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										&lt;div&gt;Om A Ra Pa Ca Na Dhih&#xD;
With a diacritic font installed the mantra is transliterated thus:&#xD;
Oṃ A Ra Pa Ca Na Dhīḥ&#xD;
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Manjushri is a Bodhisattva who represents wisdom, and his mantra also symbolizes that quality. He holds a sword in his right hand — symbolizing his ability to cut through delusion. In his left hand, by his heart, he holds a book — the Perfection of Wisdom teaching, or Prajnaparamita.&#xD;
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Om is a mystical syllable (see Om Shanti Shanti Shanti for more details).&#xD;
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The syllables between Om and the concluding Dhiih are the first syllables of a syllabary called the arapacana because it begins with A RA PA CA and NA. (A syllabary is like an alphabet, but made up of syllables). This syllabary is found in a number of Buddhist texts, including some Perfection of Wisdom (prajñaparamita) texts. Many of the texts in which A RA PA CA NA (and the rest of the sylllabary) appears are not connected with Manjushri, but according to Dr. Conze (in the introduction to The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom) “in later literature is is always connected with the Bodhisattva Manjushri.”&#xD;
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The individual syllables A RA PA CA and NA have no conceptual meaning, although they are seen as having symbolic connections with various spiritual qualities.&#xD;
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Here’s the schema laid out in the Large Sutra of Perfect Wisdom (adapted from Conze):&#xD;
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    A - leads to the insight that the essence of all things is unproduced.&#xD;
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    RA - leads to the insight that all things are pure and free of defilements.&#xD;
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    PA - leads to the insight that all dharmas have been “expounded in the ultimate sense.”&#xD;
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    CA - leads to the insight that the arising and ceasing of things cannot be apprehended because in reality there is no arising or ceasing.&#xD;
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    NA - leads to the insight that although the names for things change the nature of things behind their names cannot be gained or lost.&#xD;
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These are all important concepts in the Perfection of Wisdom, although to say they are concepts is a bit limiting — really they’re attempts to describe the indescribable nature of reality.&#xD;
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Dhiih is defined as meaning:&#xD;
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    thought , (especially) religious thought , reflection , meditation , devotion , prayer; understanding , intelligence , wisdom&#xD;
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Pronunciation notes:&#xD;
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    * a is pronounced as u in cut&#xD;
    * c is like ch in church&#xD;
    * ii is like ee in bee&#xD;
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Manjushri mantra&#xD;
The Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī (Variant spellings: Manjushri / Manjusri)&#xD;
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Manjushri is a Bodhisattva who represents wisdom. Along with Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani, he is one of a trinity of family protectors. The family that Manjushri protects is known as the Tathagata family, which includes the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, as well as Vairochana, the central figure in the Five Buddha Mandala.&#xD;
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"Tathagata," the name of Manjushri’s family, means "The one thus gone [to Nirvana]" or (because of the ambiguities in Sanskrit) "The one thus come [to this world]" and is an epithet of the historical Buddha.&#xD;
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Of all the Bodhisattvas, Manjushri has perhaps the closest association with the Buddha, and could be said to represent his genius (in the sense of his attendant deity) or daimon (attending spirit or inspiring force).&#xD;
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Manjushri is depicted as a beautiful young prince, usually said to be sixteen years old. His freshness and beauty represent the fresh way that the awakened mind sees the world. While the unelightened mind typically sees life as being ordinary, to those who are awakened life is magic, extraordinary, and full of potential.&#xD;
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The name Manjushri means "Gently Auspicious One." He is also known as Manjughosha, or "Gentle Voiced One."&#xD;
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Like most Bodhisattva figures, he is seated on a lotus flower. Because the lotus grows from mud in often foul water, and yet remains unstained, it is considered to represent the purity of wisdom, which can exist in the midst of delusion without being affected by it.&#xD;
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Manjushri’s most distinctive emblem is the flaming sword that he holds aloft in his right hand. The sword symbolizes his mind’s ability to cut through the fetters that bind beings to the cycle of delusion and suffering.&#xD;
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The flames suggest that the sword is not a literal one, and flames in Buddhist iconography invariably represent transformation; Manjughosa’s wisdom does not destroy ignorance in the conventional sense, but transforms it into Wisdom.&#xD;
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In Manjushri’s left hand is his other characteristic emblem: a book held to his heart. This book is the Perfection of Wisdom, which is both the source of his realization and a concrete symbol of it. In the Manjughosa form the book sits atop a lotus that the Bodhisattva holds in his left hand.&#xD;
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Manjushri features prominently in many Perfection of Wisdom texts. He makes a late appearance in the Lotus Sutra, and is particularly prominent in the Vimalakirti Nirdesa. Both of these are early Mahayana sutras. However he is most often found in the later Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, where he is, in effect, the Buddha’s spokesman. In some of these sutras, the dialogues that Manjushri has with the Buddha are so intimate that we can get a sense that we are hearing the Buddha thinking out loud.&#xD;
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Manjushri is associated with ordinary intelligence and mental accuity as well as transcendent Wisdom, and his mantra Om A Ra Pa Ca Na Dhih is said to confer intelligence. Shantideva, the author of the great Bodhicaryavatara ("Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life") is said to have gained his wisdom by communing with Manjushri by night, while appearing by day as a slovenly and lazy scholar-monk.&#xD;
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Some scholars believe that Manjushri has his origins in a Ghandharva (celestial musician) called Pancashikha, who is found in some early Pali texts. the name Pancashikha means five-crests, and has a correspondence with Manjushri’s epithet, Pancaciraka, "Possessing Five [Hair]-Braids."&#xD;
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Being a musician, Pancashikha is also "gentle voiced" and is praised by the Buddha for the quality of his singing. Both figures are also involved in question-and-answer sessions with the Buddha, and both are generally depicted as eternally young, although this is so common a quality that it’s not in itself persuasive.&#xD;
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Manjushri is often known as Kumarabhuta ("Youthful Being"), although he does also manifest in some texts as an elderly man. His quality of having eternal youth (sometimes despite appearances to the contrary) symbolizes the eternal freshness and spontaneity with which the enlightened mind approaches life.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Understanding the Wayeb</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;"The Haab' is part of the Maya calendric system used by peoples of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It was the Maya version of the 365-day calendar known to many of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica, which approximated the solar year.&#xD;
The Haab' comprises eighteen "months" of twenty days each, plus an additional period of five days ("nameless days") at the end of the year known as Wayeb' (or Uayeb in 16th C. orthography).&#xD;
