THE INCAN SHAMAN'S COSMOLOGY

MASTERING THE THREE LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Indigenous peoples have mastered practical ways to effectively heal, transform, and envision the human potential in accordance with the organizing principles of Heaven and Earth. They engage with reality through heart-centered processes allowing them to maintain optimal conditions around well being, fertility, equilibrium, and light. For thousands of years different methods of healing have been used effectively to attain maximum benefit in the course of one's life. The three-step path to personal healing and power revolves around the concept of the Andean Pachas, which are Inka maps of consciousness. Pachas are allocations of time and space in which Kausay or life force contains all aspects of one's journey: imprints, wounds, behaviors, karma, potentials, vision.

The first Pacha of empowerment and healing is known as Uhupacha and is ruled by the archetype Amaru or Serpent. It is also the lower world, where everything is intangible and in the process of manifestation or seeding. It is the womb of Mother Earth where life begins and returns. It is the safest place where the soul takes refuge in times of chaos, pain, or trauma. Through animistic ceremonies we reclaim those soul parts that have been compromised and restore them to their natural condition. The teaching of Amaru allows us to heal and step beyond our woundedness. We learn to change our relationship with time, and therefore, are no longer claimed by our past, but instead by who we are becoming.

The second Pacha or Kaypacha is the domain of the Jaguar archetype. We explore the tremendous capabilities of our awareness. We learn to shift from five sensorial to multi-sensorial engagements. The Munay Pacha or territory of unconditional love is the terrain where we learn to operate in consensual and non-consensual reality. We bring the sacred understanding of how we relate to our engagements and how we honor our struggles. Jaguar medicine teaches us the essence of Ayni (balance, reciprocity, right exchange, and harmony) which then becomes the blueprint merging the parts of how we are seen and who we really are. Integrity and elegance become the tools of the Jaguar Medicine person. We learn to awaken the "knowingness" that resides in our luminous bodies and break loose from our limiting belief system by engaging with our fears and violence. This process allows us to break free from our paradigms and engage life in a more conscious and productive way.

The teachings of the Hanaqpacha or upper world revolve around the archetype of the Condor. We learn to awaken the visionary within and explore and envision our possibilities as individuals and collectively. We explore the mystery teachings outside of time and space and bring awareness and availability to our own becoming. Shamanic practice allows us to engage in perceptual shifts to obtain information. Using several tracking modalities we learn to navigate different realms of consciousness. We become familiar with spirit guides and effective users of healing tools. We learn the subtleties of energy as we develop our own medicine body connected to organizing principles in nature.

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