When you take into consideration that earlier cultures didn’t have the trappings of “progress” (i.e. television, radio, McDonalds, etc) that our “more advanced” cultures have today, it becomes evident why they were more in tune with their surroundings than we are – as a people. I mean, if they went out for fast food, it only meant that they might not catch anything & come back hungry.

If we weren’t able to communicate ideas through the rapid switching of these electrons, we might very well be outside on our front stoop in Chichen Itza enjoying a celestial matinee.

It’s my understanding that according to Mayan knowledge (and the Sacred Round of Katuns), our course of rotation with respect to the stars rather than with respect to the Sun (aka: sidereal space), will bring us to a populated zone with many asteroids and other objects influencing our gravitational field. Considering the cosmic circumstances which we lack active conscious awareness (i.e. the effect of the Moon on the oceans, the Sun switching magnetic poles every 11 years, etc), these celestial bodies could produce oscillations in many levels that could move Earth’s magnetic field again and shift tectonic plates. Their belief of “the end of the world as we know it” is purported to be based more on logic than religion. See also: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast15feb_1.htm

Mayans seemed to have a circular relationship with time while the Western tradition is horizontal or linear and they understood that seasonal factors fall within the rules of the Universe and could study the Zenithal passages of the Sun due to their position in relation to the ecliptic. Unfortunately, early Christian conquerors destroyed most of the ancient records of this native American culture.

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