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amadillo from yanarumba, peru
Re: "sit up straight!"
(in Ayahuasca)
lying on mats?
interesting, the only time i've ever done that was at daime, in the "healing" room.
but perhaps the "don't cross your legs" guideline is for similar reasons as the ones mentioned above..
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February 8, 2008
this woman, this spirit earth sister . . . she has helped to change my life. Her calm wisdom, her quiet strength. Her capacity to Love. I will never forget how blessed I am to have met her and become a part of her life and her a part of mine. We are connected and we share beautiful truths. Aya is our mother and she is still teaching us. I love you Rebecca!
February 17, 2006
Rebecca is one of the most intelligent and spiritually grounded person I have met. Her poetry is amazing and she has the gift of making those around her feel special. I am glad to have made friends with her. She has definitely opened up my eyes to a lot of different things, musically, spiritually, and intellectually.
November 28, 2005
Rebecca is one of the most talented and prolific writers I have the honor and pleasure to read. She WILL touch you - - if not, then you cannot be touched.
July 6, 2005
THE poet among poets. Her soft, sensitive nature comes shining through in her poetry. May you always find your Muse, Rebecca!
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up until now I'd
been sleeping
but the flame from
the core
constant outpour
bounces all of me
back to me
loving you
loving me
loving more
listen to the jungle
leaves and roots
are healers
precious mother
mirror
i am finally whole
the babies of the
selva green people
reaching from the
breast of pachamama
we're feeding
love inside
there's nothing left to do
but to grow into what
we give our energies
to
grow into what we give our energies
to
listen to the jungle
leaves and roots are healers
precious mother mirror
i am finally whole
cuidate mi corrazon
mi pelo to cama
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por todo tu vida
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del mariposas
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escucha a la selva
la planta sagrada
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la planta sagrada
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whose love grows in the jungle. whose curiosity thrives on magical plants, and whose work supports a tiny indigenous village in the peruvian andes. this is my new life.
if we want to see changes first of all we need to be in peace inside ourselves, and then we need to be patient with the ones that have not yet arrived in that place of peace.
margaret behan — red spider woman
the only thing that changed my life more than ayahuasca, was being born.
--richard grossman
spirit, love, connection, and open-ness. and that these kids get a school. well, looks like it's already up and running. i recived these photos today, with the little yanaruma kids already sitting at desks and writing with pens and pencils.
it's amazing what a little prayer can do. i had no idea that this school was gonna pop up like this, without much time, and without my needing to sprout it from the ground up, all by myself. looks like the village gathered funds from a european non-profit to get just the basics going. but kike and gonsalo still wold love the school to be funded 100%, that way, the money they have for the school can go into plastic coverings for the village's greenhouses, a few more llamas for packing, some spools for making alpaca yarn, and a million other things...
times are 'a changing. i used to feel so alone, like in order to accomplish something i needed to drink lots of coffee, get an impressive resume together and hope that the boss is satisfied with my performance, my smile and my stamina. keep my fingers crossed, do my "best" and look forward to a paycheck. to buy more coffee.
but i found that while in peru, it was my prayer, my persistance with honesty, love and spirit that got things done. and the joy from giving was my paycheck. unlike other work i've done, speed, accuracy, and appearance had nothing to do with it. it was about the heart. it was about focusing on love. and i quit coffee altogether. this was totally new to me...the fact that in order to see results, i had to love deeper, explore myself harder, and focus much more on what i put out into the universe than ever before. imagine if everyone's end result was dependant upon how honest, genuine and caring they were. imagine if we all knew this. imagine where we'd be if we all operated this way.
you know, i feel like as we observe this quickening, we've just gotta go with it, to not expect anything and to go as planned..unless we're lucky enough to have had a tiny peek into the divine plan. not to be confused with the ego's plan. my ego thought she was gonna do all this herself. she was gonna write a grant and all because of the ego's efforts, the kids of yanaruma would be thankful to me for the rest of their lives for all that i did! To all you humanitarians out there, don't fool yourselves. any split second we spend patting ourselves on the back for what kind, caring and great things we are doing, how "great" we are for doing such wonderful things, this time would be spent considering how we can serve better. how we can love stronger. how we can give more. we can always love more.
