Ayni is a Quechua (the language of the Andes) term for reciprocity.  With ayni, when someone receives something, they give something back in return; and when they give something, they receive something back in return.  Ayni is the heart beat of Andean society. If you would like to participate in a dance of ayni, please feel free to donate to this web site.  After I pay off the costs of hosting this blog, I keep half of the donations as ayni for my work here, and I give half of the donations to the Andean people as ayni for their open-hearted sharing of the Andean Cosmovision with us.  This also delivers the message to them that as they face the tsunami of Western culture sweeping over their land, that their wisdom and culture have value and are worth keeping.

For a more expansive understanding of ayni please see the post Ayni.  For information on how donations support a circle of ayni between you and me, and between us and the people of the Andes, please see the post Ayni Revisted.

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Thank you so much.  Oakley.

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