophecy believers use chat rooms to debate how they can reconcile public safety with the unknowable timing of the Rapture. Some have suggested that true believers should think twice before becoming surgeons or airplane pilots, because they could easily endanger non Christians by disappearing suddenly when God gathers up the faithful.

Guyatt reveals that John Hagee sincerely believes that he will be Raptured. In fact, some of his books contain a rider in which he anticipates this scenario in which he writes : *For those who have missed the Rapture : you may be confused and terrified by the momentous events you are experiencing. You may be in hiding. Take heed to this book, then lift up your heads ~ your redemption draws near.*

As a lapsed Catholic himself, Guyatt admits to being drawn to what he termed ; *the liberal warnings of evangelicals run amok,* adding that the one thing he couldn*t work out is why apocalyptic Christians, who believe that the world is about to be ruined by the Antichrist, would want to get involved in politics? Guyatt*s point of view is that if God is in charge, what*s the point of electing a Republican Congress or an evangelical President?

His confusion is well founded because what makes today*s apocalyptic Christian so intriguing and perplexing is that historically, prophecy believers have been politically marginal, content to withdraw from the public arena whilst awaiting Christ*s return, (interestingly, also totally conditioned to believing that much suffering and terrible times must proceed the Second Coming). But not so today, when apocalyptic Christians are political activists involved in everything from debates on abortion, homosexuality, to the Bill of Rights and all that is politically mainstream, right up to the white house itself; up front and generally to the right of the situation at hand.

So what has changed and why?

Have a Nice Doomsday will read like pure fantasy to some; part fiction to others and even still; absolute gospel and validation to those who already believe. Whichever way you read it, this book will make you stop and think about your mortal soul should an apocalyptic ending be as close as so many now believe it to be. You will be left to wonder just exactly what it will mean to you in a world gone mad with too many choices.

A small paperback of only 307 pages, you will learn how prophecy scholars are focused on spiritual decline in America before God/the ultimate justice turns it into the kind of paradise that people have long prayed for. Guyatt has done his research well and I learned a fair bit more about the Bible and how the mind of the modern Apocalyptic Christian interprets it.

Reading this book helped me look at things in a completely different light to the way I had before, which is always a good thing because it allows us to build on our own beliefs.

There are time too when this book pushed buttons and boundaries within me, and it is for this reason that I recommend that you give your brain a good stretch and bend, and grab a copy. Find out why over 50 million Americans believe our world will end, within our lifetime.

You may just surprise yourself and end up agreeing with them, then again, you may think that the world will become what we believe it will become, as it is our collective belief en masse, which sees us as the co~creators of our own future as a species?

Either way, you decide.

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The Mayan Code : Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind. A 2012 Classic!

June 1st 2009 00:31
The Mayan Code :
Time Acceleration and
Awakening the World Mind
by Barbara Hand Clow



Genre : Mayan studies
ISBN 1~59143~070~4
Cost : About $35 depending where you go.

This is a gem for all 2012 enthusiasts who, like me cannot get their hands on enough information about this amazing time and the coming phenomena, which appears to only come around (quite literally) about every 25,600 years or so. The magical time when t the earth and our little solar system passes through the dead centre of the Milky Way. Yep that*s it, dead centre. Right through the middle of it, from the going to sleep phase of 26,000 years to the awakening one.

Of course there are as many theories as to what that will mean to us here on little ole Earth as there were about Y2K. . and about as much pandemonium as the apocalyptic fans embed their ideals of Armageddon with graphic geophysical mayhem of floods, earthquakes, fire and brimstone, falling stars and God knows what. There is no doubt perhaps that geophysical, the earth will suffer a few consequences as gravity alters in the middle of the Galaxy.

Some believe that this means we will stop spinning in the middle of it (dead centre somewhere between November 2011 to February 2013), and then start spinning the other way when when move out the other side. That means the rotation of polarity will alternate to its opposite rotation/pole causing it to shift direction? Of course that would also mean that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east. Meanwhile whilst we are at a standstill, it means three days of one side of the earth turned to the sun, set for Shishkebab brown, and the other side to, Hell frozen over.

There are so many lovely theories . . and as I said, many of them rather dystopic for mankind, but I am a firm believer in that old saying that the truth will set you free . . and finding out more about 2012 from any perspective is, in my view, all a part of that belief, as I am a member of that humanity currently living on earth and not of the feathered Ostrich variety of creature.

The thing is, that this book is neither dystopic nor predictory, but an absolute feast of fascinating details, the truths of which are without doubt mind altering in their ability to shift your consciousness, shaking loose any narrow-mindedness you may have been harbouring on 2012 .. even amongst the Maya themselves as 2012 does not mark the END OF TIME, but the MID POINT, or a pivotal turning point int he rather large cycle of the 25,600 year rotation the earth makes through the Milky Way itself. This book will not leave you ignorant on either subject.

