Time and the Technosphere: The Law of Time in Human Affairs

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Summary: Yuppy Metaphysics for the Fashionably Enlightened
Review: If time is of the essence-then Jose Arguelles has cornered the market on chronological intrigue with his most recent offering published by Bear and Company. The ultimate darling of the New Age movement and world famous co-ordinator of the so called Harmonic Convergence day which came and went back in the summer of 1987, Arguelles offers us a sobering perhaps inspiring look at the various calendrical systems imposed upon us such as the Gregorian, Julian, etc. In Time and the Technosphere:The Law of Time in Human Affairs. He advocates a calendar that accomodates the 13th moon-which has been globally occluded, deliberately speaking, by such vectors as the Holy Roman Empire and others of like minded oppression. Yet in spite of his good intentions at liberating us from the matrix of linearity, there is a kind of messianic condescension that sets the tone of this book throughout. Calling 9-11 the `inevitable event' Arguelles distances himself with a kind of chronological nomenclature that only the privileged few can ever appreciate, let alone understand. Here's an example of his tone:

` I am the stranger from the other side of the wall of mechanized time, I have come back to make you familiar with the time your clock and calendar shield you from.....'

I suppose I should be very grateful for such a timely second coming on Arguelles part but it is hard to swallow his obvious elitism. Time and the Technosphere is a book to be talked about over a nice Chablis and Neufchatel cheese not over beer and Pizza.

Rating:
Summary: Yuppy Metaphysics for the Fashionably Enlightened
Review: If time is of the essence-then Jose Arguelles has cornered the market on chronological intrigue with his most recent offering published by Bear and Company. The ultimate darling of the New Age movement and world famous co-ordinator of the so called Harmonic Convergence day which came and went back in the summer of 1987, Arguelles offers us a sobering perhaps inspiring look at the various calendrical systems imposed upon us such as the Gregorian, Julian, etc. In Time and the Technosphere:The Law of Time in Human Affairs. He advocates a calendar that accomodates the 13th moon-which has been globally occluded, deliberately speaking, by such vectors as the Holy Roman Empire and others of like minded oppression. Yet in spite of his good intentions at liberating us from the matrix of linearity, there is a kind of messianic condescension that sets the tone of this book throughout. Calling 9-11 the 'inevitable event' Arguelles distances himself with a kind of chronological nomenclature that only the privileged few can ever appreciate, let alone understand. Here's an example of his tone:

' I am the stranger from the other side of the wall of mechanized time, I have come back to make you familiar with the time your clock and calendar shield you from.....'

I suppose I should be very grateful for such a timely second coming on Arguelles part but it is hard to swallow his obvious elitism. Time and the Technosphere is a book to be talked about over a nice Chablis and Neufchatel cheese not over beer and Pizza.

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Summary: The Art of Timing
Review: If you've always loved calendars as works of art in themselves, Time and the Technosphere by Jose Arguelles will upgrade your view of them as such. If you've always viewed calendars and timing as merely formalities Arguelles' book succeeds most admirably in upgrading your view of what's really going on when you locate yourself within a time grid. He's most convincing when
showing that we are how we time ourselves. The sins of the Gregorian Calendar are well known and Arguelles suggests a new timing device that's so sensible its like comparing inches to meters. Dividing a year into 13 months of 28 days with one day off to grow on, seems reasonable. Where to begin the New Year will probably always be controversial. The point of the Spring Equinox seems the most logical but Arguelles proposes an ancient point, July 26 when the Sun is conjunct the constellation Sirius,
giving this calendar a distinctly New World/Mayan/Native American flavor that's appealing. The Old World has held the clock over us too long. The other connections to the Mayans base 20 counting system are harder to fathom but most intriguing. What's most disappointing is that this calendar is solar based and does not literally link up with the ebb and flow of the real lunar calendar. You need We'Moon (at another location at Amazon) for that. So you're still stuck with at least two different calendar systems. If you love calendars like me, maybe that's no problem. Arguelles book is a door opening to a new way of thinking about our world, sometimes difficult and challenging...

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Summary: Visionary of the New Time
Review: The Mayan calendar has become increasingly popular outside of Mesoamerica over the past twenty years. One of the driving forces behind the movement is Dr. José Argüelles and his many books including The Mayan Factor, Dreamspell, and Earth Ascending.

