Be as thou art - Munay Ki

Who are you...
Do you even know who and what you are not ?
Where do you end and everything else begins ?
Why does the actions and thoughts of others affect you ?

WHO ARE YOU..

Being born in Jamaica a nation who's motto is "Out of Many one People" or atleast the current motto as previously the motto was INDUS UNTERQUE SERVIET VNI is the Latin translation for "The two Indians will serve as one", or rather "Both Indies will serve Together", in reference to the collective servitude of the Taino and Arawak Indians to the colonizers.
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE - what is it that makes us ONE PEOPLE..

Were we ever one before ?
Were we ever really separated ?

Most jamaicans have mixed families, we were taught that all the taino / arawkas died but we learned this was not so, many escaped to the hills and the african slaves that escaped met with the true natives of the land.

In jamaica today the slaves that escaped are called maroons and there descendants the rest are simply jamaicans, but they are all jamaicans.
All slaves once freed were marooned on this island with no way to return to there roots, so all african jamaicans are maroons....

What of the true natives of this land that we inherited sacred sites from, the maroons may have had there own view of caves and sacred sites but they were well established spiritual sites for centuries before there arrival.

Inheritance - Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, rights and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.--

We inherited this land from the natives, and with it there connection to the earth.

I always wondered where this deep connection to native practices came from within me,  when I visited accompong and meditated in the forest a clear vision came to me of the land defeating the british, of the land fighting against the enemies of the maroons and choosing them as protectors of sacred spaces and sites.

The maroons inherited the blessings of this island and the ancestors that lived here from the Taino, and as an earthkeeper i inherited this calling of protecting mother earth and the wisdom she holds.

Munay-KI is a set of initation rites from the Qero shaman of peru.
The word “Munay-Ki” (moon-eye-key) simultaneously means “I love you” and “Be as thou art.”  This is a beautiful reminder that love arises from what is most authentic within us.  All of Creation wishes us to be who we were born to be.

Indigenous is who I truly am.

SM meditation insight 4

SM Meditation Insight 4
Fact to experience - Accumulation of Attachments

Experience gained : attached - joined or fastened to something.

Accumulation of attachments is a subconscious process that once initiated consumes an individual slowly until identity and freedom is lost. This is comparable to the unquenchable fire from the christian bible, this flame will not die until it consumes all in its path, from birth we believe that attachments are required for survival, attachment to our name, our family, our title, our job, our friends, our partners, our nation, our educational institution , our community. With the accumulation of several connections over time the individual loses sight of self and the original soul contract this existence / experience was intended for. I invite you to enter the space of Non-Attachment, not being attached does not indicate lack of empathy or compassion, this indicates a conscious decision to be congruent, to act as soul desires iregardless of another's view, the path of non-attachment has been portrayed to many as a lonely path void of love. I will shine some light on this concept, the truth is that Non-attachment leads to non-judgement and non-suffering, in the vibration of attachment the love that is shared will be conditional, dependent upon expectations, attached to perceived desires , once these desires are not met then begins the onset of suffering. From the space of non-attachment there is no judgement, we accept things as they are, there is no suffering we do not dwell on what could have been, we simply delight in what is and always will be.