Mexican Skies is fortunate to have attracted the attention of Albert Coffee. He is an astro-archaeologist, currently the director of the language center at the University of the Sea (Universidad del Mar), Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. He is a scholar, who studies ancient cultures and their relationship with astronomy, focusing on the prehispanic cultures of mesoamerica. And he has generously agreed to share some of his work with us. With degrees in Anthropology and Geology, and many years spent digging up ruins, Albert knows his stuff. More importantly, he knows how to bring it alive. Ancient cultures didn't simply live differently, they thought differently, and Albert has the ability to show us the ancient world through ancient eyes. He is that rare breed of scientist/poet, and Mexican Skies is proud to welcome him to the family.

Inspiration came back to me today in a song. It rose up like the mist in the morning time. A kaleidoscope of color circled in every dewdrop. The light and sound were like nothing I had ever seen or heard. It was beyond seeing. It was beyond hearing. Life was fractured into a prismatic state. I heard it as I walked down a city street. It was brought on by the sound of a drumbeat or hammers pounding on rock. I couldn't decipher between the two but I was immediately enveloped by visions of temples being built and artificial mountains being raised, brick by brick. I then imagined their destruction at the hands of a foreign invader. I imagined the toil, the sweat, the blood and the death that it took to construct the sacred centers of the human heart and what it took to destroy them. It suddenly became clear to me, as the rain drifted over in sheets coming in from the darkened sky to the East, that the music came from the water and that the water was going to save us all.

It's been more than fifty years since one of the most peaceful and enlightened cultures on Earth was outlawed by the Chinese communist government, and the Dalai Lama forced into exile. When will this momentous wrong be made right? Does anybody care? The Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people have not given up. They wait, with the kind of spiritual patience unknown to the western psyche. Oh yes, we could all learn a lot from Tibet. Why aren't governments like Canada doing something? Because there are no votes in it, that's why. It's time to change that, and let our governments know that we do care. To learn more about the culture and history of Tibet, and what you can do to help, visit The Government of Tibet in Exile.