Being attacked and reading lies being told about you on someones blog; is startling to say the least. If you look closely at just "how" the "attacker" goes about their attack, their choice of words and the level they will stoop too, this will disclose the attackers true colors - it becomes obvious when you look at this type of behavior that they are being manipulated by "some thing" that is dark and perhaps evil. What to do when you are attacked on someones blog? hope that it goes away? that it automatically stops? attack back by lowering yourself to their level?
Recently, a friend called me to let me know that I was one of those "victims" being attacked on a woman's blog who is "supposed" to be following a spiritual path. What is she thinking?? she is not! - she is being manipulated to spread lies and is causing harm to others reputations - and, she is hurting herself through the sacred pipe she carries. I will say no more about that piece.
This "spiritual woman" went "digging" for some dirt on another woman's web sight, and claims that I wrote a letter posted there soliciting money for someone I do not know, and have never even been associated with, and because the person who wrote the letter, happens to have signed her first name only, which happens to be my first name as well - the "digger" assumed it was me, and she stole that letter off the other web sight and put it on her blog - with wild accusations and an outright lie against me - as well as others who she is slandering - she attacks a lot of people this "spiritual woman" BUT, she should know better, she should know how it feels to be attacked and lied about - she has experienced this herself being attacked by others. "she should know better" because, she carries a sacred can'nupa -
Now, I find that I must say something regarding this lie against me- I am not attacking or telling lies or digging for dirt on others to put on my blog - But because there are people in the world, like this woman who follows a sacred tradition and who can't help themselves and continue to use their blog space to seek power, manipulate others and causing harm with their lies, I feel this has gotten out of control. It is up to the people reading these types of blogs to seek the truth and stop this negative behavior - Lies, gossip, jealously, hatred - that the "bottom dwellers" are passing around. WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND.
with forgiveness I continue to pray for the "digger" -
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, December 31, 2010
RETURN OF ANCIENT PERUVIAN WHISTLING VESSELS
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF SILENCE: In pre-Colombian Peru the ancient Shamans devised a way to open portals and to commune with Celestial Beings. With unique clay vessels that represented diverse and sacred entities and when used in ceremony their combined frequency unlocked participants sensory modalities not commonly known outside of shamanic knowledge.
For thousands of years the vessels were used to harmonize and balance the sacred web and all of life. They were used as healing tools by their ability to induce trance states of a spiritual nature and aligned human's latent sound frequencies to that of the Earth's life force and induced highly sensitized perceptions of color, sound and the emotional state of others and further enhanced psychic abilities. This profound experience allowed for communion with the elemental world.
Five hundred years ago the ceremonial use of the sacred whistling vessels was interrupted and their purpose forgotten with the arrival of the Spanish. Until recently there has been a profound silence as the ancient vessels have waited for the appointed time to reappear.That time has come with the recent discovery of these vessels.
It is said that the spirit of the vessels have once again intersected with the path of a reincarnated shaman; that person who is suited to reinstate the sacred knowledge and uses of the vessels.
THE EXPERIENCE: The whistling vessels have been known to induce varying degrees of shamanic occurrences. Such as altered trance states and influence us physiologically and psychologically through a combination of two sound waves of equal frequency and their unique intensity explained as standing waves. The frequency travels in opposite directions produced as low or high intensity which interact combining to enhance each other.
The Vessels create an affect of INFRA-SOUND;lower in frequency than normal human hearing.The sound pressure of vessels is high - were the infra-sound vibrates in various parts of the human body producing an experience of heightened awareness, euphoria and aligning tuning and healing structured as re-patterning. Whales and Elephants use infra-sound to communicate long distances.
The finely tuned high mixed frequency range of the vessels has recently been discovered to produce auditory and sensory perception based in shamanic practices and as a profound experience of expanded heart opening and healing of generations of cellular patterns.
Whistling vessels used in ceremony open portals to higher levels of consciousness and download ancient knowledge - contact with deities conjuring spirit, Star Beings animal guides and the supernatural world. It is known that humans although not able to consciously perceive infra-sound waves may experience during a vessels ceremony supernatural awe, anxiety, vertigo and or chills similar to that induced prior to irrupting volcanoes or earth quakes.
The sacred whistling vessels have reappeared at this significant time as the Earth changes escalate for the purpose of assisting Human's enlightenment and ability to reinstate harmony and to balance the sacred web and manifest the new paradigm.
Barbara Threecrow is the caretaker of several five hundred year old Peruvian whistling vessels and has been guided to invite participants into the sacred circle for the purpose of healing and of honoring the ancestors who had once used the vessels.
For thousands of years the vessels were used to harmonize and balance the sacred web and all of life. They were used as healing tools by their ability to induce trance states of a spiritual nature and aligned human's latent sound frequencies to that of the Earth's life force and induced highly sensitized perceptions of color, sound and the emotional state of others and further enhanced psychic abilities. This profound experience allowed for communion with the elemental world.
Five hundred years ago the ceremonial use of the sacred whistling vessels was interrupted and their purpose forgotten with the arrival of the Spanish. Until recently there has been a profound silence as the ancient vessels have waited for the appointed time to reappear.That time has come with the recent discovery of these vessels.
It is said that the spirit of the vessels have once again intersected with the path of a reincarnated shaman; that person who is suited to reinstate the sacred knowledge and uses of the vessels.
THE EXPERIENCE: The whistling vessels have been known to induce varying degrees of shamanic occurrences. Such as altered trance states and influence us physiologically and psychologically through a combination of two sound waves of equal frequency and their unique intensity explained as standing waves. The frequency travels in opposite directions produced as low or high intensity which interact combining to enhance each other.
The Vessels create an affect of INFRA-SOUND;lower in frequency than normal human hearing.The sound pressure of vessels is high - were the infra-sound vibrates in various parts of the human body producing an experience of heightened awareness, euphoria and aligning tuning and healing structured as re-patterning. Whales and Elephants use infra-sound to communicate long distances.
The finely tuned high mixed frequency range of the vessels has recently been discovered to produce auditory and sensory perception based in shamanic practices and as a profound experience of expanded heart opening and healing of generations of cellular patterns.
Whistling vessels used in ceremony open portals to higher levels of consciousness and download ancient knowledge - contact with deities conjuring spirit, Star Beings animal guides and the supernatural world. It is known that humans although not able to consciously perceive infra-sound waves may experience during a vessels ceremony supernatural awe, anxiety, vertigo and or chills similar to that induced prior to irrupting volcanoes or earth quakes.
The sacred whistling vessels have reappeared at this significant time as the Earth changes escalate for the purpose of assisting Human's enlightenment and ability to reinstate harmony and to balance the sacred web and manifest the new paradigm.
Barbara Threecrow is the caretaker of several five hundred year old Peruvian whistling vessels and has been guided to invite participants into the sacred circle for the purpose of healing and of honoring the ancestors who had once used the vessels.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Kogi - The Elders Project news alert
As all the world is becoming aware of the tragic oil spill off the gulf of Mexico there is in the Heart of The World - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) Colombia, another urgent story unfolding. One that I and Rick Harlow of The Elders Project (TEP) hope to inform the world of. To understand the urgent message of the Kogi and other indigenous tribes, please read my other blogs re: The Elders Project and journey of the Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco, Kunkarmo January of 2010 to understand the purpose of The Elders Project. The Mamo (traditional elders) of the Kogi, Arhuaco & Wiwa tribes after completing the first phase of the sacred journey with the support of TEP, have requested our continuing help in support of their people, ancient traditions and sacred works of harmonizing all of life from their home in the Heart of the World.
SNSM Messages - May 7th - May 23rd: The importance that TEP fulfill the request of the Mamo; to continue support of the four tribes - their spiritual works, in order to sustain their ancient culture specifically requires that,each of the traditional Mamo of the four pueblos meet with TEP representative and agree unanimously to work together toward these projects. Here is a compilation of some of the recent journey to SNSM heart of the world to meet with the Mamo.
TEP documentary video taken as preservation of the sacred journey for future generations was shown to some of the Mamo. their viewing this important audio visual recording of their ancient traditions for future generations was significant.
It was observed that there is so much need in the Heart of the World for the four indigenous tribes who live there, not only regarding food, with little good land to farm, (mostly arid land is in the hands of non indigenous people now) but all that is required for saving their ancient culture -law of origins. A number of requests & proposals from the Mamo were given to TEP to raise funds for the support of these projects.
1. The third sacred journey which is necessary to fulfill the yearly four journey's necessary according to their law of origins around the black line; the energetic boundary at the base of the Heart of the World in order to make their spiritual offerings to harmonize the mother earth and all of life.
