This day brings us the teaching of forgiveness as a way to heal our being. Ajmaq is a Ch’umil that symbolizes both forgiveness and curiosity, it is a curiosity that opens space for new knowledge, that allows us to explore life with enthusiasm, to create new realities. Its energy teaches us that every acquired knowledge and experience is learning and development. The number Julajuj -11- impels our evolution through the experiences and challenges that life brings us.
The way in which we grew up, the beliefs and thoughts we learned from our environment, have influenced the way we use to perceive the world, the methods and behaviors we have created to protect ourselves from pain or suffering, but which in reality may only prevent us from expressing our true selves in freedom. Today Julajuj Ajmaq speaks to us about developing a new way of perceiving life, of being connected to everything but attached to nothing, of seeking to become again what we were in our origin, of returning to our pure essence. It speaks to us about doing the work of forgiving ourselves, our inner child, and from that healing of our being, through this innate curiosity, being able to see life from the eyes of that child, nourishing ourselves with the experiences and knowledge that allow the expansion of our consciousness and our development in every sense. To revolutionize the way in which we perceive existence.
Este día nos trae la enseñanza del perdón como una forma de sanar nuestro ser. Ajmaq es un Ch’umil que simboliza tanto el perdón como la curiosidad, es esa curiosidad que abre espacio a nuevos conocimientos, que nos permite explorar la vida con entusiasmo, crear nuevas realidades. Su energía nos enseña que cada saber y experiencia adquirida es aprendizaje y desarrollo. El número Julajuj -11- impulsa nuestra evolución a través de las vivencias y retos que nos regala la vida.
La forma en que crecimos, las creencias y pensamientos que aprendimos de nuestro entorno, tienen un impacto en la forma en la percibimos el mundo, en los métodos y conductas que creamos para protegernos del dolor o del sufrimiento, pero que en realidad tal vez solo previenen que podamos expresar nuestro verdadero ser en libertad. Hoy Julajuj Ajmaq nos habla de desarrollar una nueva forma de ver la vida, de estar conectados a todo pero apegados a nada, de buscar volver a ser, regresar a nuestra esencia pura. Nos habla de hacer ese trabajo de perdonarnos a nosotros, a nuestro niño interior, y a partir de esa sanación, usar su curiosidad innata, viendo la vida desde los ojos de ese niño, nutriendonos de las experiencias y conocimientos que posibilitan la expansión de nuestra consciencia y nuestro desarrollo en todo sentido, revolucionando la manera en la que percibimos la existencia.
The force of the female energy that emerges from B’elejeb’ I’x, converges with the trecena of Kame, the Ch’umil that reminds us of the importance of honoring and connecting with our lineage. This day invites us to take a moment to celebrate our female ancestors, to give thanks for the path of life traveled by our grandmothers, our great-grandmothers, our mother… a path that strengthens our journey. Let us raise our prayers today to honor and be grateful for the energy and courage of the women in our clan, they who are the home of our creativity, who bequeathed us great power, those sacred women who gave us life.
Doing is the best way of discovering our true potential. The energies that flow on this day speak of the importance of coming out of the shell that protects us so that we can live our lives to the fullest, experiencing each instant with wonder and an openness to enjoy the now. Knowing that we do not have to be perfect, nor do we need to know how to do each thing, we simply need to trust in the flow of existence, in ourselves, and take that first step towards the road of life that we wish to travel. Let us remember that action is the key to these times; that in order for the energy to move we also have to move.
This day brings the energy of the path to remind us that with each step we take we advance in our journey through existence, we have the opportunity to see different landscapes, to connect with different learnings, to gather our power, to explore and fill ourselves with those experiences that transform our knowledge into wisdom. On this powerful day, Ajaw E reminds us that the path is a teacher that brings out the best in us.
On this day the energies remind us that each of us is responsible for our own happiness. We can all choose to be, perceive, and journey through life with love, enjoyment, and wonder. That we will not find our healing by changing the other, because the discomfort we may be feeling is in us and it is in us that we can work on it, it is in us where we find our well-being, it is from our being that we can synchronize with our life’s purpose and path. Let us also remember that we always have the possibility to renew ourselves, to rebuild ourselves, to change or strengthen the direction we have taken along the way, and that in our work we are not alone, were are supporting each other in this beautiful weaving that is existence.
This day brings the power of the sacred, healing, and transforming fire. Toj is the fire that is manifested in each one of us. It is the vital energy, the force that tempers, purifies, and activates, it is reconnecting with the essential. The wise elder Tata Po’x once told me that our connection with this element is what keeps our spirit warm, that fire is the force that connects us to spirituality and ignites our inner power. This is also the element that allows us to burn and heal our obsolete patterns, it is the power of transmutation.
Let us remember that at every moment we sow our reality; our thoughts, words, actions, and everything that we are nurturing within us is creating our existence. This is a good day to develop those things that we want to experience, for today the creative force is very strong and it opens powerful spaces of connection and opportunity.
Nature has the power to put us in contact with ourselves, to connect us to the most subtle energies, to the infinite and essential. Today Keb’ Kej reminds us of the importance of being in contact with the earth; may our feet be connected to the Heart of the Earth so that she can nourish us with her strength and wisdom, and may our hands elevate to the Heart of the Sky so that our being can be filled with its energy and power.
Let us remember the importance of being present and aware, of opening our mind and our being to the connection we have to everything. This day invites us to awaken our perception, to break the limiting ideas of our mind in order to see the energy that surrounds us and which exists within us, that flows through our spine, expands through our body and reconnects us with our divine nature, awakening our power to heal, to transmute, to expand our consciousness, and to elevate our energy to the vibration of love. Today Oxlajuj Kan reminds us that the power to transform ourselves and fulfill our highest potential lies within us.
The energy of this day has the power to unite, its magic and wisdom remind us that we are community beings, that have come to share, to nurture ourselves with the knowledge and life vision that others have and to express our own perspective and knowledge, for it is in this sharing, learning from one another, that we grow, we are inspired, we learn to love others despite our differences, and we become stronger.