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Ancient Maya Gods and Goddesses

Ancient Maya Gods and Goddesses


Around a dozen or so Maya gods have been identified and they could exist at the same time in several different forms.
Pawahtuun, for example, was a god who stood at the four corners (cardinal directions) of the world, so he is seen in four different forms.
In the Maya codices and art, certain features distinguish supernatural beings from historical characters:
goggle eyes, prominent front teeth/snout, so called “god-markings” combination of various animal and human characteristics

Itsamnaaj / Itzamna, The Supreme Creator

Itzamna was the name of the supreme creator deity, lord of the heavens, day and night and inventor of books and writing.
In the codices, Itzamna is represented as an old man with toothless jaws and sunken cheeks.

K’inich Ajaw, The Sun God

Kinich Ahaw means “Sun-faced Ruler” – that is, the sun god.
K’inich Ajaw is easily recognisable with his large square squinting eyes, roman nose and upper T-shaped incisors and the tendril-like elements curling from each corner of his mouth.
The K’in (“Sun”) sign is commonly found attached to his head or body. K’inich Ajaw is often associated with kings and royal dynasties.

Chaak /Chaac or Chac, The Rain God

Due to the climate pattern of Central America and the importance of rain for agriculture, Chaak was a very important god.
He was the god of lightning, thunder, rain and water.
Chaak wears shells over his ears, has a long protruding nose and tendril-like elements curling from each corner of the mouth. He carries an axe that symbolizes thunderbolts.

Yum Kaax, The Maize God

According to the Popol Vuh, human-beings were created by the gods with maize (corn) flour and water..
In the codices, the maize god is depicted as a young man wearing an ear of corn as his headdress and sometimes the glyph Kan which is itself a symbol for corn.
He is often shown with an elongated head (like the shape of corn on the cob).

K’awiil / Bolon Ts’akab, The God of Lightning

K’awiil is the Maya deity of lightning and is often held as a sceptre by Maya rulers.
He is recognisable by a mirror on his forehead from which an axe-blade sticks out, an upturned snout and a snake as one of his legs.

Ek’ Chuwah / Ek Chuaj, Merchant Deity

Ek’ Chuwah (“Black Scorpion”) was a merchant deity and also the god of cacao.
He is depicted as black-and-white (Dresden Codex) or entirely black (Madrid Codex) and carrying a bundle of merchandise on his back.

War and Merchant God

Although his name has not been deciphered yet, this god was a very important aged divinity.
He is often represented smoking cigars and wearing a large hat made of black-tipped owl feathers.

Pawahtuun/Bacab, Divinity of the Sky and Earth

Pawahtuun stands at the four corners of the world supporting the sky.
He is often represented as an old man wearing a turtle or seashell on his back.

Ix Chel/Chak Chel, Goddess of Childbirth and Healing

Ix Chel (“Lady Rainbow”) was the goddess of childbirth, healing and weaving.
She is often depicted as an aged woman with snakes and spindles (used in weaving) in her hair.
In 16th-century Yucatan, the cult of Ix Chel was quite popular and she even had a sanctuary on the island of Cozumel.

Moon Goddess

The moon goddess is shown as a young woman holding a rabbit and seated in the moon crescent.
The Maya generally assumed the moon to be female and they saw the shape of a rabbit in the moon.

The Death Gods

In Maya art, many supernatural beings are connected with death and the underworld (“Xibalba“, “the place of fright”).
They are all marked with symbols related to death; disembodied eyes, skulls and skeletal bodies.
Two gods stand out (but they are likely two manifestations of the same deity):
Hun-Came (Kimi) in the Popol Vuh and “Humhau” or “Yum Kimil” in 16th-century Yucatan.
Vucub-Came in the Popol Vuh and “Uac Mitun Ahau” in 16th-century Yucatan.

Text from https://www.mayaarchaeologist.co.uk/

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What the Mayan Zodiac Signs Speak about Your Personality

What the Mayan Zodiac Signs Speak about Your Personality


Transcript
1) Ch’en: 2nd January to 21st January

You are a creative soul with natural affinity for lunar energy.
You experience peaks of productivity at night, where you might see a surge in creative ideas.
You can strengthen your relationship with lunar energies by bathing in the moonlight or wearing blue, black and silver that suit your sign.

