Each morning as I chant the beautiful Gayatri Mantra, which is said to be the oldest mantra on the planet, I chant some Gayatris to David Icke and to the work I am involved in with him. One particular morning after I finished chanting and rested a while in the vibration of Gayatri, I tuned in to receive inspiration for the work in the time ahead. I was surprised to suddenly seem to be watching an old television programme many of you may remember, "Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men". It was an afternoon programme for very young children and was a story about two small men who were flowerpots and their female friend who was a weed. She had a high, squeaky voice and was usually addressed as "Little Weed". Whenever anyone spoke to her the usual reply was a very squeaky "weeeeeeed". Bill and Ben themselves spoke gibberish. What I seem to remember most was something like,

"Ohhh shlobalobalob", followed by Little Weed's squeaky reply,

The three of them played together in a garden and the story usually ended with the gardener coming back from his lunch break and Bill and Ben disappearing back into their flowerpots. What had this funny little story to do with my work with David Icke in the time ahead? I had no idea.

A couple of weeks later I was doing some work with David in Hebdon Bridge, England. At one point whilst the group participants were being led through a guided meditation, I closed my eyes and suddenly found myself in London looking at buildings. I started out at Big Ben and then saw different views of London, some from the air. I was very much aware of the gold (symbol of the Sun) which had been used on many buildings. Later on, whilst talking to the group, David suddenly mentioned Bill and Ben the flowerpot men. He just made a few comments and jokes about the programme and then carried on with his talk. Afterwards I asked David if there was any special reason he'd brought up the subject of Bill and Ben and he said there were none that he was conscious of.

As a supplement to his talk David showed many colour slides including slides of Bohemia Grove, north of San Francisco, where Satanists still perform human sacrifices to the Sun god Baal - also known as Bel or Bil. Those who take part in Bohemia Grove activities are known as "Grovers. Several politicians and other well known public figures who work covertly for the global elite or "Brotherhood" agenda of the New World Order, are known to be members. For readers who are not aware of this elite agenda I can briefly say that its goal is a microchipped population under the control of a one world government and one world army. A detailed account of the activities at Bohemia Grove is given in two very good books I have read and can recommend. The first is "Trance Formation of America" by former White House mind controlled slave Cathy O'Brien, and the man who rescued and deprogrammed her, Mark Philips. The other is a book written by David Icke entitled "I am Me I am Free".

I began to sense a connection between Bill, of Bill and Ben, and the sun god Baal. Then I wondered what part Ben had to play. Later that day as the group was being taken through another exercise, I closed my eyes for a while and again found myself hovering above the streets of London. This time I was aware of the fact that my face was right in the face of Big Ben. It was almost as if I hadn't quite got the message earlier and now it was "in my face" as the saying goes! I was to make the connection between Ben and Big Ben. Suddenly it all fell into place. My Bill and Ben "vision" was awakening me to the importance of the Mayan Calendar which I had only recently begun to work with.

Bill symbolises Bil, Bel or Baal, a Phoenician Sun God. The Sun cult said to be at the roots of the hidden manipulation of this planet is connected with Baal worship.* Ben symbolises Big Ben and the mechanisation of time - humanity locked into third dimensional time and therefore delinked from spiritual source. The third dimension vibrates at a slower speed than the dimensions above it, and this vibration keeps our consciousness locked into a certain way - a very limited way of perceiving reality. And what about Little Weed? She's the only female in the programme and she's not even a flower, just a weed. For me, she suddenly symbolised the idea of the disempowerment of the feminine. (Remember I'm looking at symbols here - I've nothing against weeds!)

I decided to include in the workshop what I knew about the Mayan Calendar and suddenly many things fell into place for all of us. So here is what I find relevant to share with you in this article. There are however many Mayan Calendar experts who could share much more and I do recommend people having a Mayan Calendar reading. It is another way of shedding light on the dharma or mission of a particular incarnation. Just remember that a good reading will simply inspire you to be who you are and to do what feels natural. It is no substitute for living your life, "following your bliss" and just getting on with it! The Sanskrit word "dharma" means doing what comes naturally. To Anton Kornblum in England, who works with the Mayan calendar, I am grateful for the information he has shared with me on this subject. It has inspired much of what now follows.

