Transmission 123: The dance

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Today’s lesson comes from ancient Mexico,
where the Maya danced with time.

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The ancient Maya didn’t think of time as a straight line.

They saw it as a cycle.
A great turning of days, moons, seasons, and years.
Not a single thread you follow, but a spiral you move within.

They didn’t use just one calendar.
They used many.
The Tzolk’in tracked sacred days.
The Haab’ followed the solar year.
The Calendar Round combined the two in repeating 52-year loops.
And the Long Count measured vast spans of history.
Each calendar turned like a gear, layered, rhythmic, precise.

These weren’t just cosmic clocks.
They were guides for real life.
For farming.
For feasting.
For resting.

Every day, the many calendars lined up differently, with a unique energy.
The Maya moved in harmony with the new day,
rather than against the tide of the universe.

There was beauty in the repetition.
Sacredness in the flow.
Patterns didn’t mean you were stuck.
They meant you were dancing.

So if life feels like it’s circling back,
Maybe it’s not a failure to move forward.
Maybe it’s just your season returning.

A new turn.
A new layer.
A new rhythm.

Feel your surroundings.
Know your time.
Dance with the flow.

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Yesterday was rice,
today we honour corn.

A single plant with infinite personalities.
It can be soft as a tortilla or loud as popcorn.
Yellow, white, blue, even red.
Eaten fresh, dried, ground, puffed, or poured.

Some humans call it maize.
Some call it cereal.
Some hang it from their front door (or on Christmas trees).

A few more facts…
It grows on every continent except Antarctica
It’s in thousands of foods, even ice cream.
It can fuel a car, not just a body.

And one you don’t know…
One of the earliest Earth explorers fell in love with movies…
and popcorn.
They wanted to bring a piece of Earth back home with them,
so they loaded their cargo holds with popping corn.
Unfortunately, their home planet was much hotter than Earth.
The kernels popped, and the worst space disaster in history ensued.

We try to forget about Moob Galaxy flight 4C,
But every time we get near, we smell yummy movie snacks.

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Float well, Earthling.
NeilA

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Greetings, Earthling is a free daily newsletter designed to help you slow down, feel better, and start your mornings with a sense of meaning. Written from the perspective of a curious space observer named NeilA, each transmission blends mindfulness, motivation, and emotional insight with a hint of cosmic wonder.

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