A Whole New World, The Old Real Way of Being

Hi, Friends,

As I had hoped many weeks ago, I am going to finally share about the pervasive theme of balancing masculine and feminine energies that is cropping up all around us these days. It has been a popular subject for years, whether in Asian terms such as the Yin and the Yang, or with genetic research on the X and Y chromosomes, or the study of human conditioning and gender differences, but there is a more relevant aspect that dynamically relates to each of us personally, particularly now that we understand resonance.

My understanding and appreciation of the relevance of this topic became far more clear while reading Carl Johan Calleman's The Mayan Calendar; The Transformation of Human Consciousness. This former World Health Organization doctor turned exclusively to the study of the Mayan Calendar about 14 years ago and may be the only author on the topic who really subjected himself to the discipline of understanding all of the intricacies of the calendar and has grasped the profundity of these chronologers' calculations. Beyond the mere exactitude of the calendar's calculations, Calleman recognizes that these phases or "Underworlds" (odd name for eras) revealed changes in the greater consciousness within which we and our planet are enveloped and that is what the Mayan Calendar's beauty and purpose is really all about - explaining and predicting these developments in a cosmic consciousness that is affecting our consciousness as a species on this planet.

Briefly, the slow developmental phases of human history and evolution are explained by the Mayans according to specific shifts or "winds" that blew alternately East and West from a strategic divisional line on the planet that logically defines the demarcation between the Left and Right "hemispheres" of the planet, and interestingly, correspond to more logical and creative developments according to their direction and emphasis. From the development of language and writing, publishing, currencies, and financial systems, these eras in history can be tracked and analyzed with this eye for masculine and feminine influences to where we recognize our current state.

As the book proceeds, Calleman points out the correspondence between the planet's left and right hemispheres and our brains' left and right hemispheres and their masculine and feminine qualities and social contributions. It is no mystery that the West's (left "half" of the planet) has dominated in the most recent phase and brought us to this highly technological way of living, ripe for the feminine or more Eastern way to bring us more into balance as each of us attunes ourselves to more intuitive, spacial, and holistic approaches to life and problem solving.

The very exciting opportunity Calleman is pointing out is that we can reclaim a state of one-ness through this massive movement to re-integrate the feminine within ourselves and society. The message is even bigger than Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind where right-brainers will help save the planet by their conceptual propensity and relational skills. That may be so, but the wave of consciousness that the Mayan Calendar identifies is one where the frequencies sloughing off the crystalline core of our planet (in sync with the galaxy's core signal) will permeate our experience on a completely fundamental level. In a recent article published on Calleman's website (www.calleman.com) states: Since the Cosmic Convergence would be the first breeze of a unity consciousness this would imply that people would then be divinely inspired to share and recognize the unity of all creation. I believe it will be a spirituality beyond words based on the immediate experience of the divine. Hence, while the Reformation was an awakening emphasizing the written word and the New Age movement originated in esoteric ideas that were sometimes channeled or spoken, I believe that the spiritual awakening ahead will not be something that can be formulated in words and will be based on plain knowing.

According to Calleman, the Mayan's even managed to calculate the proposed "Big Bang" moment of 16 billion years ago, and tracked when humans first evolved, pointing out that their brains worked holistically and did not experience "separation" or that split between themselves and creation. No dualism. No judgements. The integration or more balanced way their brains did function and the quality of consciousness that prevailed throughout our cosmos entitled them to a natural sense of acceptance of themselves and, among other benefits, their mates did not need to fulfill their empty, severed part of themselves as we have come all too often and dysfunctionally to expect.

So the cosmic party that Barbara Hand Clow and others refer to when anticipating 2012 can literally be imagined one in which our entire galaxy is vibrating in harmony and oneness and our natural impulses will be one of sharing and generosity, compassion and co-operation and this is why those that declared in the late 70's the return of the "Goddess" were speaking both figuratively and literally. The challenge is that as these changes take place, some of the population will resist out of fear and control and the polarization we are witnessing is a playing out of these forces. It is not coincidental that violence against women is up whether domestically or in the military, in the news or in entertainment, and yet we see more women winning important political positions and recently the Dalai Lama was quoted as saying the world will be saved by women.

So let us enjoy listening to our inner voices and hearts ever more carefully, trusting our link to the Divine Feminine is safe to follow "home".