January 10
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REPORT FROM THE WALK:
Letter from Martin Slayback
to his family back in
Hi Mom – Hi Sis –
Sorry it took me so long to write. It’s hard to find
the time, so much is happening. I’m so glad I am on this EarthWalk. Thanks for
encouraging me to give it a try. I’ve met some really neat people and more keep
joining us every day. Everyone is using the EarthWalk to get in better shape or
lose weight or enjoy seeing the world. We are getting along great with each
other and everyone helps everyone else.
A couple days ago we were in the mountains near
We’ve had this neat guide named Juan. He’s an old Yaqui Indian. Really knows a lot about living outdoors. He
brought us all the way to the ruins of this huge city called Teotihuacán. There
we met his good friend Senior Genaro. I want to tell
you all about this amazing place and what happened to us there. Teotihuacán was
once the sixth largest city in the world. Over a quarter
million people. But that was over fifteen hundred years ago. It was the
biggest city in the
We got there in the middle of the night and Juan and
Mr. Genaro talked with the guard for quite a while.
Before long they were laughing really loud and having a great time. The guard
let us through the gate into the city. I was told it was only the second time
in over twenty years that people had been let in after the place closes at
sunset. The place is huge – several miles big. We walked through the dark along
paths between ruined buildings and across a large field and into this entrance
of what looked like some pyramid shaped stone building. It was the
We walked into a large room and a couple lanterns were
lit. Mr. Genaro told us this was a very special place.
We would be staying here until mid-morning. He told us to rest up. The
beneficial influence of being in the temple would come to us through just
breathing the air here and also through a deeper vibrational
influence coming from the way the temple was constructed. The air in the temple
was cool and moist. We settled in to rest and it was surprisingly comfortable.
I fell asleep almost right away.
I woke up much later and saw people were coming and
going from the temple. They looked like tourists. Soon Juan and Mr. Genaro said it was time to go. Juan said we were going to
climb to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun, the largest pyramid in
We went out into the bright sun and walked up this
wide avenue and climbed up the very steep side of the Pyramid of the Sun. There
are over 150 of us now, so it is quite a big group.
At the flat top there was enough room for all of us to
sit facing the center. There was a two foot square stone at the center. This
archeologist from
What happened next is hard for me to describe. The light
kept getting brighter so that you really couldn’t see much. I could see the
people next to me sort of, but everything further away was just washed out by
the light. The tingling in my spine kept getting stronger and I was losing any
sense of weight or up or down. Next to me I saw Swami Walkalotta
and he looked translucent – I could kinda see through
him. I saw him rise up a bit and then I felt a jolt of energy. It was like
someone had turned on a breaker switch and more energy was going through me than
I thought possible. Swami shot up into the sky and was gone. The light got even
brighter and I must have passed out. Some time later I woke up. Maybe it was
just a few seconds later. I couldn’t tell. I was laying
over against someone and it looked like everyone else was just waking up too.
The light was back to normal and I saw the archeologist closing the case on the
ball and putting it away. We couldn’t talk. Juan passed around a couple jugs of
water. After we got our orientation back we went back down the pyramid and
walked past the pyramid of the moon at the end of the long avenue and kept
heading East.
Later in the afternoon we stopped for a rest and Mr. Genero, who had become our new guide, (I didn’t see Juan
around anymore) sat down next to me. I asked him to explain what happened back
there on the pyramid. He looked at me for a while like he was evaluating what I
could be told. Then he laughed real loud and slapped me on the back.
“That was something wasn’t it!”
He pulled a sheet of paper out of his shirt pocket and
unfolded it.
“Someone near the gate was watching and drew this
picture”
“Some people say they saw a ball of light grow at the
top of the pyramid, then some type of UFO appeared and beamed a light directly
down at the pyramid and then this thing that this person drew happened.”
“That gold sphere, long ago, was kept in that city.
The ceremony we did use to get done all the time. The people who lived there
felt it made them smarter. They got good ideas after those ceremonies. They
invented lots of things. Created good medicines. Lots of things.
Then the ball went missing. Probably
stolen.
The people got stupid. They started doing human
sacrifices on the pyramid thinking that would maybe get the gods attention and
help them. But it didn’t work of course. It didn’t take long before the city
was destroyed and abandoned.”
I guess I was stunned. I was staring at him with my
mouth wide open. He pointed at me and laughed and laughed.
“You know what we did today was very important. We are
beginning to restore a deep balance and harmony to the earth. There is much
more to be done, and the people on this EarthWalk have chosen to take
responsibility and do what needs to be done.”
Well, mom, sis, I’ve been thinking about all this a
lot. We’re heading back down from the mountains toward a place near Veracruz on
the gulf coast side of Mexico. I’ll write again when I get a chance.
Love, Martin
THE FREE LUNCH COMPETITON:
THE RACE FOR GETTING
THE POINTS FOR INCREASING TRIBE SIZE IN
There will also be points awarded for the top 5 individuals in weight loss, walking, running, swimming and biking.
Currently those leaders are:
Weight Loss:
Michelle Williams – 11.5 pounds
Walking:
Leo Huddleston – 117.45 miles
Running (tie):
Carmen Taylor and Denise Martin – 48 miles
Biking:
Douglas Kern – 167.7 miles
Swimming:
Terri Carson – 5.95 miles
To see all the current standings including the new tribal size report:
Total Individual Miles http://www.computercoop.com/EarthWalkMiles.html
All Other Miles Stats http://www.computercoop.com/morenumbers.htm
To see all the ways to get free lunch points http://www.computercoop.com/freelunchfortwo.htm
CONSCIOUS LIVING
PROJECT HEADQUARTERS IN OMAHAHA:
These are two of the star new website designers, Moddle and Hoople getting some appreciation. They just finished the new report that shows the size of each tribe. See there work here:
http://www.computercoop.com/EarthWalkTribeSize.html