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Shamanic Journey to Peru with Peruvian Mystic Don Americo Yabar:
12 Days of Christmas in
the Andean Highlands
December 18 – 30th
Best Resources invites you to join Tom and Bobbi Best along with Peruvian mystic and shaman, Don Americo Yabar, in an exploration of the timeless world of Andean shamanism.
These adventures in consciousness with Don Americo are the continuation of a crucial exploration of the human spirit initiated by the elders of every tribe of humanity before the dawn of civilization. The legacy of this exploration is your inheritance from the ancestors. Doing 'The Work' with Tom and Americo offers you the means to mend the fabric of your life by reconnecting the luminous filament of your spirit with the eternal tapestry of the Great Mystery.
Don Americo Yabar is internationally recognized as a mystic, shaman and visionary
poet. Raised in Paucartambo, Peru, a small pueblo within the Cordillera Vilcanota
in the eastern Andes, he came of age in an atmosphere of Paq'os … the shamans
and mystics of the native Q'ero Indians. The Q'ero, guardians of the ancient Incan
traditions, consider Don Americo a brother and a Pacharuna, a 'living bridge
of feeling between cultures'. Together, Don Americo and the Q'ero travel the highest
path of human consciousness and participate in energizing the spiritual domain through
sacred offerings, traditional rituals, and the sacrament of everyday life. An expert
in the internal and external aspects of the transformation of energy, he has shared
his teaching in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia as a bridge for the spiritual
blossoming of the planet.
Tom and Bobbi Best have been exploring shamanism for the past thirty years
in Peru, Hawaii, Mexico and the United States. Their "path of heart" has
lead them to explore these ancient practices in the fields of health, spirituality,
culture and personal identity. Their experience with these cultures has led them
to believe that humans, individually and collectively, are at a critical threshold
in their evolution, and that a 'return to the heart of the Mystery', as revealed
in Peruvian mysticism, can provide an experience of our true human possibility and
enable us to cross that threshold into a realm of higher human functioning.
These journeys to Peru are an Apocheta -- a Doorway of Initiation -- between'ordinary states' of consciousness and the 'shamanic states of consciousness' of the Great Mystery. You'll explore the connection of mystic states of consciousness related to Yachay, the power of the mind; Munay, the power of the emotions; and Yankay, the power of the body. 'Initiation' into this Work has to do with developing your ability to perceive energy, recognize where it is blocked and 'clean' the luminous filaments of your own and other's energy bodies. You will work directly with the unique configurations of universal energy we call the 'spirits of nature' and discover your pre-existing relationship to this domain. The intent of this 'doorway' is to give you the means to move freely between the worlds and permit the fluid flow of energy in order to gain a profound connection with the Mystery.
You will travel deeply into the magic of the moment NOW. Through connection with the power of the sacred sites of Peru, you'll expand your ability to work with the energy of nature. You'll experience your ability to use intent to project your spirit beyond the limitations of this 'horizontal world' and into the 'vertical sphere' of spiritual influence. These mystic experiences are an immersion into the ancient wisdom that transcendence, mystic states and God are not the destinations of some grand journey of seeking. They are the vibrant point of being from which you begin the projection of the Spirit.
With Americo as our host, we'll connect directly with the spiritual energy of the Andes
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12 Days of Christmas in the Andean
Highlands
This is
a once in a lifetime experience. True to the esoteric spiritual meaning
of this special time of year - the coming of light into darkness - this journey gives
new life to the ancient solstice celebration. |
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The Q'ero are Quechua speaking Indians
who live in five small village clusters, between 12,000 and 17,000 feet in the
Peruvian Andes. Isolated by terrain and altitude, their spiritual traditions
and way of life has remained unchanged since before the Inca. Perhaps a many as 600
of these natives remain in their traditional villages. The Q'ero shamans, or paq’os,
have preserved their rich spiritual customs and prophecies. Now the time has come
when the elders have decided to share their wisdom with the west. All humans have the right to transcend the heavy burden of cultural programming, yet in our technological society, there are so few doorways into the sacred which we can feel with our heart and experience with our body. In the eternal night of time, our grandmothers and grandfathers among the People of Mountains and Stars still stand in the clear light of liberation. In the spirit of the ancient Q'ero Indian prophecy of global spiritual transformation - we invite you to share in the evolution of this future. |
For more information contact Tom or Bobbi at 210-545-4462 or email: bestresources@satx.rr.com
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this link for logistics, travel suggestions, what to bring, etc.
