Yreka, CA (PRWEB) May 02, 2012

Last month, Tinamit Junan Uleu Earth Peoples United, Mayan Shamanism and Living Awake hosted a four-day International Mayan Telesummit: Messages from the Heart of the Mayan Lands. The event touched more than 3,000 people throughout the Americas, Canada, Africa, Europe, China, Australia and New Zealand and featured Mayan Spiritual Leaders, Scientists and Anthropologists.

Representatives from the living Maya of Guatemala traveled to Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala to share their ancient and contemporary perspectives on Dec 21, 2012, the date incorrectly known as the end of the Mayan Calendar. Using todays modern technology, the message was received over the telephone and broadcast through cell phones, telephones and computers into homes all over the world.

On day two of the summit, one of the last living Tzutujil Maya elders of Lago Atitlan, Guatemala Tat Pedro Cruz spoke passionately in Spanishhis second language– which was then translated into English, There is much information saying that it is end of the world. We have not been sharing this. We are sharing that it is a change of time. This is our message to the world it is that we can become one. Lets support each other. Lets help each other. Lets greet the new sun. Lets greet the sky and the earth, the stars, the sacred wind; because our minds are one. This is our wish.

In March, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory released a video providing compelling evidence that regardless of the noteworthy changes happening on planet earth, it isnt possible that the world ends on Dec 21, 2012. While the video confronts the modern myths pertaining to how the world might end, the video doesnt provide why this shifting of the ages the completion of a 26,000 year cycle of life is significant to the Mayan people, not as apocalypse but as a time to prepare their families and communities for changes to come.

Known by the Maya as the Oxlajuj Baqtun, Dec 21, 2012 is not just an ending, but a beginning. While some of the presenters highlighted Dec 21 as a profound change of time, others focused on the need for human beings to unite themselves and remember the heart of what we all share, our earth. Unlike the hype and commercialization of this topic through the mainstream media and Hollywood, the voices of the Maya carried a balance and harmony from within, something that seemed to genuinely punctuate the power of the message. Unlike our modern minds which appear to thrive on polarization, the Maya demonstrated how a great diversity of perspectives can be held as a unifying principal rather than a dividing one.

When a caller asked Kaqchikel Mayan Ajqij Nan Amalia Tun Chinico a question over the phone during the summit, Nan Amalia responded, The recommendations and actions I would give in this moment is first: to be more spiritual; to seek peace and harmony with ourselves; respect ourselves as we are, and also accept other people the way that they are. Because each person is a world, and that is why on this Mother Earth we are all different. But if we all accept ourselves the way that we are, then we would be able to live in harmony.

Founder and Spiritual Leader of Tinamit Junan Uleu-Earth Peoples United OmeAkaEhekatl lifes work has been the fertile soil to give life to the summit, Many years ago, the Mayan elders of Guatemala asked me to share the message of the indigenous people of the world with the rest of our human relations- a message they have talked about (and a way of being they have lived) for thousands of years.

In addition to presentations by OmeAkaEhekatl, the summit featured experts in hieroglyphic writing, anthropology, codices (the codes contained in the Mayan Calendar), artists, indigenous rights activists and one of the last living Tzutujil Maya elders of Lago Atitlan.

OmeAkaEhekatl feels the messages expressed during the Mayan summit are being spoken at a critical time on the planet and stresses how important it is to gather our entire human family. From his perspective, both indigenous and non-indigenous peoples must come together to see us through this great transition. No one should be left behind.

OmeAkaEhekatl Erick Gonzalez is available for interview by emailing Nan Heddi at heddil@gmail.com. Dozens of quotes from summit presenters are available for those interested in the story. Topic areas include: 2012, Human Rights, Consumerism, Food, Agriculture, Youth and Spirituality. Contact Marcella at marcellaeversole@yahoo.com for more information.

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