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with their past? When were they going to stop wanting to be what they weren’t?
    His grandmother died without finding the answer to these questions, and Júbilo, though visibly affected by herdeath for quite some time, never stopped trying to decipher the enigma of the hieroglyphics. His mathematical studies finally led him to the key to the Mayan calendar. All the wisdom achieved by the amazing Mayan astronomers was locked within thirteen numbers and twenty symbols. The Mayans were acutely aware of the skies that surrounded them and the movement of the planets. Not only could they predict eclipses with great precision, but they could also calculate Earth’s orbit around the sun with an accuracy to within a thousandth of a decimal point of the calculations of modern science. How could this be explained in a civilization that didn’t have modern instruments of measurement? That hadn’t even reached the point of discovering the use of the wheel as a means of transportation?
    Júbilo arrived at the conclusion that it was because the Mayans were able to establish an intimate connection with the universe that surrounded them. They used the term
Kuxán Suum
to define the way we are connected with the galaxy.
Kuxán Suum
translates as “The Way to the Sky That Leads to the Universe’s Umbilical Cord”—a line that extends from the solar plexus of each man and passes through the sun until it reaches the
Hunab-Kú
, which translates as “The Beginning of Life Beyond the Sun.” For the Mayans, the universe was not separated or atomized. They believed that a subtle web of fibers maintained a constant connection between certain bodies. In other words, that the galaxy was integrated in a resonating matrix, within which the transmission of informationoccurred instantaneously. And that any individual who had the necessary sensitivity to perceive the resonance of specific objects could connect with them and enjoy immediate access to all cosmic knowledge. He could perceive the resonance of objects. Of course, when the
Kuxán Suum
became obscured we could not connect with anything, since our own resonance was diminished, and although the sun could be right in front of us, it wouldn’t say anything to us.
    It was very interesting to imagine the galaxy as a resonating box. To resonate means to echo. And to echo means to vibrate. The whole universe pulses, vibrates, echoes. Where? In objects equipped to receive energy waves. Júbilo discovered that pointed objects were more efficient for receiving energy than rounded objects. So the construction of pyramids by his ancestors, as well as the raising of telegraph posts by his contemporaries, seemed completely logical to him.
    His understanding of this phenomenon provided him with an explanation for his having been born with a pointed skull, which acted as a powerful antenna and served marvelously for connecting with the cosmos. And for his erect member, which connected him with the deepest and most sonorous matrix in the world: his wife’s. This was the basis of Júbilo’s ability to establish a strong connection with people, even across distances. More surprisingly, he could connect with objects too, and even with something as abstract as numbers. A possible explanation for this lay in that Júbilo, being a high-frequencyantenna, not only intercepted subtle vibrations from all things but also was in complete harmony with them. In other words, he not only perceived the vibrating waves but became one with them, vibrating at the same rate and frequency. Like the sound of a guitar cord being strummed and then echoed by another cord tuned to the same note. The second cord, even though it hasn’t been touched, will vibrate at the same time as the first. For Júbilo, echoing was the best way to respond to a vibration that said, “Here I am.” It was his way of saying, “Here I am too, and I am vibrating right along with you.”
    And so it wasn’t so strange that Júbilo could communicate