Dear Family of Light,
Just got back from a magical time in Peace River near Central Florida and so nice to get away from City lights. These are my Burning Man amigos and never a dull moment.
For me it is like going back in time, tending the fire and being still...so much is more to come and the calm in the center of the Hurricane makes it all the more fun.
Enjoy the fotos and back to editing our Sedona ~Hopi film.
Many blessings,
Lucho
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Miami Circle Invite Sat sunrise the 26
Dear Family of Light,
Just getting back from Hopi land, Sedona and the Elders Conf. Sacred time and amazing exp shared. -- 2 cycles from 1995 and 1997 have been completed -- 95 was in Hopi Land - now back again and a new vision - 1997 was with Flordemayo and Kogis in Colombia Amazon, now a memory remembered.
Danilo our Arhuaco bro is back in Colombia and he taught me many things...not to mention, the need to be detached.
Been offline for a week, no phones and now in edit mode 4 film.
So be patient if u sent me a note.
TONITES PARTY POSTPONED-
Miami Circle event Sat sunrise is still on..7 am
When we go into a sacred space something happens and it is like a new awareness. Syncs and dreams -time in Gods mind and being a river--just flowing.
The ancient ones gifted me 2 Eagle feathers at Hopi second mesa as well as a Red tail hawk. My Colombian sister Martica and her Peruvian Husband Wachan gifted me a Condor feather that needed healing. --so the magic is unfolding...~~>
Meeting Grandfather Martin, the last Prophecy Keeper of Traditional Hopis was a great gift and much to share about this... still processing and the ceremony I did at his home is being words...
this medicine is key 4 me.
My life is on a new frequency and in time all will be revealed.
I leave 4 Colombia in mid June, so will not check this page as much.
best to email me if important.-- lcondorkogi@gmail.com
Listen to the Eternal Thunder mts and the Cry of the Earth.
Many blessings,
Lucho
Just getting back from Hopi land, Sedona and the Elders Conf. Sacred time and amazing exp shared. -- 2 cycles from 1995 and 1997 have been completed -- 95 was in Hopi Land - now back again and a new vision - 1997 was with Flordemayo and Kogis in Colombia Amazon, now a memory remembered.
Danilo our Arhuaco bro is back in Colombia and he taught me many things...not to mention, the need to be detached.
Been offline for a week, no phones and now in edit mode 4 film.
So be patient if u sent me a note.
TONITES PARTY POSTPONED-
Miami Circle event Sat sunrise is still on..7 am
When we go into a sacred space something happens and it is like a new awareness. Syncs and dreams -time in Gods mind and being a river--just flowing.
The ancient ones gifted me 2 Eagle feathers at Hopi second mesa as well as a Red tail hawk. My Colombian sister Martica and her Peruvian Husband Wachan gifted me a Condor feather that needed healing. --so the magic is unfolding...~~>
Meeting Grandfather Martin, the last Prophecy Keeper of Traditional Hopis was a great gift and much to share about this... still processing and the ceremony I did at his home is being words...
this medicine is key 4 me.
My life is on a new frequency and in time all will be revealed.
I leave 4 Colombia in mid June, so will not check this page as much.
best to email me if important.-- lcondorkogi@gmail.com
Listen to the Eternal Thunder mts and the Cry of the Earth.
Many blessings,
Lucho
Monday, May 14, 2007
Prophecy, Last Message
Prophecy~ Last Message,
A modern tale of adventure, mystery & wisdom
Synopsis
Deep in the one of the highest coastal mountain of the world, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, live an ancient tribe that was never conquered by the Spaniards. They call themselves the Kogi or Kagabba which means { The People }. They are still governed by a society of Priests or Mamas, who still use the 5000-year old tradition of Aluna. They know the future and have knowledge of the beginning of time. They have a prophecy that one day they will come to meet with the Eagle of the North. The Mamas of the 4 tribes, including Arhuaco, Wiwa & Kankuamo are uniting to reveal the ancient secrets.
Another ancient tribe, the Hopi also have a prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor. It is written that when the Eagle of the North unites with the Condor of the South, it symbolizes we are One Hand and the time has come for the Rainbow tribes around the world to unite to bring Peace to Earth.
The problem is the Mamas are slowly disappearing and no one knows it…. The Hopi are also sending messages that time is near and the world will soon enter the 5th World.
The Meeting of Elders is a historic cultural exchange, a chance to record the wisdom and knowledge of the Elders and a fulfillment of a prophecy told many years ago.
We are the Elder Brother, our Teachings say if our Mountain dies… the World will die… We must be the Peace and Hope for this World. ”
We believe the world is ready to hear the Global Vision and Ecological Warning expressed by "The Elder Brother” the Mamas and our Eagle Brothers.
In the Heart of the World there exists a memory to be shared the Kogi's have a message…Are you willing to listen?
The Vision
In an ever shrinking society, where are the true adventurers? In the age of Capitalism, how do the spiritual revolutionaries make a difference? Luis Mejia, aka Lucho L Condor, never stopped asking these questions nor helping those who believe.
A leading international PR professional, Lucho has dedicated his life to humanitarian efforts and creating a free voice for Indigenous people. Many battles are lost because no one knows they are being fought.
In 1986 he had a Near Death Experience (NED) in a car crash and remembered an ancient Prophecy. This brought him back to his homeland, Colombia.
For decades, Lucho has interacted, studied and done ceremony with many Indigenous tribes of the Americas. Through his travels, the Prophecy kept appearing in dreams, real visions of the Hopis and the Kogis doing a fire ceremony.
Prophecy, Last Message is the documentation of a film crews effort to fulfill the prophecy and the journey they experience along the way.
The plot line of Prophecy centers around 3 trips undertaken with the Mamos Elders. The first takes place in Sedona, AZ and the Hopi Village where initial contact is made with an Arhuaco Elder coming to bring the message of the Mamas..
Beginning in May, 2007, successful contact sets in motion Prophecy's sequence of events which will have unknown repercussion.
A second trip in September, 2007, follows 4 Mamos to many sacred sites in South America including Tiawanaku and Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Machu Picchu and Saqsaywaman in Peru, to perform spiritual ceremony and share the ancient message to the modern world and the Que’ro of Cusco.
The final stage of the journey will follow the Elders from their native land in Colombia, to Miami where a fully equipped tour bus (dubbed, the Magic Bus) will take the Mamos and the Production Team to the Hopi Village.
There, a group of Hopi elders will join the Magic Bus to travel to New York City in an effort to deliver a message of peace to the United Nations. With each group having a different native tongue, musicians will join the group to assist in creating a message in the universal language of music.
Objective
The purpose for producing this High Definition Documentary is to successfully develop a humanitarian communications campaign to share the message of the Elder Brother, the Condor and Native Americans of the North, the Eagle- a historic cultural exchange.
This Documentary will create dialogue for peace and share a vision never heard before.
In 1992 the UN's Earth Summit created the “Wisdom Keepers” to bring a message of peace and hope for the environment. Time to reveal the Last Message to the World.
Tribal Ink News has a strategic alliance with Airline Ambassadors International, a UN Humanitarian NGO www.airlineamb.org. As a member of the Executive Council, Luis Mejia has created media campaigns around the world, including humanitarian missions to help the Native Elders. Airline Ambassadors has delivered more than $10 million in humanitarian aid during the past 7 years.