Jose and his wife, Lloydine, regularly travel the world, spreading their vision of a new approach to how we consider and exist alongside Time. They believe that as a society, we can solve our collective problems by changing to a new calendar based on the natural time of the cosmos. Argüelles works full time on behalf of the World Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement and is president of the Foundation for the Law of Time.

In the long awaited sequel to the author's bestselling book The Mayan Factor, Argüelles explains the Great Calendar Change of 2004 and its enormous potential for the future of humanity. Time and the Technosphere presents a unique study that distinguishes the concept of 'Natural Time' from the artificial mechanistic time known as the 'Technosphere', under which we currently live.

The premise for the study is simple: the time structure that governs human civilisation is not the same as the time structure governing the rest of the biosphere. The term biosphere refers to what is commonly and inadequately called 'the environment.' As such the biosphere is a whole system, 'composite of the sum of life and its organic and inorganic support systems spread out over the surface of the Earth, hence bio = 'life' and sphere = 'having the form of a globe.' (Arguelles, p. 2)

This form of 'Artificial Time' establishes a frequency that governs humanity apart from the rest of life. Argüelles defines the actual nature of time as the frequency of synchronisation of all things, and by applying this concept or 'Law' of Time to the entire system of life on Earth, he illustrates a way humanity can assist Earth's ability to sustain life.

Until the creation of the Gregorian calendar and the 60-minute hour, most of humanity lived by the 28-day cycle of natural time. The adoption of artificial time has subjected us to a 12:60 time frequency that governs the entire global industrialised civilisation, which Arguelles defines as the Technosphere.

Our perception of time is intrinsically linked to our perception of everything around us. Time is also very central to our experience of mind, and the primary effect on our perception of time is the calendar. Theoretically, the Gregorian calendar is imposed over natural cycles, which minimises our ability to see natural cycles. It is designed for material functionality, following the seasons and the working week, but it implicitly keeps us from seeing the full cyclical nature of time.

By using a calendar based on materialism, we are locked into a material way of seeing time and hence a material level of consciousness. We cannot escape this pattern until we switch to a calendar that's designed to promote sustainability and a revised and natural experience of mind. By changing our definition of time and adopting a natural harmonic calendar based on the 13-moon 28-day cycle, humanity's existence operates in tandem with the Universe rather than in opposition.

To be realised and then applied, the science of time is dependent on two factors: a sudden and radical disruption of the historical continuum, and a genuine globalisation or planetisation of consciousness. According to Argüelles, the break in historical continuum is necessary to jolt the human consciousness from its stagnant and entropic state, while the globalised consciousness is necessary for the application of this law at a planetary whole systems level.

Argüelles suggests that the radical jolt to the human consciousness occurred on September 11 with the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York. As the signal of the end of artificial time, this act created doubt in the mind of modern humanity in regard to the artificial technosphere. It provided an opportunity to consider the nature of life and consciousness in a different perspective. This was an opening of humanity's mental envelope or 'noosphere'. The remainder of Argüelles' work elaborates on this matter, and the possible, and somewhat inevitable, circumstances it will initiate.

Humanity now has an opportunity to leave the errors of the past and enter a time of peace by adopting a harmonious natural calendar that will repair the damages caused by the irregular tempo of technospheric time.

Through careful research, Argüelles claims to have discovered that the best (and last) chance to adopt this natural time structure is the Great Calendar Change of 2004. This theory is based on the author's mathematical research into the Mayan calendar first begun in his work The Mayan Factor.

In Time and the Technosphere, Argüelles reveals the clear distinction between third-dimensional astronomical time and the fourth-dimensional synchronic order of the Law of Time, which he believes, holds enormous potential for the future of humanity.

Argüelles is interesting reading for those who are prepared to think outside the square of established pattern. Argüelles' research may not find converts everywhere, but it certainly presents extremely relevant and thought provoking concepts. Time and Technosphere is a good start for those who want to understand the paradigm shift that may be already underway.

Rating:
Summary: Visionary of the New Time
Review: The Mayan calendar has become increasingly popular outside of Mesoamerica over the past twenty years. One of the driving forces behind the movement is Dr. José Argüelles and his many books including The Mayan Factor, Dreamspell, and Earth Ascending.

