Contemporary Systems Thinking Tadeja Jere- Lazanski University of Primorska Faculty of Tourism Studies Portorose, Slovenia E-mail: tadeja.lazanski@turistica.si Lige, CASYS09 Mayan calendars were timing the development and evolution of consciousness (individual, societal, universal) The nine-story Mayan pyramids are thus telling us that consciousness is created in a hierarchical way and that each Underworld stands on the foundation of another. (Carl Johan Calleman ) Outline Overview of the Systems and Systems Thinking Through Time Gap in History of Systems Thinking Consciousness Coba Stone - a Structure of Mayan Calendar the Mayan System of Evolution of Consciousness Pyramid - The Model Cycles of Creation Pyramid The Model the Evolutionary System-Conscious Evolution of Each Cycle Principles of Systems Thinking in Mayan and Contemporary Times Conclusions Overview of Systems and Systems Thinking Through Time Phoenician cuneiform Egyptian pyramids I Ching Pre-Socrates philosophy and in Heraclites Mayan society ? ? ? 19th century: Spencer, Pareto, Durkheim 20th century: Bateson, Mead, Bertalanffy, Wiener, Picture source: www.ancientx.com Gap in History of Systems Thinking Analysis has been the dominant mode of thought in the Western world for 400 years. (Ackoff) Q: How come that synthesis and systems thinking were not the mode in Western world between 17th 20th Century ???? Consciousness is the evolutionary system What we pay attention to we become conscious of. Consciousness is the awareness of being aware. (Lungold, 2004) Mayan Calendar is about evolution of consciousness. (Calleman, 2004) Source: http://wakingdownintegral.com/?p=10 Coba Stone - a Structure of Mayan Calendar the Mayan System of Evolution of Consciousness Coba, Mexico: The Mayan Calendar Stone lying under cover next to second ball court, just past Casa de Pinturas (ww.mayannmajix.com ) Picture source: Calleman, Solving the Greatest Mystery of our Time: The Mayan Calendar , 2001, Garev Publishing 16.4 billion years ago 1 st day 1 st night 2 nd day 2 nd night 3 rd day 3 rd night 4 th day 4 th night 5 th day 5 th night 6 th day 6 th night 7 th day 820 million years ago 41 million years ago 2 million years ago 102,000 years ago 3115 BC 1755 AD 5 th Jan 1999 10 th Feb 2011 28 th Oct 2011 - Universal - Galactic - Planetary - National - Cultural - Tribal - Familial - Mammalian - Ends with the beginning of Cellular 1.26 b/yrs 63 m/yrs 3.2 m/yrs 160 k/yrs 8000 yrs 400 yrs 20 yrs 360 days 20 days The Pyramid of Cycles of Creation Picture source : www.mayannmajix.com The evolution of consciousness There are 9 cycles to the evolution of consciousness. Each cycle has 13 Aspects of Creation: 7 days and 6 nights. Therefore each cycle goes through all 13 Aspects of Creation and each cycle accelerated through each aspect. Each cycle length is 1/20 of the previous cycle total length. The days represent certain period of the calendar and the realisation of understanding. The nights represent certain period of the calendar and the application of understanding. The evolution of consciousness 1 st cycle 16.4 b.y.a. (13 hablatuns) creation of the universe. The cycle ends with cellular life. 2 nd cycle 820 m.y.a. (13 alautuns) start of the multi-cellular life.The cycle ends with fully developed mammal species (first live births). 3 rd cycle 41 m.y.a. (13 kinchiltuns) start of the family consciousness. The cycle ends with fully developed family unit in species (first upright apes). 4 th cycle 2 m.y.a. (13 kalabtuns) start of tribe consciousness. The cycle ends with fully developed tribal sets in mammal species (first homo sapiens). 5 th cycle 102,000 y.a. (13 piktuns) start of cultures consciousness. The cycle ends with fully developed and distinct identities between large conglomerated tribal groups (and agriculture established). The evolution of consciousness 6 th cycle 3115 BC (13 baktuns) start of the first nation state consciousness (Egypt )The cycle ends in whole world divided into separate nation states. 7 th cycle 1755 AD (13 katuns) start of a planetary consciousness. Start of the industrial revolution The cycle ends in the global government and international agreements superseding national status. The 1 st true global communication method is fully implemented in the World Wide Web (the Internet!) 8 th cycle 5 th Jan 1999 (13 tuns) start of the galaxy awareness (and yet to end) and we are really discovering what is out there in the galaxy. 9 th cycle 10 th Feb 2011 (13 uinals (=1 tzolkin)) start of the universal consciousness and will end with our knowledge we are one with the universe. 