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.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Secret to Life

During luminous awareness time this morning, I received the message "The secret to life is in the closet."  My first thoughts were: "What is that object? Which object is it? Where did I store it? What can it be?"  A little later, I interpreted that to mean that I keep my most sentimental memories, emotions, and love in a safe place and only take them out for viewing on occasion when I am alone or when I share them with select few in confidence.  I take them out of the dark storage and into the light for others to experience also.

That is not living because I hold too much for too long in safe caverns instead of sharing more often.  I have found that it is not criticism of what I share that prevents me from sharing more, but the fact that what I share overpowers others because it is too much for them to understand my perception in a single experience.   While they try to digest what I've shared, they tend to distance themselves for a while. Communication is a difficult thing.

This morning my calendar message stated that even the densest materials on Earth are miraculously filled with light. Closets are dark and they hold many wonderful treasures. Uhmmm...

Based on the the ripple effect, I need to be always consiously aware that each small interaction that I have with anything and everything in the universe will affect everything else. It need not be a big splash.  I forget this, often thinking that I need to do some big thing to have made a wonderful contribution to mankind and that my life has been worthy of humanity.

So, I need not store the secret to life in the closet and rarely take it out for showing.  I simply need to always let it shine and glimmer in small amounts and KNOW it will go a long, long way. It may even hit me like a boom-a-rang.

Knowing when and how to use Power is an art. We all contribute to the power of the little ripple.

Live consciously aware, and remember the smallest joins other smallest and becomes massive.

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