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Lighting the Serpent, the Mayan Calendar Ends
Many people are opting to stay home on December 21, wanting to be near loved ones. I personally will be at my favorite place on earth, Serpent Mound in Peebles, Ohio with many of my very favorite people. In my humble opinion, Serpent Mound is one of the most sacred places on earth. It is certainly the most sacred spot on the East Coast of the United States and I wouldn’t miss this for anything.
On this particular night the Friends of Serpent Mound (FOSM) will be holding a Lighting Ceremony where they light candles to outline the Serpent just as the darkness descends on this, the longest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. The lighting is both symbolic in that the kundalini energy, or life force energy, is kept lit even in the darkest of times. And it is magical to see the gorgeous effigy mound, built so many years ago by unknown hands (if hands were indeed involved) surrounded in light.
If you have ever been to Serpent Mound you know that the place practically glows. There is an energy in the air that lights you up like a light bulb from the inside out. It is impossible to visit Serpent Mound without feeling like you’ve been plugged in to some unseen source of electricity. You feel ALIVE and cared for by the earth itself. For me, personally, it brings me back to life when my soul starts to feel weary or tired. I can’t imagine my life without my frequent trips to visit this amazing mound.
I’m also going to take a minute to explore the idea that there is a reason to be at the sacred sites on this holiest of days, December 21, 2012. No one yet knows if Jose Arguelles was correct in his research that leads us to believe that this is the end of the long count calendar of the Maya. Was it true that this cycle of the earth is ending and a new is being born? And if so, what does that mean?
Well, if we look to the Maya themselves we can see that there was a time in history when there sacred cities were “abandoned.” It would, in modern times, be like all of Jerusalem just disappearing overnight with no real evidence as to where they went. This to me, is notable. Yes, many in the 3D world will try to tell you that they know what happened but its all speculation. And so I choose to think that maybe the Maya were passing on information to us that is worth listening to. That we too might just be experiencing the same shift of ages that they experienced. And I personally believe that it is possible that the Maya aligned with this energy to experience a mass shift in consciousness that took them to another frequency or dimension. One could call it ascension.
So I ask myself, what if the Calendar is accurate and what if Arguelles was right in his calculations? I know its fanciful thinking, considered ridiculous by many, but I don’t really care what people think. All I can say is that I will be here, at Serpent Mound, standing on sacred ground when this holiest of holy days arrives.
For those who are interested, I will be available to do a Merkaba activation at 12:12. I’m not sure where I’ll be located because I don’t know what the weather will allow. If you are going to be there and you wish to participate, you can reach me on my cell phone at 304-917-6061.
Find out more by going to www.serpentmound.org.
There’s also a whole host of events going on all during the day but I haven’t been able to find a listing. As soon as I locate it, I’ll be sure to let you know.
Free Ebook from Amazon: The Truth about 2012
A friend sent me this link today for a free ebook entitled, “The Truth about 2012″ from Amazon. The book is quite short (about 25 pages) but seems well researched and worth reading. I thought it would be fun to pass on.
Here is a link “The Truth About 2012″ is http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009BV74VM
Thanks Ken for passing it on.
2012: The In-breath and the Out-breath
by Deborah Lindsey
I spent the weekend with thousands of like-minded friends at the Universal Light Expo this past weekend in Columbus. As always it was a glorious time. Perhaps my favorite part of the weekend, however, was dinner with friends on Saturday night. This tradition has continued for many years when some semblance of the same group piles in cars and head off to a local restaurant. For years it was Spaghetti Warehouse where I could indulge in my favorite Chili Mac but recently it has migrated to a local Greek Restaurant with delightful fare and decadent desserts.
Most years, I get the opportunity to hang out with IMU-alumni Mary Phelan and her long-time partner Neville Johnston. This year was no exception. I always enjoy spending time with these two as they have been such important teachers to me in my life. The two are always awash with new ideas and teachings, which isn’t surprising considering they have managed to put together more than 1000 episodes of their legendary TV show, Telepathic TV. Every week they somehow manage to come up with something new to say, having helped many, many people awaken in the process.
