Weekend with Tlakaelel, part 1

Where do I even start? I have something like 40 pages of notes in chicken-scrawl which I have to type up. Some of them I might post; some of them are just for me. He is an amazing man. He's in his late 80's, and looks maybe 60, and that's taking into account how someone who's lived a harsh life is aged by the sun & wind. I have a couple of pictures of him, and after I suck them out of my camera I'll post them.
He's a tiny little guy, way shorter than me. Maybe 4'10? I'm 5'4 and I had to bend over to hug him. His Spanish is mostly pretty clear, and I could understand some of it. My goal is to improve my Spanish enough to talk to him next year without needing every word interperted.
I'll just do an overview of the weekend now, and flesh it out over the next few days as I come back to earth.
Friday night we had talk #1. First he talked a lot, and then we passed the talking stick, and everyone got to make a comment or ask a question. I asked about how we can help the new Sun come in more smoothly. He said I was already doing it.
Saturday morning we had another talk, with the talking stick. Some repitition because some people hadn't been there the night before. Then lunch, and then we started on the sweat lodge--the Temaskal (sp?). Spent all afternoon buiding the Temaskal, and then from around 7:30 or 8:00 to almost midnight cooking in it. Maestro Tlakaelel came out for a few minutes and sat with us while we were building, but he had high blood pressure and he was coughing a lot and he didn't want to lead the sweat, so he wasn't in there with us.
Sunday morning we had another talk, followed by an extended lunch break (about 2 1/2 hours) and then a cooking lesson by Tlakaelel--Spanish rice, Chiles Rellenos, guacomole, & green mole. The cooking lesson was outside in a tent in the rain, and lasted several hours. Then we ate the cooking and stayed up until 1 a.m. talking. Maestro retired to his room to do whatever it is he does in there (he said he spends a lot of time doing manual calculations on the calendar).
Monday morning we had talk #4, which wrapped up around noon. In response to my question of late Sunday, he spoke for an extended amount of time on the Aztec calendar--I didn't have a watch but I'd say it was close to an hour!! That made it worth the money I paid to go there!
I had a private session with Tlakaelel (the only one he did all weekend! I'm honored!) and headed home, utterly exhausted. It took me almost 90 minutes to get there on Friday and less than an hour to get home. Isn't time warping great?

happy 12 Cauac!

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Getting to the end now...tomorrow's the last day of this Tzolkin.

Cauac is the rain, the storm, the gathering clouds, the energy of the Source.This weekend we called upon Omeoteotl (which is pronounced something like "Oh-Ma-Tay-oh") for everything. Omeoteotl is the dual-sexed creator deity of the Atztecs. Luckily I already knew that, and I knew the spelling. This wasn't explained--everyone was just Omeoteotl-ing all over the place. Omeoteotl is one name for the Source. I also associate Cauac with Reiki and other types of energy healing which channel Universal Life Energy for healing & manifestation.

Cauac is the blessings of the gods. May you be blessed today & every day.

Happy 11 Etznab

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Today I will talk about the Dreamspell version of Etznab (I don't like it, but I must acknowledge it). They call Etznab the hall of mirrors. It's a place where nothing is as it seems-tall people are fat, fat people are thin, normal people are hideously ugly and the deformed are restored to wholeness.
This relates to the concept that we create our own reality. (if you haven't seen "What the Bleep Do We Know" yet, see it. Or come to my screening on June 8th in Meriden.) When we don't recognize that we create our own reality, we live in a hall of mirrors where everything is distorted and warped. We think we are powerless. We think we are victims. We have no idea how to change our world.

11 is of course a master number. A day to become master of your own destiny, and change your reality. For the last 2 days, you cleaned your environment and changed your life. Do it consciously.

(picture) Sun Stone with Ollin (Caban)

Here is the picture of the Aztec Calendar stone, or Sun stone. It's HUGE--12' across. This is a 100% sized reproduction which you can visit anytime you happen to be on the island of Cozumel (like I was when this photo was taken!). I have outlined the glyph of Ollin in a pink-ish color to show how important this daysign was to the Aztecs.

Happy 10 Caban!

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Caban-Earthquakes and Incense. And how exactly do those two images relate?

To the Aztecs, it's Ollin, movement (earthquake). Ollin is so important that the shape of it frames the center of the Sun stone. (In fact, I am going to post a picture of me at the sun stone 100% sized replica in Cozumel so you can see that.) The Aztecs think this Sun (world age) will end with earthquakes. This is the 5th world, I think. I always get confused. We've been destroyed by fire, flood, jaguars....sometimes my memory sucks. Anyway, movement=earthquake=change

Incense is the medium by which prayers are carried up to the gods. The incense is itza and feeds the gods. Feeding the gods means they will be more disposed to grant the prayers. And what are prayers about? Change. "Dear gods, make me thinner, richer, healthier"...CHANGE ME.

And that's how they link.

10 is high energy. Continue what you started yesterday with Cib and keep going with your changes!