Sometimes when we set our intention to gather as a group we think it is for one reason and then it evolves and morphs into something else entirely. What was intended to be a simple one hour meditation manifested into a beautiful three hour Solar Disk Activation and Despacho Ceremony lead by Laurie Friedler. Sitting beside our own lake, we linked in with our Brothers and Sisters at Lake Titicaca to assist in the re-emergence of The Children of the Sun. And while the portal was opened in Peru, we once again opened the Portal of Light that sits here on our own Lake Monponsett West, the Twin of Monponsett East, and watched the sun set and held sacred space. I cannot help but wonder how long had it been since our own indigenous ancestors held ceremony on this same Lake to connect with their brothers and sisters in Peru. However long it has been, I have no doubt that they were greatly pleased by this Gathering and Ceremony. And since all time happens simultaneously, in reality (pick one!), no time had passed.
I leave you with Laurie's own words summarizing what transpired. And if Peru calls to you then I invite you to visit Laurie's website to learn about her upcoming trip to Peru with Sixto Paz Wells. And while I am so sorry that I cannot share with you the magnificent altar which Laurie created, I can share with you the beautiful Despacho which was created that night with all of our intentions and prayers. Laurie's smile says it all, doesn't it? This Despacho was burned the next day at Laurie's home in Connecticut within her own beautiful sacred space.
February 15, 2010
Dear Friends,
Thank you for participating in the Solar Activation Ceremony, held at Gisele Bonenfant’s house in a beautiful lake in Halifax, MA. There were 11 people in physical attendance; all wonderful, heart centered healers. Thank you to Gisele and Holly Belsky for their vision to bring all of us together.
Our connection to Lake Titicaca came from a khuya that Sun Island gifted me a few years ago; a beautiful khuya that has a lake-type receptacle, which I filled with water from the Urubamba River. We also connected through some Artes (sacred objects) representing Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo- the first Inca’s to emerge from Lake Titicaca who went on to form the Inca civilization and seed the Children of the Sun.
We opened our Sacred Circle with prayers to the Four Directions and then bringing the vibration of our name; and each person stated his or her personal intention for healing. We blew our intention into a 3 corn kernel kintu. For our (connection to) Divine Love intention, we used my dear friend Yvonne Piette’s Temple Meditation from her Building Sanctuary Series. We blew our intentions into a 3 rose petal kintu. For the 3rd intention, Solar Activation, we used Sixto Paz Well’s RAMA Mantra. We blew our intention into a 3 bay leaf kintu.
I invoked my dear (Despacho) teacher, don Mariano Quispe Flores, an Incan Pampa Misayoq and Kurak Akulleq (visionary healer and ceremonialist) from the Andes of Peru through prayer and my lineage khuya. I felt his blessing and we honored the ancestors who kept and safeguarded these teachings.
We celebrated the Children of the Sun, who they are, what is their legacy and how they have impacted our new, Spiritual Humanity. Some of their attributes are industriousness, generosity, living in sacred reciprocity (ayni) with others and the natural world, heart centeredness, and gratitude. We further set intention for embracing those virtues in grounded ways in our own lives.
We read The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer and The Hopi Elder’s Message We Are The One’s We’ve Been Waiting For. Both are timeless, inspirational manifestos that help us live in right relation with others and ourselves.
I called each of your names as I placed you in the Ceremonial Altar. The Altar felt you arrive and it was very FULL! I feel confident that all of you were Present in our Circle that the wide variety of prayers and intentions of those present represented much of humanity’s needs and prayers. I trust that when you connected through prayer or otherwise, you brought forth your individual intention to the mix.
We accessed our multi-dimensional capabilities and journeyed to Lake Titicaca, where we embraced our Brothers and Sisters there. We envisioned a human matrix of interlocking hands in Solidarity and energetically brought our intentions forward ‘to be counted’. You were all there with us.
I am sending you your Solar Activated Higher Self. Keep in a place of honor and connect with it from time to time. The spiritual codes that opened in this ceremony will be unloading for some time to come.
I am honored to have been of Service and to share Circle with All of You