Did You Know...
... In one year the moon circles the earth 13 times in one year?
... In the current global standard calendar, a month doesn't correspond to one natural cycle?
... The word "calendar" comes from the Roman word, "Calends", which was the
name of the account book, the book recording monthly debts and
bills to be paid?
... Time isn't money?
... September means seven, but is the ninth month?
... March is named for Mars, the Roman God of War?
... July and August are named for Julius and Augustus Caesar?
By blindingly accepting this irrational disorder of names, do we not predispose
ourselves to accept irrational disorder in commonplace things around us, and
even within the fabric of our society, seeking but a superficial treatment of
symptoms while ignoring the roots?
If today is Monday, June 1st, what day of the week will July 1st be?
August 1st? November 1st?
This is not the first time people have used a 13 Moon calendar. The druids kept a "tree" calendar, a count of 13 moons of 28 days each, plus one day. They were not the only ones to keep such a calendar, the Incans, ancient Egyptians,Mayans, and the Polynesians all kept a 13 moon/28 day count. The Lakota Indians kept a 13 moon/28 day count based on the keya, or turtle, since the turtle has 13 scales on its back. Modern science has discovered that even dolphins keep time with 13 sets of 28 grooves along their teeth!
Could it be we have lost touch with our roots, and by doing so lost touch with each other? Without a single unifying point there could be no way to bring together the people of distinct cultures and beliefs in peace. With this goal, the New Time Peace Movement was born.
If you were to build a house, wouldn't you use a ruler of equal measure?
The current twelve month calendar is made of months of unequal measure:
31 days, 28 or 29 days, 31 days, 30 days, 31 days, 30 days, 31 days, 31
days, 30 days and 31 days.
If you have a crooked standard of measure, and follow it because your parents
were also following it, isn't it still crooked? Time is the atmosphere of the mind,
a mentally perceived phenomenon. So, if you have a crooked or inaccurate
measure of time, you will create a crooked mind. Change the calendar.
Change the time. Change your mind.
13 Moon/28-day Calendar.
Equal Standard of Measure.
Current Twelve Month Calendar. Months have unequal units of measure.
| I am in favor of a standardized calendar for the whole
world, just as I am in favor of a universal coinage for all countries, and a supplementary artificial language (like Esperanto, for example) for all peoples ... I am always ready to endorse any honest movement which will help unify the peoples of the world." - Mahatma Gandhi, Journal of Calendar Reform, 1931 |