Unification of Wisdom- About the Film- Why Unity now?
The film Unification of Wisdom explores and pulls together the heart of Mayan wisdom and indigenous prophecies through the life story of Tz'utujil Mayan elder known as Tata Pedro Cruz. The story journey's through his life of war, cultural opression, cultural genocide, to where he is today which is that of working to teach those within his own communities the traditions of his culture as well as sharing the wisdom of the Mayan calendar with the world. His goal is to restore the culture of the Youth in his community and country, and for them to have an understanding of the traditional Maya practices and the sacred Mayan fire ceremony.
We journey through his life as a child through abandonment, war, and ultimately into his adulthood, where he is now walking the path of a Mayan spiritual guide (Ajq'iij), working to unite his neighboring Mayan communities with one another, and to ultimately unite the people of the world through understanding the Mayan Calendar, and acting as a voice of the Maya people. He takes a brave and bold step to teach the Mayan Calendar to the outside world, recognizing that the Mayan Calendar has the ability to connect us all to eachother and the planet. He journey's beyond his village to teach people the truth of who the Maya are, what the calendar is about, and his dream for a united future.
Why Unity Now?
We have arrived at a critical and essential period in our history. It is necessary and crucial that we recognize the indigenous people of the world and eachother. For thousands of years the indigenous throughout the world have undergone persecution for their beliefs and have been widely oppressed through the westward expansion and imperialism. Through all of the injustice, they have remained strong and there are few throughout the indigenous communities who have held onto the spirit of their culture and who have not swayed to the influences of the western ideologies. The indigenous all around the globe have for centuries been the closest people to the Earth. In the case of Tata Pedro he has been able to carry out his heritage and cultural traditions of the Maya despite the Spanish invasion and influences in the west that have placed many misconceptions around the practices of the Maya.
For centuries the knowledge of the Maya has remained within their communities. Given the current state that our planet is in, Tata Pedro and others realize that the time is now to share this information and knowledge with us and connect us back into nature and the natural cycles of life and the universe.