Kogi, Last Message rights will be retained by Tribal Ink News, who will devote 50% of proceeds for the acquisition and protection of Kogi land in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia.
Tribal Ink News (TIN) founded in 1998 is an news agency - a "media bridge" company that Links Indigenous people, their teachings and the ancient spirit to the modern world through film documentaries, public relations campaigns, radio messages, news stories, Internet cross-promotions, articles and special events. We are an Internet network of media organizations, TV producers, journalists, Native Elders, Eco and Humanitarian NGOs, Corporate Leaders and Spiritual Teachers ready to bridge the Digital Divide and share the wisdom of the Elders.
In 1999 Tribal Ink News was one of the main organizations that helped save the Miami Circle, an ancient archeological site in downtown Miami.
Tribal Ink News www.tribalink.org
Bogota, Colombia & Miami, FLA
Contacts: Luis E Mejia, Writer & Director Alex Steneck, Producer
Miami: 786-268-2723-305-304-0898 -Bogota -571-312 5700
www.myspace.com/lcondor
www.livevideo.com/tribalinknew
www.youtube.com/tribalinknews
http://tribalinknews.blogspot.com
Lcondorkogi@gmail.com
A modern tale of adventure, mystery & wisdom
Synopsis
Deep in the one of the highest coastal mountain of the world, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, live an ancient tribe that was never conquered by the Spaniards. They call themselves the Kogi or Kagabba which means { The People }. They are still governed by a society of Priests or Mamas, who still use the 5000-year old tradition of Aluna. They know the future and have knowledge of the beginning of time. They have a prophecy that one day they will come to meet with the Eagle of the North. The Mamas of the 4 tribes, including Arhuaco, Wiwa & Kankuamo are uniting to reveal the ancient secrets.
Another ancient tribe, the Hopi also have a prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor. It is written that when the Eagle of the North unites with the Condor of the South, it symbolizes we are One Hand and the time has come for the Rainbow tribes around the world to unite to bring Peace to Earth.
The problem is the Mamas are slowly disappearing and no one knows it…. The Hopi are also sending messages that time is near and the world will soon enter the 5th World.
The Meeting of Elders is a historic cultural exchange, a chance to record the wisdom and knowledge of the Elders and a fulfillment of a prophecy told many years ago.
We are the Elder Brother, our Teachings say if our Mountain dies… the World will die… We must be the Peace and Hope for this World. ”
We believe the world is ready to hear the Global Vision and Ecological Warning expressed by "The Elder Brother” the Mamas and our Eagle Brothers.
In the Heart of the World there exists a memory to be shared the Kogi's have a message…Are you willing to listen?
The Vision
In an ever shrinking society, where are the true adventurers? In the age of Capitalism, how do the spiritual revolutionaries make a difference? Luis Mejia, aka Lucho L Condor, never stopped asking these questions nor helping those who believe.
A leading international PR professional, Lucho has dedicated his life to humanitarian efforts and creating a free voice for Indigenous people. Many battles are lost because no one knows they are being fought.
In 1986 he had a Near Death Experience (NED) in a car crash and remembered an ancient Prophecy. This brought him back to his homeland, Colombia.
For decades, Lucho has interacted, studied and done ceremony with many Indigenous tribes of the Americas. Through his travels, the Prophecy kept appearing in dreams, real visions of the Hopis and the Kogis doing a fire ceremony.
Prophecy, Last Message is the documentation of a film crews effort to fulfill the prophecy and the journey they experience along the way.
The plot line of Prophecy centers around 3 trips undertaken with the Mamos Elders. The first takes place in Sedona, AZ and the Hopi Village where initial contact is made with an Arhuaco Elder coming to bring the message of the Mamas..
Beginning in May, 2007, successful contact sets in motion Prophecy's sequence of events which will have unknown repercussion.
A second trip in September, 2007, follows 4 Mamos to many sacred sites in South America including Tiawanaku and Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Machu Picchu and Saqsaywaman in Peru, to perform spiritual ceremony and share the ancient message to the modern world and the Que’ro of Cusco.
The final stage of the journey will follow the Elders from their native land in Colombia, to Miami where a fully equipped tour bus (dubbed, the Magic Bus) will take the Mamos and the Production Team to the Hopi Village.
There, a group of Hopi elders will join the Magic Bus to travel to New York City in an effort to deliver a message of peace to the United Nations. With each group having a different native tongue, musicians will join the group to assist in creating a message in the universal language of music.
Objective
The purpose for producing this High Definition Documentary is to successfully develop a humanitarian communications campaign to share the message of the Elder Brother, the Condor and Native Americans of the North, the Eagle- a historic cultural exchange.
This Documentary will create dialogue for peace and share a vision never heard before.
In 1992 the UN's Earth Summit created the “Wisdom Keepers” to bring a message of peace and hope for the environment. Time to reveal the Last Message to the World.
Tribal Ink News has a strategic alliance with Airline Ambassadors International, a UN Humanitarian NGO www.airlineamb.org. As a member of the Executive Council, Luis Mejia has created media campaigns around the world, including humanitarian missions to help the Native Elders. Airline Ambassadors has delivered more than $10 million in humanitarian aid during the past 7 years.
Kogi, Last Message rights will be retained by Tribal Ink News, who will devote 50% of proceeds for the acquisition and protection of Kogi land in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia.
Tribal Ink News (TIN) founded in 1998 is an news agency - a "media bridge" company that Links Indigenous people, their teachings and the ancient spirit to the modern world through film documentaries, public relations campaigns, radio messages, news stories, Internet cross-promotions, articles and special events. We are an Internet network of media organizations, TV producers, journalists, Native Elders, Eco and Humanitarian NGOs, Corporate Leaders and Spiritual Teachers ready to bridge the Digital Divide and share the wisdom of the Elders.
In 1999 Tribal Ink News was one of the main organizations that helped save the Miami Circle, an ancient archeological site in downtown Miami.
Tribal Ink News www.tribalink.org
Bogota, Colombia & Miami, FLA
Contacts: Luis E Mejia, Writer & Director Alex Steneck, Producer
Miami: 786-268-2723-305-304-0898 -Bogota -571-312 5700
www.myspace.com/lcondor
www.livevideo.com/tribalinknew
www.youtube.com/tribalinknews
http://tribalinknews.blogspot.com
Lcondorkogi@gmail.com
Kogi Mamos -Prophecy
Kogi Mamos share more of Prophecy near Sacred Rock in Sogamoso.
Preview of Film
Prophecy Last Message
Producer ~Luis Mejia L Condor
Camera ~ Pierre Heron
Tribal Ink News
www.tribalink.org
www.myspace.com/lcondor
The magic continues...
http://www.livevideo.com/video/Tribalinknews/955A1DC05AA24D9AAF3056433648804E/colombian-mamos-prophecy.aspx
And at Guatavita, the Sacred Muisca Lake near Bogota.
Preview of Film
Prophecy Last Message
Producer ~Luis Mejia L Condor
Camera ~ Pierre Heron
Tribal Ink News
www.tribalink.org
www.myspace.com/lcondor
The magic continues...
http://www.livevideo.com/video/Tribalinknews/955A1DC05AA24D9AAF3056433648804E/colombian-mamos-prophecy.aspx
And at Guatavita, the Sacred Muisca Lake near Bogota.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
The Magic of my Arhuaco Brothers
The Magic of my Brother Arhuacos from the Sacred Mt in Colombia
Link to You Tube-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cThLbnpMDU
And if you speak German....see
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7321081415159007201&q=arhuaco&hl=en
Some images from our film...