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Bricker (1982) estimates that the Haab' was first used around 550 BCE with the starting point of the December winter solstice. The Haab' was the foundation of the agrarian calendar and the month names are based on the seasons and agricultural events. For example the thirteenth month, Mak, may refer to the end of the rainy season and the fourteenth month, K'ank'in, may refer to ripe crops in the fall.[citation needed]&#xD;
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The Haab' month names are most commonly referred to by their names in colonial-era Yucatec (Yukatek). In sequence, these (in the revised orthography[1]) are as seen on the left:&#xD;
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Pop	        - mat&#xD;
Wo	        - black conjunction&#xD;
Sip	        - red conjunction&#xD;
Sotz'	- bat&#xD;
Sek	        - ?&#xD;
Xul	        - dog&#xD;
Yaxk'in	- new sun&#xD;
Mol	        - water&#xD;
Ch'en	- black storm&#xD;
Yax	        - green storm&#xD;
Sac	        - white storm&#xD;
Keh	        - red storm&#xD;
Mak	        - enclosed&#xD;
K'ank'in	- yellow sun&#xD;
Muwan	- owl&#xD;
Pax	        - planting time&#xD;
K'ayab'	- turtle&#xD;
Kumk'u	- granary&#xD;
Wayeb'	- five unlucky days&#xD;
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Each day in the Haab' calendar was identified by a day number within the month followed by the name of the month. Day numbers began with a glyph translated as the "seating of" a named month, which is usually regarded as day 0 of that month, although a minority treat it as day 20 of the month preceding the named month. In the latter case, the seating of Pop is day 5 of Wayeb'. For the majority, the first day of the year was 0 Pop (the seating of Pop). This was followed by 1 Pop, 2 Pop ... 19 Pop, 0 Wo, 1 Wo and so on.&#xD;
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As a calendar for keeping track of the seasons, the Haab' was crude and inaccurate, since it treated the year as having 365 days, and ignored the extra quarter day (approximately) in the actual tropical year. This meant that the seasons moved with respect to the calendar year by a quarter day each year, so that the calendar months named after particular seasons no longer corresponded to these seasons after a few centuries. The Haab' is equivalent to the wandering 365-day year of the ancient Egyptians. Some argue that the Maya knew about and compensated for the quarter day error, even though their calendar did not include anything comparable to a leap year, a method first implemented by the Romans.&#xD;
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Wayeb'&#xD;
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The five nameless days at the end of the calendar called Wayeb' were thought to be a dangerous time. Foster (2002) writes "During Wayeb, portals between the mortal realm and the Underworld dissolved. No boundaries prevented the ill-intending deities from causing disasters." To ward off these evil spirits, the Maya had customs and rituals they practiced during Wayeb'. For example, people avoided leaving their houses or washing or combing their hair."&#xD;
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Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haab%27&#xD;
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First thing to understand is that it is a 5 Day Month at the End of every Mayan Year. Contrary to what many White Scholars think, These Days were NOT 'Unlucky' but were actually celebrated as Sacred. All 5 Days of the Month of Wayeb were Celebrated with Music, Dance, and Ceremony ending with a Ceremony on the night of  March 21st, The Mayan New Year... The Maya did not and do not, observe a Leap Year... I agree with them... &#xD;
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Last year the days of the Month of Wayeb In Yucatan Mayan were:&#xD;
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March 16 - Manik 1&#xD;
March 17 - Lamat 2&#xD;
March 18 - Muluc 3&#xD;
March 19 - Oc 4&#xD;
March 20 - Chuen 5&#xD;
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Mayen New Year was March 21st  - Eb 6&#xD;
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In Quiche Mayan they were:&#xD;
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March 16 - Kawok 5&#xD;
March 17 - Ajpu&#xD;
March 18 - Imosh&#xD;
March 19 - Ik 8&#xD;
March 20 - Akabal 9&#xD;
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It is important to note ONLY QUICHE, Living Mayan True Count, Synchronizes with Creation Monuments and has 4 Ahau (Ajaw, Ajpu) as the Kin for DEC 21, 2012... The end of the Baktun Long Count. &#xD;
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Here are some Free Mayan Calendars:&#xD;
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http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/cal-kiche.html - Quiché&#xD;
http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/cal-yucatec.html - Yucatec&#xD;
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And Free Day Converters:&#xD;
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http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/mayatimeconverter.htm - Yucatec&#xD;
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http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/mayatimeconverter-kiche.htm - Quiché&#xD;
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      <title>Dream Spelled People Of José Time...</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;I recently had an 'interesting' time on the 2012 forum... Some one had posted an article supporting José Arguelles's Dreamspell 13 Moon Calendar... At first I only posted a link to Aluna Joy's Website... The Thread Grew over a few days and I checked back... By this time I really Felt it was Important to state a few key FACTS about the calendar to let other form a more informed OPINION... Mainly do to the fact the Mayan New Years was at that time only a few days Away... Here is what I Posted...&#xD;
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A couple Key Points to remember here... His 13 moon calendar is BASED on Mayan Calendars... but IS NOT a Mayan Calendar... Don't Believe me ask a Mayan... Hunbatz Men (Mayan Day Keeper, Quiche Mayan Elder) he will set you straight.... Aluna Joy and John Major Jenkins also go into this at depth. There is no (Day out of Time) that is something Jose Arguelles invented to fit his calendar... Also the Mayan New Year is March 21 not July 26... once again you want a FREE MAYAN Calendar.... A real Calendar of Ancient Mayan or Quiche (exact same, names have changed over time though) visit www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/index.html ... There, she has many articles to read some of which are written by Mayan Elders Alive today... Oh and there are in fact 22 Calendars used by the Maya.&#xD;
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I do enjoy the energy that José Arguelles puts into his 13 moon calendar and I agree we need to be on A 13 Moon calendar... But he has been telling the world something that is not true for over 8 years... Intentionally or not... Though he has back tracked in the last couple years to save his butt from ridicule... he now admits it is only BASED on Mayan calendars... But in the beginning he was saying IT IS the Mayan Calendar not only used today but right before Spanish invasion as well... Neither are true... However, He has yet to FIX his calendar to be accurate... Those that use his calendar do live in a 'Dream Spell'... one created by José Aruelles... This is not Mayan Time... But José Time...&#xD;
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This is taken from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Arguelles&#xD;
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"Although Argüelles states that his tools and calendar are clearly not a Mayan calendar, his works remain completely unsupported by any professional Mayanist scholar. Amongst many criticisms leveled at it, it is pointed out that the interpretation merely co-opts an ancient tradition by recasting it in New Age terms, unknown, unused and undocumented among the Maya. Many of Dreamspell's influences come from non-Mayan sources, such as the I Ching and pop psychology. What's more, Argüelles' calendar is based on a different day-count than the traditional Mayan calendar. As mathematician Michael Finley notes:&#xD;
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"Since the 365 day Maya haab makes no provision for leap years, its starting date in the Gregorian Calendar advances by one day every four years. The beginning of Arguelles' year is fixed to July 26. Thus his count of days departs from the haab as it was known to Maya scribes before the Spanish conquest. Arguelles claims that the Thirteen Moon Calendar is synchronized with the calendar round. Clearly, it is not."[1]&#xD;
