by: Jake Tostada

God is a word that means different things to different people. To many Taoist or Buddhist the word is not part of their religion’s glossary. To Hindus that word has a different meaning than it does to a Christian. Muslims have a different perspective and so do the Jews. So for the purpose of The Mystic Doctrines website, we need a common definition of God.

Quoting different sources from each religion before revealing the definition.

Taoism

Tao, the subtle reality of the universe cannot be described, That which can be described in words is mearly a conception of the mind. Although names and descriptions have been applied to it, the subtle reality is beyond the description.

Tao Teh Ching – beginning of chapter 1

The subtle essense of the universe is elusive and evasive.

…

It is the subtle origin of the whole of creation and non-creation. It existed prior to the beginning of time as the deep and subtle reality of the universe. It brings all into being.

Tao Teh Ching – portions of chapter 21

Buddhism

“There is, O monks, an unborn, unoriginated, uncreated, unformed. Were there not, O monks, this unborn, unoriginated, uncreated, unformed, there would be no escape from the world of the born, originated, created, formed.

“Since, O monks, there is an unborn, unoriginated, uncreated, and unformed, therefore is there an escape from the born, originated, created, formed.”

The Gospel of Buddha – Sermon at the bamboo grove at Rajagaha

Hinduism

Neither the multitude of gods nor great sages know of my origin, for I am the source of all the gods and great sages.

A mortal who knows me as the unborn, beginningless great lord of the worlds is freed from all delusion and all evils.

The Bhagavad-Gita – The tenth teaching, verses 2 & 3

Sihkism

There is One, only One Supreme Being, Truth Eternal, Creator of all seen & unseen, Fearless, Without hatred, Timeless Being, Non-Incarnated, Self created, Realized by the Grace of Guru (Perfect Master Only.)

Guru Granth Sahib Page 1

Judaism

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

For thus saith the Eternal that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the self existent One; and there is none else.

Isaiah 45:18

Christianity

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without him was not one thing made that has come into being.

Gospel of John 1:1-3

Sufism

You are the Absolute Existence which causes (our) transient (existences) to appear.

Masnavi – Book 1 – Creator and Creation

Now, a definition of God.

God is the indescribable, uncreated, self existent, eternal all knowing source of all reality and being.

By Maya Angelou

A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all their Time trying to make you look small so they can look Tall. They are very negative people to say the least; Nothing is ever Good enough!

When you make your mark, you will always attract some haters… That’s why you have to be careful with whom you share your Blessings and your Dreams, because some folk can’t handle seeing You Blessed…

It’s dangerous to be like somebody else… If God wanted you to be Like somebody else, He would have given you what He gave them! Right?

You never know what people have gone though to get what they Have… The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they Don’t know my story….

If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, you Can rest assured that the water bill is higher there too!

We’ve all got some haters among us! Some people envy you because you can:

a) Have a relationship with God

b) Light up a room when you walk in

c) Start your own business

d) Tell a man/woman to hit the curb (if he/she isn’t about the right thing)

e) You are a strong person and don’t let people run you over

f) You have a strong and loving marriage and they can’t get in-between spouses to spoil it,

Haters can’t stand to see you happy!

Haters will never want to see you succeed. Most of our haters are people who are supposed to be on our side (like some family and so call friends).

How do you handle your undercover haters? You can handle these haters by:

1. Knowing who you are & who your true friends are; *(VERY IMPORTANT!!)

2. Having a purpose to your life: Purpose does not Mean having a job. You can have a job and still be Unfulfilled. A purpose is having a clear sense of what God has called you to be. Your purpose is not defined by what others think about you;

3. By remembering that what you have is by divine; Prerogative and not human manipulation.

Fulfill your dreams! You only have one life to live…when it’s your Time to leave this earth, you want to be able to say, I’ve lived my Life and fulfilled my dreams, Now I’m ready to go HOME! When God gives you favor, you can tell your haters, ‘Don’t look at Me…Look at who is in charge of me…’

Pass this to all of your family & friends who you know are Not hating on you including the person who sent it to you. If you don’t get it back, maybe you called somebody out! Don’t worry about it, it’s not your problem, it’s theirs. Just pray for them, that their life can be as fulfilled as Yours! Watch out for Haters…BUT most of all don’t become A HATER!