2.Supporting the traditional work of the mamo with a total of 8 boys who are studying to become mamos. Sadly there are 500 indigenous students receiving education from the government which separate them from the traditional indigenous teachings and in regard to the future of the peoples traditions this is worrisome to them.
3 Fund a gathering of 8 mamos from different Arhuaco territories for two weeks to strengthen their traditional work to sustain their people.
4. Funding is needed to fulfill the traditional Tani Dance (Kansa Maria) that has been banned for the past 50 years by those opposing traditional ceremonies.
5. The Guati Yina (woman's project) needs funds to support the teachings and initiation of Arhuaco girls to become Mamo's to take part in sacred works for their people. The Elders Project has received a donation of $3000 to help begin this important and exciting project. (more on this in an upcoming blog)
5/8/10 After shopping for fish, grains and other necessities, a long journey was made to meet with the traditional elder Mamo Dunken's at his pueblo to share with him the work of TEP.
TEP's commitment to help support the recuperation of the traditional indigenous people of the SNSM - Heart of the World - their law of origins and sacred ceremonies needs your help. We are seeking donations for the 5 requests from the mamo noted above and to help the mamo evaluate what must be done to counter the threats that could bring about their cultural extinction.
Many of the mamo are of advanced age your donations will help them come together, perhaps for the last time ever, since the pueblos in the SNSM of the four tribes are a great distance apart and will also help fulfill the ceremonies, teachings and valuable archival documenting for the younger generations of the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuarmo.
Please send any amount to the non for-profit
Earth Action Att: the Elders Project
PO Bx 63
Amherst Ma. 01004
make your checks payable to The Elders Project
SNSM Messages - May 7th - May 23rd: The importance that TEP fulfill the request of the Mamo; to continue support of the four tribes - their spiritual works, in order to sustain their ancient culture specifically requires that,each of the traditional Mamo of the four pueblos meet with TEP representative and agree unanimously to work together toward these projects. Here is a compilation of some of the recent journey to SNSM heart of the world to meet with the Mamo.
TEP documentary video taken as preservation of the sacred journey for future generations was shown to some of the Mamo. their viewing this important audio visual recording of their ancient traditions for future generations was significant.
It was observed that there is so much need in the Heart of the World for the four indigenous tribes who live there, not only regarding food, with little good land to farm, (mostly arid land is in the hands of non indigenous people now) but all that is required for saving their ancient culture -law of origins. A number of requests & proposals from the Mamo were given to TEP to raise funds for the support of these projects.
1. The third sacred journey which is necessary to fulfill the yearly four journey's necessary according to their law of origins around the black line; the energetic boundary at the base of the Heart of the World in order to make their spiritual offerings to harmonize the mother earth and all of life.
2.Supporting the traditional work of the mamo with a total of 8 boys who are studying to become mamos. Sadly there are 500 indigenous students receiving education from the government which separate them from the traditional indigenous teachings and in regard to the future of the peoples traditions this is worrisome to them.
3 Fund a gathering of 8 mamos from different Arhuaco territories for two weeks to strengthen their traditional work to sustain their people.
4. Funding is needed to fulfill the traditional Tani Dance (Kansa Maria) that has been banned for the past 50 years by those opposing traditional ceremonies.
5. The Guati Yina (woman's project) needs funds to support the teachings and initiation of Arhuaco girls to become Mamo's to take part in sacred works for their people. The Elders Project has received a donation of $3000 to help begin this important and exciting project. (more on this in an upcoming blog)
5/8/10 After shopping for fish, grains and other necessities, a long journey was made to meet with the traditional elder Mamo Dunken's at his pueblo to share with him the work of TEP.
TEP's commitment to help support the recuperation of the traditional indigenous people of the SNSM - Heart of the World - their law of origins and sacred ceremonies needs your help. We are seeking donations for the 5 requests from the mamo noted above and to help the mamo evaluate what must be done to counter the threats that could bring about their cultural extinction.
Many of the mamo are of advanced age your donations will help them come together, perhaps for the last time ever, since the pueblos in the SNSM of the four tribes are a great distance apart and will also help fulfill the ceremonies, teachings and valuable archival documenting for the younger generations of the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuarmo.
Please send any amount to the non for-profit
Earth Action Att: the Elders Project
PO Bx 63
Amherst Ma. 01004
make your checks payable to The Elders Project
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Ecuador - A Female Universe in the Andien World
Luz Maria de la Torre is the mother of 5 children. She belongs to the village of Otavalo from the Quechua nationality. She and I met in Pasto Colombia this past Aug. 2009 at a gathering of indigenous men and women Shamans, healers and leaders. She is working as a lecturer in national and international forums. She is a researcher and director of some non-government organizations and the author and trainer of intercultural bilingual projects for the people of Ecuador. Maria gave this wonderful story of the Quechua in book form to me that I would like to share with you.
The title is Un Universo Femenino En El Mundo Andino "A Female Universe in the Andien World" Achiq Pacha Inti Pukarapaxi "Dawn when the Sun is at dusk"
In the beginning she writes GRATITUDE "Intimate recognition to the gifts granted the Great Mother Land, life and its compliments time - space: My home, my wise husband and my five children, that are the one that wrought maturity and understanding of life for the Quechua speaking people" Luz Maria de la Torre
INTRODUCTION: We want others to understand and accept us. Because of this we try making us understand. We define ourselves with regards to others. But we also we want to understand to be able to locate us, to belong and not to be isolated of the persons with whom deal and on those which we depend. We want to be part of their reality and further more about it.
Also in the relationships of gender we seek for our place, our role, and our behavior must make sense and not alone validity with respect to our own needs. We want our relationship to our environment to make sense and that it could help us to surpass the limitations of our individuality.
Human identity is relative and unstable particularly in their collective and social dimensions, which is to say also with respect to the genus relationships. In the course of the last 100 years, it was tried to redefine what women and men could mean the one for the other in the social context, and the behaviors, the roles and traditional positions were questioned. The importance of the sexual projections for the genus relationships was taken away from the taboo that had protected it, but also has inactivated it and exposed it to a freedom and rational analysis through this limiting.
The limited ideas not only opened a greater action margin for an intelligent concept of the social relationships but brought also the appropriation and unlimited development of life and its sources. Thus the feminist movements in the 20th century societies emerged along with the symptoms of the crisis and the loss of direction towards modernity.
The culture predominance of the Christian religion from the west blocked the intercultural exchanges during the last centuries. To arrive together to new horizons and not to lose the truth of life and our conceptions, we should take care that those that during centuries did not have a voice, or obtain the necessary power and space to express and to formulate their thoughts can now do this. We can achieve this only if we are in the same level to confer as associates in Latin America's a development.
THE ANDEAN WORLD AND ITS TRADITIONAL WISDOM: The Andean World is the cultural expression of the pre-Colombian world. It is an expression of all America together, especially South America an old continent with more than 40,000 years of human population and 300 million years of existence. Alone, unique original and independent, its inhabitants have generated a series of ways of life that have the ability of a deep and powerful culture: building huge civilizations that had many millions of square kilometers of population that lasted thousands of years.
These indigenous people built many thought systems. Which had basic principles that could never be erased. That are part of the universal cultural patrimony of the entire planet. It had many other secondary manifestations that are the ones that are necessary to be renewed. For the western world and the rest of humanity, the Andean World is a mystery and it is the New World that has to be discovered yet.
Many cultures of the Andean World exist today, their traditions, language, daily life and wisdom are still alive. Their Yachacruna (priests) or shaman's still remain with the secrets of their wisdom. This is our home land, we are permanent, we are from here, we are here, we will never leave and we will never extinguish.
The philosophical principles is duality: the world is dual, the universe is also. One demonstration of this principle is the necessary opposite and complimentary that rules the entire Andean Nature. This principle has its base in the deep mechanisms of the existence within its continuity, and its greater expression in the men and women duality.
Not as personal expression, but as natural principles of an expression that covers a whole duality: it is not a lone universe. the whole Andean becomes the feminine whole and the masculine whole. Two existing worlds that oppose each other but are joined to interact in its own fulfillment.
The source of our wisdom is set in tradition. One that is alive and is developed so as to avoid extreme aggressiveness of other cultures that attack without human considerations. The tradition is hidden and will flower when time becomes positive to do so. The time for the tenth Pachacutik is now, once again the wisdom of the Andean World will flower and will reach further than our borders.
On talking to a shaman about the spine of man and woman, he a wise master stared firmly at me. That look empties you, because they get into your thoughts; they "see" the truths of our will. He showed me that a the spiritual world is like a sphere, it is a continuous surface, it has no beginning, we can cover it without ever finishing the journey because it is endless.