Very well written by acclaimed international author, Cherokee record keeper and Mayan Elder, Barbara Hand Clow, The Mayan Code takes you on a journey from pre dawn to post 2012, and beyond to the golden age to come. It does so with deep insight and exploration of how, as we approach the end of one Mayan Calendar (and the middle point of another), time and consciousness are accelerating, giving us a new understanding of the universe. Using Carl Johan Calleman*s scientific research, against the back drop of the spiritual ideas and knowledge of other Mayan Calendar elders and scholars. Barbara examines 16.4 billion years of evolutionary cycles to decode the creative and larger cyclic patterns of the earth and its link to the World mind; and our connection as the dominating conscious sentient species upon it. . .( . .wheels within wheels like a swiss watch). .

An enthralling journey of time, space and reality as we enter the final period between 1999 and 2011 when war and territoriality, resource management and separation from nature reach their peaks as a part of daily events that must all be processed in just a few short years. Some 2012 authors and specialists say it starts this year in November when the Pope offends Iran and the 900 day war breaks loose, others that the monetary system falls completely by the end of 2010 : all evidences reflected in Barbara*s narrative and visual diagrams of the tightening spiral of time as it speeds up, lunging our earth and its solar system towards the black starless galactic centre of our own Milky way, leaving the one question unanswered . . are we prepared for the critical leap in human evolution this will trigger in our species, both mentally and physically?

Read this intriguing book and see for yourself, at least you will understand the truth of what is going on when the mainstream media hype begins its big campaign to the contrary.
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The Celestine Prophecy (the Movie)

April 28th 2009 03:08

The Celestine Prophecy (2006)

MPAA Rating: PG for some violence

1 hour 39 minutes

Genre: Dramas

Director: Armand Mastroianni



Starring: Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies, Annabeth Gish

US Box Office (so far) about: $1,036,886

In 1993 James Redfield wrote a book about an adventure, but unlike any other adventure, this one was an adventure that took us into the very experience and meaning of life itself and the awakening of human consciousness on a grand scale. I remember when I read it, how I couldn*t put it down. Redfield had managed to synthesize decades of interest and research from the fields of modern physics, ecology, mystical religion and interpersonal psychology into recognising a new kind of emerging *common sense; *a mass awakening within the human mind and how it percieves reality.

An awakening that revealed things as I had already been seeing them for years! Redfield highlighted how more and more minds would start to also awaken and question if this heightened *common sense* would indeed mould the new dominant paradigm of the coming new age of peace, heralded by spiritual and religious leaders across the planet.

Many years later, and based on Redfield's book, which captured the minds of the world to become a best seller, The Celestine Prophecy was finally put onto celluloid in 2006, to become the spiritual adventure film of the year. Chronicling as it did, the now almost famous discovery of some ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru, which had been secreted away during the Spanish invasion. The same scrolls which had previously predicted the first nine key insights into the human psyche, when Redfield first wrote about them nearly ten years earlier.

I must have been dozing when I read the book, because i found the film revealed more to me, whilst remaining absolutely true to the story line of the book in all its vivid and poignant details, acutally clearer in so many respects? Unusual.

The timing of the film was also hailed as another unmistakable coincidence, undisputedly showing that the timing of this information in reaching its audience was exactly as it should be for (a) the discovery of the ether and (b) a worldwide awakening of consciousness, arising within all religious traditions to being able to accept the insights themselves, moving humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality for the coming age of the Mayan 5th Sun. (See previous post on the Mayan prophecy of the 5th sun era of the ether as told by an elder ~ the first four being the elements themselves: earth, water, air and fire).

Perhaps what always remains the most memorable part of this film apart from our ability to raise our own vibrations, is the key around the eighth insight and how it pertains to the harmony in relationships. The way the insight explains so clearly why guys are so often rejected in their advances and why relationships often don*t make it through. Why we so often hear people say they have *outgrown* their partner, or indeed in what the Bible was talking about when it spoke of being *evenly yoked* when choosing a partner . . a fascinating issue.

WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS

But to sum it up for those interested in all the storyline it is as follows :

John Woodson has reached a crossroads in his life. After losing his job teaching history at a local high school, he finds himself facing an uncertain future. Disillusioned and temporarily rudderless, he is about to experience a dramatic and profound metamorphosis. John's phone rings with a call from an old girlfriend (Charlene), a journalist who just happens to be in town on a brief layover after covering a story in Peru. Over dinner, she explains to John that she couldn't stop thinking of him when she visited a beautiful retreat called Viciente, where a dedicated group of people is studying a set of ancient scrolls.

