The voice of our ancestors is kept in the trees, in the rivers, in the wind. Are we listening?
The teaching of Ajaw Keb’ Kej speaks to the importance of our connection with the Earth. It reminds us that nature is an incredible teacher; just by observing her, we realize how much we resemble her. We are part of her, and within her we can find wisdom, stability, healing, and everything we need for our development.
For some strange reason, human beings have come to think that rather than being part of nature, we are superior to her, that we can exploit her and live disconnected from her essence. But in that lack of contact, we have lost our balance, our wisdom, our medicine, and our health.
In this trecena of Kame, let us remember that the elements of the Earth are also our ancestors. Those ancient trees are our elders, those rocks that have transcended the passage of time, the fire, the earth, the water, the air, all are part of our natural lineage. They sustain us, teach us, and heal us if we connect with them and learn from them.
May this be a day to honor these ancestors and to become aware of our relationship with them.
La voz de nuestros ancestros se guarda en los árboles, en los ríos, en el viento. ¿La estamos escuchando?
La enseñanza de Ajaw Keb’ Kej nos habla de la importancia de nuestra conexión con la Tierra. Nos recuerda que la naturaleza es una maestra increíble; basta con observarla para darnos cuenta de cuánto nos parecemos a ella. Somos parte de ella, y en ella podemos encontrar la sabiduría, la estabilidad, la sanación y todo lo que necesitamos para nuestro desarrollo.
Por alguna extraña razón los seres humanos hemos llegado a pensar que más que formar parte de la naturaleza somos superiores a ella, que podemos explotarla y vivir desconectados de su esencia, pero en esa falta de contacto hemos perdido nuestro equilibrio, nuestra sabiduría, nuestra medicina y nuestra salud.
En esta trecena de Kame recordemos que los elementos de la Tierra también son nuestros ancestros. Esos milenarios árboles son nuestros abuelos, esas rocas que han trascendido el paso del tiempo, el fuego, la tierra, el agua, el aire, todos forman parte de nuestro linaje natural, nos sostienen, nos enseñan y nos sanan si conectamos con ellos, si aprendemos de ellos.
Que este sea un día para honrar a estos ancestros y tomar consciencia de nuestra relación con ellos.
Today we begin a new trecena under the energy of Kame, which represents death. In Western culture, great importance has been given to physical death, to that moment when consciousness or spirit separates from the body. We have even been taught to see it as the possible end of our being. However, in the Mayan vision, the great Elders remind us that death is only a step within our evolutionary process.
Let us be aware that we are such perfect beings that we have a physical body which expresses itself in this plane through energy.
If we listen carefully, what we feel can show us the way.
Those who are able to transform themselves generate a change that impacts their world around them.
Sometimes the hard part is not giving but opening ourselves to receive and remembering that love is also accepting what others want to offer us.
We can choose to use the same energy we use to avoid what scares us to heal and empower ourselves.
Our mind has the power to transform what we live.
The mistakes we make are part of our learning process in life; they are tools that bring us wisdom.
Our good fortune begins with the certainty that it is possible to create what we dream of.