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Year: 2014 (Page 3 of 5)

My Book on the Andean Cosmovision is Available for Purchase!

July 21, 2014 / / 4 Comments

My  book “The Andean Cosmovision”  is finally finished and available for purchase!  The heart of the book are the meditations that I have learned over the years from don Americo Yabar, they are interwoven with concepts for integrating the Andean Cosmovision with the Western world view.  Images of the front and back cover are provided at the end of this post.

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I created this blog as a place in which to express and share many of the ideas that subsequently went into the book.  I am not, however, abandoning the blog now that I have completed my book; I will continue to use it as a venue in which to share additional information about the Andean Cosmovision and to report on the activities of Salka Wind and related organizations.

Big hugs,  Oakley

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Yay, yay, yay! My book (The Andean Cosmovision) is coming out this month (July)

July 2, 2014 / / 4 Comments

My  book “The Andean Cosmovision”  is finally finished, I can hardly believe it.  Americo has been encouraging me to write this book for years.  It was such a big project I couldn’t get going on it until a friend of mine suggested that I write it in individual pieces as posts on a blog, which led to this Salka Wind Blog. I thought the process of turning those posts into a book would be relatively trivial but it has taken more than a year.  I rewrote the material, added some new information, and put it in an order that allows the later concepts and meditations to build upon the earlier ones.  I love it.

The book will be available both as a paperback and as an ebook.  The exact date of the release has yet to be determined but it should be sometime during the last half of July.  I will announce here when you can obtain a copy.

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Connecting with Pachamama

May 25, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Almost all of the meditations I have shared involve connecting with the Pachamama.  In this post I would just like to share a simple thing that I have found to be useful, it again comes from don Americo Yabar.

There are some meditations, both in the Andean Cosmovision and in other traditions, that take our consciousness ‘way out there’.  Before embarking on such a journey spend a moment connecting to the Pachamama.  Using your intent ask the Pachamama to connect her filaments to your filaments as an anchor that will remain while you soar. This makes it easier to come all the way back when you have finished your journey.  Isn’t she loving?

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Connecting with a Tree

May 19, 2014 / / 0 Comments

For this meditation I like to start off already pretty much in my left-side (lloqe) energy. I often, therefore, do this one after one or more of the other meditations.

Sit or stand with your back against a tree, connecting with as much of your spine as you can comfortably. With intent (sincere pretending), connect your energy to the Pachamama through the base of your spine (if sitting) or through your feet (if standing), then connect to the energy of the Cosmos through the crown of your head. Now, let your filaments commingle with the filaments of the tree. Connect with the consciousness of the tree and discover what arises.

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Connecting with the River

May 16, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Two world views (both are valuable in the appropriate context): ask an engineer and a paqo to define pure water. The engineer may point at distilled water, a liquid that consists of nothing but H2O. The paqo may point at a spring where it bubbles out of the mountain slope; clear, cold, with dissolved minerals and perhaps bits of plants and insects.*

Go to a river, a river of pure water without industrial pollutants, flowing in its natural river bed. With intent greet your waiki (brother/sister) the river. Get in a comfortable position, for in this meditation being comfortable fits what we are about to do. Now, with your intent, open up your energy field and let your filaments commingle with the filaments of the river. Then just relax, let the flowing energy of the river cleanse your energy of any hucha you may have, and let the river teach you about the flow of energy.

When you are finished remember, not out of obligation but out of love, to complete the circle of ayni. Pour a little alcohol into the river, or toss three red and three white flowers into the river, and thank it for being your waiki. The first time I did this the sense I received back was, ‘Oh! Wow! Thanks, it’s been a long time since anyone has done that.’ and the river sparkled a little more brightly in the light of Tai Tai Inti.

All over the Andes, the people stretch out like lizards on the rocks next to the river, cleaning their energy.

* From a story told to me by don Americo.

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