Ancient Ways For Modern Days...
Ayni: To live in Ayni is to be in right relationship with the earth,
our families, our friends, our work and each person and thing we interact with; not just with those we love, but to be in
right relationship with EVERY part of our lives, including ourselves.
"There once was a village in the high Andes many, many miles from any civilization. There had been
an extended drought and the villagers knew that if it did not rain soon there would be no potatoes that year, which would
mean the babies would die that winter. So they called for a medicine person from the nearest village to come and help. After
journeying many days they finally arrived. After noticing what was happening in the village they asked for a hut they
could use and sat in ceremony. Within several days the clouds began to build and the heavens became grey, and it rained. When
the medicine person came out, the villagers were delighted and said 'thank you for making it rain'. The medicine person
said, 'I did not make it rain. The village was so out of balance, I became out of balance. I sat in ceremony to come back
into balance. Then the village came into balance'.
We each can be this medicine person.
Our world is currently out of balance in so many different areas. This is what we each are able to offer to the world in these
times of dynamic change and acceleration. When we come into Ayni, into right relationship - we allow others to come into
balance. When you step in, you hold the space that allows for your loved ones, families, and the world to come into Anyi.
The key is to step in now."
- Q'ero Elders of Peru & Linda Fitch, The Four Winds Society
The Four winds Society