There, she met a priest named Father Jose, who explained that this manuscript is s a prophecy, written sometime before the birth of Christ. The scrolls consisting of 9 insights predict a time when violence and unrest, would reach a peak in the world which would lead to a new awakening, arising within all religious traditions, moving humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality, to redefine human life and culture in the 21st century for those left alive to live it after the chaos had passed.

That time is now. She goes on to tell him that for some reason she feels he should go to Peru, and see for himself. At first somewhat cynical, he's amused when synchronicity starts to kick in and his mail includes a travel brochure on Peru amongst other coincidental connections.

John discovers that although the scrolls were written in 5 or 6 B.C., they were found in a wooden box that the professor confirmed as having been created in the 1600s. It's led him to believe that someone in the early Franciscan Church, inspired by Pope Celestine the Fifth, had buried them. Eight scrolls were discovered. The ninth was yet to be found.

By another chance, Woods also meets meets Father Jose. Their brief conversation is interrupted by the sudden arrival of armed men. The father cautions John to leave as he deals with Robert Jensen, a high level operative who confronts the priest about the whereabouts of the missing ninth scroll.

The action advances from here with kidnappings, armed rebels and many forces, and as the sirens wail, a stranger suddenly pulls John to safety. The man, Wilson James, explains that he is a guide who was with Father Jose when he discovered the scrolls. The danger they are facing is real. Rather than take John to the American Embassy or back to his hotel, Wil insists that he accompany him, coincidentally or perhaps not, to Viciente.

On the road, Wil tells John more about the scrolls and the insights they contain. John is dumbfounded at the series of coincidences that have led him here. Wil explains that John is beginning to experience the manifestation of the first spiritual insight the prophecy says we're going to discover, the realization of how events shape our lives and seem to be moving us somewhere for a reason. John grapples with the information confronting him. His dreams are filled with visions of a little girl and ancient ruins that are strangely familiar.
Moving on, Wil and John arrive at the crest of an exquisite panorama, hauntingly similar to what he saw in his dreams. They have arrived at the Celestine Ruins, the very place where the first eight scrolls were found. On the edge of a hillside is a mission built by Cardinal Sebastian, (the highest-ranking church official in a country where church and state struggle for power and rebels roam the mountains a short distance away. They travel along rutted roads to arrive at the mystical oasis known as Viciente.

Welcomed by Miguel, Wil introduces John to Julia, a dear friend who excitedly tells them that they have just learned that the missing ninth insight may not be on a scroll after all. It is said that it will just appear.

John may be joining them at a most auspicious time. As John explores the extraordinary beauty of his surroundings and the true meaning of the remaining eight insights, it becomes apparent to Julia that if he is truly here to help, he has to learn the rest of the insights quickly. So his training begins in earnest with him having to acknowledge the synchronicity that brought him here, and begin to open up to a higher level of perception than he previously though possible.



As he does, he soon notices a beautiful woman named Marjorie (Sarah Wayne Callies), whom he had briefly spotted at the airport in Lima. Rather than receive him with the grace he met in Julia, Marjorie recoils from his controlling energy. Unaware of what he's doing, but willing to yield, he allows Julia to show him how to see the energy operating around him, and explains that to open up fully, he must stop his controlling of others. Only then can he complete his destiny here.



It is not long before the sanctity of Viciente is invaded. Forced to flee and take the scrolls for safekeeping, the women are separated from John and Wil and the adventure heightens as he is pursued by the military, and at the moment of his greatest despair, finally opens up to the new perception of beauty the prophecy is describing.



Now he must follow his destiny, and find the remaining ninth scroll. In a riveting ending, where in a transformation of colour and light, the future of humankind is revealed.

This is a Five out of five from me and a must see for those even mildly curious to move beyond what they already know to the possibilities of what can be, with a little faith.



Courtesty of © Celestine Films

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eat, pray, love

April 10th 2009 01:26


Eat, Pray, Love :

One Woman*s search for everything.

By Elizabeth Gilbert

Bloomsbury Publishing : 2006

ISBN : 978 0 7475 8566 4

About $25 (depending where you go).


What can I say about this book that hasn*t been said by word of mouth already? And especially by Oprah, who picked up and was again instrumental in rocketing another enthralling story to the world stage and super success. I don*t watch Oprah very often as I tend not to put the TV on anymore and so I didn*t find out about it that way, more my own usual way. Another book that leaped off the shelf at me, this time at the airport bookshop, simply stating as it did; *pick me, read me!* So I did. The truth is, that Oprah was probably right this time, because eat, pray, love REALLY is ALL THAT and more, and exactly what girlfriends are (or should be) giving to each other (just as Julia Roberts said on the cover).