Link to You Tube-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cThLbnpMDU
And if you speak German....see
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7321081415159007201&q=arhuaco&hl=en
Some images from our film...
Friday, May 11, 2007
4 Directions Gathering Press & Miami Ceremony
Dear Family of Light,
Talk about burning the candle at both ends...exciting times we live in, just don't get burned...So many Fires...but the Inner Fire is the most important.
Please see attached Press Release on 4 Directions Gathering.
Chet is giving our friends a special discount of 15%.
If U are inspired to come - cost for conference is $175, send an email to Chet and let him know - cbsnow@npgcable.com or call 928-204-1962
A time to return to ancient lands and remember the lost visions.
From the heart,
Lucho
=======================
Prophecy to be Fulfilled at Four Directions Wisdom Gathering
Sedona, AZ - May 18-20, 2007
On May 18-20, 2007, considered the zenith of the 5th Galactic Day of the last period of the current Mayan Long Count calendar that ends in 2012, over 150 people from all corners of "Turtle Island" (North, South, Central America) will join respected Indigenous Elders and Wisdom Keepers from several native traditions in Sedona, Arizona, for the Four Directions Wisdom Gathering. These elders include: Grandmothers Flordemayo (Maya - Central America); Agnes Baker-Pilgrim (Northwest tribes: Oregon) of the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers; Auntie Pua, Kupuna (respected one) and Kahuna (teacher of secrets) from Hawai'i; Willard Pine, elder and pipe-carrier of the traditional Ojibwa (Algonquin) nation of Ontario, Canada; Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma of the Hopi Nation, Arizona; Navajo story-teller, dancer and musician, Tony Redhouse, Inca Shaman, Wachan & Martika creating sacred music, and intuitive Sherry Merrell, with ancient crystal skull Synergy of Mayan legends. Leaders of the Agape International Spiritual Center, Reverends Michael Beckwith and Rickie Byars Beckwith, recently featured in the best-selling book, The Secret, will also participate.
A Saturday key note address will be given by Native American activist and actor, Russell Means. www.russelmeans.com
A special presentation will be given by the "Elder Brothers" of the Kogi-Arhuaco tribe of Colombia. The Mamos are saying time has come for the rainbows tribes to unite and feel the Heart of the World. Luis Mejia ( L Condor), founder of Tribal Ink News, Producer & Director of Prophecy, Last Message will be showing 2 short films on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and insight from the Elder Brothers. www.youtube.com/tribalinknews www.tribalink.org/Kogi.html
This unique Wisdom Gathering of Elders and Wisdom Keepers from many traditions in the sacred red-rock landscape of Sedona will not be another one-way "conference" where speakers talk to a passive audience but rather the opening of a "Heart Space" to share and dialog with our Elders. Imagine a form of "talk story" (as the Hawaiians say) about Present and Future prospects for Humanity as we enter the long-predicted Times of Change or Purification. The Hopi & Mamos of the Sierra have been warning us about these final years of the current Mayan Calendar Long Count. Is your heart open to receive new light? Conversation and Ceremony will explore ways we can create and sustain an Earth-friendly future for all of us in harmony with our planet.
Why do we gather in Sedona? Quantum physics and traditional knowledge agree that the collective energy of a group of conscious people in sacred space like Sedona, especially with the aid of an ancient crystal skull, will be amplified and transmitted across Mother Earth much more powerfully and effectively than isolated, individual efforts, no matter how positively intended. May 18-20, 2007, the high-point of this final 5th Galactic Day before 2012 of the Western Calendar, is the most auspicious time for focused and positive pure intention to all our relations across Turtle Island.
Some Elders call Turtle Island, Amerikua as North, Central & South America is the spinal column of the Earth and Sedona a vortex chakra of ancient time. If the predictions held by traditional Hopi, Kogi and Mayan Elders are accurate, this may be one of our last opportunities to collect and transmit these powerful sacred messages and frequencies across Mother Earth before the disruptive transition from the 4th to the 5th world begins. Even if Purification is postponed, many of these respected Elders know that the wisdom they hold may soon disappear with them or they will no longer be able to travel as freely.
The Prophecy written in stone many years ago is being fulfilled as the Eagle and the Condor are coming together to bring the wisdom of ancient past.
Between Friday evening's opening ceremony featuring a traditional Hawaiian lei ceremony and Russell Means' inspiring message to Sunday afternoon's outdoor closing fire ceremony among Sedona's Red Rocks, participants will share ideas with our Elders and learn practical tools to help us thrive as we pass through the predicted unsettled times of change and transition ahead. On Saturday evening we will join Navajo musician Tony Redhouse to energize our positive intentions with the uplifting vibration of music and song. Daytime sessions will include panel discussions with the elders and dialogue between all participants.
The 4 Directions Gathering will take place at the Sedona Creative Life Center, 333 Schnebly Hill Road, Sedona. www.sedonacreativelife.com
Karen Koebnick of Sedona Spiritual Journeys and Chet and Kallista Snow have joined together with the Sedona Creative Life Center to organize and host this once-in-a-lifetime event among our sacred Red Rocks. We invite you to join us, Synergy, and these noted Elders and Wisdom Keepers to build and project a positive future for ourselves and our children. See www.chetsnow.com/sedona-gathering.html for further information or
call Karen: (928) 282-2450 or Chet: (928) 204-1962.
www.stellarproductionslive.com
Time 4 Fire & Prophecies Revealed...
Background Info-
Speaker’s webs-
Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith
www.agapelive.com
Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma
www.myspace.com/martingashweseoma
Grandmothers Flordemayo -Maya - Central America
Agnes Baker-Pilgrim -Northwest tribes, Oregon of the
Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers;
www.grandmotherscouncil.com
Russell Mean video
www.russellmeans.com
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5814524581556322761
Tony Redhouse, Musician, Artists & Incredible Navajo story-teller.
www.tonyredhouse.net
Synergy and Sherry Merrell
www.angelslove.net
www.crystal-skull.com
Sedona Creative Life Center
http://www.sedonacreativelife.com
Media by L Condor & Tribal Ink News
www.tribalink.org
www.myspace.com/lcondor
Lcondorkogi@gmail.com
Miami Ceremony --
Fundraising Party Y Fire Ceremony- May 25 -8 pm
Music by Phisonica, www.myspace.com/phisonica
Teri Catlin www.myspace.com/tericatlin
Joche- www.myspace.com/jochemusic
and a few surprises -
@ Moksha Family - www.myspace.com/mokshafamily
228 NE 59 St
We will do a Sacred Sunrise Ceremony at the Miami Circle
Sat May 26 - 7 am
www.miamicirclesite.com
Press Conference -
Sat May 26 at 11 am at the Colombian Consulate
280 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Fl 33134
Talk about burning the candle at both ends...exciting times we live in, just don't get burned...So many Fires...but the Inner Fire is the most important.
Please see attached Press Release on 4 Directions Gathering.
Chet is giving our friends a special discount of 15%.
If U are inspired to come - cost for conference is $175, send an email to Chet and let him know - cbsnow@npgcable.com or call 928-204-1962
A time to return to ancient lands and remember the lost visions.