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His calendar is also not correctly synchronized with that observed by the Maya. For example, in the traditional count January 1, 2005 is 5 Muluk, while in the Dreamspell it is 2 Etznab.&#xD;
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Argüelles countered this criticism by stating that his calendar is "correct and biologically accurate...for the whole planet", and that he is the "heir of the legacy of Pacal Votan and the instrument of his prophecy, Telektonon". [1] Argüelles is now one of several individuals who have contributed to the spread of Mayanism, a collection of beliefs based on metaphysical speculation about the ancient Maya."&#xD;
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another good break down of what his calendar actually is.... much more in depth than I am willing to post here...&#xD;
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members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/arguelles.html&#xD;
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Peace and Love to all those that follow José Time... From all of us that are on Mayan Time.&#xD;
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After This Post I was then Bashed by serveral People Dream Spelled...&#xD;
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"The expert bent is getting tiresome given that it feels like a competition to be correct. I bow out of the contest if this is what your message is about. The link you provide is to John Major Jenkins whose work is equally unsanctioned by the Mayans. We are all dong our best to understand with a few clear exceptions (names withheld).&#xD;
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All of the names you mention below are equally intent on helping to construct the elephant and it appears that nobody has it correct as yet and maybe nobody ever will. The wave of space and time that is transforming before us will occur whether we understand this intellectually or not. I am starting to believe that our lack of comprehension actually gets in the way and we ought to discover our meekness rather than continuing to impose our muckiness."&#xD;
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To Which I replied&#xD;
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To those that still read this... I in no way attacked what Walker said... Nor do I personally attack Arguelles.... I mean Valum Votan... But rather, I am illustrating the counterproductive nature of José Time... I suggested you study the Mayan Calendar... That is all... MY MESSAGE IS TRUTH.&#xD;
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It is not a competition to be correct but a search for what the truth of the matter is... I never said 'Dream Spell' has no value... But really look at what it is and what it does... It is not a Mayan calendar... Nor a replacement for it...&#xD;
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"In mathematics, a corollary is a statement which follows readily from a previously proven statement, typically a mathematical theorem. The use of the term corollary, rather than proposition or theorem, is intrinsically subjective. Proposition A is a corollary of proposition B if A can readily be deduced from B, but the meaning of readily varies depending upon the author and context. Often the importance of the corollary is considered secondary to that of the initial theorem; A is unlikely to be termed a corollary if its mathematical consequences are as significant as those of B. Sometimes a corollary has a proof that explains the derivation; sometimes the derivation is considered to be self-evident."&#xD;
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corollary&#xD;
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Since none of the data presented had anything to do with what Arguelles came up with himself... it seems that it would be a corollary with what Tsarion, Jenkins, Aluna Joy, Hunbatz Men, Jorden Maxwell, Jim Mars.... ect. ect. have said, not José Arguelles...&#xD;
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It is important to note: March 21, The Mayan New Year, A very important Date... And Would NOT BE celebrated if you were on José time... Hmm, No offense but it makes me wonder why anyone would post 'Dream Spell' stuff a few days before the Real Mayan New Year... ALSO... José time DOES NOT match the True Count kept by Mayan Elders today... As well as the other Key points I posted originally...&#xD;
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I will finish with the closing statements from 'The Key to Dreamspell' by John Major Jenkins&#xD;
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"This brief document is intended to point the way, clarify facts, restore truth, and support the authentic Maya calendar tradition. The Maya have endured much over the centuries since the conquest, beyond our imagining. They've endured tenfold that suffering in the last sixteen years what with dominator culture institutionalizing genocide, and now their calendar tradition is threatened with being superseded by a new system coming from a realm beyond their control. It is sad that so much of the authentic Mayan tradition must be defended here. The day-gods can't be heard as clearly as they used to. The ancestors' voices are faint. It is harder to feel the lightning in the blood, to read the subtleties in each day's face. The day-keepers feel they must do more ceremonies, yet the fire is dimming. Game players to the north, all lovers of Mayan tradition, should meditate upon a core truth with deep implications: 13.0.0.0.0 is 4 Ahau, December 21, 2012 AD. When that all important date arrives, and it is not 4 Ahau, how can we synchronize?"&#xD;
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P.S. John Major Jenkins work is in fact sanctioned by the Mayans... He lived with Quiche Mayan Day-Keepers for a period of time and based his data on what the living descendants still practice today with his, and others, archaeological findings... Not to mention Aluna Joy who regularly talks with Quiche Mayan Elders as well as Galactic Mayan, she even does trips where you could meet a Mayan Day Keeper and ask him/her yourself... And last but not least.. Hunbatz Men... High Priest, Day Keeper, Living Mayan Elder... Siriusly Read what the Mayans are actually Saying...&#xD;
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But Still They Felt I had Personally Attacked José&#xD;
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"manjushri,&#xD;
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i think your missing the point big time... are you another that hasnt actally studied and worked with the dreamspell / law of time? it wouod seem so based on this?&#xD;
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perhaps go back and read some of the other threads on this tribe for more info..."&#xD;
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"heya manjushri,&#xD;
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the Quiche (indigenous maya tribe) new solar-year (haab) actually currently began this year on February 23, and will begin next year on February 22 (one day change due to leap day).&#xD;
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the Classic Maya new year will begin this year on April 3&#xD;
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you can see that neither of these dates accord with the Spring Equinox&#xD;
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so, i would suggest dropping the fundamentalist attitude.&#xD;
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yea, there is a cool alignment at Chicchen Itza on the Equinox, but what do you know about the Solar Zenith dates in the Yucatan, the Chilam Balam texts, and the monuments of Edzna?&#xD;
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maybe you should look into these things before assuming you know&#xD;
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and by the way, Jose didn't change his story to save face as you assert. nowhere in the dreamspell text does it claim to be the mayan calendar. furthermore, if you read Thirteen Moons in Motion, it is very explicitly stated that Dreamspell years are not the same as Classic Maya reckoning, and this was written years before critics like Jenkins and others began to pile on with the type of unfounded criticisms you are lobbing here&#xD;
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why is it so easy for us to harsh on people and their work without bothering to get to the facts?&#xD;
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as the poet sings "If you're talking shit you're gonna get it"&#xD;