1 st Cycle (Cellular) 2 nd Cycle (Mammalian) 3 rd Cycle (Familial) 4 th Cycle (Tribal) 5 th Cycle (Cultural) 6 th Cycle (National) 7 th Cycle (Planetary) 8 th Cycle (Galactic) 9 th Cycle (Universal) Conscious Co-creation Ethics Power Law & Punishment Reasoning Similarity/Difference Stimulus/Individual Response Stimulus/Response Action/Reaction Conscious Evolution of Each Cycle Source: Calleman, C.J. (2004). The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness: Bear & Co. Rochester Picture source and followied descriptions: www.mayanmajix.com The First, the Second and the Third Cycle 1 st cycle (16.4 b.y.a.) cellular consciousness. Action/Reaction heat/cold, day/night, through a ball and it bounces, equal and opposite reaction. 2 nd cycle (820 m.y.a.) mammalian consciousness. Stimulus/Response scare fish and they turn as a shoal, boxer strikes and opponent ducks, soccer player scores goal and fans cheer, 3 rd cycle (41 m.y.a.) family consciousness. Stimulus/Individual Response scare monkeys and they run in different directions, The Fourth and the Fifth cycle 4 th cycle (2 m.y.a.) tribal consciousness. Similarity/Difference mind takes over from the body, ability to make decisions, seeing similarity and giving different responses, 2 people see a patch of grass, 1 sees it as a lawn the other as a pasture. 5 th cycle (102,000 y.a.) cultural consciousness. Reasoning started by the shamans of the tribal groups when they (the shamans/the learned or wise men) came up with the reasons as to why things are/were the way they are. These shamans then since evolved into priests and religions on the basis of cosmology, through the cultural cycle and formed a single pantheon with the religion of Egypt. This is where people develop their own styles for survival according to their reasons for/of life. The Sixth Cycle 6 th cycle (3115 BC) national consciousness. Law & Punishment concept of good and evil developed (in Hebrew Bible with Adam of Eve they have the Law not to eat the apple, and were duly punished for doing so). This is the idea of retribution. Just in the last aspect (400 years of the 7 th day) we have discovered the Laws of Nature and Science (Laws of Thermodynamics, etc) The Seventh cycle Answering the Gap 7 th cycle (1755 AD) planetary consciousness. Power - People become above the rule of societal law, machines are developed to do the work of men (industrial revolution) Some people have lots of power, knowledge is power, language is power, the internet has brought power, we have horseless carriages with engines that have the power of many horses. (As a note there is no good or bad power as consciousness has no good or evil, it is the individual viewpoint of the application of power that makes the use of power good or evil. To the universal consciousness everything is just an experience there is no good or bad experience) A: The evolution of human consciousness did not allow the systems thinking to appear as common thinking before the time. The Eighth Cycle (5 th Jan 1999) galactic consciousness Ethics Spontaneous solutions through the application of law and power to the benefit to all and everyone. Abuses of power are getting exposed. The general public are realising they are the ones with the true power and can do more than the leaders. Ethics are a refined consciousness. The Ninth Cycle (10 th Feb 2011) universal consciousness Conscious Co-creation Only a few people experience conscious co-creation. CONSCIOUSNESS>THOUGHT>LIGHT>MANIFEST (order of priority) Principles of Systems Thinking: Mayan and Modern Systems Thinking MAYAN SYSTEMS THINKING PRINCIPLES MODERN SYSTEMS THINKING PRINCIPLES The Divine plan The Big picture Long term, short term perspectives Long term, short term perspectives Measurable and no measurable data Measurable and no measurable data Dynamic, complex and interdependent Dynamic, Complex and interdependent We are part of a system We are part of a system Mayan Divine Plan and Systems Big Picture Personal Intent means knowing what (and where) you are supposed to be doing with your life and how you can develop your own consciousness. Consciousness is orientated by time, place, personal intent for being there and the intuition of being tied up in something much bigger than the self. Time Place Time Place Picture source:www.mayannmajix.com Adapted from: www.mayannmajix.com Conclusion Systems thinking was overlooked for Western cultures analytical and reductionistic worldview, which resulted in the last 400 years. Consciousness is an evolutionary system Mayan TUN Calendar is the System of Evolution of Consciousness Pyramids are the Models of Consciousness and the Cycles of Creation Mayan Systems Principles and Modern Systems Thinking Principles The Divine Plan or the Big Picture (Holistic Approach) The Integration of All Systems What from my perspective seems most valuable with it is that it is possible to say that there is scientific recognition for this theory about the Mayan calendar, something that has hardly happened before. (Calleman, 2009)
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