Understanding the chakras allows me to understand the relationship between my consciousness and my body, and to thus see my body as a map of my consciousness. It gives me a better understanding of myself and those around me.

Is there something significant we should know about the Winter Solstice date of December 21, 2012? Yes. On this day a rare astronomical and Mayan mythical event occurs. In astronomic terms, the Sun conjuncts the intersection of the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic. The Milky Way, as most of us know, extends in a general north-south direction in the night sky. The plane of the ecliptic is the track the Sun, Moon, planets and stars appear to travel in the sky, from east to west. It intersects the Milky Way at a 60 degree angle near the constellation Sagittarius.

The cosmic cross formed by the intersecting Milky Way and plane of the ecliptic was called the Sacred Tree by the Maya. The trunk of the tree, the Axis Mundi, is the Milky Way, and the main branch intersecting the tree is the plane of the ecliptic. Mythically, at sunrise on December 21, 2012, the Sun - our Father - rises to conjoin the center of the Sacred Tree, the World Tree, the Tree of Life..

This rare astronomical event, foretold in the Mayan creation story of the Hero Twins, and calculated empirically by them, will happen for many of us in our lifetime. The Sun has not conjoined the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic since some 25,800 years ago, long before the Mayans arrived on the scene and long before their predecessors the Olmecs arrived. What does this mean?

Due to a phenomenon called the precession of the equinoxes, caused by the Earth's wobble that lasts almost 26,000 years, the apparent location of the Winter Solstice sunrise has been ever so slowly moving toward the Galactic Center. Precession may be understood by watching a spinning top. Over many revolutions the top will rise and dip on its axis, not unlike how the Earth does over an extremely long period of time. One complete rise and dip constitutes the cycle of precession.

The Mayans noticed the relative slippage of the positions of stars in the night sky over long periods of observation, indicative of precession, and foretold this great coming attraction. By using an invention called the Long Count, the Mayans fast-forwarded to anchor December 21, 2012 as the end of their Great Cycle and then counted backwards to decide where the calendar would begin. Thus the Great Cycle we are currently in began on August 11, 3114 BCE But there's more.

The Great Cycle, lasting 1,872,000 days and equivalent to 5,125.36 years, is but one fifth of the Great Great Cycle, known scientifically as the Great Year or the Platonic Year - the length of the precession of the equinoxes. To use a metaphor from the modern industrial world, on Winter Solstice CE (Common Era) 2012 it is as if the Giant Odometer of Humanity on Earth hits 100,000 miles and all the cycles big and small turn over to begin anew. The present world age will end and a new world age will begin.

Over a year's time the Sun transits through the twelve houses of the zodiac. Many of us know this by what "Sun sign" is associated with our birthday. Upping the scale to the Platonic Year - the 26,000 year long cycle - we are shifting, astrologically, from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. The Mayan calendar does not really "end" in 2012, but rather, all the cycles turn over and start again, vibrating to a new era. It is as if humanity and the Earth will graduate in the eyes of the Father Sun and Grandmother Milky Way.

A Message from Mira and the Pleiadian High Council
Through Valerie Donner January 1, 2005
Greetings, I am Mira a messenger from the Pleiadian High Council.
We serve the Earth and are with you as you begin the next phase of the Earth's evolutionary process. We are here to assist you and to lend a Pleiadian perspective to what is occurring on your planet.
We have alerted you to the upheaval that was about to take place. We shall continue to provide you with hints when major situations are about to occur. This should give you some preparation.
We work with you in the Light Realms and in the dream state also. We cannot pinpoint exact timetables due to the differences in time in our dimension and in yours.
At this time we have many ships around the Earth. There are also other participants from other planets surrounding the Earth providing a variety of services.
Had it not been for this assistance the disaster would have been far greater. You are being constantly watched and guarded. You are being cared for also in unseen ways that you have yet to realize. Due to the state of affairs that are taking place on your planet you will begin to see more of our presence. This is no longer a time to keep secrets about anything. All will rise to the surface just like the Tsunami waves in your Indian Ocean.
Those who are in charge of your governments will be
rendered powerless when it comes to the new priorities that you will be facing. Their best-laid plans will no longer take priority for they too will be faced with the fears of their own survival. They are reconstructing their own ideas and are wondering how they can be serving themselves while appearing to be responsive to the needs of their constituents.
There comes a time in the evolution of each planet when major changes must occur. The Earth can no longer wait for humanity to catch up with higher consciousness. She knows what she wants and where she is going. Those who have lagged behind in their evolution will not be going along with the Earth. This is her will.
We in the Pleiadian High Council over see our own
star system. We have been around and on the Earth since the beginning of time. We have a vested interest in the health and well being of the Earth.
Our own DNA is connected with many of you as well as the Earth. You will not be left alone to go through these changes. They will occur over the years with waves and lulls in the process. We request that you become open to us and to our assistance. We have only your highest good in our intentions. We look forward to the glorious time when we will walk among you like many others who have been waiting return in full form to the Earth.
We also work with many councils of Light that assist the Earth. She is going through her birthing process with many midwives. We are only a part of the assistance that envelops the Earth right now.
Evolution means to evolve. This means that things can no longer remain stationary. They must move in the evolutionary process. Resistance simply makes the process more challenging. Embrace what is happening knowing this is part of a divine plan. Trust that all of the resources that are needed are yours. Reinstate the awareness of your own masterful powerful gifts.
These gifts that you will bring back will enable you to rise into the fourth dimension and higher will all that you need. Every bit of guidance will be yours. Your manifestation abilities will provide what you need for your physical survival. You will be reconnected with your soul family as you work along with the Earth and all of creation to settle the affairs of the Earth into the higher dimensions.
We have all been waiting for this time of sacred regathering. It is now in full force. We are with you as the multi-dimensional capacities are activated and realized. You are a part or the most powerful force of Light ever to be amassed for a planetary ascension.
Thank you for your dedication to this cause. We welcome the time when we can be with our family again.
I am Mira from the Pleiadian High Council.
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