Jose and his wife, Lloydine, regularly travel the world, spreading their vision of a new approach to how we consider and exist alongside Time. They believe that as a society, we can solve our collective problems by changing to a new calendar based on the natural time of the cosmos. Argüelles works full time on behalf of the World Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement and is president of the Foundation for the Law of Time.

In the long awaited sequel to the author�s bestselling book The Mayan Factor, Argüelles explains the Great Calendar Change of 2004 and its enormous potential for the future of humanity. Time and the Technosphere presents a unique study that distinguishes the concept of �Natural Time� from the artificial mechanistic time known as the �Technosphere�, under which we currently live.

The premise for the study is simple: the time structure that governs human civilisation is not the same as the time structure governing the rest of the biosphere. The term biosphere refers to what is commonly and inadequately called �the environment.� As such the biosphere is a whole system, �composite of the sum of life and its organic and inorganic support systems spread out over the surface of the Earth, hence bio = �life� and sphere = �having the form of a globe.� (Arguelles, p. 2)

This form of �Artificial Time� establishes a frequency that governs humanity apart from the rest of life. Argüelles defines the actual nature of time as the frequency of synchronisation of all things, and by applying this concept or �Law� of Time to the entire system of life on Earth, he illustrates a way humanity can assist Earth�s ability to sustain life.

Until the creation of the Gregorian calendar and the 60-minute hour, most of humanity lived by the 28-day cycle of natural time. The adoption of artificial time has subjected us to a 12:60 time frequency that governs the entire global industrialised civilisation, which Arguelles defines as the Technosphere.

Our perception of time is intrinsically linked to our perception of everything around us. Time is also very central to our experience of mind, and the primary effect on our perception of time is the calendar. Theoretically, the Gregorian calendar is imposed over natural cycles, which minimises our ability to see natural cycles. It is designed for material functionality, following the seasons and the working week, but it implicitly keeps us from seeing the full cyclical nature of time.

By using a calendar based on materialism, we are locked into a material way of seeing time and hence a material level of consciousness. We cannot escape this pattern until we switch to a calendar that�s designed to promote sustainability and a revised and natural experience of mind. By changing our definition of time and adopting a natural harmonic calendar based on the 13-moon 28-day cycle, humanity�s existence operates in tandem with the Universe rather than in opposition.

To be realised and then applied, the science of time is dependent on two factors: a sudden and radical disruption of the historical continuum, and a genuine globalisation or planetisation of consciousness. According to Argüelles, the break in historical continuum is necessary to jolt the human consciousness from its stagnant and entropic state, while the globalised consciousness is necessary for the application of this law at a planetary whole systems level.

Argüelles suggests that the radical jolt to the human consciousness occurred on September 11 with the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York. As the signal of the end of artificial time, this act created doubt in the mind of modern humanity in regard to the artificial technosphere. It provided an opportunity to consider the nature of life and consciousness in a different perspective. This was an opening of humanity�s mental envelope or �noosphere�. The remainder of Argüelles� work elaborates on this matter, and the possible, and somewhat inevitable, circumstances it will initiate.

Humanity now has an opportunity to leave the errors of the past and enter a time of peace by adopting a harmonious natural calendar that will repair the damages caused by the irregular tempo of technospheric time.

Through careful research, Argüelles claims to have discovered that the best (and last) chance to adopt this natural time structure is the Great Calendar Change of 2004. This theory is based on the author�s mathematical research into the Mayan calendar first begun in his work The Mayan Factor.

In Time and the Technosphere, Argüelles reveals the clear distinction between third-dimensional astronomical time and the fourth-dimensional synchronic order of the Law of Time, which he believes, holds enormous potential for the future of humanity.

Argüelles is interesting reading for those who are prepared to think outside the square of established pattern. Argüelles� research may not find converts everywhere, but it certainly presents extremely relevant and thought provoking concepts. Time and Technosphere is a good start for those who want to understand the paradigm shift that may be already underway.

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Summary: READ THIS BOOK!
Review: This is probably the most important book that has ever been written... Why? Because it explains how an error in time (the way we think about time) has caused us to create a technosphere that is completely out of tune with the rest of the biosphere. This is a seriously great book -- you should read it now!