Making Meaning through Right Relationship

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

According to the teachings of the Incan tradition, meaning comes from being in ayni, “right relationship” with the energetic connection that exists among all living things.  The medicine people say cultivating this relationship takes heart, which happens through experiencing munay (unconditional, universal love) in the world around us. Altomesayoqs such as Adolpho work with this life energy or kausay provided by Pachamama as the source of their power – which is available to everyone. P’aqos must have a foot planted solidly in both worlds in order to “grow corn” and express munay in the physical world. The capacity to hold power is a function of the accessibility and capacity to connect through the heart.  The heart launches the purest of intent from every individual.

Besides being an approach that uses the heart instead of the head, there are other ways that the Andean approach is different from what we learn in the West. Because p’aqo come from a heart-focused culture, they begin by serving the collective spirit energy of all living things, and through working with the collective, they heal the individual person. Embodying the collective lineage of the land, and the lineage of our ancestors – is their method of healing.

In the West, our tactic is different. We embark on the “hero’s journey” of healing ourselves first, and then bring what we have learned back to our communities. This method is the one that the p’aqos from the West are using now.  We are bringing the medicine of indigenous cultures back to our communities.

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