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free PDF version of Thirteen Moons in Motion here: www.lawoftime.org/content/T...Motion.pdf"&#xD;
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"t's funny how so many people are dissing Jose yet they may likely of never even known about the Mayan calendar if it hadn't been for Jose bringing it to the masses.&#xD;
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I've met with the Quiche Mayan Day Keepers from Gautamala....they could not even tell me what day it was on the Haab....they acted as if they didn't even know what the Haab was! Finally they said that they just follow the Tzolkin.&#xD;
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How can you know what Tun you're in if you don't know the Katun or Baktun?&#xD;
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It's like keeping track of what day it is but not knowing what week, month or year it is...&#xD;
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If you're a Time Keeper you should, um, know what time it is.&#xD;
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The classic Mayans totally believed in reincarnation.....so who's to say that Pacal Voton did not reincarnate as Jose to bring sacred time to the masses? True he added the day out of time as he probably felt it was necessary to streamline it to make it a smoother transition for the world........&#xD;
Yes, it got all a bit weird with the telektonon n stuff but perhaps the Universe is evolving the Calendar......&#xD;
I think the perfect 28 day cycles are a pretty great idea.&#xD;
And I'm sure if I asked Jose what day it was on the Haab he'd be able to tell me.&#xD;
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It is also interesting to note that the classic Maya would periodically "mess up" what day it was on the calendar to show the Gods that they were not perfect so the Gods would not get jealous.....and that the main idea was to be following the sacred cycles, not to be all bent on exactly what day it was........"&#xD;
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So, Though I felt I had said everything already... I posted&#xD;
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Well, I am dissing no one... as many of you who know me know... I did work with the "Dream Spell" in 95 and later in 99... I found it wrong for me... I found Aluna Joy's books... and they worked prefect for me... her message of hope and renewal is beautifully positive(and she has free calendars and birthday converters)... now... if you remember, José was doom saying before 95 saying if the world did not get onto HIS calender and buy HIS books we were all doomed... When 95 rolled around and we still kept trucking... He did change it... And he did in fact change his story from 87 when he was saying HIS calendar was the one used in the classic period by the Maya... My points in no way bash José or his calendar... He started very early in the game... In 75 he beginning to write about this subject... So he got a strong and early foot hold... But none of the leading scholars today of the Maya, nor the living Maya, agree with what he is saying... Though others writings are not 'sanctioned' at least the living Maya agree with what they say... Humanity is not Doomed... Period... Never Was... That is the Illusion friends... DO NOT BUY IT... This is the end of the dark ages and the beginning of a golden age... Hunbatz Men does agree March 21 is New Year... As do the other living Maya... Though that wonderful book unsubscribed mentioned will not be out for another year... They have written many letters and articles that you can read... some of which are on Aluna Joy's page... You can also find a link on my profile to a web page with some. In closing, Study and do what works for you.&#xD;
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"No....Earth is not doomed, her life force is strong..... but right now, humanity is playing with fire by continuing to instigate separation and competitive wars, playing eachother against one another and polluting this planet to no end. I would love to see this evolve for sure.... I trust that there are quite a few people who really have respect and love honoring eachothers differences and NOT wanting to fight because one is different from another.... But right now, as it is VERY apparent, there IS alot of doom and destruction going right now, in many countries because they just won't stop bombing eachother! - the slaughter - the filth and pollution... as much as we would like to see a Golden Age right now, the reality is it is not.... yet.&#xD;
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If we could stop all this war and greed for money, competition and anger, unhealthy EGO and and start living in "harmony" TRULY with nature and eachother we will rise up my friend. For sure!&#xD;
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Relax Manj, Jose should be the least of your worries brother. He is one of the nice guys. Not a War monger. Pick and flame on someone who deserves it. I think we are all on the same side here:&#xD;
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"humanity is playing with fire by continuing to instigate separation and competitive wars, playing eachother against one another and polluting this planet to no end."&#xD;
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No, Humanity is not... Those that control Humanity are...&#xD;
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"Relax Manj, Jose should be the least of your worries brother. He is one of the nice guys. Not a War monger. Pick and flame on someone who deserves it. I think we are all on the same side here:"&#xD;
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Relax? Like I said in the very beginning... I was not picking or flaming at anyone... I have been very careful in each post to say That I was NOT attacking or bashing anyone... I have written these posts from a very peaceful and respectful space... If I was more relaxed I would not be able to type... lol... But These People are Spelled into a Dream... I do not blame them... Just Remember what Jenkins is saying about the Mayan Creation Monuments in several locations all saying DEC 21, 2012 will be 4 Ahau... Aluna Joy's system agrees with this... Quiche Mayan Agree with this... José does not... So Why even post José time on the 2012 forum... Well, tomorrow is March 21... The Mayan New Year... As I already pointed out... If you are on José you will not be celebrating this... Bummer... I do wonder Why He has not Changed His Calendar In Light Of all the New and Old Data... I want to be Nice... But it makes my Spidey Senses Tingle... Occasionally Day-Keepers would make a mistake to show the 'Gods' they were not perfect... I think José has taken that to the extreme. Just kidding.. But Siriusly... &#xD;
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Thank you wil... No worries, I just felt it needed to be stated do to the nature of the information and it's posting so close to March 21st...&#xD;
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Happy Mayan New Year!!!&#xD;
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Uac EB&#xD;
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Yellow Time/Space Human...&#xD;
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Relaxed, courteous, careful and useful. Also sensitive, touchy and easily hurt. Ambitious and hard-working.&#xD;
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Do read the my last blog too for it has to do with the Mayan New Year, March 21... and the 2008 Solar Wave...	&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Mayan New Year : Solar Wave</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;March 21st is Mayan New Year!&#xD;
We enter into new energies of 6 EB &amp;amp; 10 KAT&#xD;
Are you ready???&#xD;
This is the year where SOUTH&#xD;
reins as the SUPREME RULER!&#xD;
What does that means to you and ME??&#xD;
It means we can manifest our visions&#xD;
of a new future right now!&#xD;
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In the Yucatec Mayan Calendar (which our book "Maya Astrology" is based on), we enter into a 6 EB year. It is a year in which we return to reclaim our detiny's purpose and to finish what was not completed in previous lives. It is a year in which our creation can flow easily. Eb resides in the HEART CHAKRA and has powerful emotion, but we find ourselves getting hurt easily if we take things personally. Eb also will influence us with powerful psychic abilities and a great drive to get the job done. We will find unity and oneness while feeling more relaxed, courteous, and a desire to be useful.&#xD;
