5 Light Calendar
5 Mt Teachings on the 5 Lights
(FIRESTAR)
In the Living Gods, Let the hallowed Light of Transcendent Truth be praised. Let the Sweet Mystery of Miryai awaken in the heart of hearts.
5
Lights
It is important to note that the categorizing of things into fives here is not dependent on their outer manifestation as in some systems. For instance, the Chinese system of 5 elements often categorizes food solely by their outer 5 colors. Here food is categorized by underlining botanical realities - something that was not available before modern science. This five fold system is inspired by many ancient viewpoints, but is not constrained by them. Where science has made available deeper realities, deviation from traditional allocations has been made based on new information unavailable to the ancients. A global awareness of cultural and historical limitations and miopic viewpoints has made five fold analysis of larger and larger concepts and patterns possible.
So this Teaching is structured around
the concept of the "5 Lights". These 5 Lights form the backbone and
structure of this system. These 5 Lights have 5 colors, 5 tastes, 5 stars,
5 seasons, 5 Religions, and so on. Since everything is organized around
this five-fold system, it is worth taking a moment to introduce these Lights.
They are not just the 5 elements of Pythagoras and the Greeks and states
of matter like solid, liquid, gaseous, but indicate something different:
Some of the river civilizations
also categorized things as male and female, or yin and yang, which is something
also used in this system. For example: Aramaic esoteric movements of the
middle east considered barley a male grain, and wheat a female, and
emphasized barley and critiqued wheat as a "Greek" food. Barley is emphasized
in this system as well, but not for this reason. Here we will speak
mainly of the five fold division of things even tho we also recognize a
yin yang aspect to each of the five as well. The various Mountains often
had an origin of all things tradition that placed the five lights at the
beginning of things. The system here seeks to delve down to the core essence
of things and all phenomenah, including our own consciousness. Having foundational
traditions that echo this approach is informative. The tradition of seeing
things as manifestations of five root energies manifest in most of the
5
Mt regions: The Bonpos of Tibet categorize almost everything into 5
buddha families or 5 elements. The Pythagoreans and Gnostics were known
to acknoweldge 5 elements as well. Manichaeans were famous for their 5
Lights and fivefold categorization of everything. Zen practicioners saw
things organized by their five Dhyani Buddhas, and the Mandaeans had their
5 Kings of Light and 5 Kings of darkness.
Like a computer running on an ancient operating system, modern minds are still hampered by the subconscious limitations of the old Summerian seven, twelve and sixty fold time and calendar system. Considered insignificant, this underlying influence of this sevenfold system of categorization remains unappreciated until supplanted by another system of time. The fivefold system outlined hereafter is offered as a means to free the mind from the shackles of the old and to open up new possibilities. If for no other reason, a repeating pattern of 5 instead of 7 or 12 represents a speeding up of cycles."Our consciousness and society are profoundly affected by the calendar that we use. Time is the atmosphere of the mind. We perceive time with our minds, not with any of the five basic senses. A calendar is an artificial construct whose primary purpose is to keep track of time, most commonly to keep track of the passing of days. Because time is mentally perceived, the calendar we use creates constructs of the mind. Hence, the way we keep track of the passing of days creates constructs of consciousness within the society that is largely coordinated by its calendar." -Tussing, et al
Lunar Calendars
Please note that the length
of various periods is not always an equal metric division of the year into
five parts, and that length of time further divided into five equal parts.
Rather, the length of different periods varies according to moon phases,
sunrise and sunset times, equinox times and other changing seasonal time
markers.
5 Great Years
The
Year
5
Great Seasons
5
Day Weeks
5 Part Days
Time
Segmentation
(Mars)
