In Lak’ech: I Am Another You
“Love means relationship, web, participation, equality, and a sense of community. Love is thirteen. The Maya have long used a special expression for greeting others: In Lak’ech, which means, ‘I am another you.’ A whole philosophy has been developed around these beautiful words of recognition, which are applied not only to human beings but also to animals, flowers, stones, and spirits. It means that we are not separate; we are all part of the same web; and if any part of this web is hurt, the rest will suffer. The use of the tzolkin and its thirteen-day count is part of this In Lak’ech philosophy. The use of the Sacred Calendar amounts to an act of reverence for the web of nature and creation.”
-Dr. Carl Johan Calleman, The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousnes
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