From the heart,
Lucho
=======================
Prophecy to be Fulfilled at Four Directions Wisdom Gathering
Sedona, AZ - May 18-20, 2007
On May 18-20, 2007, considered the zenith of the 5th Galactic Day of the last period of the current Mayan Long Count calendar that ends in 2012, over 150 people from all corners of "Turtle Island" (North, South, Central America) will join respected Indigenous Elders and Wisdom Keepers from several native traditions in Sedona, Arizona, for the Four Directions Wisdom Gathering. These elders include: Grandmothers Flordemayo (Maya - Central America); Agnes Baker-Pilgrim (Northwest tribes: Oregon) of the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers; Auntie Pua, Kupuna (respected one) and Kahuna (teacher of secrets) from Hawai'i; Willard Pine, elder and pipe-carrier of the traditional Ojibwa (Algonquin) nation of Ontario, Canada; Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma of the Hopi Nation, Arizona; Navajo story-teller, dancer and musician, Tony Redhouse, Inca Shaman, Wachan & Martika creating sacred music, and intuitive Sherry Merrell, with ancient crystal skull Synergy of Mayan legends. Leaders of the Agape International Spiritual Center, Reverends Michael Beckwith and Rickie Byars Beckwith, recently featured in the best-selling book, The Secret, will also participate.
A Saturday key note address will be given by Native American activist and actor, Russell Means. www.russelmeans.com
A special presentation will be given by the "Elder Brothers" of the Kogi-Arhuaco tribe of Colombia. The Mamos are saying time has come for the rainbows tribes to unite and feel the Heart of the World. Luis Mejia ( L Condor), founder of Tribal Ink News, Producer & Director of Prophecy, Last Message will be showing 2 short films on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and insight from the Elder Brothers. www.youtube.com/tribalinknews www.tribalink.org/Kogi.html
This unique Wisdom Gathering of Elders and Wisdom Keepers from many traditions in the sacred red-rock landscape of Sedona will not be another one-way "conference" where speakers talk to a passive audience but rather the opening of a "Heart Space" to share and dialog with our Elders. Imagine a form of "talk story" (as the Hawaiians say) about Present and Future prospects for Humanity as we enter the long-predicted Times of Change or Purification. The Hopi & Mamos of the Sierra have been warning us about these final years of the current Mayan Calendar Long Count. Is your heart open to receive new light? Conversation and Ceremony will explore ways we can create and sustain an Earth-friendly future for all of us in harmony with our planet.
Why do we gather in Sedona? Quantum physics and traditional knowledge agree that the collective energy of a group of conscious people in sacred space like Sedona, especially with the aid of an ancient crystal skull, will be amplified and transmitted across Mother Earth much more powerfully and effectively than isolated, individual efforts, no matter how positively intended. May 18-20, 2007, the high-point of this final 5th Galactic Day before 2012 of the Western Calendar, is the most auspicious time for focused and positive pure intention to all our relations across Turtle Island.
Some Elders call Turtle Island, Amerikua as North, Central & South America is the spinal column of the Earth and Sedona a vortex chakra of ancient time. If the predictions held by traditional Hopi, Kogi and Mayan Elders are accurate, this may be one of our last opportunities to collect and transmit these powerful sacred messages and frequencies across Mother Earth before the disruptive transition from the 4th to the 5th world begins. Even if Purification is postponed, many of these respected Elders know that the wisdom they hold may soon disappear with them or they will no longer be able to travel as freely.
The Prophecy written in stone many years ago is being fulfilled as the Eagle and the Condor are coming together to bring the wisdom of ancient past.
Between Friday evening's opening ceremony featuring a traditional Hawaiian lei ceremony and Russell Means' inspiring message to Sunday afternoon's outdoor closing fire ceremony among Sedona's Red Rocks, participants will share ideas with our Elders and learn practical tools to help us thrive as we pass through the predicted unsettled times of change and transition ahead. On Saturday evening we will join Navajo musician Tony Redhouse to energize our positive intentions with the uplifting vibration of music and song. Daytime sessions will include panel discussions with the elders and dialogue between all participants.
The 4 Directions Gathering will take place at the Sedona Creative Life Center, 333 Schnebly Hill Road, Sedona. www.sedonacreativelife.com
Karen Koebnick of Sedona Spiritual Journeys and Chet and Kallista Snow have joined together with the Sedona Creative Life Center to organize and host this once-in-a-lifetime event among our sacred Red Rocks. We invite you to join us, Synergy, and these noted Elders and Wisdom Keepers to build and project a positive future for ourselves and our children. See www.chetsnow.com/sedona-gathering.html for further information or
call Karen: (928) 282-2450 or Chet: (928) 204-1962.
www.stellarproductionslive.com
Time 4 Fire & Prophecies Revealed...
Background Info-
Speaker’s webs-
Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith
www.agapelive.com
Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma
www.myspace.com/martingashweseoma
Grandmothers Flordemayo -Maya - Central America
Agnes Baker-Pilgrim -Northwest tribes, Oregon of the
Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers;
www.grandmotherscouncil.com
Russell Mean video
www.russellmeans.com
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5814524581556322761
Tony Redhouse, Musician, Artists & Incredible Navajo story-teller.
www.tonyredhouse.net
Synergy and Sherry Merrell
www.angelslove.net
www.crystal-skull.com
Sedona Creative Life Center
http://www.sedonacreativelife.com
Media by L Condor & Tribal Ink News
www.tribalink.org
www.myspace.com/lcondor
Lcondorkogi@gmail.com
Miami Ceremony --
Fundraising Party Y Fire Ceremony- May 25 -8 pm
Music by Phisonica, www.myspace.com/phisonica
Teri Catlin www.myspace.com/tericatlin
Joche- www.myspace.com/jochemusic
and a few surprises -
@ Moksha Family - www.myspace.com/mokshafamily
228 NE 59 St
We will do a Sacred Sunrise Ceremony at the Miami Circle
Sat May 26 - 7 am
www.miamicirclesite.com
Press Conference -
Sat May 26 at 11 am at the Colombian Consulate
280 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Fl 33134
Monday, May 07, 2007
Elders News & 4 Directions Sedona & Miami Ceremony
Dear Family of Light,
What a week this has been! The Fire in the Mountain has been lit and the cosmic energies are in motion. We finally got confirmation that Danilo Villafane, an Arhuaco Elder from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia will be coming to the 4 Directions Gathering. May 17-20 see www.chetsnow.com
None of the Mamos had visas and the only one was Danilo, who is the main representative of the 4 main tribes of the Sierra, the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuamo. He has been working directly with the Mamos and is very involved in the next Washington -NY trip planned for mid-June sponsored by the United Nations Developement Program and the Inter-American Development Bank. see http://www.tribalink.org/Kogi.html
We travel to Hopi land with Grandfather Martin after Sedona and return to Miami May 25.
Fundraising Party May 25 -8 pm
Music by Phisonica, www.myspace.com/phisonica
Teri Catlin www.myspace.com/tericatlin
and a few surprises -
@ Moksha Family - www.myspace.com/mokshafamily
228 NE 59 St
Press Conference -Sat May 26 at 11 am at the Colombian Consulate -
280 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Fl 33134
We will do a sacred ceremony in Miami at the Miami Circle
Sat May 26 - 4 pm
www.miamicirclesite.com
Info on 4 Directions Gathering-
NOT another Conference but A HEART SPACE to “talk story” with our elders to learn practical tools to face the coming changes or “Purification,” as the Hopi say, that is required before Mother Earth can birth the 5th World. This may be one of our last chances to meet personally and share with these respected elders before the Purification begins. Do not miss this unique chance in Sedona's special energies!
