Mayan fun,Am I being moderated?

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

Several of my post have not appeared but others posted later have!

Is there something wrong? I hope I am not being censored....Tony.

 

 

, "Joyce Short" <insight@s...> wrote:

>

>

> > >The Mayans in public and more in secret have preserved the

> teachings,

>

>

> Like most everything else, I know nothing much about the Mayans.

But

> recently I went to the Yucatan. And while there we went off to have

a look

> at the great pyramid at Chitzen Itza. My intrepid husband climbed

up the

> pryamid while I, having a fear of heights, cowered at the bottom.

>

> Later, our guide told us that inside the temple was a very

interesting room

> that would later be open to the public after the guard had his tea.

I was

> game for this, assuming that it was just a room inside, no steep

inclines.

>

> Well, inside the temple is a long, very narrow, very steep,

slimey-walled,

> deathly cold, dimly lit staircase that leads up to the top of the

pyramid

> from the inside. No way out, up I climbed sweating and gasping along

with a

> great crowd of others. At the very top is a small room the Mayan

priests

> used for rituals of some sort or other, I didnt even dare speculate.

There

> were candles burning, ghosts everywhere in the gloom. Finally, down

the

> narrow staircase and out we came, suddenly out into spaciousness,

warmth and

> blinding light.

>

> Naturally, I have a lot of speculations about THAT - to say the

least the

> re-birthing folks could have a good session there.

>

> Another interesting tidbit. Apparently the Mayans had games of

football.

> But they had to hit the ball with their hip and it had to go between

the

> goal posts that where at a great height off the ground. Our guide

told us

> that who ever won the game, the captain of that team got to be the

sacrifice

> to the Gods. We kind of chortled at this assuming it would be the

loser who

> would get his head chopped off - but, now I wonder.

>

> Most of my life has been about playing games with life and death,

going into

> and coming out of small spaces - but I've no idea what the Mayans

were

> doing.

>

> Joyce

[Guest guest]

On 5/1/01 at 4:46 PM Tony O'Clery wrote:

 

ºNamaste,

º

ºSeveral of my post have not appeared but others posted later have!

ºIs there something wrong? I hope I am not being censored....Tony.

 

What is wrong is a large delay at . But sometimes that can happen to the

ISP

as well, as was my case today. However the thought of being censored did not

arise

But in your case, the snip squad could come into action.

 

Jan