But when human spirit takes the physical form, in this material plain, it is transformed and takes away one part of nature which is dual. It has polarity, it is like a paper sheet, or a coin, it is a shingle sheet, a single coin but has two faces to each one there is a corresponding face.
Which one of them is important? Which one should rule the other? Which is the best one? and should prevail? and so on. The answers are obvious: either one! each surface of the duality of a sheet is a universe that is opposed but sustains itself. Without a surface there is no room for a stamp. The shaman explained that each being is a whole, is the unity of the whole surface.
Man seems as Man because the feminine universe is hidden to him and works only in the masculine, nobody could work normally in both surfaces of one sheet. And Woman if feminine because her masculine nature is hidden, working actively in her woman's part. But in her hidden body is the register of the masculine presence. Each one is a universe and a universe is a whole. Now we are going to talk about the feminine universe, the feminine whole.
I refer first to tradition, I am going to tell you a story about our forefathers: the tale of "Man and Woman"
After the creation of the human being: man and woman, the great spirit of the complete universe: "Pachacamac" Great Mother God, told them to rest, so that later they could see each other the next day. The Mother god asked them to come, to give each one the rights they deserve and to show them their acting fields, government and authority. To show each of them what they had to do and what they were created for.
The human couple rested peacefully in their new homeland and prepared themselves for their first interview with the Creator. The woman slept easily with the firm intention of going the next day as early as possible to meet the Great Spirit and being herself the first, ask for her the best of existence. The next day, she did this and before dawn, the woman woke up and let man sleep who had gone to sleep late and looking absorbed at the variety of nature surrounding him. Therefore woman always woke up earlier than man, in life, up to this day.
She presented herself to the Creator and told her that she was ready to receive the instructions of what to do in life, what her mission would be and what was her destiny. The Creator took her and showed her the vast fields of nature. Each one of the created wonders since rocks itself in the big tall mountains, wide valleys of fertile land, rivers and lagoons, thousands of the most varied plants, each one for each place on earth, with the joy of their flowers and the property of their different perfumes. She showed her animals, their behavior, what each one does, their furs, and their utility. And all together the wonders of the landscape.
This is how they review creation showing her the blue skies of the day, the flashing light of Father Sun, in charge of giving energy, the skies at night full of stars with the Lady Moon in charge of sensibility of life.
Woman was shocked of so much beauty she wished for herself all of this. She touched everything, felt the beating of all of life in the different creations.The crystals, insects and animals and hard rocks attracted her. With all of this creation a will was growing inside of her. All of this should be her domain to be taken care of, to keep it beautiful and she should take care of the cubs, to protect them from harm. But she did not know which to choose in particular to care for to exercise her own nature of having these things given to her. But in the end she made her mind up and said to the Great Mother, The indescribable beauty of all the creation where you have placed us, this vast universe all that I see is wonderful. I am sure I will take care of and obtain all of it. I will that the female domains to be all through all that you have showed me.
Woman would be the defender of life, in charge of life of keeping it and woman will now be in charge. The Creator said, your mission is to give to it continuity in eternity. Your will will be the one which will beget the life and give birth to the shapes of existence, the bodies of all human beings.
Woman will be understanding, loving and tender. your wishes will always be of feeding, taking care and fixing. Yours will be the beauty, the harmony and the balance that is needed. You will be sensible, loving and affable, since the continuity of creation depends on you, for this everybody will help you. Woman will be prepared to sacrifice giving to the life you have wished to bring forth. Children born of you will need your care, and might be that they could demand from you to get to the limits of giving yourself away to make the new life stay.
What ever shows up you will turn it into beauty,you will ornate things and will take care that everything remains in beauty. The spirits of water and of earth will always accompany you. The Maiden god Moon with all their children, the stars, will be at your side directing life.
All the universe is feminine: I give you the responsibility of generating, maintaining and protecting life, nature and man himself. That man could only live for you and will look for you because you will transmit him the force to be useful and to see his strength. You will take all responsibilities and I will help you with all the gods and goddesses. Each day your desire of giving life to what surrounds you. You will motivate and give soul to your children, you will transfer your sensibility, taste and knowledge to all born from you. So it was that the universe became feminine and woman became the owner.
Later the man arrived in front of the Creator and said. I come to you so that you can tell me, what is my action field? what are my responsibilities in this Universe? The Creator Mother told him that woman came first and has wished to care for all that could be seen. Therefore the Universe is feminine, she has taken the responsibility of taking care of life and had generated the honor of giving continuity to all of life.
Man was first surprised, but recovered his tranquility. Then Creator said, woman has taken everything from the visible world and you will devote yourself to the invisible of creation. All that does not exist, all that is invisible will be your field. There it is to be found the world of the future, of projections, of plans and ideals that wait to appear someday. You will go to that world so that you can bring them to place in the woman's hands. You have the world of death, of transformation of renovation of causes of the phenomena and existing things. You have the great field of the mystery that is for you to solve it.
Man will be creative, and understand causes and knowledge of things that generate all phenomena and elements, how to obtain it, strengthen it. You will discover your fields and will be deep in your knowledge. If you discover the mystery of what is invisible,you will transform yourself into a great magician. What is invisible will appear, by your art, and will comply then for the life and of the woman because she has the need and you ought to respond to it.
Man was then taken by the Creator to the world of quantities, of transformation processes, to the internal world of thought, of imagination, to the world of decisions to the world that is unseen, to the world of the death. Descended and deepened the human passions and knowing hell and ascended to the unknown heavens.
Man will always be a seeker, a researcher, a discoverer, man will have the curiosity and the anxiety of discovery. Man's eyes will see what is not seen, because of this you will need woman so you can walk in the present. You will be under the woman, to who ou are to fulfill your assignment and she is the world of the present, you will have the force, the tenacity, the will the acute thought, pervasive and inquiring, your will be the meditation, the pondering.
Therefore you have gained the dominance of what is invisible. To organize and to govern what is visible you will obtain much sacrifice to be a useful person for the other. All that you search for and obtain will not be yours. Woman chose the present, you will project your actions so that life of the woman and its fruit would live safely. To be a worthy man of the Creator all what you obtain must be distributed, the more you share you will become stronger. All that you give life all that appears will not be of your kingdom, but the kingdom of woman. Therefore you will always be with her and the action of man and woman will keep the universe.
The Creator Mother told the man and woman that she is hidden in all of nature, that all that you do is so that we the Gods may have eternal life and that you may find yourselves at our side. Nothing that is in the Universe is of you, all is for the life itself. Life has been given you, so that life could continue through you.
If you divide, pain and distress and disease and the death will be the price the measure of your mistake. I will be present to amend and put you back on the right road. Take your responsibilities and grow. Hatun Pachacamac withdrew to the absolute field from the Divine Presence in the quantities that direct the nature and the cosmos as a whole.
There are in all of nature man and woman, for instance female mountains and male mountains they are joyful and make us richer in knowledge of the elements of nature and why they behave as they do. We understand the phenomena that surround us in a simple way, joined together in daily life with clear symbols of father and mother, man and woman. This wisdom is what gives freedom to our people, but with the concepts of man and woman as separate brought by the western culture, there are now polluted places.
Saramamalla is the symbol of feminine representation of nature and of the feminine universe and the spirits that direct food are always considered. All beings have life, in one way or another it is shown its own conscience. With whom we talk and they communicate with us. Plants understand our needs and give the food we need. The plants are alive therefore it is necessary to communicate with them and they hear, and present to us their wisdom.
My daughters learn during a few days how to carry the responsibilities of their life. Since they are little they carry firewood, prepare food, bring grass for the animals, help skin potatoes and wash and prepare food. They have chickens, dogs and cats, they have a field with their plants and their sisters, they have father and mother and their home, all that is responsibility and they all need care. That is the feminine world. To say woman is to say continuity of existence, to win death a space more in the universe. Is to fill up seeing it grow everything else, is a continuity that great vital continuing of feminine cosmos in the Andean Conception. Luz Maria de la Torre 1999
The title is Un Universo Femenino En El Mundo Andino "A Female Universe in the Andien World" Achiq Pacha Inti Pukarapaxi "Dawn when the Sun is at dusk"
In the beginning she writes GRATITUDE "Intimate recognition to the gifts granted the Great Mother Land, life and its compliments time - space: My home, my wise husband and my five children, that are the one that wrought maturity and understanding of life for the Quechua speaking people" Luz Maria de la Torre
INTRODUCTION: We want others to understand and accept us. Because of this we try making us understand. We define ourselves with regards to others. But we also we want to understand to be able to locate us, to belong and not to be isolated of the persons with whom deal and on those which we depend. We want to be part of their reality and further more about it.