2) Yax: 22nd January to 10th February

You are gentle, peaceful and a helpful individual and blessed with the ability to bring harmony in your surroundings.
You are valued for your reasoning abilities and friendly attitude.

3) Sak’: 11th February to 2nd March

You are confident by nature and open to facing life’s challenges with grace.
Early morning is the time when you experience heightened energy, so its best to wake up early, meditate to draw in that energy and develop inner awareness.
Frog is your power animal, symbolising your love for water and flexibility.

4) Keh: March 3rd to March 22nd

A nature lover and a calm person, you find solace in pastoral destinations.
Your power animal is deer and you also possess some of their qualities like being gentle and noble.
You have the energy of fire and red is a power color for you.
You can further harness these powers by meditating in the woods or in a natural setting.

5) Mak: March 23rd to April 11th

Mak is one of the most puzzling signs in the Mayan Calendar since its meaning is not clearly defined.
If you belong to this sign you might be secretive in nature and disclose less about your personal life, until you know someone well enough.
You love spending time around people but also feel the need to spend time alone to gather your thoughts and reflect on goals.
Allow yourself this personal time away from others to develop your mystic powers and feel recharged.

6) K’ank’in: April 12th to May 1st

This sign represents the sun and the earth, so you could be a nature lover, a traveller and drawn towards solar energy.
You feel a pull towards travel activities and desire to experience new places.
Your power animal is a dog, so you possess qualities like loyalty and inner strength.
Connect often with the energies of Earth as well as Sun either by sun bathing or Earthing.

7) Muwan’: May 2nd to May 21st

You have an affinity for fire & water.
Thunderstorms are empowering times for you as both fire and water are present in the forms of rain and lightning.
Embrace these elements.
A confident, honest and a truthful person, you do not hesitate to make your own way & speak up when needed.
Owl is your power animal, you’re likely to have the ability to see what’s usually hidden to most, beyond illusion and deceit.

8) Pax: May 22nd to June 10th

With an innate ability to lead & inspire people around you, you are highly influenced by the Jaguar, an important animal in the Mayan culture.
A great team leader, people come to you for advice & discussion about their issues.
Use these leadership qualities to your advantage in both your professional and personal life.

9) K’ayab: June 11th to June 30th

Traits: An inquisitive soul, you are always seeking deeper spiritual meanings in events in your life.
Turtle is your spirit animal, and have an affinity for the moon.

10) Kumk’u: July 1st to July 20th

You were born to survive in any situations, just like crocodiles, also your power animal, survived extinction in Mesozoic era when dinosaurs went extinct.
Tap into this power of longevity & strength.
You resist change, but when it occurs you take it in your stride and just get on with it.

11) Wayeb’: July 21st to July 25th

Lasting for merely five days, Wayeb’ days were considered to be unlucky because natural order was disharmonious & it was the time when other forces could access the earthly plane.
Mayans did not do anything auspicious during this time.
But being born in Wayeb’ is more of a blessing than a bane.
It signifies you are a highly spiritual person & are connected to other realms with a power to transcend the earthly planes, if you want.
Strengthen this connection by digging deep into your spiritual side.

12) Pop: July 26th to August 14th

Traits: Reflecting qualities of a jaguar, you are a born leader with a sensitive heart.
You encourage people to accomplish their goals, guide them on the right path and still stay sensitive to how they feel in different situations.
Since you are an Earth child, deepen your connection by doing grounding meditations.

13) Wo’: August 15th to September 3rd

A mystical soul, you are guided by your inner instincts especially in the night.
The night empowers you just like those born in Ch’en sign.
You also share similar animal totem, frog like Sac sign.
You are swift and can switch consciousness levels quite easily.

14) Sip: September 4th to September 23rd

Deriving grace from deer and dominance from stag, you love the forest and open-air places.
You are a confident person, but in case of trouble or imbalances in life, your instinctive reaction is to escape from the situation and only come back when you feel calm.
Deepen your awareness by spending time in nature.

15) Sotz’: September 24th to October 13th

The bat and the fish are two animal totems belonging to this sign, and both move freely through air and water respectively.
Air and water are also your elements.
You are blessed with deep intuitive power, sensitivity and ability to foresee trouble and go deeper into the subconscious.

