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 "The center law" of the ancient grandparents notes that the human being should try to balance the four directions of existence at its center, to achieve transcendence. The dilemma of being in the middle of two pairs of complementing opposites and the existential challenge of seeking balance to transcend.

In life, one cannot be totally spiritual, totally materialistic; totally rational, or totally intuitive. Each of these four complementing opposites must be in balance. If balance is achieved (which happens in the Center) the individual is able to ascend and evolve; but if balance is lost and one of the four opposite becomes heavier, human falls in the degraded depths of stupidity, as is dragged by the "inertia of matter" that leads to destruction or corruption. Losing the wonderful opportunity of transcending existence.

"The Nahuatl hieroglyphic most familiar is a figure that, under endless variants, is always formed by four points united a center, disposition called quincunxe. As demonstrated by Eduardo Seler, five is the number of the center and this in turn, constitutes the point of contact between heaven and earth. For greater accuracy, the quincunxe also designates the gemstone that symbolizes the heart, meeting place of the opposing principles. It is then, jointed by a sign all the characteristics of the Fifth Sun —heart of the Sky—, expressed in mythology... Everything is admirably structured.

''Is it not, in fact, the Fifth Sun of the man—god whose heart became the planet Venus? and was it not precisely Quetzalcoatl who inaugurated the Center Era revealing the existence of a force capable of defeating inertia?''

''But there's more. The quincunxe also accompanies the God of fire —also God of the Center and therefore called "navel of the earth"—..., the Center Law abolished the opponents’ fragmentation. Based on the stars revolutions and arduous calculations these cycles go, starting from the simplest —death and nature resurrection—, to include immense units which are intended for the mystical search of moments of supreme liberation, hence the concordances between the individual soul and the''