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January 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 02/02/2010 8:33 AM Page 7 The Modern World and Maya 2012 7 How did the modern consciousness and the process How did the modern world first find out of our collective awakening? world first find out about the Absolutely! about the The ending of this huge calendar cycle is 2012 prophecy? asking us to confront the reality that our human- 2012 prophecy? planetary equation has become out of balance. At this point in the cycle, humanity's collective According To The Maya conscience is calling to us all. We can no longer According To The Maya overlook the many design flaws inherent in our modern lifestyles that dangerously neglect to Dr. Jose Arguelles is the man who is responsible for "turning the eyes of the world to account for our interdependence with Nature in the Maya." Bringing news of December 21, all its forms. We are being inspired to transform our self-centered materialism into a respect for 2012 as being a sort of cosmic alarm clock that life, moving from ignorance to awareness. we can already hear ringing in our collective As we become increasingly aware of psyche, his best-selling book, Mayan Factor how we are each personally impacting our (1987) was the first of its kind to detail the cosmology of the ancient Maya and their global culture, we realize our responsibility to awaken so that we can participate lucidly in this spectacular fractal mathematics, while also process. This awakening process we are in is a broadcasting the fact of their vast Long Count whole-systems one. To survive and thrive in the Calendar Cycle ending in our lifetimes. face of all the shifts that are upon us, our only As a key point, Mayan Factor was Arguelles clarifies that the term published with the specific intention of alerting "Harmonic Convergence" should be thought of real option is for us to personally and collectively change, shift, grow, evolve, mutate everyone to a very important event in 1987 as referring to this entire 25-year process. This into a more aware species that is increasingly which he referred to as "The Harmonic last segment is seem as a phase in which we are dedicated and courageously becoming Convergence." According to Dr. Arguelles, on truly "in-between" worlds. In other words, the conscious of how to operate on earth in greater Aug 16-17 1987, we completed Quetzalcoatl's old paradigm world founded on ignorance, fear Prophecy of the 13 Heavens and the 9 Hells. and separation is in process of dying and harmony with the One Sphere of Life. We need each other in this process, our work together is Each of the cycles was 52 years long. The 13 fighting for its life, and the new paradigm world to refine our choices and attitudes, knowing we Heavens began in 843 AD (right at the close of founded on wisdom and conscious affect each other intimately, and all our the Classic Maya era) and the 9 Hells began in interconnection is descending into our inner Relations. 1519, which exactly coincided with when worlds bringing great inspiration, but it does not As we ponder what the Mayan codes in Cortez landed in Mexico and began conquering really have any concrete footing in our outer stone may signify in our lives - exploring the the indigenous people. world yet. In these times there is ever-growing meaning of 2012 and seeing what it's trying to The actual event of the Harmonic awareness and innovative solutions emerging, Convergence was the world's first globally but the tension of the opposites is great as the point us to - let us keep in mind that the calendars of the Ancient Maya are understood to synchronized prayer and meditation for peace forces of the old paradigm are still trying to event (orchestrated pre-internet!), with people obscure the light and suppress the new cultural be communicating not just physical cycles, but mental and spiritual cycles of unfolding as well. around the world gathering at sacred sites to models and sustainable lifestyle systems that are Let us hold the possibility that the completion of anchor intentions and stabilize a field of human seeking to take root. In this in-between phase that we are in this vast cycle of time is signalling an emerging right now, we feel and see the manifestation of human willingness to align with participating in great extremes. It is said by many that the a world of health and harmony for all. acceleration process we are currently in will It is clear that we are being called to re- continue exponentiating its intensity, and that define our human culture, so that we understand the great challenges and immense obstacles may our roles as stewards of our Earth and creative continue to surmount as we deepen in this emenations of an evolutionary spiral of internal and external process of shifting World consciousness that is unfolding in natural time. Ages. As we are receptively learning how to cooperate Rather than making specific claims once again with the Laws of Nature, about what life might be like on the other side of remembering our interdependance, we are a certain date, it is about having a larger context opening to our deepest potential as a species, for these times we are in, a comprehension of stepping into our power as creative artists here this era of great cosmic testing. Knowing that to beautify our shared Life! we are enduring the closing of a huge cycle can give us great compassion and courage to perservere. coherency so as to support our conscious Rather than putting all our attention on opening to the next stage of our evolutionary the old civilizational constructs that are dying unfolding. and gasping for breath, let us direct our attention to that which is seeking to be born through us, Dr. Arguelles, as well as several calling to us from the inside out. Let us not be indigenous elders, point to the Harmonic surprised or intimidated by the darkness of these Convergence of 1987 as being a critical point times, rather let us look to the light that is within the larger Mayan Prophecy, as it dawning within our hearts, knowing that the triggered the final chapter of the Great Cycle - flowering of our human consciousness is the period of 1987-2012. guiding us to incarnate a new era of harmony Dr. Arguelles points out this important upon our Earth. moment of fulfilling Quetzalcoatl's Prophecy was reflected by the appearance of SuperNova It is possible the ancient 1987A, the first to have occurred in over 400 Maya's prophecy highlights years. Shown on the left, he calls it the Quetzalcoatl SuperNova. our modern crisis in