By: Carey Keavy

“The best things carried to excess are wrong.” —Charles Churchill

We should all know exactly what the phrase “living within our means” truly is, but unfortunately, in a society such as ours—we must re-educate ourselves regarding this term. The intention of this saying is to teach those who have a yearning’ to spend and have to save and wait instead.

There is nothing wrong with buying something that we want, if we can afford to do so and if the consequences of that purchase will not affect others such as if you are not able to tithe or give to your church because of your spending habits; if you are unable to quit your job to be with your kids because you continue racking up the charge accounts.

It is extremely difficult to live in our culture and not be tempted to live beyond our means. Most of the people you and I know are indulging themselves in every buying whim when given the opportunity. The concept of delayed gratification is one that has not caught on as a widely accepted way of life in America. Credit has been used as the lazy man’s way of acquiring material possessions. With only seventeen years of easy payments, you can own virtually anything you desire—why would we opt for saving our money to purchase items with cash when it’s just as simple as driving to the store with plastic in hand?

An exaggerated sense of entitlement in America is a rampant problem facing many today. If we look back only two generations, we see that the material wealth our grandparents possessed took them a lifetime to acquire. Most married folk would not buy a home until they were in their thirties or forties, and some never did. The generations of today practically come out of the womb expecting to have everything their parents have without putting in the hard work. That’s exactly where using credit comes in—to replace the discipline of hard work and financial self-control.

Below are a few tips to help you begin the process of living within your means:

• Use discernment. Always keep in mind the distinction between the terms “want” and “need”. I have found that some people have an extremely difficult time discerning these two ideas. Remember that a need is defined as necessary food (nutritious), water, basic shelter, necessary clothing (functional, non-duplicate) and oxygen.

• Stick to your list. Always use a list when going into a store, and more importantly—discipline yourself to stay on the list. Sometimes, I like to fill up my cart with impulse buys along the way, and give them to the clerk at the checkout line. I explain with a smile that I don’t really need the items, and that they were impulse buys. The exhilarating rush of the purchase is still there—and so is the extra money in my checking account!

• Bring a wad of cash. Use cash when shopping for groceries and essentials and bring a calculator to make sure you have enough to pay for what’s in your cart. Using cash can help you to stay on the list— avoiding frivolous impulse buying.

• Try not to buy new. When considering an item for purchase, always stretch yourself to imagine if you could possibly buy the same item used for a considerable discount on eBay, at a garage sale, thrift or consignment store, or if you could borrow the item from someone you know. If you are planning on buying a new item at $100.00, but could wait a week or a month to save $50.00 or $75.00 by just shopping around or buying used—isn’t it worth it? Why spend more than you have to? There have been many items I have wanted to purchase, but then borrowed them from a friend instead. Let me tell you that most of those items ended up only being used once anyway, with no desire to ever use them again, like the ice cream maker, and the books I never opened . . . and the . . .

• Keep your buttocks out of the stores. Limit store visits to once a week, once every two weeks or even once a month. The retail store is not designed to be a place to help you keep your money in your pocket. There are tons of gimmicks and mental persuasions planted along every aisle with the purpose of distracting you from your list. It wouldn’t surprise me if Eve wasn’t really tempted in the “Garden of Eden”, but in the “Target of Eden.” Retailers count on each consumer to buy at least six percent of their purchases on impulse! This means that they plan for you to come into the store with a list of ten items, and to leave their store toting sixteen items out to the car. Why do you think these retail stores spend millions of dollars researching consumer buying habits and performing customer census? Maybe it’s because they’ve been planning to throw a huge birthday party for all of their customers and want to give them all exactly what they want! Let’s face it, they want your Benjamin’s, and they know that we love to buy pretty, fluffy, colorful things that they place right at eye level.

• Use the money = time spent theory. When looking at a potential purchase, discover how many hours it takes you or your husband to work to earn the amount of money needed for the item. Example: If your husband earns $20.00 per hour and you are considering buying a $300.00 dress and shoes that you may only wear once—your husband will have had to put in fifteen hours of work to buy you that dress.

That is almost two full days of labor! If the store told you that they would be happy to let you have the dress and shoes if you worked in their store for fifteen hours, would this still sound like a good deal? Decide if the purchase is a good trade-off using this method.