Also in the relationships of gender we seek for our place, our role, and our behavior must make sense and not alone validity with respect to our own needs. We want our relationship to our environment to make sense and that it could help us to surpass the limitations of our individuality.
Human identity is relative and unstable particularly in their collective and social dimensions, which is to say also with respect to the genus relationships. In the course of the last 100 years, it was tried to redefine what women and men could mean the one for the other in the social context, and the behaviors, the roles and traditional positions were questioned. The importance of the sexual projections for the genus relationships was taken away from the taboo that had protected it, but also has inactivated it and exposed it to a freedom and rational analysis through this limiting.
The limited ideas not only opened a greater action margin for an intelligent concept of the social relationships but brought also the appropriation and unlimited development of life and its sources. Thus the feminist movements in the 20th century societies emerged along with the symptoms of the crisis and the loss of direction towards modernity.
The culture predominance of the Christian religion from the west blocked the intercultural exchanges during the last centuries. To arrive together to new horizons and not to lose the truth of life and our conceptions, we should take care that those that during centuries did not have a voice, or obtain the necessary power and space to express and to formulate their thoughts can now do this. We can achieve this only if we are in the same level to confer as associates in Latin America's a development.
THE ANDEAN WORLD AND ITS TRADITIONAL WISDOM: The Andean World is the cultural expression of the pre-Colombian world. It is an expression of all America together, especially South America an old continent with more than 40,000 years of human population and 300 million years of existence. Alone, unique original and independent, its inhabitants have generated a series of ways of life that have the ability of a deep and powerful culture: building huge civilizations that had many millions of square kilometers of population that lasted thousands of years.
These indigenous people built many thought systems. Which had basic principles that could never be erased. That are part of the universal cultural patrimony of the entire planet. It had many other secondary manifestations that are the ones that are necessary to be renewed. For the western world and the rest of humanity, the Andean World is a mystery and it is the New World that has to be discovered yet.
Many cultures of the Andean World exist today, their traditions, language, daily life and wisdom are still alive. Their Yachacruna (priests) or shaman's still remain with the secrets of their wisdom. This is our home land, we are permanent, we are from here, we are here, we will never leave and we will never extinguish.
The philosophical principles is duality: the world is dual, the universe is also. One demonstration of this principle is the necessary opposite and complimentary that rules the entire Andean Nature. This principle has its base in the deep mechanisms of the existence within its continuity, and its greater expression in the men and women duality.
Not as personal expression, but as natural principles of an expression that covers a whole duality: it is not a lone universe. the whole Andean becomes the feminine whole and the masculine whole. Two existing worlds that oppose each other but are joined to interact in its own fulfillment.
The source of our wisdom is set in tradition. One that is alive and is developed so as to avoid extreme aggressiveness of other cultures that attack without human considerations. The tradition is hidden and will flower when time becomes positive to do so. The time for the tenth Pachacutik is now, once again the wisdom of the Andean World will flower and will reach further than our borders.
On talking to a shaman about the spine of man and woman, he a wise master stared firmly at me. That look empties you, because they get into your thoughts; they "see" the truths of our will. He showed me that a the spiritual world is like a sphere, it is a continuous surface, it has no beginning, we can cover it without ever finishing the journey because it is endless.
But when human spirit takes the physical form, in this material plain, it is transformed and takes away one part of nature which is dual. It has polarity, it is like a paper sheet, or a coin, it is a shingle sheet, a single coin but has two faces to each one there is a corresponding face.
Which one of them is important? Which one should rule the other? Which is the best one? and should prevail? and so on. The answers are obvious: either one! each surface of the duality of a sheet is a universe that is opposed but sustains itself. Without a surface there is no room for a stamp. The shaman explained that each being is a whole, is the unity of the whole surface.
Man seems as Man because the feminine universe is hidden to him and works only in the masculine, nobody could work normally in both surfaces of one sheet. And Woman if feminine because her masculine nature is hidden, working actively in her woman's part. But in her hidden body is the register of the masculine presence. Each one is a universe and a universe is a whole. Now we are going to talk about the feminine universe, the feminine whole.
I refer first to tradition, I am going to tell you a story about our forefathers: the tale of "Man and Woman"
After the creation of the human being: man and woman, the great spirit of the complete universe: "Pachacamac" Great Mother God, told them to rest, so that later they could see each other the next day. The Mother god asked them to come, to give each one the rights they deserve and to show them their acting fields, government and authority. To show each of them what they had to do and what they were created for.
The human couple rested peacefully in their new homeland and prepared themselves for their first interview with the Creator. The woman slept easily with the firm intention of going the next day as early as possible to meet the Great Spirit and being herself the first, ask for her the best of existence. The next day, she did this and before dawn, the woman woke up and let man sleep who had gone to sleep late and looking absorbed at the variety of nature surrounding him. Therefore woman always woke up earlier than man, in life, up to this day.
She presented herself to the Creator and told her that she was ready to receive the instructions of what to do in life, what her mission would be and what was her destiny. The Creator took her and showed her the vast fields of nature. Each one of the created wonders since rocks itself in the big tall mountains, wide valleys of fertile land, rivers and lagoons, thousands of the most varied plants, each one for each place on earth, with the joy of their flowers and the property of their different perfumes. She showed her animals, their behavior, what each one does, their furs, and their utility. And all together the wonders of the landscape.
This is how they review creation showing her the blue skies of the day, the flashing light of Father Sun, in charge of giving energy, the skies at night full of stars with the Lady Moon in charge of sensibility of life.
Woman was shocked of so much beauty she wished for herself all of this. She touched everything, felt the beating of all of life in the different creations.The crystals, insects and animals and hard rocks attracted her. With all of this creation a will was growing inside of her. All of this should be her domain to be taken care of, to keep it beautiful and she should take care of the cubs, to protect them from harm. But she did not know which to choose in particular to care for to exercise her own nature of having these things given to her. But in the end she made her mind up and said to the Great Mother, The indescribable beauty of all the creation where you have placed us, this vast universe all that I see is wonderful. I am sure I will take care of and obtain all of it. I will that the female domains to be all through all that you have showed me.
Woman would be the defender of life, in charge of life of keeping it and woman will now be in charge. The Creator said, your mission is to give to it continuity in eternity. Your will will be the one which will beget the life and give birth to the shapes of existence, the bodies of all human beings.
Woman will be understanding, loving and tender. your wishes will always be of feeding, taking care and fixing. Yours will be the beauty, the harmony and the balance that is needed. You will be sensible, loving and affable, since the continuity of creation depends on you, for this everybody will help you. Woman will be prepared to sacrifice giving to the life you have wished to bring forth. Children born of you will need your care, and might be that they could demand from you to get to the limits of giving yourself away to make the new life stay.
What ever shows up you will turn it into beauty,you will ornate things and will take care that everything remains in beauty. The spirits of water and of earth will always accompany you. The Maiden god Moon with all their children, the stars, will be at your side directing life.
All the universe is feminine: I give you the responsibility of generating, maintaining and protecting life, nature and man himself. That man could only live for you and will look for you because you will transmit him the force to be useful and to see his strength. You will take all responsibilities and I will help you with all the gods and goddesses. Each day your desire of giving life to what surrounds you. You will motivate and give soul to your children, you will transfer your sensibility, taste and knowledge to all born from you. So it was that the universe became feminine and woman became the owner.
Later the man arrived in front of the Creator and said. I come to you so that you can tell me, what is my action field? what are my responsibilities in this Universe? The Creator Mother told him that woman came first and has wished to care for all that could be seen. Therefore the Universe is feminine, she has taken the responsibility of taking care of life and had generated the honor of giving continuity to all of life.
Man was first surprised, but recovered his tranquility. Then Creator said, woman has taken everything from the visible world and you will devote yourself to the invisible of creation. All that does not exist, all that is invisible will be your field. There it is to be found the world of the future, of projections, of plans and ideals that wait to appear someday. You will go to that world so that you can bring them to place in the woman's hands. You have the world of death, of transformation of renovation of causes of the phenomena and existing things. You have the great field of the mystery that is for you to solve it.
Man will be creative, and understand causes and knowledge of things that generate all phenomena and elements, how to obtain it, strengthen it. You will discover your fields and will be deep in your knowledge. If you discover the mystery of what is invisible,you will transform yourself into a great magician. What is invisible will appear, by your art, and will comply then for the life and of the woman because she has the need and you ought to respond to it.