So on Saturday night, we were all sitting around talking and the top of 2012 came up. Its a fascinating subject for us as we have been talking about this topic since I first heard of it on Winter Solstice 2002 and here we are, 10 years later, watching the process unfold. I should note here that I am the neophyte in the group. Others among us had been waiting for this day since about the time of the Harmonic Convergence back in August of 1987. That’s 25 years folks!
So I posed the question, “Does anyone think anything is going to happen?”
A spattering of responses ensued. The most profound of which (for me at least) came from Mary.
As she put it (as close as I can remember), “I think it will be real but not noticed. It will be like the in-breath and the out-breath. If you notice, the breath comes very naturally but the change between the in-breath and the out-breath is almost imperceptible. I think it will be like that.”
I thought that was profound and I have been thinking about it ever since. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all collectively be a part of the out breath, of the releasing, the surrendering, where all worry and fear just dissipates? It was a comforting thought and one worth sharing.
With the much touted “shift of the ages” thought by many to be just more than 60 days out, it is certainly a joy to think about.
To learn more about the Mayan Calendar, we offer a terrific class by Carl Johan Calleman.
Mercury Retrograde
Mercury Retrograde What does it mean and how does it impact you? – from Karyl Jackson
Source: Alpha Life Trends
MERCURY RETROGRADE: The purpose of Mercury retrograde is to review and revise our life and our connection with reality. The timing of this universe is geared toward the Sun as it moves through the zodiac. Mercury has an orbit that at times gets ahead of the Sun allowing us to look into the future toward new and innovative ideas. However, we cannot continue in that vein until we come back to the present designated by the Sun and put our new ideas into manifestation. During the time that Mercury jumps ahead, we ultimately have to bring the ideas back into the present to test and evaluate to see how they fit into our life. As Mercury retrogrades back into the present, the connection with the Sun happens as we test drive our ideas and re-align with reality and the natural timing of the universe.
2012: The Last Three Months
by Deborah Lindsey
I remember the day I first heard about the phenomena of “2012.” It was a notable day indeed. We had recently opened The Self-Health and Awareness Center, which would later become the parent to IMU, and we were having our very first Sunday Gathering and Ceremony. It was December 21st, 2001, the Winter Solstice Celebration. Reverend Randy Hastings, one of the founding deans for IMU, helped me to officiate the service. I had heard great things about Randy in our community though I didn’t know him very well. He was quiet and revered in our circle so I was a little intimidated and highly grateful to have his support in our little enterprise. We were new in town and knew very few people. Most everyone was there to see Randy.
Surprisingly, the service when over like gangbusters. Every seat in the place was filled with people standing in the back. The otherwise common room was lit by candlelight, with all eyes focused on the beautiful alter and the exquisite podium that my then life and business partner Joe Fielder had lovingly built just for the occasion.
I welcomed everyone then introduced Randy. With quiet aplomb, he began the process of invoking the spirits. Names and words I had never heard before sprung from his lips as if it were a language all of his own. The energy in the room heightened as the energies settled into our divine space. With that invocation and the intentions that came with it, SHAC and subsequently IMU was born. The energies of the whole universe and beyond had entered that room toward a common purpose — to commune with the divine on that very sacred day.
As the ceremony ended, I had that sense of elation that I know you all understand…that sense of belonging to something that matters and knowing that you are part of the love of all things. High on the energy, we moved to the lobby for a pot luck dinner. (I still remember that someone had brought baked apples, that seemed particularly appropriate, and quite yummy as well. 
The lobby was small with few chairs and so everyone just sat on the stairs. I found myself sitting next to Randy that night, thanking him for helping out and picking his very delightful brain for more info. It was then, as we discussed the power of the winter solstice, that I first heard tell of the prophecies of December 21, 2012.
He began to tell me about the breadth of prophecies that pointed to this very specific date as a date when ascension would occur. The Mayans get the most press on this thanks to the works of Jose Arguelles. But since that time, it has been noted that many other traditions point in the same direction.
At first the ideas were intriguing but held little merit, except that it came from Randy. He was one of these people who had been studying metaphysics for more than 30 years, had a photographic memory, and a personal library of esoteric books that would rival any in the world. (The literally thousands of books still exist and could use an appropriate home if anyone has a place for them and can put them to use…) With knowledge that deep, it was hard to disregard his teachings.