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This cycle has 2 runs of powerful core days. Powerful days in this cycle will be 06/18/08 - 07/07/08 . . . the first 20 core days. Make sure you clear out your solar plexus and root chakras before this cycle finishes. The last 20 core day run moves into next year from 03/05/09 - 03/23/09 . . . a few days past next year's equinox. This is going to make next year a fire pit in which no stone of illusion will be left unturned.&#xD;
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In the Kiche Maya Calendar (the Calendar of the highland Maya), we enter into a 10 KAT year. This will be a great year in which we will fish out things that are hidden. The trick in this year is not to collect anything that is not useful for the future. Otherwise you will be bogged down with unfinished projects and have a house filled with un-read books and un-used stuff. Kat bundles thoughts, ideas, and wisdom together to create better solutions. This can be a powerful creative year in which you will collect the tools needed to manifest in this dimension your mission and destiny. Powerful days to watch for are 09/04/08 (an 8 BATZ DAY) and 02/22/09 as the solar new year.&#xD;
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What if... you knew about a powerful time each day&#xD;
at your location on the planetary grid...&#xD;
that your 6th sense abilities were 400% times more effective?&#xD;
What if... all the sensitives and healers on the planet&#xD;
also knew about this powerful time?&#xD;
What if... we joined together and worked with this time,&#xD;
during the harmonizing effects of an Equinox Full Moon?&#xD;
 Could we heal the Earth and Humanity?&#xD;
We won't know the answer to this question unless we try!&#xD;
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The Solar Wave is going Galactic!&#xD;
Do you have 32 minutes to CHANGE the WORLD?&#xD;
THE 14th Annual&#xD;
SOLAR WAVE 2008&#xD;
A Stellar Synchronized, 24 Hour, Global Equinox Event!&#xD;
It's FREE - It's GREEN - and it's for all LIVING THINGS!&#xD;
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This is the call to the awakening masses to join together to activate a Huge Stellar Wave&#xD;
of POSITIVE MASS CONSCIOUSNESS to spontaneous heal all discordant energy on EARTH,&#xD;
and Initiate a Spontaneous Awakening of Humanity!&#xD;
To Reclaim Paradise… and usher in the age of&#xD;
PEACE, HARMONY, LOVE, COMPASSION &amp;amp; IMPECCABILITY&#xD;
using a window of opportunity at Equinox in the multiplying potential of LOCAL STAR TIME!&#xD;
This time is coming to your sacred part of the planet&#xD;
March 21st, 2008 with a FULL MOON!&#xD;
13:20 to 13:52 at Your Local Sidereal Time.&#xD;
Exact Equinox is MARCH 20th at 5.48 am UT Time - Exact Full Moon is MARCH 21st 18:40 UT&#xD;
Exact Maya New Year is Sun Rise March 21st in all time zones - BUT... your exact 13:30 LST Time... this is for you to discover below!&#xD;
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Do you feel that you are potentially ...&#xD;
the very one ...&#xD;
that can tip the balance back into the LIGHT?&#xD;
The one that can put an end to illusions?&#xD;
The very one that can bring humanity&#xD;
back into the HEART?&#xD;
You are the ONE!&#xD;
So what kind of world do you want?&#xD;
Do you have 32 minutes to change the world?&#xD;
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Do you know what the definition of insanity is?&#xD;
It is to do the same thing over and over again, and expect different results. There is no doubt that it is time to change the way we do things. This year we have an awesome opportunity to initiate spontaneous positive change in the mass consciousness and shift the material fabric of our world.&#xD;
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Equinox Graphic courtesy of Mid-Atlantic Geomancy (MAG) http://www.geomancy.org&#xD;
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Ancient traditions understand that the EQUINOX is a powerful time to initiate changes in our material world and shift into new reality. On Equinox, the Earth and Sun are in perfect balance and harmony, as the sun is centered between the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and centered between Heaven and Earth. This creates a sacred cross of balancing energy that naturally harmonizes the planet and humanity.&#xD;
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For the last 13 years, thousands upon thousands of light workers, peacekeepers, shamans, healers, gods and goddesses, angels and saints from around the globe have joined together to work with this powerful energy in a 24 hour wave of creative potential. BUT this year the Star Elders say we are ready to evolve this solar wave to a stellar one! This year the Star Elders call us to work with the equinox but add a hugely multiplying potential . . . a specific local sidereal time LST (a.k.a. Star Time) to synchronize our global efforts to reclaim paradise.&#xD;
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Why Your Local STAR TIME you ask?&#xD;
Local Sidereal Time (LST) is an Astronomy term, referring to how the planet is oriented relative to the position of the stars. It is a measure of the passing of the center of our galaxy (the Milky Way), overhead. Sidereal time is STELLAR TIME and is approximately 3 minutes, 56 seconds shorter than a solar day. LST is a measure of time independent of the Sun's cycles. Thus, Local Sidereal Time (LST) moves backward in solar time about four minutes a day, two hours a month and one day a year. Anywhere you are on the planet, at the same LST you will see the same stars overhead as anyone anywhere else will at that time. Example . . . your favorite star will set 4 minutes earlier each night. So why do you care about this? Read on and you will!&#xD;
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The Cognitive Sciences Laboratory in Palo Alto, California, made some exciting discoveries. They studied a group that had natural clairvoyant, clairsentient, clairaudient, ESP abilities. They discovered that during a specific window of time, that their test group was more accurate by 400% and more in their abilities to "see" or predict events. When scientists examined the accuracy of thousands of ESP predictions, along with the documented times that these anomalous cognitions took place, they were stunned. The precognitive cycle coincided with particular Local Sidereal Time or LST. Scientists discovered that peak efficiency for ESP was repeatedly at 13:30 LST. Working with 13:30 LST could lead to more efficient uses of one's psychic talents.&#xD;
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This means every 23 hours and 56 minutes, humanity has a unique doorway open to them to see through and work with energies that could change the world! The Star Elders say that if we can "see" through the doorway, we can also "project" through the doorway and radically change our world. When we project all our visions of a brilliant future and send healing energies, we can change the world and reclaim paradise. This LST window of opportunity is about 1 hour long… but the Star Elders suggest that from 13:20 to 13:52, only 32 minutes, is the most powerful time in this window. When we consciously work with the energy of heightened harmonious equinox energies, and combined it with local Sidereal times from 13:20 to 13:52, we have a immeasurable amount of potential to make our dreams come true for the planet. It is only 32 minutes . . . one half hour! Do you have time to change the world??? It sounds great doesn't it? But why stop there? What if we could make this event even more powerful?&#xD;
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What if we took this powerful window of Equinox, combined with 13:30 LST energy, and stretched it out over a 24 hour period? It sounds impossible, but it is not. This is why YOU are so important. This is where YOU and all of your healing networks come into play. Let me explain . . . Somewhere on the planet, right now, it is 13:30 LST. Every single moment there is a place on Earth that is in the window of the LST time of 13:30. What The Star Elders are asking us to do is to synchronize our local planetary family with global action. What do you think the potential would be if we got the entire world working with 13:30 LST on Equinox? What if we worked with this window of time within at a powerful sacred site? What do you think the possibilities would be then?&#xD;
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The Star Elders say that enough people are working in the light that we have pushed their ancient prophesies by 4 years making 2008 THE YEAR that we can spontaneous shift the world and humanity back into the light.&#xD;
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So are you in?&#xD;
Do we have your attention?&#xD;
Do you want to give&#xD;
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If you are feeling the excitement? . . .&#xD;
Read on . . .&#xD;
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So here is how the Star Elders suggest&#xD;