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Tuition of $2,750 includes food, lodging and
all travel within Peru. It does not include airfare to/from Cuzco.
Refund policy - All tuition, less a $200 administrative fee, is applicable to any other Best Resources workshop or journey to Peru within one year
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A word about Americo from Tom
Best
"I've embraced Don Americo as a friend and known him as a teacher for the
past fifteen years. Talking about ‘the work’ with him is not an easy thing to do.
In that time, I've witnessed him consistently produce what scientists call coincidence
and what most of us call miracles.
On an utterly still day in the heat of the Utah desert, I've witnessed Don Americo
summon a cooling breeze. I've been jolted as he called the power of lightning to
open the hearts of thirty people standing on a mesa at the edge of eternity. Rainbows
and eagles have appeared on cue and stars have fallen from the sky. The most profound
magic I've witnessed in his presence, however, is his unfailing ability to love.
. . and to laugh.
I've seen Don Americo express love without hesitation in the face of much that was
unlovable. I've seen him express it as hot anger in a workingman's’ cafe in Urubamba,
Peru, when he tongue-lashed a waiter who put no meat in the soup of our friends because
they were Indians. I've seen him laugh uproariously in the face of a student's elegantly
structured defense of their self-importance, and then watched as his laughter popped
the bubble of ego to let the spirit soar free.
Working with Don Americo is about working with power -- though not as we usually
understand "power" as a kind of force which you can possess, and which
you attempt to control in an endless struggle with the imagined onslaught of life.
Rather, working with Americo is about working with power in the mystic Andean
sense - power as expressed in the ineffable laws of the universe, whose sacred
breath spins all things into the holy embrace of the tapestry of life. To align your
own life-force with the command of power is to connect with the spiritual
vitality of the Cosmos, and to step away from a life entangled in the fatal net of
doubt, hesitation and fear."
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"Let’s imagine ourselves like filaments, just filaments of light, just that.
These filaments are going directly into the beak of the great eagle of the universe.
We are nothing else but filaments of light that are feeding the great consciousness
of the universe. When we arrive at this state of consciousness --superior, different,
and with humility, -- then we can vision these filaments. And if we can finally vision
these filaments and acquire this experience with our energy body, we become just
like children sitting in the lap of a great mother, which is the Pachamama."
"What is the cosmovision of the Andean people? The Andes is filled with spirits.
All the Andean world is populated by spirits, making clear that 'spirit' is a subtle
and vital energy that warms life and taking into account that the being of the universe
is life. LIFE! Everything has spirit. The water has a spirit, the mountain
has a spirit, the stars have spirits, the wind, the father sun, the mother moon,
all have spirits. And, do you know, they are families just like us! And they all
have a participation in the real world. We are all implicated in Reality."
"Consciousness is not born, it never grows up, never gets old and it never dies.
It is perpetual and eternal. We already know that the body gets born, grows up, does
a lot of things ... and then it dies. But not consciousness. That's why in all the
ancient traditions 'awakening to consciousness' is getting connected with the feeling
of the eternal and of the transcendental This is the most important part of all this
work. Because all the things we talk about, all the learnings we achieve, all the
things that we do. . . the wind will take away. . like the leaves of autumn."
"Once on a mountain, there were some old shamans telling each other the future
in the leaves of the coca. All of a sudden one of them was bringing down the spirit
and when the others raised their heads everything was shiny, brilliant. What had
happened? He had brought down the spirit. When you bring down the spirit, you fill
yourself with light. We are nothing else but light. It is the light that is in command
of the energy . . of the energy of the birth of the self to which you are both father
and mother."
"To simplify, man is like a car battery. He gets discharged and he gets recharged.
You lose your charge in everyday life. Routine domesticated life is a constant discharge
of energy. Then you have to look to your places of power. You have to pay attention
to the development of your own being. How can you develop your states of consciousness
if you are dedicating more time to your neuroses than to your own life force energy?
How much time do you pay attention to your anxiety, to your personal importance,
to your internal dialog and your preoccupations? Who is feeding the eagle and the
wolf and the mountain lion within you?"
For more information contact Tom or Bobbi at 210-545-4462 or email: bestresources@satx.rr.com
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