• Keep a running list of WANTED items. Keep an ongoing list posted in your home of the items you wish to buy and the date you decided you wanted to have it. This may include an item you spotted at the store during one of your mature “I always stay on the list” shopping trips! Make a commitment with your spouse— agreeing that you will discuss even the smallest purchase plans with each other. The rule is that items must be on the list for thirty days before being purchased. If you really want the item that badly, you can use the next thirty days to save up for it by setting aside ¼ of the purchase price each week for the next month. The funny thing is most of the things you have on the list will probably no longer interest you by the end of the month. How does that classify it? Impulse buys! Naughty!

• Don’t use retail advertisements as entertainment. Search newspaper retail advertisements and catalogs only when in need of a specific item. That kind of entertainment will merely entertain your thoughts long enough to plant a seed of greed. Started noticing that every time I received one of those awesome clothing catalogs in the mail, I was completely dissatisfied with my wardrobe for weeks afterward, with my new wardrobe shopping list all filled out. It dawned on me that the day before the catalog arrived in the mail, I was happy with my clothing collection. I now have a standard catalog-throwing-away-ritual that usually begins with me yearning to browse its pages—but ends with the repetitious chanting, “My life was just fine before you came to my house, and it will be just fine after you’re in the garbage!” This mantra is then followed by the swift descent of the catalog into the depths of the trash bin. Adios!

• Don’t fall for the sneaky trap of justification. “Oh, it won’t hurt—It’s just one little shopping spree on credit . . . you’ll be able to pay that off in no time— and it’s on clearance—you have to get it!” Please be aware that no one gets into $50,000 of debt by going out and charging an S.U.V. Big credit card balances happens one charge at a time. What harm could come from the innocent, single little drop of a leaky faucet? But if the faucet drips into a plugged sink, and drips . . . and drips . . . soon you find a flooded house. These small sprees add up, and soon enough—you’ll be working your buns off to pay all that debt you’ve racked up.

Use financial good-sense and delayed gratification to build a secure future for yourself and your family. Not having something now means having something worthwhile later on…whether that something is a comfortable retirement, a cushy savings account or a dream vacation. Spend wisely…and tightly!

The Oldest Profession in the World: Prostitution!
Written by Eya

When it comes to sex trafficking, there is a lot of tension among abolitionists over the topic of prostitution. On the extreme ends, some see all prostitution as a form of trafficking while others make a clear distinction between a person who is a prostitute and someone who is a victim of trafficking. There is, of course, a lot of grey area in between. I bring this up though because today I’m feeling a little frustrated with people who make statements such as, “Prostitution is the oldest profession” or “It’s been around for centuries,” – as if that somehow proves a point or justifies anything in the prostitution vs. trafficking debate (or, the more common debate over whether prostitution should be legalized).

I hate it when people point this out – as if it somehow legitimates anything. Just because something has been around for a long time, doesn’t mean it’s a good thing.

It’s hard to say that women 2000+ years ago chose prostitution of their own free will – more likely, they chose it because it was the only option. It was certainly not some grand statement of female empowerment – rather it was a reaction to the social restrictions placed on women at the time. (Now, some might point to various societies where sex was not as taboo or wrapped up in morality as we see it today, and to them I say that we are talking about commercial transactions for sex – and that if someone can point out a society where prostitution was just as valid a decision as any other business endeavor, and garnered just as much respect and inclusion in society without any opportunity costs (such as marriage) that other business endeavors did not have – I’m willing to listen). ANYWAY – fast forward 2000 years and I wonder how much of this has changed – how much of the decision to become a sex worker today is an enthusiastic embracement of one’s own sexuality and the desire to express it in a particular manner, and how much of the decisions is a product of circumstances.

In the present day tension, the idea that someone might choose or even be forced to become a sex worker because of certain circumstances is often overlooked. Now, it is true that, at least from a federal law perspective there has to be some sort of force, fraud, or coercion involved for a commercial transaction involving sex to be considered trafficking. What isn’t so clear is what those three words mean. For many, there seems to be this idea that they refer to actions of violence – the woman was chained to the bed, or a gun was held to her head, or she was beaten until she finally submitted. Others consider a definition that affords a little more breadth, so that things like deliberate/blatant psychological coercion or manipulation will qualify as trafficking.