Man was then taken by the Creator to the world of quantities, of transformation processes, to the internal world of thought, of imagination, to the world of decisions to the world that is unseen, to the world of the death. Descended and deepened the human passions and knowing hell and ascended to the unknown heavens.
Man will always be a seeker, a researcher, a discoverer, man will have the curiosity and the anxiety of discovery. Man's eyes will see what is not seen, because of this you will need woman so you can walk in the present. You will be under the woman, to who ou are to fulfill your assignment and she is the world of the present, you will have the force, the tenacity, the will the acute thought, pervasive and inquiring, your will be the meditation, the pondering.
Therefore you have gained the dominance of what is invisible. To organize and to govern what is visible you will obtain much sacrifice to be a useful person for the other. All that you search for and obtain will not be yours. Woman chose the present, you will project your actions so that life of the woman and its fruit would live safely. To be a worthy man of the Creator all what you obtain must be distributed, the more you share you will become stronger. All that you give life all that appears will not be of your kingdom, but the kingdom of woman. Therefore you will always be with her and the action of man and woman will keep the universe.
The Creator Mother told the man and woman that she is hidden in all of nature, that all that you do is so that we the Gods may have eternal life and that you may find yourselves at our side. Nothing that is in the Universe is of you, all is for the life itself. Life has been given you, so that life could continue through you.
If you divide, pain and distress and disease and the death will be the price the measure of your mistake. I will be present to amend and put you back on the right road. Take your responsibilities and grow. Hatun Pachacamac withdrew to the absolute field from the Divine Presence in the quantities that direct the nature and the cosmos as a whole.
There are in all of nature man and woman, for instance female mountains and male mountains they are joyful and make us richer in knowledge of the elements of nature and why they behave as they do. We understand the phenomena that surround us in a simple way, joined together in daily life with clear symbols of father and mother, man and woman. This wisdom is what gives freedom to our people, but with the concepts of man and woman as separate brought by the western culture, there are now polluted places.
Saramamalla is the symbol of feminine representation of nature and of the feminine universe and the spirits that direct food are always considered. All beings have life, in one way or another it is shown its own conscience. With whom we talk and they communicate with us. Plants understand our needs and give the food we need. The plants are alive therefore it is necessary to communicate with them and they hear, and present to us their wisdom.
My daughters learn during a few days how to carry the responsibilities of their life. Since they are little they carry firewood, prepare food, bring grass for the animals, help skin potatoes and wash and prepare food. They have chickens, dogs and cats, they have a field with their plants and their sisters, they have father and mother and their home, all that is responsibility and they all need care. That is the feminine world. To say woman is to say continuity of existence, to win death a space more in the universe. Is to fill up seeing it grow everything else, is a continuity that great vital continuing of feminine cosmos in the Andean Conception. Luz Maria de la Torre 1999
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco - First Phase of the Sacred Journey
The Elders Project wishes to thank everyone who offered donations, good wishes and prayers in order that this past January 2010 The Grand Mamo Sewkukuy (Norberto Torres, 94 year-old Arhuaco) and the other traditional Mamo of the Kogi and Wiwa indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Colombia could successfully fulfill the first phase of the sacred journey along the Black Line; an energetic boundary surrounding the Heart of the World. Upon which obligatory spiritual offerings were placed in order to guarantee the flow of spiritual forces for the purpose of harmonizing each of the sacred sites, Gonawindua (Mt. Bolivar) and outward to the world.
As the guardians of the "Heart of the World" the journey along the Black Line is significant to the four ethnic indigenous tribes of the Sierra the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuamo to recuperate the Traditional Social Organization and co-expression of the autonomy necessary to achieve and sustain the law of origin and permanence of their thousands of year old culture.
In August 2010 while in Pasto Colombia, Rick Harlow and I had met Mamo Norberto and other traditional Mamo of the Kogi and Wiwa. At that time we signed an agreement with them to help raise funds, and created "The Elders Project" to receive donations to support the historic journey along the Black Line.
Rick arrived in Colombia January 13th 2010 and in time to begin the journey with the Mamo as an organizer of the logistics necessary such as food and transportation as well as assistant to the videographer, who documented the journey for the archives, to be used for future generations of the indigenous people of the Sierra.
I arrived January 28th during a wind storm which made it impossible to land in the air port of Valledupar where Rick was waiting. After flying into another airport in Barranquilla,the following day I proceeded upon a five hour taxi ride to Valledupar. The sacred journey along the Black Line had ended a few days prior to my arrival and I had wondered while bouncing around in the plane and several attempts at landing due to the severe cross winds, that perhaps this was a result of the spiritual offerings the Mamo had placed for the purpose of harmonizing and balancing all of life and that a purification and dispersal of things out of balance was at work.
After my long taxi ride to Valledupar, we prepared to travel into the Heart of the World and the pueblo of Mamo Norberto to continue documenting.
The first phase of the sacred journey was complete. Now the Mamo were already preparing for the next phase of which traditionally, and according to their law of origin, and also for the purpose of sustaining the harmony and balance of all of life and the Mother Earth herself, it is crucial that the Mamo of the four traditional tribes make the sacred journey around the Black Line four times each year.
BACK IN TIME: Entering into the Heart of the World and the pueblo of the Arhuaco in the Sierra was a journey back in time. The land rover that carried us for several hours into the mountains, had met and conquered what some might see as a daunting even impossible passage. Yet we arrived safely and unloading our gear we set off upon a narrow winding path that led us high up into the mountains. At first, as we traversed along the path, a bright clear river coursed along beside us and soon as we began to climb further up we left the river to itself to continue through the valley below. We entered the silence of the mountains, to finally arrive at Mamo Norberto's pueblo.
To prepare ourselves to enter into the pueblo, most of the first day was spent in purification ceremony, of ourselves, our thoughts, what was in our hearts all that we had carried with us up to the pueblo and the final step, a journey back down a steep path which led to a sacred pool of the river, where we were asked to immerse ourselves in the cold waters to complete our purification.
The days spent with Mamo Norberto and his family unfolded, the nights were cold in the mountains, the silence complete and without any intrusion of electricity, yet bright with the full moon and star filled skies. The days, sunny and hot, the distant mountain ranges brilliant in the sun and deep gorges and sightings of other pueblos of Arhuaco visible across the valley, the pace and the days slowed. Each day was filled as Mamo Norberto other Mamo and the Arhauco women and children prepared pagamentos (spiritual offerings)for the next sacred journey.
We were in paradise, yet the words of the Mamo of their concern of seeing the waters drying up, of the suffering the Mother Earth is enduring and the appearance of several very tall and imposing cell towers placed upon one of the high points of the Sierra by the Colombian government, the government wanting to build dams and create tourism in the "Heart of the World" all of this that they spoke of filled me with sadness.
Finally the day came when I was to begin the long journey down the mountain,and to return home to the United States. Arriving home from the Heart of the World, was challenging. Big city noises, traffic, lights, pollution, people rushing - cell phones to their ears. It took me awhile to merge into this reality we live in.
I realized how the survival of their culture, their homeland their law of origin and regarding the healing of the water, the well being of the Mother Earth, the creatures and all of humanity, how the indigenous people of the Heart of the World "The Elder Brothers" are concerned with and praying about on a daily basis, how typically none of this is a daily concern of the majority of humanity.
The Kogi, Arhuaco, and the Wiwa and Kankuamo, the traditional indigenous people of the Heart of the World, daily continue to pray for us the Younger Brothers to awaken and take responsibility for our own original instructions, as care takers of the Mother Earth. They will continue the sacred journey along the Black Line to place the sacred offerings to harmonize all of life.
Rick and I have agreed to continue to help the Mamo fulfill the four sacred journies beginning in April of 2010. With all of your prayers and donations to The Elders Project you can also help.
Please send your donations of any amount, made out to "The Elders Project"
to Earth Action (a non-for profit)
Att: the Elders Project
PO. BX 63 Amherst Ma. 01004
As the guardians of the "Heart of the World" the journey along the Black Line is significant to the four ethnic indigenous tribes of the Sierra the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuamo to recuperate the Traditional Social Organization and co-expression of the autonomy necessary to achieve and sustain the law of origin and permanence of their thousands of year old culture.
In August 2010 while in Pasto Colombia, Rick Harlow and I had met Mamo Norberto and other traditional Mamo of the Kogi and Wiwa. At that time we signed an agreement with them to help raise funds, and created "The Elders Project" to receive donations to support the historic journey along the Black Line.
Rick arrived in Colombia January 13th 2010 and in time to begin the journey with the Mamo as an organizer of the logistics necessary such as food and transportation as well as assistant to the videographer, who documented the journey for the archives, to be used for future generations of the indigenous people of the Sierra.
