This entry is about world peace and the Mayan Date of Destiny.
Experiments in Consciousness
In 1988 a study was published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. This is a publication from Yale University. The study undertaken was the first one to use collective meditation to promote peace and to attempt to down regulate the then ongoing war in Lebanon. During the peak of the war, hundreds of meditators gathered in Jerusalem for 60 days, twice daily meditating on producing an influence of peace that would have a spillover effect into the surrounding society.
I first heard about this study back in 2004 when I was listening to Gregg Braden describe it on one of his delightful and wonderfully educating CD sets. I then read about it in an article printed in the quarterly Light of Consciousness, Winter edition, 2006. The article was written by the well known quantum physicist, John Hagelin, Ph.D., and was adapted from a presentation he gave in Boulder, CO. Dr. Hagelin is also regarded as an educator, author, and leading researcher on higher states of consciousness. He is also a professor of physics at Maharishi University.
Dr. Hagelin’s article is entitled “Meditating for World Peace.” I am going to abstract from his Light of Consciousness article to give you the gist of the information, and then wind this one up with a correct view that we can all work toward for December 2012.
The premise for the study lies in the consideration that Consciousness is a field which underlies, permeates, and connects us all. Each of us can be viewed as a different antenna, each of us radiating and stimulating the electromagnetic field. We ripple waves which travel infinitely and interdimensionally.
If we put coherent antennas together, we get an enhanced combined waveform. When we (people antennas) stimulate the underlying unbounded field of Consciousness, an effect is produced in the field of collective Consciousness which affects us all.
When groups of individuals collectively meditate and collectively stimulate that field, a much bigger wave is produced. In physics, this effect is known as constructive interference. In common parlance, 2 loudspeakers playing the same music, placed in close proximity, produce 4 times the sound of one loudspeaker. Three loudspeakers will produce 9 times the sound of one loudspeaker. The waves add together, the power of the wave growing as the square of the number of radiating sources.
If Consciousness is a field that we are radiating in, and if we begin to radiate a coherent desired manifestation which is arriving from the field of future memory, then only a small number of people should be able to establish a much larger coherent radiation to produce an effect from the field. Such is the premise of the study reported in the Yale journal. How many coherently meditating/praying people does it take to influence a different target population?
During the study, the quality of life in Jerusalem and neighboring Lebanon was recorded, particularly the number of war deaths, war injuries, bombs dropped, bullets fired (I don’t know how they observed this one), etc., and also progress towards peace among rival factions.
Even before the study was put through the rigors of statistical analysis it was obvious that there was a co-variation between the size of the meditating group and the improved progress towards peace in the Middle East. In consideration of the variables of the experiment, such as temperature and other aspects which are known to influence violence, crime, and war; a powerful statistical significance was noted. The probability that the observed outcome was happenstance is less than one part in about one hundred thousand, which is quite an acceptable standard in the study of social sciences.
This study was published after 2 years of intense scrutiny via a process of anonymous peer review. The editor of the journal wrote an accompanying letter of merit testifying to the arduous scrutiny process.
Over the next 2 years and 3 months, seven different scientific collaborations repeated the study. The groups looked at using different sized groups located at different distances from the conflict, some in Lebanon, and some much farther away. Each of these efforts produced results which were highly significant in terms of progress towards peace, reduced war deaths, war injuries, etc., when compared with all other periods during the same 2 years and 3 months.
When there was no meditating group in place, there was violent deterioration. When meditating groups were in place, there was statistically significant improvement in circumstances. A combined report of these studies was published in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality after yet another couple of years of even more peer review. Now we are out into 1992. According to this report, the likelihood that the combined results were a statistical mistake is less than one part in ten million million million.
I’ll quote Dr. Hagelin’s conclusions: “The phenomenon of reducing war, terrorism, and social violence by defusing the social stress that fuels violence and conflict, by defusing the acute religious and political and ethnic tensions that drive terrorism and violence, and by defusing these tensions through collective meditation, has been more thoroughly studied now and more rigorously confirmed than any phenomenon in the history of the social sciences.”