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DISCOVERING YOUR LST TIME JUST GOT EASIER!&#xD;
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FIRST... you need to discover the LST time for March 21st in your local area.&#xD;
1. Discover your LOCAL TIME ZONE for March 21st here  Time Zone Chart    NOTE: Remember that your time zone changes if your local area DOES NOT OBSERVE DAY LIGHT SAVINGS TIME as we spring forward on March 9th 2008. (Example Arizona USA will go from -7 to -8 time zone after March 9th)&#xD;
2. Discover LOCAL LONGITUDE http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm   Zoom in on your local area on the map, and write down the Longitude for your area. Sedona is -111.773500. Some Longitudes will not be a (-) but (+).&#xD;
3. Now just take your time zone and longitude and go to this really easy 13:30 LST time converter! http://www.hrvg.org/1330-lst/data-input.html (Example for the HRVG 13:30 LST Calculator for Sedona AZ. Input values: Sedona's Longitude = -111.773500, UTC Offset = -8 Sedona's time zone, The Month = 3 (March) The Year = 2008 = For March 21st in Sedona AZ the 13:30 LST Time is 01:01 AM) Now you ca discover you local 13:30 LST in your time zone and longitude on March 21, 2008. See... it is pretty simple if you breathe and think cosmicly.&#xD;
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I downloaded this LST clock onto my computer to watch for 13;30 times all year long. http://www.radiosky.com/sidclockdownload.html We watch for the 13:30 LST to arrive and work with this time to create our reality everyday . . . right now it is in the wee hours of the morn. We find that we are waking up at this time anyway. So we might as well do something with it!&#xD;
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NEXT... This is the most important step... Pencil in this time in your personal lightwork or healing schedule. Or better yet, plan a gathering or event at this time with all your like minded family. Remember to act locally, but think globally. Remember we are only separated by 6 degrees of separation. So if you send this to 6 people, we can reach the entire conscious community of the planet! Or if you are a hard core net worker, and want to leave no room for doubt, send this to everyone you know, and let's get the entire world unified and working together to reclaim paradise! Remember . . . when two or more are gathered, there is multiplying energy. Remember . . . somewhere, right now, it is 13:30 LST.&#xD;
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On MARCH 21ST, 2008 at 13:30 LST The entire global population of healers and lightworkers will work with the LST window of 13:20 to 13:52. This will create a powerful 24 hour stellar wave across the planet. Just as you may have seen "the Wave" being done at sports and concert venues, we will be doing the same thing, but across the entire planet all within harmonizing equinox energies and your star time window of 13:30. This is a tidal wave of powerful, transforming, healing light and positive vision for a brilliant future. Now get ready for PARADISE! When your local window of 13:30 LST time on March 21st arrives at your physical location on the planet, this is YOUR TIME to put to action all the healing talents and spiritual truth you have taken such great care to learn and develop. At 13:30 LST, give the world and the galaxy ALL YOU GOT! As they said in the 60's, "sock it to 'em!" Send out to humanity, the planet and the stars your knowingness that paradise is here right now and act as if that vision has been realized. Remember . . . when two or more are gathered together in a common focus, the power to change the world is multiplied a thousand times more than if one person was doing it alone. Use your highest, purest intentions, and remember that the truth is within YOU. So just follow your hearts with balance, peace and harmony. It is time to quit dreaming, affirming and praying for change. It is insane to do the same thing over and over again, and not expect the same results. We must BE the change that we want in the world! KNOW that it is so . . . And it will be.&#xD;
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Please send this invitation&#xD;
to all your relations everywhere.&#xD;
Network the Wave. Talk about the Wave.&#xD;
Plan an event in your living room, or fill a stadium!&#xD;
Dream BIG!&#xD;
Because if you don't,&#xD;
we will be at this same place next year.&#xD;
What have you got to loose but 32 minutes of your day.&#xD;
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      <title>Dimensions</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;I was asked how there could be a 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 9th dimension... or whatever... if there are an infinite number... Good question... &#xD;
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Dimensions are separated by vibration, much like radio frequencies, these different vibrations can exist in the same space without touching or interfering with one and another. A higher Vibration can perceive a lower one, but a lower Vibration cannot perceive a higher one. Classical Physics teaches the story of The Dot, The Line, and The Cube. Each one only able to perceive the one that came before it... so the Dot is unaware of the Line, The Line is unaware of the Cube, but the Cube is aware of them all. This represents the first 3 dimensions, a 4th would be time, and many argue we have been 4th Dimensional beings since the moment we began to measure time... But that is Classical Physics... Quantum Physics teaches us of the zero point field or quantum vacuum... that all matter is energy condensed to a slower vibration, that atoms are not solid and not only is reality an illusion of photon energy but it is subject to the will of consciousness.  &#xD;
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Now, there are in fact an Infinite number of dimensions. Just like a single NOTE of sound has 12 octaves and each octave has 12 semitones and an infinite number of harmonics in between... The Universe has 12 main octaves of vibration creating the 12 Dimensions of Physical Matter, each of these 12 Dimensions have 12 levels in between, Just like the Mayan Tzol'Kin the 13th level is the next step up... or next Dimension... &#xD;
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String Theory is based on this, but it is wrong in that there are no strings just waves and particles... And right in that the Physical Universe is a manifestation of these vibrations...A Unified Field Theory is much more accurate... I numbered them using the Science that was Developed here... Unified Field Theory currently states there to be 12 such octaves or dimensions in this physical universe... &#xD;
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In other words there are an infinite number of 3rd Density Dimensions and 4th Density and so on... past 12th Dimensional however there is no more slow vibration of energy into any sort of matter... Just pure energy, Transcendental space. The Zero Point, The Quantum Vacuum... That is not to say you longer exist, but you are literally everything... This is nirvana... the escape from the cycles of life and death...&#xD;
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Another misconception is that we live in the 3rd Dimension... This is only partly true, you actually live in multiple dimensions at once. Normally in a cord of harmonics... For example Most earth humans currently Live in their 3rd and 4th Density bodies, while they are either making or already have a 5th Density body. Think of a Super-Computer using wireless connections to control several other computers at once... All one needs to do is shift their consciousness from one level to another. Meditation and an understanding of the Chakra System will help you move your consciousness up... Using Universal Love and Compassion Through True Understanding you can raise your vibration to the highest levels of the multiverse... &#xD;
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When some earth humans die, they go to the 7th Dimension... others may go to the 9th Dimension from were they are projecting themselves originally. &#xD;
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From my understanding there is now consciousness even in the 2nd Dimension thanks to computers, AI,  and the universes they can create. &#xD;
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More on this later... Please feel free to comment or ask questions...&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>About 2012: The Evidence, By John Major Jenkins...</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;Mayan “Statements” and Beliefs About 2012: The Evidence&#xD;