In-depth teaching by Native American elders – one for each of the 4 Directions, including Flordemayo (Maya), Auntie Pua (Hawai’i)… plus Grandfather Martin, traditional Hopi elder, representing the “Center” here in this sacred land and Grandma Agnes Baker Pilgrim of the Pacific North-West. Willard and Marie Pine of the Ojibwa nation from Lake Superior will represent the East. We also will have the participation of Inca shaman, healer & musician, Wachan, and his wife Martika.
An extra bonus is the participation of a representative from the legendary Kogi~Arhuaco ("The Elder Brothers") the 2 key tribes from Colombia.
2 Short Films on the Sierra will be presented by Luis Mejia "L Condor"
Special presentations by Russell Means, see Russellmeans.com ,
Rev. Michael Beckwith & Rev. Rickie Byars Beckwith.
Participation by Synergy, an ancient quartz crystal skull with Sherry Whitfield Merrell. Crystal skulls represent our wise ancestors and have long been used in sacred ceremonies by indigenous people, especially in Central & South America and Tibet.
Co-produced by Karen Koebnick of Sedona Spiritual Journeys.
http://stellarproductionslive.com/
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From Last Washington- NY trip - 9-06
A Message from the Heart of the World
A presentation by the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo indigenous groups from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia. These elders are appearing outside their country for the first time to present their urgent appeal on environment, land, and culture.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM COLOMBIA MAKE FIRST-TIME VISIT TO PRESENT MESSAGE ON LAND, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CULTURE
The Sacred Message
“The sacred territory of the Sierra Nevada since time immemorial has been the foundation of our culture. It contains the laws and the symbols that determine our way of thinking and our identity. We should all comply with these norms and laws to safeguard the Universe. The territory must be sustained through daily activities
that allow the culture and all its components to reproduce. In this sense the concept of ancestral owners of the territory is based on knowledge about everything that lives in the territory; in other words, nature teaches us how to live in harmony. It is an open book where we learn about its stories and past, and this is what our children and future generations will learn. Knowledge depends on the careful study of the very meaning of the territory and allows us to remember the role of our ancestors, and the real meaning of each individual and their mission, not as an Indigenous person but as a human responsible for caring for the planet that is threatened when the sense of responsibility is abandoned.”
The issue of territory
• Four indigenous groups totaling 50,000 persons live in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the world’s highest coastal mountain (5,775 meters/18,946 feet).
• Their traditional territory, which they believe is the “Heart of the World,” includes snowy peaks, cloud forests, rain forests, coral reefs, mangrove swamps, deserts and almost every sub-climate in the world and is delineated by a series of sacred sites.
• The indigenous peoples (Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco and Kankuamo) practice 1000 year old traditions that predate the arrival of the Spaniards and are one of the most authentic and unaltered surviving civilizations of pre-Colombian America.
• Today, an estimated 220,000 non-indigenous people have settled in the middle and lower portions of the Sierra Nevada. Many are refugees from the violence of the Colombian conflict.
• The loss of their traditional lands, encroachment into areas where they currently hold title, the advancing agricultural frontier, illicit crops, climate change, the western vision of progress, and the conflict in Colombia have all contributed to the destruction of 72 percent of the area’s original forests, depletion of rivers and streams, loss of biodiversity, and soil erosion. These factors threaten the future of this territory and its people, and jeopardize the water resources upon which 1.5 million people and the area’s agro-industry and tourism sectors depend.
• Despite considerable progress over the past several decades in creating reserves to safeguard the land rights of the indigenous groups, only one third of their traditional territory—or 14.8 million acres (6 million hectares)--has legal protectionas “resguardos”.
• Lands that have been legally returned to these groups have undergone significant environmental renewal, have helped to improve the living conditions of the indigenous population and strengthened their cultural systems and traditional organization. Of the total amount of territory acquired through legalization and extension, 70 percent is dedicated exclusively for natural regeneration and ecosystem and water resource conservation.
A Bold Proposal
• These indigenous peoples have set a goal to recover an additional 835,216 acres/338,000 hectares of their traditional territory over a 20-year period. Their initial goal is to recover 210,000 acres/85,000 hectares where their main sacred sites are located. This proposal would greatly contribute to water resource and biodiversity conservation that is crucial for the entire region.
• They are requesting international support to raise $15 million for an Indigenous Fund to acquire this land. The Fund will be jointly administered by the Consejo Territorial de Cabildos (CTC) (the Indigenous organization) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• The program will be carried out in accordance with a previously established framework agreement signed by the CTC and the Colombian government.
• The purpose of the Indigenous leaders’ visit to Washington, D.C. and New York City is to disseminate their message and enlist support for funding to acquire and recuperate their traditional territories. The visit, which is historically unprecedented for these peoples’ traditional authorities, is being facilitated by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the UNDP.
Indigenous peoples and the Inter-American Development Bank
• The Inter-American Development Bank is committed to supporting the development aspirations of indigenous people while protecting their identity and individual and collective rights.
• The IDB’s Indigenous Peoples and Community Development Unit was created in 1994 to define ways in which the Bank can achieve development with identity of indigenous peoples and to mainstream indigenous issues throughout the institution’s project portfolio.
• The vision, objectives and priority areas of the IDB’s work in the area of indigenous issues are set forth in two documents: the Strategy for Indigenous Development and the Operation Policy on Indigenous Peoples, that entered into force in August 2006.
• For further information on the Bank’s work in this field, please see www.iadb.org/sds/ind.
Indigenous peoples and the United Nations Development Programme
• The UNDP promotes the inclusion of indigenous peoples in the discussions on the Millennium
Develop Goals programs and objectives; it support the adoption of the recommendations made by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Special Rapporteur for Indigenous human rights; and it promotes the development of national policies and programs with a specialized approach and protection of rights.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/
• The UNDP focuses its support for Indigenous peoples in the following areas: institutional strengthening, establishment of territorial rights, promoting the role of traditional practices in confronting humanitarian crises, and establishing links between indigenous organizations and national government institutions.
• The UNDP has proposed strategic areas of support for Indigenous peoples in the document UNDP and Indigenous Peoples: A Policy of Engagement.
• For further information on the Bank’s work in this field, please see http://www.undp.org/cso/ip.html
______________________________________________________________________
For more information, contact Luisz Olmedo Martinez, of the UNDP’s Unidad de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (luisz.olmedo.martinez@undp.org)or Danilo Villafañe (gonawinduatayrona@yahoo.com) from the Gonawindua Tayrona Indigenous Organization in Colombia; or Anne Deruytttere, of the IDB’s Indigenous
Peoples and Community Development Unit (anned@iadb.org) in Washington, D.C.
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Tribal Ink News www.tribalink.org is supporting this project as a Humanitarian Media NGO in strategic alliance with Airline Ambassadors Int. www.airlineamb.org
Free Media 4 Our Elders, A Voice 4 the Future.
Good article From Cultural Survival
Who Loses What in a Civil War? The Kogi-Wiwa-Arhuaco of Colombia
January 25, 2002 | World Indigenous News
The Kogi-Wiwa-Arhuaco Reserve, home to several of Colombia’s indigenous groups, are the ultimate losers in the ongoing civil war that threatens to take from them what is left from the passage of time.