Dr. Hagelin calls for the establishment in our government of a Department of Peace. Dr. Hagelin’s Vision is correct, and the window of time for us to establish this agenda is closing.
You possess the power of One. Use it.
Consider the world financial system being on the verge of collapse, diseases of a global scale threatening pandemics, multiple global wars going on, 2 billion people living on less than $2/day, 25,000 children starving to death daily, and a human population expanding to the point of extinguishing many forms of other life on our planet home, not to mention its own life.
We need a new form of government. We need a Government of Peace.
In order for the views expressed below regarding our transition beyond 2012 to become reality, we will have to evolve past these difficult and problematic forms of dark human expression. The current methods of destruction and mayhem run the gamut from “conventional warfare” to chemical-biological to thermonuclear. War is not normal. We have been conditioned to think that war is normal.
AND NOW: The Results of the Meditation Studies! How many people, engaged in a coherent thought/feeling construct, does it take to influence the activity of a population of people?
It takes the square root of 1% of the population under consideration!!!
In consideration of the population of humans on Gaia, this number is the square root of 1% of 6,500,000,000 to 7,000,000,000 people, or about 8000 people!
I hold the belief that my silent meditations can reach the subconsciousness of those who are still alive on this plane, as well as those who have crossed over to Life After Life.
The mysteries of the chambers of the Heart are far reaching.
The Mayan Date of Destiny
To the Mayans, human consciousness evolution is timed to the cycles of time. We are approaching a narrow window of time where human evolution speeds up tremendously and makes a jump to a new level of awareness. We will become greater than what is now called human. You may have noticed in your personal life that time is compressing.
This does not happen in Crestone. Out here we run on CST, Crestone Standard Time. Come out here and see for yourself!
High technology is not a sign of an advanced civilization. It is a sign of a civilization that is about to be advanced. What good is technology to a people if they discover that the human body and human consciousness are capable of doing far more than what technology is now doing?
Gaia is a living being, conscious of everything that is happening on Her body. All of the multidimensions of the Omniverse are also so entangled as a Unity Consciousness.
We should probably consider Ceremony. Ceremony is an activity of a high importance, universally practiced by all indigenous tribes of peoples. The 1963 Rose Bowl halftime show was a Ceremony even though it lacked significant direction, and therefore it lacked potential. The meditation/consciousness experiments were a form of Ceremony which achieved direction and potential. More Ceremony is called for.
We actually need such a Department of Ceremony in our new government, and it should strive to educate all people in the fundamental implications of peaceful outcomes made possible by the square root of 1% of a population living in coherent intention for the sake of a greater good.
A new and meaningful Bureaucracy of Meditation can be empowered and tasked. It would only take about 8000 skilled meditators who know how to get into Heart resonant frequency (0.1 cycles per second). This is a pretty small Bureaucracy, just 8000 people.
Ceremony is direct communication and is a living bond with Great Spirit, Mother Earth, Father Sky, and all of Life everywhere. Ceremony links our Hearts into a coherent resonant wave form, and amplifies the power of One into many.
As we approach 2012, humanity will enter into chaos at a very deep level. This chaos will be instigated by a few power deluded individuals. These individuals can be changed from dark to Light, if we so choose, and if we so attempt. If not, nonetheless, the chaos will not be the end. It will be the beginning.
This is a time to prepare inwardly, not a time to continue as if everything were normal. “Normal,” or what we think of as normal, will never return. According to the Maya, what replaces “normal” will be far, far greater.
The Consciousness of the ancient world should be allowed to join with the awareness of the modern world, creating a more evolved Consciousness for both worlds in the hologram of time.
What do Mayan elders say about this 2012 phenomenon? It has been the world of other peoples’ voices (archeologists, astronomers, psychics, professors, and students of Mayan studies) which have advanced a perceived prediction about the End Times associated with the date of December 12, 2012. However, according to the Mayan Council of 440 Mayan tribes, and its head, Don Alejandro Cirillo, the predictions seen in hundreds of articles, books, and movies are not coming from the Maya.
