SPIRITUAL CENOTES

Written By Duane Nelson


2 IDEAS FROM ME

  • Connecting with natural wonders can be a spiritual experience. 66 million years ago an asteroid the size of Mount Everest impacted the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and created the Chicxulub Crater 180 km wide and 20 km deep. Scientists discovered the crater buried beneath layers of limestone using geophysical, gravitational, and drilling surveys. They matched the timing with the global layer of iridium-rich clay, impact melt rock, shocked quartz, and glass spherules marking the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction of dinosaurs, paving the way for mammals and humans. Three hundred cenotes “limestone cave sink holes filled with crystal clear water, stalactites, and stalagmites” are located along the rim of the crater. These cenotes are among ten thousand cenotes on the Yucatan used by Mayan ancestors for spiritual ceremonies and insights.

  • Spirituality is like diving into a Yucatan cenote—rare, luminous, and hidden beneath the surface. From above, the entrance may seem small, unremarkable. But once you descend, light filters through the depths, and reflects off the walls, revealing a world untouched, sacred, and still. The deeper you go, the more beauty you uncover. Just like the soul, its treasures aren’t on the surface—they await those brave enough to go inward, into the silent shimmer of the divine.

2 QUOTES FROM SAGES

  • “At the center of your being you have the answer. You know who you are and you know what you want.”—Lao Tzu

  • “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”—Carl Jung

1 QUESTION FOR YOU TO EXPLORE

  • How could you connect with natural wonders and deepen your spiritual insights?

Namaste,

Duane Nelson

Duane Nelson

Ultrajourney Insight is an Anacortes Washington-based non-profit organization providing mindfulness & well-being services designed to ignite the adventure of a lifetime. The founder, Duane Nelson, is a writer, speaker, and teacher with four decades of parenting, wilderness, & international technology leadership. His professional insights come from chemical engineering and automation leadership at Philips, Intel, and Amazon. His adventure insights flow from ultramarathons, mountaineering, canyoneering, and adventure racing in Nepal, Alaska, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Mexico, British Columbia and Alberta.

https://ultrajourneyinsight.org
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