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A good and not too common critique against my work is the following: If the end of the 13th Baktun was so important for the Maya, then why is there so very little in the way of recorded statements concerning what they thought about it? Similarly, of all the Long Count dates preserved in the archaeological record, why are there only one or two that could be construed as referring directly to the 2012 end date?&#xD;
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There is really no way to give a completely satisfying response to this critique, because I can’t offer what the question implies must be found: direct, literal statements, carved in hieroglyphs that have been thoroughly deciphered. My response will typically frustrate critics who are unwilling to hear some contextual caveats. When I identify the evidence that does relate to what the ancient Maya “said” or “believed” about 2012, critics will probably dismiss it as secondary evidence that can’t be allowed. But there would be a double-standard in such a dismissal, as the following explanation should make clear.&#xD;
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We have carved monuments dated in the Long Count, stretching from the 7th Baktun to the 10th Baktun (1st century BC to the ninth century AD). Some scholars have criticized the continuity of this sequence, suggesting that Long Count dating in different regions was in disagreement. Although this is a possibility, it would be highly unlikely, since the Mesoamerican calendar was intimately involved with religious beliefs about the inviolable sequence of sacred days and deities. In the manuscript tradition of the Yucatan, Long Count dating via the Katun prophecies seems to have continued up to the time of the Conquest. &#xD;
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The vast majority of Long Count dates record local events and chronology. Very few of them have anything to say about “Creation events,” but there are a few. Of these, we learn that a 13-baktun cycle was considered to be one epoch or World Age. The date is recorded as 13.0.0.0.0, and it’s corresponding tzolkin date is 4 Ahau.  Scholars now know, via the established 584283 correlation, that this 13-baktun period began on 0.0.0.0.1, August 12, 3114 BC and will end on 13.0.0.0.0, December 21, 2012 AD. We should note right away that the 2012 cycle ending date is a solstice date. This indicates that the early Maya creators of the Long Count system — those who inaugurated it and fixed its placement in real time — must have intended the end date to target the December solstice. This is an important indicator, because then we can strongly suspect that the  cycle ending was not just a mathematical consequence of the beginning date; no, some kind of intentionality is very likely. The alternative explanation is “coincidence.” Mayan scholars have been almost universally unwilling to consider this strange circumstance as a vector for deeper inquiry. Instead, they have often, incredibly, dismissed it as a coincidence.   &#xD;
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[I omit a lengthy analysis of the correlation question. The red herrings offered by David Kelley, Floyd Lounsbury, and others have been seriously looked but they are anchored to unsupportable data and/or assumptions — analysis on my website]&#xD;
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In the Books of Chilam from the Yucatan, there are references to prophecies concerning the end of the 13th cycle. Their relation to 2012 is implied but indirect. It should be noted that these prophecies would be a late terminal pre-Conquest tradition concerning 2012, written at least 15 centuries after the 2012 calendar (the Long Count) was invented. Nevertheless, such perspectives should be appreciated for the simple fact that they preserve Mayan beliefs about cycle endings.&#xD;
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For this reason, we can also access the cycle-ending prophecies in the Quiché Maya Popol Vuh, recorded in Guatemala in the 1550s. According to Popol Vuh translator Dennis Tedlock, the Popol Vuh document was probably read directly from a hieroglyphic book possessed by the Quiché elders. It contains migration legends as well as cosmological beliefs about the World Ages. The transformations of previous World Ages are briefly sketched, and great attention is given to the demise of a World Age ruler named Seven Macaw, and the culture heroes who would succeed him by reinstating their father, One Hunahpu. As Dennis Tedlock showed, the mytho-cosmic topography of these events corresponds to astronomical features and processes scheduled by the sacred 260-day calendar. The Creation Myth of the Hero Twins also involved the sacred ballgame, journeys to the underworld, and events to occur at the end of the World Age. Whether this is a previous World Age or the current World Age is unclear and, ultimately, irrelevant. In folkloric narratives of the Maya, time is mythic time; the message is perennial and the events “happen in” or “apply to” the past, present, and future. In other words, the teachings and beliefs recorded in the Popol Vuh reveal what the Maya believed about the transition between World Ages. They reveal insights and beliefs about cycle endings. As such, they apply to the end of the 13-Baktun cycle.&#xD;
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[I omit a lengthy discussion of the “controversy” over whether the Maya considered a 13-Baktun period important; this debate derives from Linda Schele’s tongue-in-cheek  dismissal of pop-culture Mayan prophecy books by an emphasis on a 20-baktun date recorded at Palenque. Her assertion was seized upon by the media as long ago as 1997 (Newsweek, February 17th issue), but the logic is paper thin, and I treated it thoroughly in an appendix to my 1998 book Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 (also online at http://alignment2012.com/app5.htm). Those interesting in doing this entire topic justice must be willing to avail themselves of clear, thorough, and careful analysis of motives and content. Paradoxically, that kind of cogent analysis is not offered by academes themselves, who often do not evince an understanding of what they are quoted as authorities on; for example, Schele professed to unquestioningly follow her mentor Floyd Lounsbury on calendar correlation issues, and also professed to be an inept numbers person.]&#xD;
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So, we begin to glimpse how an entire set of  already existing beliefs and perspectives about “2012” can be considered allowable. Critics would say that such secondary evidence is not allowable, because they would wish there to be direct statements recorded in hieroglyphs that have been thoroughly deciphered. This is a bias of the modern mind, and it reveals a double standard. For example, Maya epigraphers made progress in deciphering the hieroglyphs because they took clues from modern Mayan linguistics, from modern phonology, from modern and ancient iconography, and from ethnographic data on Mayan concepts. These sources are all SECONDARY to using the internal evidence within the hieroglyphic texts themselves. But they were helpful in making breakthroughs. Similarly, archaeoastronomers look at a site like Uaxactun and find central, prominent, key alignments to the sunrise positions on the equinoxes and solstices. They thereby conclude that the temple builders at Uaxactun were aware of these solar quarter-positions and considered them important. Notice that the archaeologists did not find hieroglyphic texts stating “We the builders of Uaxactun consider the equinoxes and solstices to be important.” No, but the evidence is there, secondarily. So, if we can allow such a methodology in these other realms of Mayan studies, then how can we not allow it when it comes to understanding what the Maya thought about 2012?&#xD;
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To take this one step further, we can look to the statements preserved on carved monuments at the site of Izapa. This archaeological site dates to 400 BC – 100 AD. Mayan scholars (such as Michael Coe) consider “the Izapan civilization” to have been involved in the invention of the Long Count calendar.  Izapa's carved monuments are pictographic, and portray the earliest coherent episodes from the Popol Vuh Creation Myth found in the archaeological record. Those monuments, and the three primary monument groups, are oriented to the solar horizons in specific, meaningful ways. For example, the December solstice sunrise position is pointed to by the lengthwise axis of the Izapan ballcourt. The ballcourt’s monuments depict events in the stories of Seven Macaw, the Hero Twins, and the resurrection of their father, One Hunahpu. These are stone “documents” and “statements” that are as valuable for understanding the Mayan World Age doctrine, and therefore 2012, as any Rosetta stone clearly spelling things out. Perhaps more so, because the site and monuments of Izapa are integrated in a unified paradigm that touches upon mythology, prophecy, religion, and astronomy. In fact, because of this, the Izapan monumental corpus IS a Rosetta stone, since it integrates different representational "languages" into a unified whole; it shows how we can cross-reference symbols and motifs from different representational categories used by the Maya (mythology, prophecy, religion, and astronomy). We should not try to fit the data into a preconceived methodology, but should instead learn how to see the data for its full import and worth, to see the message that was intentionally put there by its creators. (Please see my brief summaries of Izapan monuments and cosmology, here and here.)&#xD;
