2012 as 'transformation' not destruction from Mayan elder

2012

By Carlos Barrios

Carlos Barrios was born into a Spanish family on El Altiplano, 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 Mexicans. That was the day when an important
ancestor was prophesied to return, "coming like a butterfly". In the Western
Calendar, the One Reed date correlates to Easter Sunday, April 21,1519 the
day that Hernando Cortez and his fleet of 11 Spanish galleons arrived from
the East at what is today called Vera Cruz, Mexico.

When the Spanish ships came toward shore, native people were waiting and
watching to see how it would go. The billowing sails of the ships did indeed
remind the scouts of butterflies skimming the ocean surface. In this manner
was a new era initiated, an era they had anticipated through their calendars

The Maya termed the new era the Nine Bolomtikus, or nine Hells of 52 years
each. As the nine cycles unfolded, land and freedom were taken from the
native people. Disease and disrespect dominated. What began with the arrival
of Cortez, lasted until August 16, 1987 - a date many people recall as
Harmonic Convergence.

Millions of people took 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 Daykeepers 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. High magic is at work on both
sides. Things will change, but it is up to the people how difficult or easy
it is for the changes to come about.

The economy now is a fiction. The first five-year stretch of transition from
August 1987 to August 1992 was the beginning of the destruction of the
material world. We have progressed ten years deeper into the transition
phase by now, and many of the so-called sources of financial stability are
in fact hollow. The banks are weak. This is a delicate moment for them. They
could crash globally if we don't pay attention. If the banks crash .... then
we will be forced to rely on the land and our skills. The monetary systems
will be in chaos, and we must then rely on our direct relationship with the
Earth for our food and shelter.

The North and South Poles are both breaking up. The level of the water in
the oceans is going to rise. But at the same time land in the ocean,
especially near Cuba, is also going to rise.

A Call for Fusion As he met with audiences in Santa Fe, Mr. Barrios told a
story about the most recent Mayan New Year ceremonies in Guatemala. He said
that one respected Mam 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 a special time. We have
the opportunity for growth, but we must be ready for this moment in history.

Mr. Barrios offered a number of suggestions to help people walk in balance
through the years ahead. "The prophesied changes are going to happen," he
said "but our attitude and actions determine how harsh or mild they are."
We need to act, to make changes, and to elect people to represent us who
understand and who will take political action to respect the earth.

"Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. It's very
important to be clear about 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
(Ormus rich food). 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
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 ˆ 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 candles. 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," Mr. Barrios advised before leaving
Santa Fe. "Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's
not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your
DNA. All you need is within you."

"Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you
will find your way."

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