The Kogi-Wiwa-Arhuaco Reserve, an area containing several indigenous towns in Colombia - Bunkwimake, Gúmake, Jiwa Chivilongui, Acleyzhi, Ulueyzhi, Goksheyzhi, Kemakumake and Kalabangaga - still constitutes an intact pre-Columbian high civilization, one that has survived both Spanish and industrial colonizations over the course of time. The natives belonging to this country have preserved their ancestral ways of life, maintaining a rich culture and continuing in the education of their so-called “Mamas”, priests of the Kogi nation, wise men trained since their childhood both to preserve and work in the spirit world.
The Kogi area is one of those indigenous populations that belong to Colombia , a country not simply going through a situation of internal fighting, but suffering a civil war. The same kind of civil war that, for whatever reasons, we have seen in many countries. However, the case of Colombia is different in one respect. The complicated array of numerous warring and quarreling groups has trapped within it an equally diverse number of indigenous people, who have essentially nothing to do with the current internecine situation, a situation that is part of a world they simply do not belong to.
What has not been eroded with the passage of time is in danger of being eradicated by warring squads, all products of national chaos and violence. According to Danilo Villafañe, a representative of the Kogi community acting under an organization called “Gonawindua Tairona”, heavily armed men, apparently members of the Self-Defense Union of Colombia (AUC), invaded part of the northern coastal province of Magdalena (which includes part of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta), where the Kogi nation and other indigenous tribes live. Mr. Villafañe explains that the Kogi had never sought help before.
Not so now. They are presently trying to bring their appeals to the attention of the President of Colombia through simple letters, as well as seeking to attract the attention of human rights organizations. Upon actually reading those letters, one realizes the simple validity of their claims, asking for the rights that are intrinsic to humans irrespective of their level of civilization or development. They ask for the simple right to live.
But in a war, the right to live –the most basic right of all - does not turn out to be a valuable one. It is as devalued as the bank accounts of those enduring the war from the vantage point of a more 'advanced' civilization.
Sources and Further Reading:
[JoeKulin@aol.com] January 1, 2002
http://www.cs.org/publications/win/win-article.cfm?id=279&highlight=
What a week this has been! The Fire in the Mountain has been lit and the cosmic energies are in motion. We finally got confirmation that Danilo Villafane, an Arhuaco Elder from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia will be coming to the 4 Directions Gathering. May 17-20 see www.chetsnow.com
None of the Mamos had visas and the only one was Danilo, who is the main representative of the 4 main tribes of the Sierra, the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa and Kankuamo. He has been working directly with the Mamos and is very involved in the next Washington -NY trip planned for mid-June sponsored by the United Nations Developement Program and the Inter-American Development Bank. see http://www.tribalink.org/Kogi.html
We travel to Hopi land with Grandfather Martin after Sedona and return to Miami May 25.
Fundraising Party May 25 -8 pm
Music by Phisonica, www.myspace.com/phisonica
Teri Catlin www.myspace.com/tericatlin
and a few surprises -
@ Moksha Family - www.myspace.com/mokshafamily
228 NE 59 St
Press Conference -Sat May 26 at 11 am at the Colombian Consulate -
280 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Fl 33134
We will do a sacred ceremony in Miami at the Miami Circle
Sat May 26 - 4 pm
www.miamicirclesite.com
Info on 4 Directions Gathering-
NOT another Conference but A HEART SPACE to “talk story” with our elders to learn practical tools to face the coming changes or “Purification,” as the Hopi say, that is required before Mother Earth can birth the 5th World. This may be one of our last chances to meet personally and share with these respected elders before the Purification begins. Do not miss this unique chance in Sedona's special energies!
In-depth teaching by Native American elders – one for each of the 4 Directions, including Flordemayo (Maya), Auntie Pua (Hawai’i)… plus Grandfather Martin, traditional Hopi elder, representing the “Center” here in this sacred land and Grandma Agnes Baker Pilgrim of the Pacific North-West. Willard and Marie Pine of the Ojibwa nation from Lake Superior will represent the East. We also will have the participation of Inca shaman, healer & musician, Wachan, and his wife Martika.
An extra bonus is the participation of a representative from the legendary Kogi~Arhuaco ("The Elder Brothers") the 2 key tribes from Colombia.
2 Short Films on the Sierra will be presented by Luis Mejia "L Condor"
Special presentations by Russell Means, see Russellmeans.com ,
Rev. Michael Beckwith & Rev. Rickie Byars Beckwith.
Participation by Synergy, an ancient quartz crystal skull with Sherry Whitfield Merrell. Crystal skulls represent our wise ancestors and have long been used in sacred ceremonies by indigenous people, especially in Central & South America and Tibet.
Co-produced by Karen Koebnick of Sedona Spiritual Journeys.
http://stellarproductionslive.com/
====================OOOOOOOOOOOO===================
From Last Washington- NY trip - 9-06
A Message from the Heart of the World
A presentation by the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo indigenous groups from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia. These elders are appearing outside their country for the first time to present their urgent appeal on environment, land, and culture.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM COLOMBIA MAKE FIRST-TIME VISIT TO PRESENT MESSAGE ON LAND, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CULTURE
The Sacred Message
“The sacred territory of the Sierra Nevada since time immemorial has been the foundation of our culture. It contains the laws and the symbols that determine our way of thinking and our identity. We should all comply with these norms and laws to safeguard the Universe. The territory must be sustained through daily activities
that allow the culture and all its components to reproduce. In this sense the concept of ancestral owners of the territory is based on knowledge about everything that lives in the territory; in other words, nature teaches us how to live in harmony. It is an open book where we learn about its stories and past, and this is what our children and future generations will learn. Knowledge depends on the careful study of the very meaning of the territory and allows us to remember the role of our ancestors, and the real meaning of each individual and their mission, not as an Indigenous person but as a human responsible for caring for the planet that is threatened when the sense of responsibility is abandoned.”
The issue of territory
• Four indigenous groups totaling 50,000 persons live in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the world’s highest coastal mountain (5,775 meters/18,946 feet).
• Their traditional territory, which they believe is the “Heart of the World,” includes snowy peaks, cloud forests, rain forests, coral reefs, mangrove swamps, deserts and almost every sub-climate in the world and is delineated by a series of sacred sites.
• The indigenous peoples (Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco and Kankuamo) practice 1000 year old traditions that predate the arrival of the Spaniards and are one of the most authentic and unaltered surviving civilizations of pre-Colombian America.
• Today, an estimated 220,000 non-indigenous people have settled in the middle and lower portions of the Sierra Nevada. Many are refugees from the violence of the Colombian conflict.
• The loss of their traditional lands, encroachment into areas where they currently hold title, the advancing agricultural frontier, illicit crops, climate change, the western vision of progress, and the conflict in Colombia have all contributed to the destruction of 72 percent of the area’s original forests, depletion of rivers and streams, loss of biodiversity, and soil erosion. These factors threaten the future of this territory and its people, and jeopardize the water resources upon which 1.5 million people and the area’s agro-industry and tourism sectors depend.
• Despite considerable progress over the past several decades in creating reserves to safeguard the land rights of the indigenous groups, only one third of their traditional territory—or 14.8 million acres (6 million hectares)--has legal protectionas “resguardos”.