Carlos Barrios is one of those with whom I agree, and he has far more knowledge about the Mayan culture than most others who spin on the so called End Times. He is also an Ajq’ij, a Mayan priest, and while he sees 2012 as more than interesting, he says that December 2012 is not going to be the end of the world, just the end of the world as we know it.
What follows is a piece written about Mr. Barrios which I took off of the World Wide Web. I view these words as a correct interpretation of 2012. Please refer back to my first Crestone and Beyond journal entry of 9-9-09, “Mayan Date of Destiny, Part I.” In that entry I expressed synergistic viewpoints from the Edgar Cayce Association for Research and Enlightenment.
In this earlier entry I posted a link to the less than 7 minute video entitled “Somehow I’ll Find My Way Home, a Tribute to All Light Workers.” Here is the link to this magical piece. This gem will assist your perspective. Furthermore, it is lovely.
The World Will Not End In 2012
by Carlos Barrios
Carlos Barrios was born into a Spanish family on El Altiplano, in the highlands of Guatemala. His home was in Huehuetenango, 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 Mayans. 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, .
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 advantage 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.
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 will 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 action. Many powerful souls have reincarnated in this era, with a lot of power. This is true on both sides; the light and the dark.
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. 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. The elder delivered a simple, direct message. He called for human beings to come together in support of life and light. Right now each person and group is going his or her own way. The elder of the mountains said there is hope if the people of the light can come together and unite in some way.
Reflecting 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 change. 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 earth: 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 unready for the alignment in 2012. We need to work together for peace, and balance with the other side. We need to take care of the Earth that feeds and shelters us. We need to put our entire mind and heart into pursuing unity and 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 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 who you are, and also about your relation to the Earth.
Develop yourself according to your own tradition and the call of your heart. But remember to respect differences, and strive for unity. Eat wisely. A lot of food is corrupt in either subtle or gross ways. 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 peace. Speak your intention to the flame and send the light of it on to the leaders who have the power to make war or peace. 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. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It’s not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It’s encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you will find your way.”
Carlos Barrios is author of The Book of Destiny: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Mayans and the Prophecy of 2012.
Crestone and Beyond
“The Heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam in it.” Nityananda.
This site, Crestone and Beyond, is written for the sake of presenting perspectives and opinions which are devoted to the healing of ourselves and home planet Earth.
The Haelan LifeStream model is one which I learned from my contemplation of Heart based consciousness. It arose in my consciousness in 1999, as a result of a couple of decades of work with women who presented into my surgical journey with breast cancer, a chaotic cell growth pattern which announces its form as a result of unresolved Heart chakra traumas. I shall write about this subject.
This model of considering body, mind, emotions, and spirit applies to all human conditions and concerns, not just breast cancer.
This football season I have some entries to express and post on the Journal, and so I shall continue to journal as I hope to reach some people. I hope that these entries will assist your journey and your contribution to healing. If just one person reads any of this, and is inspired, then I have succeeded in my efforts to reach the one Heart that is tied to all Heart.
In order to follow your Heart you will need to get to know It first. Observe your Brain thinking patterns and judgments. The Heart does not think. It works in a different fractal energetic which is infinite.
At the time of this year’s Winter Solstice, December 21, 2010, we will be 2 years away from a date in the Mayan calendar which marks the end of a 5,125 year long World Age. A new world age will then begin. It will be very different, as Mr. Barrios states in his message.
We must all participate in the Global Coherence Initiative. You can go to www.glcoherence.org, study up, and begin your practice to assist our peaceful transition into the next world age.
I’ll write about this on this year’s Solstice. Just keep the Experiment in Consciousnesss, which I covered above, in mind, as you add your Heart based consciousness to Gaia’s collective consciousness. We need your assistance.
Signing off from Crestone and Beyond.