i swear, all i did was pray. and write in my blog about what i wanted to see done. well, ok, i've raised just a small amount for these kids, haven't even handed it over yet, it's much less than they asked for, but somehow, Poof! the school is stillup and running, dispite my efforts. perhaps. but, still..it's happening, and i can't help but attribute it to prayer. so when someone asks you: "what are you praying for?" pay very close attention to this person. because they can easily be an angel in disguise, just waiting to help you fulfill it.
fundraisers will still occur, and i am not giving up. they will be mostly in southern oregon, this summer, to keep the kids going with plenty of books, notebooks, food, and to ensure a salary for gonzalo, the teacher. i'm relieved that i'm not alone in this, and to find out that what i really want (which is to return to the jungle and continue studying shamanism) can happen, and nothing, not even a worthy cause based on love and hope for the future, can stop me. if anything, the heart-centered efforts of one person can only suppoort and encourage those of another. and the heart-centered efforts WITHIN one person can only support the others swimming around in the psyche..
i'm heading out to oregon tomorrow. i'll be living in the forest, probably without much internet access for most of the summer. gardening, watching kids, loving. i think i might also milk goats. not sure. so, my dear readers, i'll write when i can, and look forward to catching up on your blogs and posts as well, when i can. send me a message if you're in the southern oregon area this summer and want to get together. i'd love to put a face to the great support i feel from knowing that there are silent supporters, cheering this thing on..
for now, i'm gonna ride things out, get settled into a nice gardenspace, and write, write, write. for the more i refine and define my life-purpose, the more it becomes clear that it's the medicine, the healing, the plants that help me to help others to sustain themselves. and it's the kids that will carry the medicine on. hence my involvement in the school. thank god they're learning the ways of their ancestors and thank god for the power of prayer, collaboration, and devotion to the hope of the next generation...
it just matters that it's done with love. much love to you all.
Mon, May 5, 2008 - 8:36 AM
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seedlings get their sprouts.
i'm getting showered with blessings today, its hard to keep up with it all! last night, jane goodall, of all people (the chimp lady) came to bozeman and stuck my feet firmly on the ground. she talked about her hopes for humanity and our ability to care for the planet. she said the hope lies within the kids. she said that the more we empower kids to follow their dreams and listen to our hearts, the more we will act on our sense that balance needs to be restored. she started this organization www.rootsandshoots.org/ as a way for the youth of today to guide us into a harmonious future.
then a little voice said: "you're doing the right thing, rebecca." sometimes, listening to influential speakers initiates huge change in me. like the time i heard slam poetry artist taylor mali recite "what teachers make". (jenn, are you reading this? you'll love the poem if you haven't seen it). after hearing that, i was sure i wanted to keep writing and performing poetry. www.youtube.com/watch
but this time, listening to jane goodall talk about children, with all their lifeforce, creativity and innovation, are the ones who own this planet anyway, listening to this just validated it all. im doing the right thing..the kids in yanaruma will have a school, and the little q'eros seedlings will have more fuel to help us restore balance. if we help them stay connected with their hearts, global harmony will not be an option, it will be a way of life.
i got a bunch of brochures in the mail today. some DVD's, too, that i can hand out to interested folks about the q'eros nation. plus all kinds of awesome sociological info that will fit in to the puzzle of my proposal.
plus my ride is set up back to oregon. i leave at the end of the week. there's a little guesthouse in williams, right next to my friend alisha's house, that's up for rent. the sun is out. the snow is finally melting. and i get to see my precious nephew tomorrow.
onward...
i'm so excited! this is my dear friend emily who travelled with me to peru..she was my silent, sweet support in so many ways, i love this woman! everyone, stop by and say hello..she has so much to share!
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welcome, emily!
"Any moment now she will open her eyes and see who walks beside her, and she will not despair for who remains behind..." --Grandmother
Mon, April 28, 2008 - 9:19 AM
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Fri, April 25, 2008 - 12:31 PM
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Relational Education
The Educational Program Wiñaypaq is developing a proposal called the Philosophy of Relational Education. This philosophy addresses 3 fundamental areas of relationships:
a) Interpersonal relationships-area in which fairness, diversity and cross-generational relationships are considered.
b) Intercultural Relationships--area in which bilingualism, strategies of sustainable development, international cooperation, tourism and other activities are considered.
c) Environmental Relationship--area in which ecological conciousness and the rebirth of the valuable original and ancestral cultural pattern of the reciprocity: the "Ayni" are considered. This includes harmony and respect towards Pachamama (Mother Earth) and nature, etc.