This book was my initian into the world of Gilbert and I found her warm, self-depreciating style quickly filled me with hope and forgiveness for the frailty and sad position of my own feminine human condition. I found her incandescent talent inspiring and having travelled a fair bit myself during the same period of my life, related personally to an alarming percentage of her emotions, feelings and impressions with both clarity and fondness.

Having come from Europe, lived in India and spent time with meditating Guru*s and wise/medicine Shamen (is that the plural?) since, gave me an extra dimensional portal into her disclosures, not that you couldn*t get all those epiphanies right at home in your back garden too mind, but somehow more enjoyable for those like me who have allowed themselves the sheer pleasure of being swayed to embrace other cultures. The fact is, that traveller or not, if you are a female and haven*t read this wonderfully wise and funny tale, you are missing perhaps one of the best laughs of your lifetime . . . and will probably want to travel after reading it anyway!

For me personally, eat, pray, love went beyond being what a good romantic chic flick and tub of chocolate ice cream can do for you, into the realms of a spiritual supernova chookbook, plunging you deeply into the often insane and illogical cauldron of swirling female emotions that only a woman on a spiritual mission would truly understand and be able to find funny. For Elizabeth (as with many of us) it began to unravel during that special time that consumes all women everywhere, when the biological body clock goes off and those BIG decisions of * to bear, or not to bear children* emerges.

Elizabeth is in her thirties, settled in a large house with a husband who wants ot start a family. But she doesn*t want any of it. A bitter divorce and a rebound fling later, Elizabeth emerges battered yet determined to find what she*s been missing.

So she begins her quest around the world for nine months to find the truth of life, the universe and everything . . .

In Rome, she indulges herself and gains nearly two stone. In India, she finds enlightenment through scrubbing temple floors and meditation. Finally, in Bali, a toothless medicine man reveals a new path to peace, leaving her ready to love again.

Here*s what the Guardian said:

Utterly of the moment: it manages, effortlessly, to be both spiritual and sexy, cute and confessional, all in the same tumultuous breath!

That is no understatement and if you haven*t caught up to this one yet, I suggest you make a date and grab a cuppa on the next rainy day that comes your way. It really is brilliant, hilarious and an effortless page turner, certainly one worth taking a day off work for and a story that I never wanted to end.

As the New York Times said;

Fuelled by a mix of intelligence, wit and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible.

As a writer myself, I found Elizabeth Gilberts enthusiasm infectious, and her detail of the customs of the cultures in which she journeyed fascinating.

A must read and five stars from me.
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The World Will Not End in 2012

March 23rd 2009 22:29


THE WORLD WILL NOT END IN 2012
By Carlos Barrios

Carlos Barrios was born into a Spanish family on El Altiplano, the highlands of Guatemala . His home was in Huehue tenango, 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 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 day keepers 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 advan tage 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 Day keepers 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 (often known as ...'xibalba be' - the road to the underworld." The place where the December solstice sun crosses the Milky Way, precisely the location of the "dark-rift in the Milky Way.)

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 wil l 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 a ction. 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 elder, who lives all year in a solitary mountain cave, journeyed to Chichicastenango to speak with the people at the ceremony. He 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.

Refle cting 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 ch ange. 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 e arth: 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 unreadyfor 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 whom 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 su btle 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 the 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 a white or baby-blue colored candle. Think a moment in p eace. 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 ha ve said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you will find your way.

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The Book of Stones

February 27th 2009 03:27

The Book of Stones

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Twilight For the Age of Aquarius : 14th Feb 2009

February 11th 2009 06:37
In mid February a rare astrological concentration brings a number of planets together with the North Node - denoting higher purpose - in Aquarius, which energizes and inspires the possibility for transcendental breakthroughs in some perhaps, seemingly intransigent situations.

We measure our global sense of both space (latitude and longitude) and time (universal time - UT or GMT) from the prime meridian located at Greenwich, England. So we can perceive the collective influence of this momentous astrological event by looking at the alignment from this globally *centered* perspective.
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The Serpent of Light : Rise of the Female Light

January 23rd 2009 03:39
The Serpent of Light

The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini and the Rise of the Female Light,
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The Watkins Dictionary of Magic

January 11th 2009 04:14


Whats the difference between Magic and Magick? she asked.
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The Gaia Project : 2012

December 30th 2008 05:52
The Gaia Project 2012: The Earth's Coming Changes

By Dr. Hwee-Yong Jang, Translated by Mira Tyson

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