Nature's Lessons in Andean Teachings
During this past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop with an internationally known Peruvian Mystic, poet and healer, Americo Yabar who was visiting Costa Rica.
I must admit as a Corporate Business Consultant, I was a bit out of my element, as many in attendance (active members of Costa Rica's healing Community) seemed not surprised that on the first evening, a woman swooned at the very touch of Yabar. (My husband, Barry said he would pay to know the the secret to that).
One has to cross cultural boundaries and belief systems to find what I consider to be fundamental truths. I will admit I struggled with some of the approaches of the energy work introduced in these Shamanic sessions along with the structure. For example, as a corporate trainer and keynote speaker, I couldn't imagine showing up an hour late and disrespecting the time of my clients, nor scheduling a 2.5 hour lunch in the middle of the day) but that is my personal chatter, belief system, and internal dialog talking and perhaps preventing my total engagement in the session. It also represents a cornerstone of Americo's Fundamental Truth: That to heal the planet, heal ourselves, heal our relationships, We Need to Move More From Head to HEART.
I asked Don Americo, how does one exactly do that in a busy world, particularly if you have one of those evil twins who lives with you in your head creating all that racket? Well it seems the key is linked directly to a connection with Mother Earth .We each need time each day in silence, time to commune with nature and time to "open the windows of our internal house" through mediation.
There was another fundamental truth that crosses cultural belief sstems which I heard this weekend from the energy sessions "When there is fear, there is no love" and "Where there is Love, there is No Fear". Call Don Americo, a Shaman, A Poet, A Mystic, or simply a Wise Man. He speaks a fundamental truth of the ages.
Translated Teachings of Peruvian Shaman Yabar:
The person who is always doing and who is on the track of doing things has very strong defense mechanisms. He is afraid to flower, to open....a fear of jumping into the abyss .... There are so many defense mechanisms that we become afraid of life. The fear which you live with all day, everyday, in a sado-masochistic relationship, is the greatest defense mechanism to avoid understanding. Fear is not a virus that comes from the outside and gets inside. It is a lack of harmony of the body with the beauty of the world.
We are part of the world and of everything that happens in it. If you are in total harmony with yourself, with the people that surround you, with the stones, with the mountains, with the cosmos, with everything that is alive, why should you fear? Then, the fear is just a lack of love. Why be afraid? It is just a lack of love.
Rosemary Rein, Ph.D is the Author of "Go Wild, Survival Skills for Business and Life" and the upcoming "Blueprint for Success" with Dr. Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard. Dr. Rein's hosts Leadership and Team Building Retreat in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Her motto is "Life is a Learning Adventure" and yes, she's working on moving from head to heart"
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