Absent some egregious factor such as specific and/or severe physical, sexual, or psychological abuse (from a pimp or from her past) though, many people assume that a woman who is a sex worker is doing it of her own volition – she wants to be there, it was her choice, etc. I think though, that other circumstances play an important role in the idea of consent and that there is room in the idea of force, fraud, or coercion for a different interpretation of consent – one that considers background circumstances that may ‘force’ a woman into prostitution.

Consent in my mind means active and enthusiastic yes. This can include a woman who chooses, of her own accord, to engage in sexual acts for money.

I do not deny that some women will and do choose, of their own volition, without any sort of past hardship or lack of opportunity, to become a sex worker – BUT I think the number of women who fit into this category is very, very small. I think that a large number of women who become sex workers are pushed to that decision by other factors in their life, and when you start adding those factors in, the line between consent and force, fraud, or coercion becomes blurry. What about the woman who did not have the opportunity for an education that would provide her with job skills? What about the woman who has kids to take care of but can’t find a job that pays enough? What about the woman who grew up in foster care, or in a family environment surrounded by drug abuse, or the one who is just down on her luck? Are these women victims of trafficking, or are they consenting sex workers?

I am not in any way making a moral judgment here. For your purposes and mine, I have no opinion on the morality of sex workers. What I am trying to do is reframe the debate so people stop seeing it as a black and white, good vs. bad issue. I’m asking people to look a little deeper, beyond the question of whether a woman should be allowed to choose to sell her body, beyond the question of whether the government has any right to outlaw a person’s rights over their own body, and look beyond the apparent consenting adult ethos. Ask yourself what consent really means, and again, are these women victims of trafficking, or are they consenting sex workers?

My answer? I don’t know. Maybe this type of circumstance-created sex work doesn’t rise to the level of trafficking, but at the same time I hardly think you can view it as enthusiastic consent. I tend to think that many women who are sex workers would not be in that profession if they were given the opportunity for something else (and the idea of a different set of opportunities can go the whole way back to childhood). I also tend to think that the image we see of sex workers – on TV, on news shows that discuss the topic, etc – is a much more glamorous version of what most sex workers experience. I get a sense that the women who go on to news programs to advocate for sex workers (sometimes actual workers, sometimes not) are the exceptions to the rule – maybe even the ones that did have the opportunities others miss. (NB: that was a huge blanket statement there. Please excuse for the sake of the argument).

Now, for a full disclosure that hopefully won’t distract from my above point – I don’t know what I think about prostitution being legalized either. Some days I favor the idea of legalizing it – because a woman should be able to decide what she does with her body, and even if the only reason she is involved is due to circumstances that forced her there (money issues for example), far be it from me to limit the ways she has to escape those circumstances, or force her into a worse situation because that avenue of income is unavailable. Now, on those days I still favor prosecuting those who create the demand for such services to the maximum possible under the law. I have no time for people who pay for sex – I think it is wrong and pathetic and there is no way you will ever convince me that the payor is not exploiting the payee, even if the payee is a consenting adult.

This is one of the few things I will express a judgment on with no reservations or qualifications whatsoever (although the law student in me still feels the need to reserve the right to change that statement, should anyone make a valid argument that convinces me I am wrong). For more on the idea of legalizing prostitution but outlawing the demand side.

Oh – and also – take a moment to think about the phrase, “Prostitution is the oldest profession in history” before you use it to justify present day prostitution. Whether you are for or against the legalization, basing your argument on the reality of a few thousand years ago is just silly.

Jim Lewis & Lillie Lewis (No Relations)
Write down orders. Special orders do not upset wait staff at finer restaurants, but they often get them wrong. The only thing more annoying than a waitperson that won’t write down an order and then gets it wrong is one who does write it down and still gets it wrong. You have a much better chance getting the order right if you write it down and repeat it back.

Have a system so that you can remember who ordered what. This is especially important if someone else serves the food. At finer restaurants, they never have to ask who ordered what, regardless of the size of the party.

Pay attention to details. When you are writing down the order, it is important to listen carefully. I usually drink iced tea. I always order it with no lemon and lots of ice. Usually what I get is warm tea with a few melted ice cubes, plus a lemon. Getting the drink order wrong sets the tone for the whole meal. It tells me that the waiter person does not pay attention to detail.