• Lands that have been legally returned to these groups have undergone significant environmental renewal, have helped to improve the living conditions of the indigenous population and strengthened their cultural systems and traditional organization. Of the total amount of territory acquired through legalization and extension, 70 percent is dedicated exclusively for natural regeneration and ecosystem and water resource conservation.
A Bold Proposal
• These indigenous peoples have set a goal to recover an additional 835,216 acres/338,000 hectares of their traditional territory over a 20-year period. Their initial goal is to recover 210,000 acres/85,000 hectares where their main sacred sites are located. This proposal would greatly contribute to water resource and biodiversity conservation that is crucial for the entire region.
• They are requesting international support to raise $15 million for an Indigenous Fund to acquire this land. The Fund will be jointly administered by the Consejo Territorial de Cabildos (CTC) (the Indigenous organization) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• The program will be carried out in accordance with a previously established framework agreement signed by the CTC and the Colombian government.
• The purpose of the Indigenous leaders’ visit to Washington, D.C. and New York City is to disseminate their message and enlist support for funding to acquire and recuperate their traditional territories. The visit, which is historically unprecedented for these peoples’ traditional authorities, is being facilitated by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the UNDP.
Indigenous peoples and the Inter-American Development Bank
• The Inter-American Development Bank is committed to supporting the development aspirations of indigenous people while protecting their identity and individual and collective rights.
• The IDB’s Indigenous Peoples and Community Development Unit was created in 1994 to define ways in which the Bank can achieve development with identity of indigenous peoples and to mainstream indigenous issues throughout the institution’s project portfolio.
• The vision, objectives and priority areas of the IDB’s work in the area of indigenous issues are set forth in two documents: the Strategy for Indigenous Development and the Operation Policy on Indigenous Peoples, that entered into force in August 2006.
• For further information on the Bank’s work in this field, please see www.iadb.org/sds/ind.
Indigenous peoples and the United Nations Development Programme
• The UNDP promotes the inclusion of indigenous peoples in the discussions on the Millennium
Develop Goals programs and objectives; it support the adoption of the recommendations made by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Special Rapporteur for Indigenous human rights; and it promotes the development of national policies and programs with a specialized approach and protection of rights.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/
• The UNDP focuses its support for Indigenous peoples in the following areas: institutional strengthening, establishment of territorial rights, promoting the role of traditional practices in confronting humanitarian crises, and establishing links between indigenous organizations and national government institutions.
• The UNDP has proposed strategic areas of support for Indigenous peoples in the document UNDP and Indigenous Peoples: A Policy of Engagement.
• For further information on the Bank’s work in this field, please see http://www.undp.org/cso/ip.html
______________________________________________________________________
For more information, contact Luisz Olmedo Martinez, of the UNDP’s Unidad de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (luisz.olmedo.martinez@undp.org)or Danilo Villafañe (gonawinduatayrona@yahoo.com) from the Gonawindua Tayrona Indigenous Organization in Colombia; or Anne Deruytttere, of the IDB’s Indigenous
Peoples and Community Development Unit (anned@iadb.org) in Washington, D.C.
--
Tribal Ink News www.tribalink.org is supporting this project as a Humanitarian Media NGO in strategic alliance with Airline Ambassadors Int. www.airlineamb.org
Free Media 4 Our Elders, A Voice 4 the Future.
Good article From Cultural Survival
Who Loses What in a Civil War? The Kogi-Wiwa-Arhuaco of Colombia
January 25, 2002 | World Indigenous News
The Kogi-Wiwa-Arhuaco Reserve, home to several of Colombia’s indigenous groups, are the ultimate losers in the ongoing civil war that threatens to take from them what is left from the passage of time.
The Kogi-Wiwa-Arhuaco Reserve, an area containing several indigenous towns in Colombia - Bunkwimake, Gúmake, Jiwa Chivilongui, Acleyzhi, Ulueyzhi, Goksheyzhi, Kemakumake and Kalabangaga - still constitutes an intact pre-Columbian high civilization, one that has survived both Spanish and industrial colonizations over the course of time. The natives belonging to this country have preserved their ancestral ways of life, maintaining a rich culture and continuing in the education of their so-called “Mamas”, priests of the Kogi nation, wise men trained since their childhood both to preserve and work in the spirit world.
The Kogi area is one of those indigenous populations that belong to Colombia , a country not simply going through a situation of internal fighting, but suffering a civil war. The same kind of civil war that, for whatever reasons, we have seen in many countries. However, the case of Colombia is different in one respect. The complicated array of numerous warring and quarreling groups has trapped within it an equally diverse number of indigenous people, who have essentially nothing to do with the current internecine situation, a situation that is part of a world they simply do not belong to.
What has not been eroded with the passage of time is in danger of being eradicated by warring squads, all products of national chaos and violence. According to Danilo Villafañe, a representative of the Kogi community acting under an organization called “Gonawindua Tairona”, heavily armed men, apparently members of the Self-Defense Union of Colombia (AUC), invaded part of the northern coastal province of Magdalena (which includes part of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta), where the Kogi nation and other indigenous tribes live. Mr. Villafañe explains that the Kogi had never sought help before.
Not so now. They are presently trying to bring their appeals to the attention of the President of Colombia through simple letters, as well as seeking to attract the attention of human rights organizations. Upon actually reading those letters, one realizes the simple validity of their claims, asking for the rights that are intrinsic to humans irrespective of their level of civilization or development. They ask for the simple right to live.
But in a war, the right to live –the most basic right of all - does not turn out to be a valuable one. It is as devalued as the bank accounts of those enduring the war from the vantage point of a more 'advanced' civilization.
Sources and Further Reading:
[JoeKulin@aol.com] January 1, 2002
http://www.cs.org/publications/win/win-article.cfm?id=279&highlight=
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Love & Wisdom on Full Moon
Dear Family of Light,
A feeling of united forces with kindred souls and sharing the mysteries of life. These past few days have been intense and can feel the Buddha Moon raising the vibration of Earth and all of us.
Wisdom & Love, Christ and Buddha ~*~ A light comes from the Sky, the Ceremony on Sacred Ground has begun. A 5 pointed star and Mountain Guides. Who rides the storm, who crashes the norm, we are spiritual revolutionaries birthing a New Paradigm.
In Time we Become Divine,
In Love we become Pure.
In Peace we become God's Angels
In Bliss we become the Deities of Future Past and Present Dreams.
~~*~~
Hold my hand and let me show U the Sun.
Hold my Heart as we become One.
:-) ~ (-:
Who are we but the Masters of Time, endless, eternal, stars Divine, like a Tree of Life, all leaves smiling ~~>
Dancing to the Song of God's Heart. We sit on the edge of time, knowing all that is to come....
then we wonder why it is not done...Because one place and time has not come...
The Christ and the Buddha teach us to bridge Wisdom with Love to unite the hearts of all God's Children. Are we not tired of broken hearts?
Heal the heart as U heal the world, let the inner Christ and Buddha smile a million dreams 4 them to come true.
From the Heart,
Lucho
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The Full Moon this month is very special. It happens May 2 3:09 PDT (10:09 UT).
As the CELESTIAL CROSS turns, this is the 2nd moon month of the New Year which begins on Spring Equinox. It has a magical tale associated with it - the Legend of the Wesak.
