ALUNA ~ by Chris
Many, many thousands of years ago, things were balanced and the Mother and the Father lived in peace.
Their families grew.
Until one day, one member of the family discovered how to use the Mother to undo her work and recreate it in his/her own image.
He hurried.
He/She/You/Me created illusions which have unbalanced the planet.
Human Life is beautiful but infinitely grotesque.
Nature, after all, has no rules.
She does, now you come to mention it, demand respect.
A reality which humans have defined and constantly been ill capable of manifesting in the physical universe to all but their own kind.
Humans are given a choice - Ignore at your peril,
or ACT and do something about your new level of consciousness.
Love is the key to our understanding.
Love given is love received.
If ecstasy is to be experienced by a being it is obliged to move closer towards unity.
The isolator is the self appointed bad boy. Manipulative, himself isolated and plagued by physical malaise, he too will cry, eventually.
Giving energy freely, Loving.
Giving birth to ideas and nurturing their transition between ALUNA, the world of mind and spirit, and the dimension of manifest universe which we all share...
Within us is the infinite intelligence which creates nature.
The Kogi and Aluna
The Kogi people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia speak of Aluna - the cosmic consciousness, the Great Mother, the mind inside nature.
To the Kogi, Aluna is the source of all life, the thought behind physical reality. Before anything can exist in the physical world, it must first exist in Aluna.
The Kogi call themselves the "Elder Brothers" and consider it their responsibility to maintain the balance of the world through their connection to Aluna. They believe that everything is connected - that actions in one place affect the whole.
The Teaching
What if we lived as though everything were alive and conscious?
What if we understood that our thoughts create reality, that the inner world shapes the outer?
What if we truly felt our connection to all beings, to the mountains, the rivers, the air we breathe?
The Kogi remind us that we have forgotten something essential. In our rush toward "progress," we have lost our connection to the source.
Returning
Perhaps herbalism, at its heart, is a path back to Aluna.
When we sit with plants, learning their language, we begin to hear the voice of the earth again. We remember that we are not separate from nature - we are nature, becoming aware of itself.
The plants are teachers, bridges between worlds. They carry the memory of Aluna, the wisdom of the Great Mother.
And when we work with them with reverence and gratitude, we participate in the dreaming of the world.