Remember the details – if I asked for lots of ice, pay attention to the level of ice during my refills.

When you bring the drinks, they go on the right – above the knife. Look at the place setting diagram – http://www.findalink.net/diningetiquette.php Don’t serve bread or appetizers without a small plate. Bread plates go on the left.

Another example of getting the details wrong is sauces. Frequently at seafood restaurants I observe someone ordering cocktail sauce or extra tartar sauce. You almost always have to ask twice. Write it down and make sure it comes with the food. If I ordered a sauce or condiment, I will most likely wait to begin eating until I am fully served. That means my entree gets cold while I wait to ask for the item a second time and have it delivered.

Pace the meal. You should not be bringing my soup when I haven’t finished my appetizer. My salad should not come before I finish my soup. And my entree should not come before I finish my salad. On the other hand, don’t make the customer wait an inordinate amount of time between courses.

Leave the customer’s dinner napkin alone if he gets up from the table. I often ask for a second napkin at meals when I am eating something messy. Inevitably if I get up from the table, some well-meaning waitperson decides to fold my napkin. He will either drop my second napkin on the floor or assume it was an extra and get rid of it. Then I get to ask for a second napkin a second time. It also doesn’t seem to matter where I leave my napkin. If I fold it up and leave it on the table, it will get moved to the armrest of the chair. If I leave it on the arm rest, it will get moved to the table. Leave my napkin alone! End napkin rant.

If I have my wallet out or if I ask for the check, don’t ask me if I saved room for dessert. Give me my check.

I thought of another one – unless the customer strikes up a conversation with you don’t be too chatty. Politely answer questions, but don’t hang around to visit. If there is more than one person, they usually have their own conversation going. If it is just one person and he doesn’t initiate chatting, he probably wants to get in and get out, or have some peace and quiet.

Keep the music down low or don’t have any at all. There is nothing worse than trying to over talk loud music.

Other Tips
I do agree with the write down orders comment. Some restaurants have no certain requirements when it comes to writing orders. The normal method is to write down orders on any party of 3 or larger. Most believe that if you can’t remember specifics on only 2 people, then you may not want to wait tables. I completely understand the stress of having your order come out wrong simply because the server wanted to practice their memorization skills

Most restaurants do have a table numbering system and we always leave the kitchen with everyone assigned a seat to serve to.

Lillie
On the comment concerned with the drink order, it sounds to me as if that person was not really fit to wait tables. I always order my tea without lemon as well and I can relate with you to how it can offset a meal. I pay particular attention when it comes to specifications of orders because I know if they’re going out of their way to tell me how they want it, I should go out of mine to pay attention and make them happy. Not to mention I love it when they request no lemon, it takes less time to prepare the drink.

Most serve bread off of a large trey from which we use two large spoons as tongs if you will to put 2 pieces of bread on each person’s bread tray which is setup to the left.

Sauces are one thing can get very confusing. I know many times when I’m working at the more casual restaurant; I will put “sauce on side” on the ticket of our Baja Fish Tacos (which are delicious). But another server often comes to my food right as it comes out and I’m with a table, not even look at my ticket, and then put the sauce on them, ruining the tacos. I appreciate other servers trying to help me, but I don’t appreciate their inconsiderateness when it comes to the details of my customer’s food and their requests.

As each course comes, we pick up the dishes soon after the customer finishes them, but we wait for all plates to be finished and taken up before continuing with the next course, so all customers are served at the same time. However, we try not to pick up dishes early if people finish them quickly simply because we don’t want the others at the table to feel rushed.

As much as I wish I could leave the napkin alone, our restaurant policy requires that when a person leaves the table, we push their chair in and fold the napkin loosely and place it on the table, normally to the right since the bread plate is on the left. Yet if I do drop the napkin on the floor, which I have on occasion, I quickly replace it with a new one. I never assume it is not needed and only remove napkins from the table upon request.
In my personal opinion, a napkin seems to me as if it should be considered more of a personal item and not be handled by anyone else. Since it is used to cover your mouth while coughing and wiping your mouth and hands, I do not like people to touch my napkin at restaurants and I’d rather not touch theirs while I’m working. But, as previously stated… restaurant policy = /

The wallet or card on the table brings me back to people who shouldn’t be servers. When I see a wallet or card on the table I know they want the check. Either they weren’t interested in desert, I waited too long to offer desert, or they have somewhere else to be. At that point, I get the check as soon as possible and deliver it to the person with the wallet/card out.