I arrived January 28th during a wind storm which made it impossible to land in the air port of Valledupar where Rick was waiting. After flying into another airport in Barranquilla,the following day I proceeded upon a five hour taxi ride to Valledupar. The sacred journey along the Black Line had ended a few days prior to my arrival and I had wondered while bouncing around in the plane and several attempts at landing due to the severe cross winds, that perhaps this was a result of the spiritual offerings the Mamo had placed for the purpose of harmonizing and balancing all of life and that a purification and dispersal of things out of balance was at work.
After my long taxi ride to Valledupar, we prepared to travel into the Heart of the World and the pueblo of Mamo Norberto to continue documenting.
The first phase of the sacred journey was complete. Now the Mamo were already preparing for the next phase of which traditionally, and according to their law of origin, and also for the purpose of sustaining the harmony and balance of all of life and the Mother Earth herself, it is crucial that the Mamo of the four traditional tribes make the sacred journey around the Black Line four times each year.
BACK IN TIME: Entering into the Heart of the World and the pueblo of the Arhuaco in the Sierra was a journey back in time. The land rover that carried us for several hours into the mountains, had met and conquered what some might see as a daunting even impossible passage. Yet we arrived safely and unloading our gear we set off upon a narrow winding path that led us high up into the mountains. At first, as we traversed along the path, a bright clear river coursed along beside us and soon as we began to climb further up we left the river to itself to continue through the valley below. We entered the silence of the mountains, to finally arrive at Mamo Norberto's pueblo.
To prepare ourselves to enter into the pueblo, most of the first day was spent in purification ceremony, of ourselves, our thoughts, what was in our hearts all that we had carried with us up to the pueblo and the final step, a journey back down a steep path which led to a sacred pool of the river, where we were asked to immerse ourselves in the cold waters to complete our purification.
The days spent with Mamo Norberto and his family unfolded, the nights were cold in the mountains, the silence complete and without any intrusion of electricity, yet bright with the full moon and star filled skies. The days, sunny and hot, the distant mountain ranges brilliant in the sun and deep gorges and sightings of other pueblos of Arhuaco visible across the valley, the pace and the days slowed. Each day was filled as Mamo Norberto other Mamo and the Arhauco women and children prepared pagamentos (spiritual offerings)for the next sacred journey.
We were in paradise, yet the words of the Mamo of their concern of seeing the waters drying up, of the suffering the Mother Earth is enduring and the appearance of several very tall and imposing cell towers placed upon one of the high points of the Sierra by the Colombian government, the government wanting to build dams and create tourism in the "Heart of the World" all of this that they spoke of filled me with sadness.
Finally the day came when I was to begin the long journey down the mountain,and to return home to the United States. Arriving home from the Heart of the World, was challenging. Big city noises, traffic, lights, pollution, people rushing - cell phones to their ears. It took me awhile to merge into this reality we live in.
I realized how the survival of their culture, their homeland their law of origin and regarding the healing of the water, the well being of the Mother Earth, the creatures and all of humanity, how the indigenous people of the Heart of the World "The Elder Brothers" are concerned with and praying about on a daily basis, how typically none of this is a daily concern of the majority of humanity.
The Kogi, Arhuaco, and the Wiwa and Kankuamo, the traditional indigenous people of the Heart of the World, daily continue to pray for us the Younger Brothers to awaken and take responsibility for our own original instructions, as care takers of the Mother Earth. They will continue the sacred journey along the Black Line to place the sacred offerings to harmonize all of life.
Rick and I have agreed to continue to help the Mamo fulfill the four sacred journies beginning in April of 2010. With all of your prayers and donations to The Elders Project you can also help.
Please send your donations of any amount, made out to "The Elders Project"
to Earth Action (a non-for profit)
Att: the Elders Project
PO. BX 63 Amherst Ma. 01004
Friday, March 5, 2010
HARMONIZING THE EARTH COMMUNITY
"When the people of the world come together with one heart one mind a great shift occurs - miracles happen" This is not a new concept, yet now more than ever we are called to take responsibility to manifest the miracle.
The belief that we are powerless, that all seems hopeless and beyond help has escalated these past few years as we see unfolding before our eyes the "break up and shattering" in all areas of societies structure. This structure put in place eons ago by the patriarchal- dominating rule and those who seek to maintain control, is meant to crumble and is a natural process to the changes necessary in order for something new to appear.
"What we once believed, relied upon and thought to be true, will no longer be - it is time to seek within our own truth"
We each of us were given original instructions, a guide for living in harmony and ourselves as care takers of our home the earth. This sacred guide had been imprinted within each of the earth's cultures, Black, White, Red and Yellow. Many have forgotten, or have been trained to forget. We have reached a crucial point in time that shows clearly that we must stop acting as or believing we are victims. But to take responsibility as co-creators. We each were given a power and capability to fulfill our dream to envision the dream and to manifest this.
The Kogi are an Indigenous people who live in the "Heart of the World" the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. For centuries and after the arrival of the Spanish invasion, the Kogi disappeared into the Sierra and were believed to no longer exist. For hundreds of years they have maintained without interference from Western intrusion their original instructions, their law of origin. They say they are the care takers of the mother and all of life. Through out the time of their existence they have prayed daily for humanity "the younger brothers" as they refer to us as, for us to awaken, to take responsibility as they themselves have with their sacred works, to harmonize all of life.
My recent meeting with the Indigenous Kogi and Arhuaco tribes has brought me to a personal awakening and realization. One where I saw that which is so crucial to sustaining the earth and all of humanity. That although I pray daily, that I take part in ceremony, that in fact I am not doing nearly enough to help to harmonize the earth, her waters,the air we breath and the forests which sustain us.
This has brought me to form the "Harmonizing the Earth Community" a gathering of like minded people who are dedicated to make a difference. Who come together regularly at a prescribed time and to focus our intention, our thoughts to envision and to manifest through the energy of our loving hearts peace and harmony, healing of the waters, the mother and all of life.
At each Harmonizing the Earth meditation everyone is asked to being a crystal, sacred stone, seeds such as corn and flower seeds from the abundance the earth gives to us, a bowl of water and other elements from the earth that represent all of life are all placed in a formation in the center of the circle.
We begin with the lighting of sage placed in a shell which is then passed to everyone present. A prayer of intention is spoken to the universe, the mother, waters, forests, creatures large and small those who fly and the sky people, rain beings and star nations. We begin with several deep breaths, following this we begin a soft toning sound to bring each person into harmony. This is followed by a period of silence where each is focused upon harmonizing all of the elements all of life. The length of the harmonizing meditation is determined by sensing when complete.
Upon completion I believe that our holding silence and the peace and depth of intention is important to not interrupt the affects not only within own selves, but for the greater whole of which our intention is to harmonize.
I ask everyone reading this, to join with The Harmonizing the Earth Community to form your circles to begin our own sacred works in support of those others throughout the world who are taking responsibility.
Our next harmonizing meditation is March 22nd - April 5th - April 19th May 3rd - May 17th - May 31st beginning at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
"All that we love, the mother earth, the winged ones, the creatures, our children and grandchildren and the ancestors are waiting for us to begin"
The belief that we are powerless, that all seems hopeless and beyond help has escalated these past few years as we see unfolding before our eyes the "break up and shattering" in all areas of societies structure. This structure put in place eons ago by the patriarchal- dominating rule and those who seek to maintain control, is meant to crumble and is a natural process to the changes necessary in order for something new to appear.
"What we once believed, relied upon and thought to be true, will no longer be - it is time to seek within our own truth"
We each of us were given original instructions, a guide for living in harmony and ourselves as care takers of our home the earth. This sacred guide had been imprinted within each of the earth's cultures, Black, White, Red and Yellow. Many have forgotten, or have been trained to forget. We have reached a crucial point in time that shows clearly that we must stop acting as or believing we are victims. But to take responsibility as co-creators. We each were given a power and capability to fulfill our dream to envision the dream and to manifest this.
The Kogi are an Indigenous people who live in the "Heart of the World" the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. For centuries and after the arrival of the Spanish invasion, the Kogi disappeared into the Sierra and were believed to no longer exist. For hundreds of years they have maintained without interference from Western intrusion their original instructions, their law of origin. They say they are the care takers of the mother and all of life. Through out the time of their existence they have prayed daily for humanity "the younger brothers" as they refer to us as, for us to awaken, to take responsibility as they themselves have with their sacred works, to harmonize all of life.
My recent meeting with the Indigenous Kogi and Arhuaco tribes has brought me to a personal awakening and realization. One where I saw that which is so crucial to sustaining the earth and all of humanity. That although I pray daily, that I take part in ceremony, that in fact I am not doing nearly enough to help to harmonize the earth, her waters,the air we breath and the forests which sustain us.