16) Sek: October 14th to November 2nd

This sign is connected to the earth and the sky.
So its likely that you are attracted to everything above you like the planets, stars, constellations, or other realms.
You are a practical person who can handle murky situations well and find an effective action plan.

17) Xul: November 3rd to November 22nd

People born in this sign have dog as their animal totem and exhibit qualities like loyal, dedicated, strong and loving.
Mayans believed that dogs can guide people to the next life.
Similarly, you too have the capacity to transcend the real and enter into your past lives and help those around to release fears of death.

18) Yaxk’in’: November 23rd to December 12th

You are connected to the Mayan Sun God, Ah Kin.
You are a born healer who can heal others through words, activities & skill.
Although you like to help others, you yourself can get morose in a negative situation with an inability to come out of it.
Learn to trust your own decisions.

19) Mol: December 13th to January 1st

Traits: Mol sign is associated with the element of water, which makes rainfall a powerful time for you to draw the energy.
As with the Pax and Pop signs, you share Jaguar as the power animal, who is considered as a symbol of strength, courage, and spiritual power.
Just like the Jaguar, you have the ability and strength to emerge out of difficult situations and failures in life.

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The Soul is Neither Born, Nor Does it Ever Die

 The Soul is Neither Born, Nor Does it Ever Die

The soul is neither born, nor does it ever die; nor having once existed,
does it ever cease to be.

The soul is without birth, eternal, immortal, and ageless.

It is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.

You don’t need anyone’s affection or approval in order to be good enough.

When someone rejects or abandons or judges you, it isn’t actually about you.

It’s about them and their own insecurities, limitations, and needs, and you don’t have to internalize that.

Your worth isn’t contingent upon other people’s acceptance of you – it’s something inherent.

You exist, and therefore, you matter.

You’re allowed to voice your thoughts and feelings.

You’re allowed to assert your needs and take up space.

You’re allowed to hold onto the truth that who you are is exactly enough.

And you’re allowed to remove anyone from your life who makes you feel otherwise.

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Your Value Doesn't Diminish

Let Me Speak To That Person...


..that feels
like they lost their worth to devalue this is the dollar bill now if I go to the
store and there's something for 90 cents can I buy it with this dollar bill okay
all right so if I go to the store and there's something for 85 cents and after
tax it ends up being 96 cents can I buy with this dollar bill okay all right so
what if I ball the dollar bill up think
about it now.

Like I just bought the dollar bill Oh
like so we can't be worth a dollar nowit's probably worth like 95 cents right
how much do you think it's worth adollar listen listen y'all gotta pay
attention I just balled it up soclearly it's not worth a dollar anymore?

All right all right so maybe what if I step on it what if I stomp it
I just stomped it how much is it worth now maybe 65 cents 68 cents it still
worth a dollar. 
Okay what if I brought it up put it by stuff on it and then I put
it in the trash can and this scene here with some trash and it's around some
beer and some gum and a bunch of the nasty stuff and some guy off the street
pulls the dollar I'll unfold it how much is the work now maybe eighty two cents
and me come on at least ninety two cents it's okay hours - what if I balled it up
what if I step on it what if I put it in trash and then watch this..

I teared a half think about it now right
how much is the worth now a dollar I can tape it what will swim over there wait
wait wait a second wait a second 
I just
I just balled it up I just stepped on it
I put it in trash I pulled it out then
I tore in a half and you mean to tell me I
could pick the dollar up I could wipe it
off and I could put some tape around it and it still worth a dollar then 
why if this dollar doesn't lose its worth there was value then why do you feel like you
lost you person value because many of you feel like you just stepped on you
feel like you've been pushed aside you feel like you've been defending you felt
like you've been talked about you feel like you've been abused like the ones
took from you someone hurts you somebody took advantage of you and beat down the
sides occurred you feel like you've lost some of your value
that this dollars just has birthday value because there are some in years
ago who put value over the slide it says no matter what happens to it
hey Cass Dobie tape out together it can still be my coffin I am here to tell you
that you were created and you're born and you here and you have life and you
have purpose if you have value and though you've gone through some hard
cons and though you've experiencing some
depression and you might be one that hurts your love you might want to give up 

I am here to tell you we still
downwards in value and there was nothing
that could happen that could take your
worth in your value away so what you got
to do now you got to pick yourself up
we've got to dust yourself off and you
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Be BIGGER Then Yourself! Jim Carrey Motivational Speech

Your Need For Acceptance Can Make You Invisible In This World 


(Transcript)
Like many of you
I was concerned about going out into the
world and doing something bigger than
myself until someone smarter than myself
made me realize that there is nothing
bigger than myself.