With this as our basis, we defined our Educational Program Wiñaypaq to be: "a Strategy of Education that focuses on Interpersonal and Intercultural Relations and with Nature, in a multicultural Society". In this way, Wiñaypaq wishes to be not only one school, but a strategy of organization and management that can eventually be inserted into the extended community.
The need grows for our region and all of Peru to develop a new style of education, that operates conjunction with our economic and cultural needs. Our objective is to offer a high-quality, desirable education that is more suiting to the present conditions. This holistic methodology offered combines the important contributions of ancestral cultures with the most modern worldwide educational trends.
In order to obtain the previous objective we set out, we have added practical experiences to the school's curriculum. We engage the children in the community via experiencing places such as factories, we also offer snacks, and scholastic health, and engage in other community activities with the youth. It is the one of the most important objectives of our project to develop a curricular proposal and calendar appropriate to the social, economic and cultural conditions of our region. We engage in the elaboration and diffusion of bilingual and intercultural educative materials, hire qualified teachers and develop all types of community activities within the civil populace, as well as with the national educative system and the authorities.
The goal is to eventually implement the proposal as new educational model for our region and other regions of our country and/or other neighboring countries with the same cultural characteristics and similar problematic conditions. Accumulated Experience In these years of work, we have successfully implemented the Wiñaypaq School. This is an elementary school, of the experimental type, in the locality of Taray, Peru. Also, we have initiated the qualification and formation of educational equipment, the collective and practical elaboration of a curricular proposal innovator, and a cronogram and calendar of significant activities. We have produced CDs of music, "Yupana Inka", (species of Andean abacus for the education mathematics), materials for the design of the "Toqapu Inka" and other Andean modules of graphical design. We have a radio program in a local station, as well. We have instruments for eveluation, elaborate art materials, music groups and dances, and have engaged with qualified national and international volunteers.
Also, we have obtained a level of acceptance and social recognition in the community. We have been invited to participate in diverse cultural events of educational and multicultural background. In addition, our proposal has surpassed the expectations of parents and family in many communities, such as the Community of Wayllarqocha, Cusco, the Yanaruma Sector of the Community of Japu, province of Paucartambo and the Community of Ipocate, Province of Lampa, Puno.
The Education in our country has been declared in a state of emergency. We are facing a serious crisis, which is reflected, among other indicators, by a loss of ethical values within the populations of lower income brackets. This is characterized by low quality and inefficient educational services and economic corruption that have instigated protests among the community. This has resulted in consequent closings of schools, especially in the farming communities in the south of the country, who display a greater presence of indigenous languages and cultures. The academic and competitive level of the Peruvian students in relation to the international level is quite low. This is caused by the conflicts between educational and the State, the high levels of scholastic desertion.
The Philosophy of Relational Education of Wiñaypaq, as mentioned previously, is being developed on an experimental basis. So far, after only 2 years, the results are positive. We currently have one school in the locality of Taray, province of Granary. We have begun to create great expectations between certain sectors of parents and families. We hope that this effort results as a possible solution to the serious educational problems that affect our region and our country. This process is going to allow us to consolidate the proposal and we will later present it before the national educational system as possible model for our region, our country, and other countries as well.
Benefitted populations
The farming Community of Wayllarqocha consists of approximately 60 families, 40 of whom are old enough to attend elementary school. The school in the community has been closed for more than 2 years because of the low-quality education, mistreatment of the children and certain cases of abuse, corruption and conflicts between school and the community. For these reasons, the community decided to close the school and to send its children to the nearer urban zones, dispite the consequent physical risks, moral dilemmas and other damages that it brings.
In the Annex of Yanaruma, Community Farm of Japu, Q'eros Nation, province of Paucartambo, Cusco, there exists 25 families, with 35 children of scholastic age. At the moment they do not have access to sufficient educational services. The only existing school in the community is approximately 2 hours walking distance. It takes and 2 and ½ hours to return home to the village after school by foot. The parents are very displeased with the distance and poor quality of education offered at the present school due to the lack of recognition of its ancestral and original culture and the mis-treatment that the children receive from their teachers.