This has brought me to form the "Harmonizing the Earth Community" a gathering of like minded people who are dedicated to make a difference. Who come together regularly at a prescribed time and to focus our intention, our thoughts to envision and to manifest through the energy of our loving hearts peace and harmony, healing of the waters, the mother and all of life.
At each Harmonizing the Earth meditation everyone is asked to being a crystal, sacred stone, seeds such as corn and flower seeds from the abundance the earth gives to us, a bowl of water and other elements from the earth that represent all of life are all placed in a formation in the center of the circle.
We begin with the lighting of sage placed in a shell which is then passed to everyone present. A prayer of intention is spoken to the universe, the mother, waters, forests, creatures large and small those who fly and the sky people, rain beings and star nations. We begin with several deep breaths, following this we begin a soft toning sound to bring each person into harmony. This is followed by a period of silence where each is focused upon harmonizing all of the elements all of life. The length of the harmonizing meditation is determined by sensing when complete.
Upon completion I believe that our holding silence and the peace and depth of intention is important to not interrupt the affects not only within own selves, but for the greater whole of which our intention is to harmonize.
I ask everyone reading this, to join with The Harmonizing the Earth Community to form your circles to begin our own sacred works in support of those others throughout the world who are taking responsibility.
Our next harmonizing meditation is March 22nd - April 5th - April 19th May 3rd - May 17th - May 31st beginning at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
"All that we love, the mother earth, the winged ones, the creatures, our children and grandchildren and the ancestors are waiting for us to begin"
Friday, February 26, 2010
The Kogi Myth and the Feminine Principle
In Kogi thinking the role of the feminine is fundamental to the status of women and their position in society and to the harmony and balance of all of life.
THE KOGI MYTH OF CREATION:
First their was the sea,
everything was dark.
There was no sun, moon, people, animals nor plants.
There was just sea everywhere.
The sea was the Mother.
She was water and there was water everywhere.
She was the river, the lake, the sea- and She was everywhere.
She was called Gaulchovang.
The Mother was not people nor anything,
She was Aluna.
She was the Spirit of what was coming
and She was Thought and Memory.
The Mother only existed in thought, in the lowest world,
in the deepest part,
alone.
KOGI COSMOLOGY is complicated, and often poses problems for the Western mind, yet one thing is clear - before there was anything at all, there was the Mother.
The Kogi believe that the source of all life is Gaulcovang. Gaulcovang is the Great Mother, the origin of all things, occasionally referred to as Spider Woman.
THE GREAT SACRED MOTHER, Gaulcovang appears in various guises of Her own creation, she dreams, her dreams and her thoughts create herself, as Spider Woman and as the Mother of Fire or the Mother of Snowfields.
In the above quote, Gaulcovang is equated with Aluna, but She is not always seen as directly related with this concept. According to the "Law of Origin" of the Kogi the concept of Aluna, is the belief that all reality is created by thought and that every object or being has both a physical reality and a spiritual essence all originating in thought. The highly trained ritual priests; the spiritual authorities - the Mamas, communicate in the aluna dimension through ritual and meditation. In their communion with the aluna world, the mamas focus on maintaining the ecological and spiritual equilibrium of the "Heart of the World" the home of the four indigenous tribes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, the Kogi, Kankuamo, Wiwa and the Arhuaco.
Other references describe Gaulcovang as a beautiful naked woman with long black hair, who sits upon a black stone at the bottom of the sea; or as an invisible force floating upon the dark primeval waters. Still others say that, on the earliest mythic time level, the Mother appeared in the shape of a huge black serpent and that She encircled the sea. The Mother also appears as a huge black bird that laid the cosmic egg.
In whatever form She envisions herself to be, it is She who gave birth to manifestation by thinking it into being. "She was creator and teacher. The Great Sacred Mother gave us what we needed to live and her teaching has not been forgotten right up to this day"
Given this emphasis on the importance of the feminine, how does the role of women manifest in Kogi society? There are basic labor divisions: women spin cotton, but the men weave it. Once woven, the women and the daughters make the clothes and bags they carry. The men also make the pottery. This is an agrarian society and the men clear, break and prepare the ground, but it is the women who sow, harvest and prepare the crops.
"Women are accustomed to bear children, men are not. When women sow, the stalk of the maize bears two or three ears, the root of the yucca bears two or three baskets and everything multiplies in proportion. This is because the women know how to bring forth, and know how to make the seed bring forth also"
RECIPROCITY between the indigenous men and women is further indicated in that a daughter may inherit from their mothers the land owned by her. and the sons from their fathers. These possession rights are protected by laws as interpreted by the traditional authorities and law of origins.
In practice,women's views directly influence the day to day running of society. Women rule the house, the domestic arena and influence public affairs,although it is the men who ultimately decide through their ability to divine guidance in the Aluna.
IN MARRIAGE, long term monogamy is the ideal, Marriage for love is complicated by esoteric demands of their belief system. Certain lineage orders must be balanced for the good of society as a whole and arranged marriages allow this balance. This is to satisfy the natural order, as taught by the Great Mother. When partnerships fail, divorce among the Kogi is simple: a woman simply switches her allegiance to another man and indicates this by accepting a piece of meat from him. If their is separation without a new relationship either for the man or woman, the balance is destroyed, since neither can perform the others work according to their law of origin and the reciprocity necessary for maintaining the balance is lost.
THE BALANCE BETWEEN MASCULINE AND FEMININE: Yuluka means the process through which balance is achieved. This balance is the reason of life, and must be achieved within the individual, within society and within the world. Principally it means the balance between the feminine and masculine principles. The idea of the balance between the masculine and the feminine runs through the whole of Kogi life. They would not build a bridge, a hut, a loom or construct a path that winds through the village without the masculine/feminine principle being explicitly represented in some manner. In constructions such as a hut, some pieces of timber are represented by the masculine and others the feminine. If a path bisects a village, one side will be masculine, the other feminine. During weaving, a thread spun with a right-hand twist is masculine, the threads of the warp, which open to receive the shuttle, are feminine.
The sun in its path across the sky bisects it into one side that is feminine and the other, which is masculine. The Poporo, used only by men, has its masculine and feminine parts. Men and women are not simply people, they are the embodiment of principles. The harmony and balance of the world is constructed out of the partnership of masculine and feminine, the dynamic process of weaving on the loom of life. All Kogi life is built around the complementarity of male and female.
SACRED FEMININE: The Kogi view the earth as all that is the sacred feminine - flields, lakes, caves, lagoons (some representing her womb) where they leave offerings to bring harmony and renewal and fulfill the law of origin to give back in gratitude of what is received.
THE KOGI - "THE MOTHER, did not only create the physical world, but shaped and peopled aluna, creating a Mother and Father for everything that exists. Life is meaningless without procreative energy. Whatever is alive must have a Mother and a Father"
THE METAPHYSICAL WORLD: The Kogi perceive life in many things which are in our understanding inanimate: any object which has purpose and meaning in the world has a metaphysical form in aluna, and therefore must be sustained by a balance of sexual forces, by its own Mother and Father.
The result of this consideration and contemplation of the feminine, is that "Woman is the focal point of the Kogi culture since their central deity is the Great Mother.
SECRET SCIENCE OF THE KOGI: "Younger Brothers" how is it possible that you have no knowledge of the Law of Origin that was given you? We see through a secret science how to take care of, to protect and conserve the wilderness of nature, as much from the spiritual level as from the traditional plane. This is the manner in which Mother Earth was left to us by the Creator of the World. This is why we continue looking for a way to give her more strength, to advance in conserving our territory where the ground and subsoil, the fauna and flora exists. If we remove the strength from Her how will we live? She is being debilitated and the sun will cover itself, when this happens we will all die"
"All our thoughts are dedicated to looking after our territory. In the whole world, you are paying for water, energy everything. You the Younger Brothers were also left here to take care of the Mother, not to exploit her. Hopefully you will learn, listen and take this message to be analyzed"
THE EYES OF THE MOTHER: "Why are the Waters, the Rivers the Lagoons and Snowed Mountains sacred? The Lagoon is like the eye sight of the Mother. With the sight of the Mother we work, and take care of the forests, the little rivers and gorges. It is like the eye-sight, the workers of the service that take care of all of nature.
The Mother of the water is the one that takes care of us"
"The Mother Earth was left to us. We continue to look for a way to give her strength, We are very worried about the water, this feels very painful, we are not proud of what we are seeing. We are worried as we watch Her the Mother drying out"
Here are nine principles I offer:
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF LIFE - THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. To live these minute by minute.