Like everyone, I learned the teachings of the galactic center from Drunvalo Melchizedek and Gregg Braden. I read it all and none of it ever really seemed true. Not, that is, until I got an email from then friend now IMU Dean Janet Decker with a video from a man named Ian Xel Lungold offering an explanation of the Mayan Calender that put it all into perspective. THAT, it was clear, was true. Ian’s teachings, which changed everything for me, were all based on the world of Carl Johan Calleman, who later became a friend and instructor for IMU.
Carl, who was a PhD trained researcher, began to review the Mayan Calendar and put it all into a perspective that made all of the sense in the world. Still does. The problem was that Carl’s calculations indicated that the REAL date for the end of the long count calendar was October 28, 2011. Well, like many, many predictions before it, the date seemed to come and go without the anticipated change. It was, however, one of the favorite days of my whole life. More than 2,000 like-minded people joined together on Serpent Mound that day along with Mayan Elder Hunbatz Men and his crystal skulls. A spontaneous drumming circle ensued with hundreds of drums raising the vibrations. Together we encircled the serpent with love and called for the awakening of a new consciousness, the birth of a new world. The divine answered with a double rainbow and we all knew that something very special had happened.
Sadly, though, nothing obvious happened to the global landscape and Carl’s theories were branded incorrect. Like many others, I was disappointed and saddened. I also felt Carl’s very public flogging, knowing it had to be hard to see the date come and go, and wondering where he went wrong.
So as time has passed I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on everything learned. And as the next “date” looms large on the horizon I have to ask myself if it, too, will come and go without so much as a blip in the cosmic roadmap. Sadly, I think that will be the case.
That doesn’t, however, mean that I think “nothing” is happening. I still believe that Carl’s work holds water. The idea that the earth herself is part of a cosmic and galactic evolution and that this evolution can be charted based on the Hermetic Axiom of “As Above So Below” still seems both true and inevitable. Carl likens the process to the growth of a plant. It starts with a seed, sprouts, buds, flowers, and falls away. The earth, which is also an organic, living being, must follow the same pattern only according to a galactic clock, not a human clock. As humans, its nigh on impossible to get the timing exact as a year to a human may be a second from a galactic perspective.
I still recommend Carl’s course on the Mayan Calendar, which we still offer at IMU, as the information is profound and life-altering, even if the date is not spot on. He also teaches a related course, which is equally spectacular, called “the Purposeful Universe” where he talks about how consciousness is on a schedule and rethinks the theories of both evolution and creationism. It is an absolutely fascinating course.
So if this is the case, what is this great change that we are looking for? Well, we can all theorize but ultimately we can’t know. I personally think the earth is a cell and progresses according to the sacred geometry found in the Tree of Life and Flower of Life. If that is the case, then the Bible itself tells the story of the shift as the birthing of a new heaven and a new earth. How that happens, if it happens, is yet to be seen.
The only thing we do know for sure is that December 21, 2012 is but three months away in human terms. Even for us it is a blink of an eye. Will the date prove to be yet another unheralded and diversionary prophecy? Or is it possible that the Mayans were able to tap into the mind of the cosmos to determine the exact date AND that Jose Arguellas was able to interpret the sacred writings with such precision that he really did get it right? If so, it could be a glorious, glorious day indeed!
All I know is that I am here and willing to be a vessel for any changes that are coming whether it happens in the next three months or not. I know that I will gather with like-minded people on that fateful day in ceremony and celebration trusting that the divine always gets it right even though humans sometimes get it wrong. I personally am looking forward to it and know that whatever happens, we’re all gonna be okay.
I should also note that I will be speaking on this subject at length at the Universal Light Expo on the Saturday, October 13th. If you’re in Columbus, Ohio you are welcome to join me. It would be nice to meet you. While we will not be at the booth all day as in previous years, I will be at ULE and willing to meet with any of you who wish to do so. Just call me on my cell at 304-917-6061. I’ll have it with me and will make it a point point to spend some time. Hope to see you then!