According to Mayan cosmology, about 5200 years ago humanity reached a point in its evolution from where it was possible to make a leap in consciousness - a quantum leap - to a new level. In the calendar I work with, the point humanity had reached is the final point on the yellow castle of giving and ripening. The new level which was possible is referred to as the green castle of enchantment. The forces controlling the planet saw this lift in consciousness as a threat to their agenda and sabotaged it. So instead of rising, we fell. That's the so-called "bad news". Here comes the "good news". The Mayan calendar comes to an end in December 2012. Some people worry that this may signify the end of the world. Well, in a way, it does. We could say it signifies the end of the world as we know it - the end of a world imprisoned in third dimensional space and time. You see, according to Mayan cosmology, when we reach December 2012 we stand once again at the end of the yellow castle ready to make a leap in consciousness into the green castle of enchantment. This time I know we are going to make it. Sometimes when I look at what is happening in the world I'm not sure how we are going to make it! Yet I know deep inside that we are going to take this planet through this initiation it has waited so long for.

Part of the manipulation of consciousness on this planet works by delinking people from their spiritual source and persuading them that this third dimensional world is all there is. The masculine energy is over emphasised and the feminine suppressed. This is reflected in the Gregorian calendar we use which focuses on the 12 solar months and ignores the 13 moon phases. The Mayan calendar is a perfect balance of the Sun and Moon - the masculine and feminine. The Mayans knew that our planet and solar system are closely linked to Alcyone, the brightest star in the Pleiades. They knew that Alcyone is like a 20 faceted diamond reflecting 20 aspects of the masculine energy to us. These 20 facets are presented as 20 glyphs or symbols. Combined together with the 13 aspects of the Moon, we have 260 possible combinations of energy or days on which to be born, and therefore 260 "galactic signatures" we can be born with. This means that tuning in to the Mayan signature for each day tunes us in to the cosmos and to a perfect balance of masculine and feminine energy.

In the way we measure time on this planet the full significance of the 13 Moon cycle has been ignored. We are even persuaded that the number 13 is unlucky! Let's look at what happens when people incarnate on a planet where the feminine energy is suppressed. First of all we create an energy field where women are disempowered and this we have certainly seen on Planet Earth. There are probably billions of women throughout time who have felt themselves playing, or being expected to play, "Little Weed" roles. Men who incarnate into such an energy field also find it difficult to access their inner feminine energies and we therefore create the "Macho man" ideal which men have been expected to live up to. As the number 13 also represents the higher feminine or Spiritual energies, by diminishing it we create an energy field where contact with our spiritual source is forgotten or difficult to access. People come here and forget who they are. They imagine this physical world, physical body and physical possessions are all there is. We have fear, competition and wars as people fight to defend what they think is theirs. These are the very energies which keep us locked into third dimension space and time and which feed the force manipulating the planet. Let us also not forget that this energy also creates a reality where we see others "out there" manipulating the planet and thus loose contact with the fact that on another level it is simply one flow of consciousness, a divine drama we on Planet Earth participate in. Losing sight of this also perpetuates the illusion and keeps us trapped in it.

Another way we can look at this is to see the number 13 as symbolising figures like Jesus or King Arthur. Whether or not they really existed is not important here, but Jesus is said to have had 12 disciples and King Arthur 12 knights. Remove the number 13 and you remove the enlightened consciousness and are left with the disciples or followers. So on Planet Earth we could end up with 6 billion disciples - perhaps David Icke would call them "disheeples" - and no one who could see the way ahead! As I always say, the only way out for this planet is enlightenment or higher consciousness. This means we need enough people with this kind of consciousness to be able to bring an enlightened energy right down onto the physical plane and into the heart of every structure created here.

The manipulation of consciousness on this planet operates from the lower 4th. dimension which some call the astral plane. Higher Consciousness, sometimes called Christ Consciousness, Buddha Consciousness or simply enlightenment, brings in an energy from beyond the 4th. dimension. It brings with it a consciousness whose realisation is oneness, and in this realisation separatism and the wish to control and manipulate others cannot exist. This energy dispels the illusion and reconnects us so we again experience the one consciousness pouring through all life forms.