I have work at cretin high end places that simply don’t pursue the “fine dining” environment. It isn’t part of their concept. Although I do agree that the serving part is basically the only quality lacking to consider those restaurants for.

I very rarely get conversations out of my tables. I know 2 or 3 of my co workers initiate conversations with them and by the end of the night; they’ve made new regulars out of them. I guess it really just depends on how the server presents the conversation and how the guests receive it. We encounter so many various attitudes, some are obviously open to a conversation, some will after they warm up a bit, but others just keep to themselves and talk as little as possible.

Music is a part of both restaurants where I work. It is turned off during business meetings and it never goes over a soft, yet audible volume.

Malmö, September 6, 2009 (11 Edznab)

Carl Johan Calleman

The number nine has been endowed with a special significance in many different spiritual and religious traditions. Nine was the number of muses in Greek mythology and Nine were the number of worlds in the Scandinavian. Nine was the number of doors to the holiest part of the temple in Jerusalem and the month of Ramadan is the Ninth in the Muslim calendar. Moreover, the counting system used by most of the world today includes nine numbers and so the relevance of this number is much ingrained in us. Also, in the Mayan tradition the number Nine plays a predominating role. The only existing inscription from ancient times that discusses the meaning of the Mayan calendar “end date” for instance speaks of Nine “deities” that will descend then as its crucial event. This would in modern wording mean that Nine energies or Nine cosmic forces would fully manifest then since the ancient Maya would look upon time periods as “deities”. As far as we can tell these “deities”, or cosmic forces, are like evolutionary wave movements, built on top of one another where we are currently riding on the eighth one getting ready to ride on the ninth.

The Nine Cosmic levels (Underworlds) that according to the only existing Mayan inscription about the calendar end date (Tortuguero monument 6) will manifest then. Currently we are in the eighth level (The Galactic Underworld) gearing up to the Ninth and highest level, the Universal Underworld. Photo of the Pyramid of the Jaguar in Tikal by the author.)

In the manifestation of these evolutionary waves we may now as we approach the Ninth level notice an amazing synchronicity. This is that the upcoming date 9.9.9 (September 9, 2009 in the Gregorian calendar) happens to coincide with the beginning of a Mayan Sacred Calendar count of 260 days. Hence, in this calendar, in use since 3000 years, the modern date 9.9.9 has the energy of Hun Immix, or 1 Alligator as its English translation reads, which happens to be the first of its energetic combinations. If we ponder what this synchronicity may be telling us the most natural conclusion to draw is that on this particular date we are called to focus on the number nine and especially the Ninth level of the Mayan calendar system, whose coming into existence we are soon about to witness.

I believe that behind these cosmic forces, whose times of activation are described by the Mayan calendar, is an intelligent plan for the history of humanity that comes from a higher source and has a benevolent intention. To realize this is also to understand the importance of the guidance regarding how to follow this plan that we may gain from the calendar of the Maya. These nine cosmic forces are influencing and in fact governing our collective consciousness and so we have every reason to pay attention to what is going on in this cosmic time plan.

Synchronicities can often be interpreted in different ways, but if they are profound they always deserve our attention. 9.9.9, three Nines in a row, may for instance be seen as symbolic of three sacred calendar rounds of 260 days that will now in three steps lead us to the completion of the Ninth level of evolution which is its highest level. To the best of our knowledge this highest energy state of the universe will be attained on the energy 13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13 13 Ahau (13 and Ahau are symbols of completion in the Mayan calendar) on the Gregorian date October 28, 2011. This highest state does not in any sense mean the end of the world, but only that all the Nine wave movements are then completed. Maybe we can use the metaphor that we are now about to climb the last hard steps of a ladder until we climb on to the roof where we will find a new stability under our feet and a place to rest.