LEGEND of the WESAK
There is a valley, lying at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high sow capped mountains on all sides except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the mountain ranges. The valley is bottle-shaped in contour, with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to the neck of the bottle, there a huge flat rock. There are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of coarse grass.
Approaching the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from the surrounding districts begin to gather. The holy men and the lamas find their way into the valley and fill the southern and the middle parts, leaving the northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth of God's Plan for our planet and for humanity.
This group of knowers of divinity are the main participants in The Wesak Festival. They arrange Themselves in the northeastern end of the valley, in concentric circles, and prepare for a great act of service. In front of the rock, looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by Their disciples The Three Great Lords. These are The
Christ, Who stands in the center; the Lord of living forms, The Manu, Who stands at His right; and The Lord of Civilization, who stands to His left. These three face the rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl, full of water.
Behind the grouped
Masters, adepts, initiates and senior workers under God's Plan are to be found the world disciples and aspirants in their various grades and groups (either "in the body" or "out of the body"), who at this time constitute the New Group of World Servers. Those present in their physical bodies have found their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their spiritual bodies, and in the dream state. The "dream," which they later relate, has been uniformly registered by people throughout the world, and bears the testimony to the recollection of an inner spiritual happening.
As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon the crowd, and all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic movements take place, in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with The Christ standing at the highest point; of a triangle, with The Christ at the apex; or a cross, and other well known formations, all of which have a deep and potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantras.
The expectancy in the waiting, on looking crowd becomes very great, and the tension is real and increasing. Through the entire body of people there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the effect of awakening the
souls of those present, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the world's aspiration focused in this waiting group. These three words-demand, readiness and expectancy-best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley. The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, and all the participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in the direction of the narrow part of the valley.
Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny speck can be seen in the sky. It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha can be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with his hand extended in blessing.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantra, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This
Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months.
The effect of this great Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have come. The blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as the representative of humanity, receives it in trust, for distribution.
Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the distance until the moment The Buddha fades out of view, takes just eight minutes.
The Buddha's annual
sacrifice for humanity (for He comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that high place where He works and waits. Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year, He and His great brother, The Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focused two aspects of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond. Through The Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured forth. Through The Christ, the love of God is manifested in humanity, and it is this wisdom and love which pour forth upon humanity each Wesak full moon.
When The Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rise to their feet; the water in the bowl is distributed in tiny portions to the Masters, initiates and disciples, and they then go their way to their place of service. The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water, drink of them and share with others. In this beautiful "water ceremony of communion" is portrayed the symbol of the new age which is upon us, the
Aquarian Age, the age of the Water Carrier.
In this ceremony is perpetuated for us the story of the universality of God's love, the need for our individual purification, and the opportunity to share with each other that which belongs to all. The water, which has been magnetized by the presence of The Buddha and of The Christ, carries certain properties and virtues of a healing and helpful nature.
Thus blessed, the crowd silently disperses.
"The Wesak Festival" booklet by Alice A. Bailey, published by Lucis Trust
A feeling of united forces with kindred souls and sharing the mysteries of life. These past few days have been intense and can feel the Buddha Moon raising the vibration of Earth and all of us.
Wisdom & Love, Christ and Buddha ~*~ A light comes from the Sky, the Ceremony on Sacred Ground has begun. A 5 pointed star and Mountain Guides. Who rides the storm, who crashes the norm, we are spiritual revolutionaries birthing a New Paradigm.
In Time we Become Divine,
In Love we become Pure.
In Peace we become God's Angels
In Bliss we become the Deities of Future Past and Present Dreams.
~~*~~
Hold my hand and let me show U the Sun.
Hold my Heart as we become One.
:-) ~ (-:
Who are we but the Masters of Time, endless, eternal, stars Divine, like a Tree of Life, all leaves smiling ~~>
Dancing to the Song of God's Heart. We sit on the edge of time, knowing all that is to come....
then we wonder why it is not done...Because one place and time has not come...
The Christ and the Buddha teach us to bridge Wisdom with Love to unite the hearts of all God's Children. Are we not tired of broken hearts?
Heal the heart as U heal the world, let the inner Christ and Buddha smile a million dreams 4 them to come true.
From the Heart,
Lucho
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The Full Moon this month is very special. It happens May 2 3:09 PDT (10:09 UT).
As the CELESTIAL CROSS turns, this is the 2nd moon month of the New Year which begins on Spring Equinox. It has a magical tale associated with it - the Legend of the Wesak.
LEGEND of the WESAK
There is a valley, lying at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high sow capped mountains on all sides except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the mountain ranges. The valley is bottle-shaped in contour, with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to the neck of the bottle, there a huge flat rock. There are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of coarse grass.
Approaching the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from the surrounding districts begin to gather. The holy men and the lamas find their way into the valley and fill the southern and the middle parts, leaving the northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth of God's Plan for our planet and for humanity.
This group of knowers of divinity are the main participants in The Wesak Festival. They arrange Themselves in the northeastern end of the valley, in concentric circles, and prepare for a great act of service. In front of the rock, looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by Their disciples The Three Great Lords. These are The
Christ, Who stands in the center; the Lord of living forms, The Manu, Who stands at His right; and The Lord of Civilization, who stands to His left. These three face the rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl, full of water.
Behind the grouped
Masters, adepts, initiates and senior workers under God's Plan are to be found the world disciples and aspirants in their various grades and groups (either "in the body" or "out of the body"), who at this time constitute the New Group of World Servers. Those present in their physical bodies have found their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their spiritual bodies, and in the dream state. The "dream," which they later relate, has been uniformly registered by people throughout the world, and bears the testimony to the recollection of an inner spiritual happening.
As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon the crowd, and all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic movements take place, in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with The Christ standing at the highest point; of a triangle, with The Christ at the apex; or a cross, and other well known formations, all of which have a deep and potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantras.
The expectancy in the waiting, on looking crowd becomes very great, and the tension is real and increasing. Through the entire body of people there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the effect of awakening the
souls of those present, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the world's aspiration focused in this waiting group. These three words-demand, readiness and expectancy-best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley. The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, and all the participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in the direction of the narrow part of the valley.
Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny speck can be seen in the sky. It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha can be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with his hand extended in blessing.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantra, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This
Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months.
The effect of this great Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have come. The blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as the representative of humanity, receives it in trust, for distribution.
Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the distance until the moment The Buddha fades out of view, takes just eight minutes.
The Buddha's annual
sacrifice for humanity (for He comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that high place where He works and waits. Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year, He and His great brother, The Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focused two aspects of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond. Through The Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured forth. Through The Christ, the love of God is manifested in humanity, and it is this wisdom and love which pour forth upon humanity each Wesak full moon.
When The Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rise to their feet; the water in the bowl is distributed in tiny portions to the Masters, initiates and disciples, and they then go their way to their place of service. The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water, drink of them and share with others. In this beautiful "water ceremony of communion" is portrayed the symbol of the new age which is upon us, the
Aquarian Age, the age of the Water Carrier.
In this ceremony is perpetuated for us the story of the universality of God's love, the need for our individual purification, and the opportunity to share with each other that which belongs to all. The water, which has been magnetized by the presence of The Buddha and of The Christ, carries certain properties and virtues of a healing and helpful nature.
Thus blessed, the crowd silently disperses.
"The Wesak Festival" booklet by Alice A. Bailey, published by Lucis Trust
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