The Mayan people interpreted the world as a spiritual, moral interrelated system that demands respect, gratitude and moderation. Each individual has a predetermined mission, a job or an inevitable function among the elements that make up the universe.
Important aspects of cosmovision:
- Everything is sacred.
- Corn is the base of life.
- Everything has life, an image, a heart, a spirit that is shared by the universe.
- Everything is alive. Everything that exists in the sacred universe has a function that is the reason for its existence.
- Everything has a mother and a father.
- Everything needs to nourish and support itself.
- Everything is related.
- Everything has a language. We should speak respectfully to every being and instrument in every situation, everything has meaning.
