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Spiraling Upwards

August 26, 2008

Watching the Democratic convetion there’s a sense of deja vu, like haven’t we been here before? And the answer is YES and the answer is NO. How many times around the mountain did the Hebrews have to go, how many wasted years out there in the desert looking for the Promise Land that wasn’t all that far off. But, while the Democratic Convention has many past memories, there’s some new stuff there.

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It’s been said that if we don’t learn about and from history, we will commit the same mistakes until we do learn from those leassons. Life is a matter of going round and round because we seem to learn very slowly. Look at how many times you’ve repented of the same thing, year after year.

The good news is that though we’re making the rounds again, we’re doing it from a higher point of view. The circle is also a spiral (upwards). Though I must admit that some are spiraling- downwards! :-(

And this is what was at the heart of the Mayan time machine, the long count calendar. Daniel Pinchbeck wrote, “The center of the Mayan worldview was a vision of vast cycles or cosmic spirals of time, embodied and expressed by a seething pantheon of extravagant dieties, hero twins, and cosmic monsters.” Translation of tongues would be? :-)

If one will take the time to view history in a broad time capsule, you can see how each religious system has built on top of another. As man’s consciousness has grown, we’ve stood on the shoulders of past cultures and savants. With their insight, and they had much, we get a different view than if we stand only in our shoes, or even if we take our shoes off and stand on holy ground.

How much progress are you making each year- in your spiral of life?

Written by Ernie · Filed Under 2012 

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