Already in 1987 I was aware of the work of Jose Arguelles when I helped to create and participated in ceremonies in connection with Harmonic Convergence. However it was only in 1997 when I heard Jose speak at a conference in Arizona that I received an understanding of the Gregorian calendar as a tool for the suppression of consciousness. Lately I have also come to another understanding. It seems the Gregorian calendar has been manipulated into place so that we get the Millennium at the end of what we call 1999 - a time when there will be an enormous acceleration of Sun spot activity. As we know from research which has been done, an increase in Solar activity creates an increase in energy. More energy simply means there is more energy available either for the upliftment of consciousness or for the suppression of consciousness. The more fear, anger and panic created around this point in time, the more the energy can be used to perpetuate the manipulation of consciousness. The more love and joy we create the more we are able to use the energy for a collective lift in consciousness. Having the Millennium when we have it gives us the opportunity for either. Looking at the "Brotherhood"/ One World Order agenda unfolding before our eyes I see the possibility of many cards being played to increase the fear level on the planet. We have Y2K, threats of economic disasters, many fearful prophecies for 1999 and possible extra - terrestrial scenarios which could be played out such as holographic technology faking "alien "invasions".***

Before I was aware that the Gregorian calendar had most probably been set to allow the possible manipulation of consciousness around the Millennium, I was looking at the hidden information which would be coming to the surface in 1999. I was tuning in to what part I had to play in all of this and what came to me was that I was to name 1999 as the Year of Celebration and bring awareness to the idea of celebration as a pathway to peace and enlightenment. Many people now know about this project and are responding to my invitation to set up celebrations and other events which in some way give people an understanding of the power of the joy of the heart. One of the main goals of this project is to bring to people's awareness the fact that whatever happens this year they have a choice. They can either close down in fear and negativity or consciously choose to keep the heart open and keep on celebrating life - NO MATTER WHAT! This project is really about collective alchemy - looking at what is happening in the world, embracing the facts and yet still keeping the heart open and celebrating life. Just look at what power we have available in the heart. If people choose not to go into fear we can use the energy flooding the planet for a great upliftment of consciousness. Somewhere inside I keep hearing the phrase, "What if they had a war and nobody came!" Then I find myself saying, "What if they staged an alien invasion and nobody went into fear because they knew it was holographic technology!" That would certainly help to stabilise the collective energy fields!

When I first announced I was calling 1999 the Summer of Celebration, some people said they liked the idea but felt I should save it for the year 2000. I was told no-one would want to celebrate in 1999 as they'd all be getting ready for the Millennium. My reply was that I didn't know why it had to be 1999, but I just knew that was the case. A little later I found out about the significance of the Gregorian calendar and how it has created the Millennium shift at this particular time. I then understood why we need to celebrate and really acknowledge the power of the heart in 1999.

So please feel free to spread the word and create whatever you feel to create in support of this idea. In an article I wrote about this project I talked about dancing for peace and enlightenment, and I meant this to be taken symbolically and/ or literally. A dancing and singing heart cannot be manipulated. I often say that, for me, the word "celebration" really means every cell vibrating with the higher consciousness - Cell - Vibration! I also talk about "collective alchemy". What I mean by this is enough people choosing to turn the base metals of fear, pain, anger, resentment and hatred into "gold". The gold here being the love lying as a potential deep within every heart. If you meditate alone or in groups you may wish to help nourish the 2 seeds I planted in the collective consciousness during an energy celebration I held at an ashram in Denmark in 1998. The seeds are:

"May all beings recognise the power of the heart as an alchemical tool."

"May all beings take responsibility for whatever life provokes within them and consciously choose the path of alchemy for the upliftment of consciousness on the planet."

As I see it, the way we move through this year can really make a difference as to whether we have a smooth or rough ride up to the year 2012. Ultimately whichever ride we have will be the one we have and totally OK in that way! There is a fine balance to be found between negativity and positivity. Neither take us beyond the duality. So we need to accept both possible outcomes and then we can choose to play our parts in the cosmic scripts as beautifully as possible. I hope you enjoy the ride!

*This is not an article which goes into detail about this particular subject. My focus here is on the Mayan Calendar and third dimensional time. If you wish to read in depth about the history of this Sun cult and its extraterrestrial origins I suggest David Icke's latest book, "The Biggest Secret".

**Anton Kornblum can be contacted at: "Tzolkin", Gospond Road, Barnham, W. Sussex. PO22OEU.

***Serge Monast's Project Bluebeam research goes into details of scenarios which could be played out in order to create more fear and panic. I describe his work more fully in my first book, "I am Me I am Free".

Jacqueline Maria Longstaff was born in England and is a Danish citizen. She travels and works through her Ashram of the Singing Heart.

Visit the author's website: http://www.singingheart.co.uk

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