Qhapaq Nan: Pilgrimage in The Andes: The First After 700 Years
I reached a point where I couldn’t climb up anymore. The mental battle was at its peak “what am I doing here?” the mind shouted over and over, and the body just came to a halt, the pounding of my heart was so loud it seemed as if it wanted to come out through my mouth. My breath was gone, as if all the oxygen in me was non-existent. In the midst of this immense despair, I gave up and said to myself "I can’t go on anymore, this is it, I’ve tried more than my best, but I cannot continue anymore" and the body collapsed. Suddenly I felt as if someone was trying to catch my attention from behind me “Look”. As I slowly, with whatever remaining strength was left in me I turned my head and unhurriedly opened my eyes to look back at whatever was behind me. As I did this, I saw this huge host of people "African people" only. The crowd expanded as far as my eyes could see throughout the mountains and, with a unison voice like, they said to me “We are here with you, you must do this for all of us. We integrate ourselves through you and support you on this cause. We understand the sufferings of these, our brethren. it is the moment to bring Healing and Integration, and we are healing through you. As you heal, we heal and as you integrate, we integrate.” This encounter was so powerful that it left me with tears pouring through my eyes and down my chicks! I saw with my very own eyes, and at that moment understood as clear as water, that this was another purpose for me going on this pilgrimage. I understood the responsibility given to me.
KNOW YOUR POWER
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Qhapaq Nan: The (El) Callo
“Once my eyes are opened, they can’t ever be closed again…”
“All is Divine and one is to master respect and disparaging towards All”
During my journey I realized that All is very simple. I realized that this narrative from the bible regarding the
tree of Life and the tree of Knowledge of good and evil have an underlying tale. I realized that the tree of
“Knowledge”, is a Master Medicinal tree that when one partakes of It, It dismantles the state of ignorance and one
evolves into a state of Knowing. -
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Qhapaq Nan: My Experience in The Way of the Inca
Who are the Q’eros? They are a small Quechua community in Antipucara (previously known as Marcachea), Cuzco, Peru. Those who upon the arrival of the conquerors sought refuge in the Mountains more than 13,800 feet high. To escape, they created an invisible dome, keeping themselves isolated until the time came when they should be known. They were visited for the first time in 1955 and becoming declared by UNESCO as The Last “Ayllu Inca” (Community in Quechua).
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Qhapaq Nan: First Leg: My Transcendental Trail
“A journey is called that because you cannot know what you will discover on the journey,
what you will do with what you find or what you find will do to you.” James Baldwin
The little bit of pieces of the world around me that remained from the one I built, which took me to the “TOP”, also came crumbling down. My “Life’s curtain” abruptly came down. Unable to put my pieces together again nor bring that same curtain back up resulted in the beginning of my then unaware inward journey and transformation. -
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Qhapaq Nan: Primera Parte: Mi Camino Transcendental (Spanish Edition)
“Un “journey” (un viaje de búsqueda) se llama así porque no puedes saber qué descubrirás en el “journey” (en esa busqueda), qué harás con lo que encuentres o qué te hará lo que encuentres”. James Baldwin
Los pedacitos que quedaban del mundo que me rodeaba y el cual había construido, el que me llevó a la "CIMA", también se derrumbaron. El “telón de mi vida” cayó abruptamente. Mi incapacidad de volver a juntar mis piezas, ni de volver a levantar el mismo telón dio como resultado el inicio de mí, entonces inconsciente, viaje hacia mi interior y transformación. -
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Qhapaq Nan: Mi Experiencia en El Camino del Inca (Spanish Edition)
“Cuando en una familia emerge alguien que busca es porque encarna el deseo de todo el clan
de salir de las repeticiones y lo conocido y evolucionar”
Pasaron casi tres meses después de que vi el documental "Humano" con el Q’ero Placido, ahora llamado Nicolás, de Alan Stevilman y todavía la pregunta de si caer por el precipicio persistía en lo más profundo de mí. Para entonces, sin duda, estaba lista para caer en el abismo si esto significaba llegar a ese lugar interior dentro de mí donde se libera la "Buscadora" en mí.
