El Quetzal Issue 29 : 1 Caban / N'oj

Caban, or “Earth”, rules this trecena. This is the time to use your powers of intellect and perception, of acuity and insight, of harnessing all that rational, left-brain power for your personal growth or to guide others, if that is your calling. But as with all dualities, one side can’t function well without the other, so as always, seek balance even while you focus on one.

You will need a significant amount of personal and mental freedom during the next thirteen days… so make room for you, for your soul, for your heart and mind. Clear your calendar, ask for more free time of your family. Organize your bedroom, office or reading nook, and dedicate those times of the day that are naturally yours, to you and only you—this may be the dawn, late morning, afternoon, evening, or even late at night. Only you know your natural inner rhythms. Honor your circadian time.

The principal challenge of Caban is not to allow its acute sensitivities and powers of perception to bubble up into emotional upheavals, or to block it from living in the present moment. What is past belongs there; what is future is in your hands. But it is only through your decisions in the present time that your future is defined. This is why so many ancients and sages will tell you, live in the one moment, the ever-present, and think not of the past or future. For they are both already there, in that one eternal, flowing moment.

Trust your intelligence. Trust your instincts. Just make sure to keep them balanced, free and pure.

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The Mayan Cross webinar that took place last weekend with Mayan teacher and yogi BJ Sadtler was very well received, so we are setting up a second session on Saturday, November 13 at 9am PDT/12 noon EST. If you could not attend the first time, here's another chance to sign up. Once the live sessions conclude, we will make a recording of the webinar available.

We are also pleased to announce two new webinars coming up in November and December: Dr. Robert Sitler of Stetson University will present a webinar on Prophecy and 2012 from the perspective of the Maya, and Dr. Carl Calleman will do a webinar in December on the Mayan Calendar. Dates to be announced so stay tuned and stay subscribed! Or check the MCP webinars page periodically for details.

We also have available recordings of the two live sessions we did this summer with Mayan scholar Ken Johnson on the Fundamentals of Mayan Astrology—check out Part I and Part II online.

Please tell your friends about the MCP webinars: on Facebook, via Twitter, LinkedIn or other social networks. Or just forward this newsletter!

The second Aura Festival will take place on November 7, 2010, in Japan. Mayan Grand Elder Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj will give blessings with the Sacred Fire and the Mayan Staff of Authority, and Agon Shu's spiritual leader, Reverend Seiyu Kiriyama Kancho, will transmit the Buddha's thought, i.e., the vibration of enlightenment, to all those willing to receive it. Participants do not need to be knowledgeable of Buddhist philosophy in order to participate.

The paths of these two great spiritual leaders, Kiriyama Kancho and Alejandro Cirilo Pérez Oxlaj (Wandering Wolf), have been running parallel for over three decades. Both men received visions that a time in the future would come when humanity would reach a critical crossroad, with one path leading to destruction and another leading to the fulfillment of humanity's greater destiny. These leaders have worked tirelessly for humanity so that when this crossroad is reached humanity would have its greatest chance of taking the path that brings peace and harmony to all.

For more details about this event, check out the Common Passion web site.