Regardless of what this final climb will mean we thus have reasons to expect an unprecedented period of change in a very short period of time. This is partly because we are entering the final phase of the eighth level of evolution and partly because a wave movement of a very high frequency, the Ninth level, will radically come to transform the collective consciousness in such a way that we will see the world in an entirely different light. It is for this reason that in the three upcoming Sacred Calendar rounds that follow upon 9.9.9 we will need to network and focus our intentions so that they converge in the birth of a new world. This is all the more important as there are several sources that seem to indicate that the sixth night of the Galactic Underworld, beginning on November 8, 2009, may come to generate a deep downturn in the world’s economy.

The first of these 260-day Sacred Calendar rounds, the one which actually begins on 9.9.9 and goes on until May 26, 2010, may be seen as a period of build-up to the Ninth level that is suitable for prayer, meditation and mental focusing. We encourage community building, networking and spiritual synchronization in this time period, also of a practical nature. The second 260 calendar round, starting 27.05.10 will create a preliminary arrival of the Ninth level and the beginning of this will be marked by the Cosmic Convergence, July 17-18, a significant focus point for spiritual projects of a practical nature that will prepare for the birth of a new world. The third Sacred Calendar round of 260 days will begin February 11, 2011 and includes the actual activation of the Ninth level, the Universal Underworld on March 8, 2011. This may be the most dramatic of the three steps as it leads up to the establishment of the highest energy state of the universe on October 28, 2011.

I believe that through these three steps, three Sacred Calendar rounds, starting on 9.9.9: 1/ Build-up, 2/ Preparatory Ninth level and 3/ Actual Ninth level of the evolution of the cosmos, the universe is now about to deliver what it has been striving towards all along, the establishment of a new level of consciousness, a unity consciousness. I also believe that the Ninth level is designed especially to generate such a unity consciousness, which will transform all of human society. For the human race it will mean very big challenges and opportunities. These changes will however not happen by themselves and need to be manifested by the human beings themselves who may then choose to resist or welcome them. From this perspective we may thus look at the date 9.9.9 not only as a numerological curiosity to celebrate, but also as an opportunity for us to focus on and embrace the participation of humanity in a transformation process of a very large scale, the one brought by the Ninth level of the Cosmos.

From what we may understand of the Mayan calendar the unity consciousness will set an end to all forms of dominance of one human over another and especially those generated by the left brain. What this likely will mean is that instruments of dominance, such as the current financial system, weapons, national borders and many other structures upholding authority in this process will come to crumble as an effect of this unity consciousness coming into existence and so conclude with the birth of a new world where a divine harmony characterize the human relations. This end to dominance will also affect the relationship between the genders on a global scale that as a result will profoundly shift. Needless to say, there will never be any return to business as usual. Instead we will need to approach the birth of the new world consciously and with an intention of co-creating it in a positive sense and not just react to the various difficulties that lie ahead. I believe that such a collective intention of co-creating the new world will be the best way of easing the consequences of these difficulties.

Although what is starting on 9.9.9 is only the build-up phase to the Ninth level, this date is nonetheless a very important focusing point since the timing of the continued preparations for the emergence of this level are of the essence. From this follows that the more practical projects that will start to manifest in the Cosmic Convergence, July 17-18 2010 as the name implies, will have to be based on an understanding that the very framework of the human existence and of consciousness will be dramatically expanded. The expansion of human consciousness is what will bring the socio-economic transformation at a time when the hardships of the old systems may be expected to be painfully felt also by nations that currently may been considered as wealthy. As the Ninth level is finally activated our identities will come to be defined in a much expanded spiritual framework.

This article comes much too late to encourage people more broadly to focus and intend together for the future. Nonetheless, many will celebrate the 9.9.9 date regardless (see for example http://www.fredpajorden.se/sida21.html ). The purpose of my present article is then only to inform those that will be celebrating this date anyway, that indeed this is not just a numerological curiosity in the Gregorian calendar, but that the date plays a profound objective role in the cosmic plan as we may understand this from the Mayan calendar directly leading up to the birth of a new world through the Ninth level, 9.9.9. It is an ideal time to participate in prayers and meditations with the focus and intention of co-creating a new and better world. Additional tools for networking and communication with the focus on the Cosmic Convergence, July 17-18, 2012 will be developed as we go along. 9.9.9 may be seen as an initial and modest initial call for the co-creation of the birth of a new world.

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