The New Era that began on December 21, 2012 also began on
the day of Caji (4) Ajpu in the Mayan Calendar, with one of
its expressions being the fully-opened flower of our full potential. The Ajpus are also the Light Beings, the sun
being one of them, that calls forth our blossoming and the irresistible urge to
turn and receive that Light. This was a
main focus of my prayers during the ceremonies we did in Guatemala to welcome
the New Era. I have been reflecting a lot that for this blossoming to happen,
we must leave behind all of the things that hold us back and constrict us, have
the courage, and allow this new Light to illuminate the darkness within us so
that we may transform it. This is not
easy work, and we need to be gentle on ourselves and each other.
I feel that right now is an accelerated, compressed time of
transformation to help us strip away the old and allow the petals of the new to
unfold. I also find it appropriate that
we are in the Chinese Year of the Snake. And, believing strongly in the
co-creative, we don’t just sit back shedding skin, there are places where we
have to wrestle with it and rub against some rough places to take that skin
off. We have to allow opportunities to not just go about “business as normal”. For me, that does not come easy, especially
when it seems there is so much at stake.
I don’t know what the New Era will bring. There is a way that I am just trusting in the
unfolding, and that it does feel like a new consciousness emerging. We need to
allow and give space for the full potential of who we are in this moment to be
realized. And, like a flower that prepares through all of its stages, with the
right conditions and natural timings, the blossoming can be fleeting- sometimes
lasting only one night after months of growth, to then wither and eventually
become the food for the next cycle. Yet it is through that blossoming that the
pollen can be harvested and shared for the ongoing of life. Each one of us has
a different blossoming, and all are important. 
I have been reflecting a lot on the fact that we often use the teaching of Becoming the People Made of Honey in this New Era, and emphasize working like the bees- working hard and in collaboration and cooperation, the aspect of Aj in the Mayan Calendar. And, the bees can only do their work when there are fully-opened flowers that can share their pollen, the sacred substance that becomes the honey- sweet, crystallized fluid golden light. So while there is a lot of work to do and we need to work like the bees, at the same time we must nurture the blossoming of our Soul Flower- Rukux Cotzij.
The lesson I am learning is that of being of service, and not of a servant.
It’s a shift from obligation to inspiration.
And when I am doing things from an inspired place, the struggles I have
with feeling lack (not enough time, not enough help) shifts, as it is coming from
a spiritual connection. As we had planted the intention of our next Wisdom
Keeper and Youth Council, Dawning a
Legacy of Sweetness, we are taking this to heart and really want to be able
to model that and not simply speak it. That is requiring a letting go of a way
of being that is strong in me to feel obligated to go beyond my own needs
and serve the greater good no matter what the cost is to myself. The times when I feel my inspiration in my service,
it feeds and nourishes me. It is sweet. And that most often happens when I am
working in collaboration and can feel a sense of community, even if it is only
with one person. The saying “many hands make light work” is so very true, and most
times it also nurtures joyful work. This is the aspect of working like the bees
that I so love. I also know the maintaining of balance between all aspects of
life is essential, as it helps create those conditions for the blossoming to occur...