Ayni, or Reciprocity and Right Relationship with All

In Joan Parisi Wilcox's book, The Masters of the Living Energy, she writes that Andean shaman (paqo) Juan Nunez del Prado says, "Our work as humans is to have a complete life, to have a real relationship with the Pachamama, with Mother Earth, to have a real relationship with everything in the world, with everything. We can have a "real" relationship with everything because everything, including ourselves, has kawsay-the vital, animating energy of existence." According to Juan, not only the trees, rivers, and mountains have kawsay, but even the Empire State Building has its own power. The problem is how to establish a good relationship with that person, place, or object.

Power is only power according to Juan. You can do good things or you can do bad things with power. But if you want to do good things in your life and in the lives of those around you, you must have power. He says that you must decide how to use it not based on your ability to use it, but because you follow a moral rule that tells you not do it. There are some people who are prevented from acting not because of their morals but because they do not have the power to do it. The thing is to have the power to do everything! Then the next thing is to have the personal morals to know how to use or not use your power. We are looking for power when we try to make a connection with the living energy.

According to Fredy "Puma" Quispe Singona, words are spirits with energy also. Every word you speak or write becomes a being, with action and energy. According to how you choose to speak, you are choosing how you will be surrounded by these beings. Also, not all of our intentions are manifested in our words. Some are beyond our words and are resonated energy beings.

Please be respectful and mindful of the spirit beings you invite into our universe and into this blog.

In Munay

Mesa Bundle

Mesa Bundle

According to Joan Parisi Wilcox, a mesa is a Peruvian Q'ero paqo's primary tool. A mesa is a bundle of power objects that connects Andean paqo's to their ancestors, the sacred sites, and their helping spirits, especially the apus, or the spirits of the sacred mountains of Peru The mesa is not the shaman's, or paqo's, power, but it symbolizes his/her power.

In Joan's book, Fredy "Puma" Quispe Singona explains many Q'ero teachings. He states that the mesa is the fire burning in our hearts. The mesa carrier is connected to other mesa carriers. This path is about respect and integrity. The mesa is connected to your ancestors and your lineage. In Peru, the apus, the spirits of the land, are the sacred mountains. Your apu is the spirit of the land near where you were born and came into this world.

Fredy "Puma" Quispe Singona says, "Now why is it called "mesa?" Mesa means table is Spanish. Serious decisions are made around a table. Important things take place around a table. It is very important that your mesa become a powerful circle of stones, crystals, and other symbols of your power. All of your power objects are wrapped in a beautiful cloth to make a bundle. Whatever you put in your mesa, only put it in if you have a strong "Yes!" about it.

We connect to the ley lines of energy through the mesa. Through these ley lines, or seques, we activate our mesa and get connected to all the other mesas. Remember that you are always working with a network-between communities, families members, countries, continents. Fredy "Puma" says to remember that you are never alone as a paqo.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Perceptions & Judgments: Our Personal 2D Glasses

In The Four Insights written by Alberto Villoldo, he states that our judgments are assumptions that are based on what we've learned and been told. These become the filters we view the world through. We make sense of our world by judging situations as right or wrong, good or bad according to rules defined by our culture.  An Earthkeeper believes that it's important to let go of these sorts of judgments and maintain their ability to discern. Practicing nonjudgment is the practice of transcending our limited beliefs. Earthkeepers learn to experience events in such a way that they no longer take life personally.  Here, things no longer happen to you, they simply happen.

When you change your perception of the events you experience, you also alter the way these situations live within you.  You are no longer the cause or the effect of anything, and you sense a tremendous relief because the world is exactly as it should be -- and it doesn't need you to fix it.

According to Alberto, there are four levels of perception that correspond to the four domains of manifestation of vibration and light: the physical world (our body), the realm of thoughts and ideas (mind), the realm of myth (soul), and the world of spirit (energy). These perceptual levels are associated with the four energetic bodies that make up the human energy field.  They are stacked inside each other with the physical body innermost, the mental body enveloping and informing the physical shell, the soul enveloping the mental and physical, and the spiritual body outermost, informing and organizing them all like a blueprint.

When we shift from one level of perception up to the next, we retain our ability to function at the lower realm, but we have a much wider view of what we're experiencing. Being able to shift to a higher realm of perception can help us find solutions to our problems, resolve conflicts, heal disease, and experience oneness with all of creation, whereas before we were only experiencing distress and separation. When you shift your level of perception, you can transform the myriad challenges you're facing in your emotional and physical worlds.  You can understand that what you perceive as a problem in one sphere is actually an opportunity at the level above it.

When we practice nonjudgment, we reject automatic beliefs and discern better. We deal with the problem at hand, not just from the literal level of our body, but from the highest level of perception we can.  We allow ourselves to embrace the unknown, along with its unlimited possibilities.

Live fearlessly and in ayni with others.
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