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										&lt;div&gt;bodhisattva - Could you tell me if the calander is 26,000 year cycle why is it the end? why not just go back to the start and repeat?&#xD;
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Sure, NP... It is not the end of the Mayan Calendar, but the BakTun Long Count and does in fact repeat, in fact it takes a full 13 BakTuns to equal one world age and 5 world ages to equal 1 full precession. The Long Count is really a mixed base-20/base-18 representation of a number, representing the number of days since the start of the Mayan era. It is thus akin to the Julian Day Number. The basic unit is the kin (day), which is the last component of the Long Count. Going from right to left the remaining components are:&#xD;
      uinal 	(1 uinal = 20 kin = 20 days)&#xD;
      tun 	(1 tun = 18 uinal = 360 days = approx. 1 year)&#xD;
      katun 	(1 katun = 20 tun = 7,200 days = approx. 20 years)&#xD;
      baktun 	(1 baktun = 20 katun = 144,000 days = approx. 394 years)&#xD;
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      The kin, tun, and katun are numbered from 0 to 19.&#xD;
      The uinal are numbered from 0 to 17.&#xD;
      The baktun are numbered from 1 to 13.&#xD;
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      Although they are not part of the Long Count, the Mayas had names for larger time spans. The following names are sometimes quoted, although they are not ancient Maya terms: 1 pictun = 20 baktun = 2,880,000 days = approx. 7885 years&#xD;
      1 calabtun = 20 pictun = 57,600,000 days = approx. 158,000 years&#xD;
      1 kinchiltun = 20 calabtun = 1,152,000,000 days = approx. 3 million years&#xD;
      1 alautun = 20 kinchiltun = 23,040,000,000 days = approx. 63 million years&#xD;
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The Sacred Calendar Tzolk'in does repeat as well and is based on an ascension of a spiral, ever evolving outward achieving higher and higher vibrations. The Tzolk'in is the day to day calendar, whereas the BakTun really is only for measuring world ages...or Yugas...&#xD;
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      <title>On 12.21.2012 ATS REPOST</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;12.21.2012 is the end of the Baktun Long Count. A period of 13 Baktuns 5,125.36 years is indicated on creation monuments as one 'World Age', 5 such 'World Ages' or about 25,627 is equal to one precession. It is not the end of the Mayan Calendar, but a specific marker. On that day the Winter Solstice Sun will pass through the Galactic Center, marking the end of the age of Pieces and the beginning of age of Aquarius. This is the Precession of the Equinox and is part of a 26,000 year cycle. The Marker is also the end of the Kali Yuga or Dark Age as spoken of in the Veda (Thats right, We are in a Dark Age now...not a Golden Age) and is the beginning of the Satya Yuga or the Golden Age. The last Golden Age ended 13,000 years ago with the destruction of Atlantis and Lemuria. Interestingly enough, the Tzolk'in is the Sacred calendar of the Maya and is based on the cycles of the Pleiades. The cycle of the Pleiades uses 26,000 years, but is reflected in the calendar we are using by encompassing 260 days. It uses the sacred numbers 13 and 20. The 13 represents the numbers and 20 represents the sun/glyphs. Back to the Date itself... Believe it or not we are now 4th dimensional (not 3rd)...since 1978 artificially and 1998 naturally, 12.21.2012 is also a major marker on our way to 5th dimensional existence. Being as such, predictions past that day are very difficult (as many psychics have claimed, I have no problems), not because the world ends...but because it goes into a 5th dimensional state. At the time of the occultation of the galactic center by the winter solstice sun 2 Stargates will open DevaYana and PitriYana (sanskrit)... I hope to be at the Kukulcan Pyramid, Looking straight up Zenith at 12NOON...there is a Sky-Light in the temple for just that reason... and if you go to the chamber below you will find the infamous "Mayan Astronaut" glyphs. By the time we reach 12.21.2012 we will have undergone a huge consciousness shift... Many may say nothing happened on Y2K...but a lot did happen...and it was another marker... Humanity made choices, and that is what it is about, each person making their own conclusions, their own truths, putting their pieces of the puzzle together. For many, sadly enough, will not experience anything and will not grow or learn anything... For these people, even when Mass Landings of Beings from other stars and planets arrive they will not be able to believe...&#xD;
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SO... Don't worry about the day itself...but how you will lead your life down the paths that manifest on your way to that date. Mass landings could and would happen tomorrow if the Collective Consciousness of the Planet was ready... Lets work on getting there faster =P&#xD;
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      <title>Satya Yuga Kama</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;Whoot... I have done a lot of linking over the last couple days... Glad to see so many of you checking this stuff out... Remember what Einstien said 'The mind is like a parachute, it only works if it is open'.  Keep checking back... I currently have days worth of info for ya'll to research... Cause' none of you should believe what you are told without first looking at all sides of the matter and coming to your own conclusions. &#xD;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:48:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Manjushri</dc:creator>
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      <title>Awakening</title>
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										&lt;div&gt;There has been an awakening happening for some time now, yet there is still much mis-information and lack of true understanding. I hope to be able to provide some tools and perhaps some answers. First and foremost: DON'T PANIC... We are currently in the Dark Ages.... The Kali Yuga... Dec 21, 2012 marks the end of the Baktun Long Count... This will be the Begining of the Satya Yuga or the Golden Age... Also it marks the end of a 27,000 year cycle known as 'the precession of the equinox'. It is the end of the Age of Pieces and the Begining of the Age of Aquarius... If that wasn't enough it also marks the day when the winter solstice sun passes through the Galactic Center and travels the spirit road through the heavenly gate unlocking the stargate at two doorways... Reality IS what you make... Now is a time to get together and share information and love... We are making a future right here and now... Many psychics have claimed to not be able to see past that date... I have no problems....but to quell their alarm... We are currently 4th Density (Dimensional) not 3rd as many think... That shift happened artificially in 1978 and naturally in 1998... 12.21.2012 will be a marker on our way to 5th Density. The reason for the psychic block is simple... you can not see into the next higher vibration. This raise in vibration has to do with a 2000 light year wide photonic belt of 7th Density light. Scientists have found this 'Golden Glowing Nebula' and have confirmed the orbit of our sun around the Galactic Center will move our entire solar system through this 2000 light-year wide anomaly. The Planet itself as a spiritual entity will be moving into 5th Density as well as 22 other star systems with their own planets that are in our galaxy. Part of the agenda of the ones that control us is to make us manifest our own demise. If you devote your time to thinking negative things, then you are manifesting exactly what you don't what to happen into existence.   What we must now all do is think and live with universal love for all beings, even the greys and reptilians... &lt;/div&gt;</description>
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