Don't let anything stand in the way of
the light that shines through this form,
risk being seen in all of your glory, our
eyes are not viewers
they're also projectors that are running
a second story over the picture that we
see in front of us all the time.

Fear is writing that script and a
working title is I'll never be enough
spend your whole life imagining ghosts
worrying about the pathway to the future
but all there will ever be is what's
happening here in the decisions we make
in this moment which are based in either
love or fear. 

So many of us choose our
path out of fear disguised as
practicality what we really want seems
impossibly out of reach and ridiculous
to expect so we never dare to ask the
universe for it 
I'm saying 

I'm the proof that you can ask the universe for it.

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Animated Spiritual Video

Animated Spiritual Video


Once upon a time I the sole the being of light live in my home the home of 


My father the highest of all beings also lives here
in the midst of peace and serenity at
some point a stirring happens within me
the stirring pushes me to come down to a
wonderful new world to play my part the new earth is beautiful and bountiful

I am new like a fully loaded and
supremely charged battery
I am also totally aware of my truth of
my true identity a being of light energy
time passes by since I am a soul within
a physical body I begin to change my
battery is no longer supremely charged
but..

I am still fully charged as a new
being on earth I am still aware of my
true form a being of truth and a powerful song my body enjoys the full
potential of a self-aware soul 

I am full of love peace health and happiness then
if shift begins I forget myself
my true identity I create many little
false identities little eyes
possessions talents wealth beauty strength 

I begin to identify myself with these eyes
that these are components of my whole
being I become body-conscious the biggest evidence of
this shift is I begin to experience
sorrow comparison and competition became
a common phenomenon
from being supremely charged to fully
charged I become a half charged battery
my little eyes become my complete
identity the world that I once came upon
becomes divided different languages
emerge the idea of religion such as

Islam Buddhism and Christianity grows and attempts to lessen the feelings of
conflict and sadness yet sorrow and pain
continue in the world by this time I
totally forget my original identity from
being soul conscious I am now totally
body conscious I lose my original
qualities of peace purity power wisdom love joy and bliss instead I now have
lust anger greed attachment ego
carelessness and laziness in fact sorrow
and peace lessness seemed to increase my transformation into a physical being
is almost complete my battery is almost completely drained
my true identity is crowded into a 
little corner by my little eyes 
everything around me becomes corrupt 
polluted and degraded the midst of this chaos and immorality 
God our Father the Supreme Being comes
to us
he reintroduces himself to us and tells
us our story in this way
he ultimately introduces us to ourselves
to our true original selves he tells us about the secrets of life actions
relationships fortune and misfortune
victory and defeat
he teaches us Raja yoga this connects us
to him the Supreme Being our true power
generator we begin to recognize our true
selves the soul a beam of metaphysical
light very much like our Father the
Supreme Being divine and complete I
awaken and rekindle my true
characteristics become fully charged
once again and return home the world
that I knew becomes renewed as I rest in 
the soul world preparing myself to 
return to Earth ready to play my place 
once again.

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Your Spirit Animal Is Waiting In The Forest For You

 

Your Spirit Animal Is Waiting In The Forest For You


I'm speaking directly with you..
I know this might seem a bit strange, but...

There’s someone that’s been waiting in the forest for you to meet them, for awhile now.

They know you fairly well, and it’s definitely in your best interest for you to get to know them, too :-)

If you can’t guess who they are, I highly suggest you take a step into the forest and meet them here:


Just a friendly warning?

Once you know who they are and why they’ve been searching for you, there will be no “un-knowing.”

This meeting will change your life (for the better, but definitely everything will change).

So I truly hope that you will take me up on this invitation to begin the most fascinating journey of your life today.

It all starts here.


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