Fri, April 25, 2008 - 11:52 AM
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i'm restless. i'm here at my mom's house, and have been here for a month longer than expected. although my mom is one of the coolest ladies on the planet (that's a whole other blog in itself, maybe a mother's day blog), i feel like i'm peeking out of her womb, like "gosh, it sure looks bright out there,"
i've been so used to living out of a backpack, my inclination is to usually keep thinking about where i am to go next, how, and when this will happen. when i don't know one of these things, my soul starts to itch in a way that leaving seems to remedy quite nicely. infact, leaving seems to be the only thing that remedies it.
oh oregon. oh, sweet, darling, hip and funky oregon with your dreary winters and droughted summers, i miss your madrone trees and your blackberry bushes and those humongous rosehips that pop out a few times a year near emigrant lake near ashland. i miss your fearlessly evolving populus with their thick earrings and tattoos and bindis and quinoa-almond-kale salads at potlucks that go until five in the morning. the music, the ceremonies, the gentle understanding that everyone seems to share about the earth, eachother, and how to have a total blast in new and original ways every single time.
i know i'll make it back there. i feel pulled in that direction for sure, before peru. but things were so different when i lived there last. i was a girl of 22 living in her subaru, learning reiki and chasing the cute dready vocalist who had hitch-hiked there the previous winter. then there was the schoolteacher who's just recovered from 10 years in an abusive marriage. then the tall nordic wanderer on his way back from maui. chased them all. i learned in oregon that rebecca is not a very good chaser. things are different now.
not that i'm not the laughter-ridden, super-sensitive, earth/god/ goddess-loving, poetry-writing, kid-crazed, medicinal plant enthusiast that i have always been. it's just that my energy's..different. i'm not so angry anymore. i'm not so desperate for my life partner anymore. nor for a lover. i'm re-thinking the idea of having kids and no longer feel the need to proccess my life decisions as much as i used to. i am not...struggling. i'm not so very confused. for once.
when you've stopped smacking yourself in the head about every little thing for the first time ever, i noticed this tendency to get...bored. the need to stir things up. bake a cake. rerrange the furniture. go to a bar. write a super-erotic poem or get into a totally unhealthy romantic entanglement. pick a fight. find a friend to talk with into the night about how we can change the world and then do absolutely nothing about it. some of those things used to be fun. entertaining. effective. but not anymore. it seems like the only thing i really want to do these days is pray, write poems, and get these indigenous kids a school for goddess' sake. these things seem to work. and i'm doing that. and all the rest of those old activities just don't serve me anymore. so now there's still a little extra energy left over that i used to save for it.
i suppose i could take a tae-kwon-do class. or a hobby of weaving. i thought about doing something totally unlike me like put on high heels and fishnets and take a trigonomotry class for the heck of it. but that may need to wait till oregon. i thought about a bikrams yoga class, too, sweat it out. or maybe there's a little reserve happening here, like i'll be needing this extra energy soon somehow, for something, so maybe i'll just save it..
but it is spring, afterall. and spring always keeps me thinking about getting travelling. i'm not seeing the end to this nomadic life. it's like i was born to keep moving, like the birds, like the native americans, like...a truck-driver. minus the cocaine and pot belly. well, ok, maybe a little bit of a pot belly.
yoga it is.
love to you all.
goodnight.
--rebecca
Wed, April 23, 2008 - 9:22 PM
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i knew a bit about this already, but as i research my project for these folks, im seeing what a serious issue it is for the Andean and Amazon Regions people.
www.youtube.com/watch
and it is really influencing this Q'eros nation. when the construction is completed, this will greatly increase indigenous people's contact with non-indigenous culture and is already threatening their preservation already because the construction is going right through one of the centers for the Q'eros nation...
www.livinginperu.com/news/4352
the main purpose of this highway is to increase the transport of brazillian SOY from the brazillian atlantic coast to the peruvian west coast and then shipped off to china...
so if you're vegan and feel the need to do something about this, howabout quinoa or other beans as a protein source? or try a little local fish?
but get this, most of the soy is used to make biodeisel.
another reason to get biking or somehow bring back the electric car..
we do what we can.
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