Radical Forgiveness
Every religion teaches the importance of forgiveness, whether in the form of turning the other cheek in Christianity or the Buddhist practice of sending loving-kindness to all beings. Yet it is very difficult to simply decide to forgive someone...
Sky Gazing Exercises
The practice of Sky Gazing is at the heart of spiritual practice in the Tibetan Dzogchen and other ancient shamanic traditions. During this exercise you leave behind your mundane affairs and your seemingly all-important to-do lists and enter the...
Reselecting Your Genetic Destiny
The Inka were born on the Island of the Sun at Lake Titicaca, at the beginning of time itself. The first father was named Inkari. He was a being with supernatural powers. He could change the course of rivers with his hand, he could flatten hills...
The Primordial Light and the Wild Man of the Jungle
The myth of Inkari appears for the first time in the Q’ero villages. The legend says that after founding the Inka Empire, Inkari and Collari left Cusco and returned to the Amazon. But they made a stop in the Q’ero hamlets, and the first father and...
The Primordial Light and Inkari and Collari, the First Father and Mother
The Inka were born on the Island of the Sun at Lake Titicaca, at the beginning of time itself. The first father was named Inkari. He was a being with supernatural powers. He could change the course of rivers with his hand, he could flatten hills...
Primordial Light and the Myth of the Nagas
In the Himalayas, there are explorers of the realm between sleeping and waking known as tertöns who can unearth spiritual treasures buried long ago. The sage Padmasambhava is said to have hidden a body of advanced teachings known as “The Perfection...
Primordial Light and Pachacuti
According to lore, the power of Ti can create beauty, or heal the sick, or fabricate galaxies. This is the source of the power of the shamans. But it can also destroy if it is not used properly. The sacred dream is said to be made with the light of...
Time Masters and Past and Future Tracking
One of the tasks of the Time Masters was tracking into the past and the future to become a master spinner. Carl Jung believed that when we don’t heed our calling—and this is not a call to greatness, but a call to meaning—then a life is wasted....
Time Masters and Creating a Sacred Hero/Heroine’s Map
After we complete our return to the Divine Mother, we need to develop a new life devoted to her care. Many of us bought into an old map presented by culture and family that turned us into a parasite, one who collects as much as possible for...
Time Masters and Jaguar Medicine
In the Americas, the Time Masters are the Jaguar priests. The Mayan jaguar priests are known as the Balam and their sacred book is the Chelam Belam. The great teaching of jaguar is to step beyond the fear of death, so it no longer lives within us....