Jun 11
Unearthing the Mayan Creation Myth
Researchers find that the tale of the "Hero Twins" goes back more than 2,000 years.
by Sam Kissinger (Discover Magazine)
Archaeologists who have uncovered two massive carved stucco panels in the Mirador Basin of GuaÂtemalaâ??s northern rain forest say they are the earliest known representation of the Mayan creation myth, predating other such artifacts by a millennium. According to the researchers, the panelsâ??26 feet long and 20 feet high, with images of monsters, gods, and swimming heroesâ??date to 300 B.C. They formed the sides of a channel that carried rainwater into a complex system of stepped pools, where it was stored for drinking and agriculture.
Idaho State University archaeologist
Richard Hansen, who is directing the ongoing excavation, says that the panelsâ?? carved images depict an important scene from the
Popol Vuh, a text of the Mayan myth that was first recorded in the 16th century. In the part of the story shown, the Hero Twins swim through the underworld after retrieving the head of their father, the deity Hun Hunahpu...
Read the complete article here.
Jun 9
Are we dreaming our reality into existence? Are
life and
reality actually the same thing?
(Image from: http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/geocentrism/incan_cosmos.jpg)
The Biocentric Universe Theory: Life Creates Time, Space, and the Cosmos Itself
Stem-cell guru Robert Lanza presents a radical new view of the universe and everything in it.
by Robert Lanza and Bob Berman (
Discovermagazine.com)
Adapted from Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe, by Robert Lanza with Bob Berman, published by BenBella Books in May 2009.
The farther we peer into space, the more we realize that the nature of the universe cannot be understood fully by inspecting spiral galaxies or watching distant supernovas. It lies deeper. It involves our very selves.
This insight snapped into focus one day while one of us (Lanza) was walking through the woods. Looking up, he saw a huge golden orb web spider tethered to the overhead boughs. There the creature sat on a single thread, reaching out across its web to detect the vibrations of a trapped insect struggling to escape. The spider surveyed its universe, but everything beyond that gossamer pinwheel was incomprehensible. The human observer seemed as far-off to the spider as telescopic objects seem to us. Yet there was something kindred: We humans, too, lie at the heart of a great web of space and time whose threads are connected according to laws that dwell in our minds.
Read the complete article,
here.
(This article was originally posted on another blog of mine,
http://www.reincarnationist.org)
Jun 5
Hope is in the Cards, is a grassroots effort to generate 300 million upbeat messages
throughout our country. The idea is simple - get everyone in America to mail one positive card or letter to someone else, right now. How cool is that? Check out
http://HopeIsInTheCards.org, but even easier? Send a positive card or letter to someone today, or write the word
HOPE on the back of anything you mail.
You may find
Hope is in the Cards on Twitter: @hopeinthecards. Follow the HOPE project and help send 300 million positive, REAL messages across America this year!
May 30
I read about
The Soils, Food and Healthy Communities organization in this month's National Geographic - and it struck me as one of the few really effective and healthy strategies for agricultural development in Africa. The more I learn about
permaculture, the more I feel like we all need to research and adopt these techniques as much as possible and as soon as possible. It simply makes sense that nature would, after billions of years of evolution, know just a little about what works best on planet Earth, you know?
Learn all about SFHC, The Soils, Food and Healthy Communities project
here.
May 25
How do we know the world is going to end in 2012?
Nerds told us.
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