2. To take responsibility - reciprocity; spiritual offerings to the Mother.
3. Preservation
4. Shift our consciousness - align with higher vibrational energies.
5. To build a new spirit - new mind - new body.
6. To manifest and to dream consciously.
7. To preserve and communicate with the living earth.
8. To solicit earth wisdom
9. To open to spiritual technology
Eight principles to manifesting the New Paradigm:
As co-creators it is our determination to be responsible
1. To envision
2. To manifest
3. To dream
4. To focus
5. To vibrate as one with the highest most distinct divine principles
6. to voice, tone, sing and attune ourselves vocally with the living Mother.
7. To recall our original instructions - to become.
8. to recognize and to align with the Divine Self.
TO HARMONIZE LIFE:
"The origin of illumination - enlightenment - peace- love - compassion - forgiveness is ever present we need only to step into the flow"
THE KOGI MYTH OF CREATION:
First their was the sea,
everything was dark.
There was no sun, moon, people, animals nor plants.
There was just sea everywhere.
The sea was the Mother.
She was water and there was water everywhere.
She was the river, the lake, the sea- and She was everywhere.
She was called Gaulchovang.
The Mother was not people nor anything,
She was Aluna.
She was the Spirit of what was coming
and She was Thought and Memory.
The Mother only existed in thought, in the lowest world,
in the deepest part,
alone.
KOGI COSMOLOGY is complicated, and often poses problems for the Western mind, yet one thing is clear - before there was anything at all, there was the Mother.
The Kogi believe that the source of all life is Gaulcovang. Gaulcovang is the Great Mother, the origin of all things, occasionally referred to as Spider Woman.
THE GREAT SACRED MOTHER, Gaulcovang appears in various guises of Her own creation, she dreams, her dreams and her thoughts create herself, as Spider Woman and as the Mother of Fire or the Mother of Snowfields.
In the above quote, Gaulcovang is equated with Aluna, but She is not always seen as directly related with this concept. According to the "Law of Origin" of the Kogi the concept of Aluna, is the belief that all reality is created by thought and that every object or being has both a physical reality and a spiritual essence all originating in thought. The highly trained ritual priests; the spiritual authorities - the Mamas, communicate in the aluna dimension through ritual and meditation. In their communion with the aluna world, the mamas focus on maintaining the ecological and spiritual equilibrium of the "Heart of the World" the home of the four indigenous tribes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, the Kogi, Kankuamo, Wiwa and the Arhuaco.
Other references describe Gaulcovang as a beautiful naked woman with long black hair, who sits upon a black stone at the bottom of the sea; or as an invisible force floating upon the dark primeval waters. Still others say that, on the earliest mythic time level, the Mother appeared in the shape of a huge black serpent and that She encircled the sea. The Mother also appears as a huge black bird that laid the cosmic egg.
In whatever form She envisions herself to be, it is She who gave birth to manifestation by thinking it into being. "She was creator and teacher. The Great Sacred Mother gave us what we needed to live and her teaching has not been forgotten right up to this day"
Given this emphasis on the importance of the feminine, how does the role of women manifest in Kogi society? There are basic labor divisions: women spin cotton, but the men weave it. Once woven, the women and the daughters make the clothes and bags they carry. The men also make the pottery. This is an agrarian society and the men clear, break and prepare the ground, but it is the women who sow, harvest and prepare the crops.
"Women are accustomed to bear children, men are not. When women sow, the stalk of the maize bears two or three ears, the root of the yucca bears two or three baskets and everything multiplies in proportion. This is because the women know how to bring forth, and know how to make the seed bring forth also"
RECIPROCITY between the indigenous men and women is further indicated in that a daughter may inherit from their mothers the land owned by her. and the sons from their fathers. These possession rights are protected by laws as interpreted by the traditional authorities and law of origins.
In practice,women's views directly influence the day to day running of society. Women rule the house, the domestic arena and influence public affairs,although it is the men who ultimately decide through their ability to divine guidance in the Aluna.
IN MARRIAGE, long term monogamy is the ideal, Marriage for love is complicated by esoteric demands of their belief system. Certain lineage orders must be balanced for the good of society as a whole and arranged marriages allow this balance. This is to satisfy the natural order, as taught by the Great Mother. When partnerships fail, divorce among the Kogi is simple: a woman simply switches her allegiance to another man and indicates this by accepting a piece of meat from him. If their is separation without a new relationship either for the man or woman, the balance is destroyed, since neither can perform the others work according to their law of origin and the reciprocity necessary for maintaining the balance is lost.
THE BALANCE BETWEEN MASCULINE AND FEMININE: Yuluka means the process through which balance is achieved. This balance is the reason of life, and must be achieved within the individual, within society and within the world. Principally it means the balance between the feminine and masculine principles. The idea of the balance between the masculine and the feminine runs through the whole of Kogi life. They would not build a bridge, a hut, a loom or construct a path that winds through the village without the masculine/feminine principle being explicitly represented in some manner. In constructions such as a hut, some pieces of timber are represented by the masculine and others the feminine. If a path bisects a village, one side will be masculine, the other feminine. During weaving, a thread spun with a right-hand twist is masculine, the threads of the warp, which open to receive the shuttle, are feminine.
The sun in its path across the sky bisects it into one side that is feminine and the other, which is masculine. The Poporo, used only by men, has its masculine and feminine parts. Men and women are not simply people, they are the embodiment of principles. The harmony and balance of the world is constructed out of the partnership of masculine and feminine, the dynamic process of weaving on the loom of life. All Kogi life is built around the complementarity of male and female.
SACRED FEMININE: The Kogi view the earth as all that is the sacred feminine - flields, lakes, caves, lagoons (some representing her womb) where they leave offerings to bring harmony and renewal and fulfill the law of origin to give back in gratitude of what is received.
THE KOGI - "THE MOTHER, did not only create the physical world, but shaped and peopled aluna, creating a Mother and Father for everything that exists. Life is meaningless without procreative energy. Whatever is alive must have a Mother and a Father"
THE METAPHYSICAL WORLD: The Kogi perceive life in many things which are in our understanding inanimate: any object which has purpose and meaning in the world has a metaphysical form in aluna, and therefore must be sustained by a balance of sexual forces, by its own Mother and Father.
The result of this consideration and contemplation of the feminine, is that "Woman is the focal point of the Kogi culture since their central deity is the Great Mother.
SECRET SCIENCE OF THE KOGI: "Younger Brothers" how is it possible that you have no knowledge of the Law of Origin that was given you? We see through a secret science how to take care of, to protect and conserve the wilderness of nature, as much from the spiritual level as from the traditional plane. This is the manner in which Mother Earth was left to us by the Creator of the World. This is why we continue looking for a way to give her more strength, to advance in conserving our territory where the ground and subsoil, the fauna and flora exists. If we remove the strength from Her how will we live? She is being debilitated and the sun will cover itself, when this happens we will all die"
"All our thoughts are dedicated to looking after our territory. In the whole world, you are paying for water, energy everything. You the Younger Brothers were also left here to take care of the Mother, not to exploit her. Hopefully you will learn, listen and take this message to be analyzed"
THE EYES OF THE MOTHER: "Why are the Waters, the Rivers the Lagoons and Snowed Mountains sacred? The Lagoon is like the eye sight of the Mother. With the sight of the Mother we work, and take care of the forests, the little rivers and gorges. It is like the eye-sight, the workers of the service that take care of all of nature.
The Mother of the water is the one that takes care of us"
"The Mother Earth was left to us. We continue to look for a way to give her strength, We are very worried about the water, this feels very painful, we are not proud of what we are seeing. We are worried as we watch Her the Mother drying out"
Here are nine principles I offer:
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF LIFE - THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. To live these minute by minute.
2. To take responsibility - reciprocity; spiritual offerings to the Mother.
3. Preservation
4. Shift our consciousness - align with higher vibrational energies.
5. To build a new spirit - new mind - new body.
6. To manifest and to dream consciously.
7. To preserve and communicate with the living earth.
8. To solicit earth wisdom
9. To open to spiritual technology
Eight principles to manifesting the New Paradigm:
As co-creators it is our determination to be responsible
1. To envision
2. To manifest
3. To dream
4. To focus
5. To vibrate as one with the highest most distinct divine principles
6. to voice, tone, sing and attune ourselves vocally with the living Mother.
7. To recall our original instructions - to become.
8. to recognize and to align with the Divine Self.
TO HARMONIZE LIFE:
"The origin of illumination - enlightenment - peace- love - compassion - forgiveness is ever present we need only to step into the flow"
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