A Return to the Light

The Inca tradition holds that the earth is entering into a new spiritual age, called a PachaKuti, “the return of the light,” after 1000 years of darkness.  This time also coincides with the Mayan calendar and prophesies related to the year of 2012.  For the Inca, the year 2000 marked the beginning of this time of great change, with the rising of the Sun.  And now we are approaching a time when the Sun will finally appear above the horizon.  The light of Father Sun will illuminate our planet and shed light where there has only been darkness.  With the expanded light on our planet, we enter into a time when we are active and alive - when we can expand MUNAY (love), LLANCAY (service) and YACHAY (wisdom).  And what this means for our planet, humankind and each of us individually will be shown to us over the next few years.  What is certain is that we are living in a time for expansion, a time of joy and love.  And the ways of approaching this potent time, as spiritual people, is unlimited.

This is the time of reactivating the energy of the Father Sun, the Sun behind the Sun and the Inner-Sun.  It is a reconnection with the life-force energy and a time to remember the meaning of our own Inner-Sun.  During this time we have an opportunity to really experience who we are – a ray of sun.  This is the time to expand the eternal self, the eternal light that each of us is and a time to open ourselves and surrender to that light. Now perhaps more than ever, we need to be sensitive and pay attention to what this new vibratory frequency means to us and to our Mother Earth.   How this will manifest, the ways in which our world will change, will be revealed as we come closer to the date.

On a personal level, we continue to work toward a clearer understanding of the importance of the time.  What will 2012 mean for us as personally?  How will our lives be changed?

In the light of service, we are coordinating three events over the next two years.  Each gathering is intended to create an opportunity for entering into the vibrations of the New Dawn.  The Mystic Andean Masters, do not want to wait in our seats for the approach of December 21st, 2012. These three events will provide a way to actively participate in the rising of the Sun.  Each of the gatherings corresponds with a spiritual element of this incredible time and provides the opportunity to step up, be present and involved, as the spiritual consciousness of our planet rises to a new place.  The intention for the gatherings is to reconnect the sacred sites to the oneness of which we are all a part.  To do this, we will participate in centuries old Inca rituals and ceremonies.  Each site will be a gathering of different Elders and teachers, representing indigenous peoples from all over the world.  And there will prayers to connect with the oneness of Mother Earth, with the mountains and with Divinity.

Activation of the Solar Disk
Lake Titicaca - Peru
February 11th -15th, 2010
Awaken Your Inner Sun as You Connect with Hatun Inti – The Great Central Sun

At the zenith of the Sun, we will meet in communion with our Inner Sun, the Father Sun and the Sun behind the Sun. We will activate the legendary Solar Disk which is underneath the waters of our Sacred Lake Titicaca. The Inca ancestors considered Lake Titicaca as a special and sacred Lake. They used to organize pilgrimages to meditate and to make decisions, being spiritually elevated and to be purified by being near the waters.  There are forty one islands on the Lake and every island is a Huaca - an altar where superior and lofty Entities reside.  Having the wonderful scenery of the Great Mama Cocha (mother water) and with the light of the Pakarina (place of origin) we will live and experience unforgettable moments that only our Inner-Sun can integrate. Such an important pilgrimage for the Children of Light cannot be refused.

The Activation of the Solar Disk will imbue us with the fire of life; deepen our connections to the ethers and sublime energies. That produces an effect of the flood – a purification of all that is in the way - firing, cleaning and eliminating all that is not pure in us. These powerful currents of energies, the keepers of life, bring great goy and happiness.

About Lake Titicaca and The Solar Disk

Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 12,500 feet above sea level on the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east. Titicaca is the second largest lake of South America and covers some 3,200 square miles and extends in a northwest-to-southeast direction for a distance of 120 miles. It is 50 miles across at its widest point.

The meaning of the name Titicaca is uncertain, but it has been variously translated as Rock of the Puma or Crag of Lead. There are Forty-one islands on the lake, with some of them densely populated. The largest, Titicaca Island (Spanish: Isla de Titicaca also called Isla del Sol, lies just off the tip of the Copacabana Peninsula in Bolivia. According to the tradition of the Quechuan, the legendary founders of the Inca dynasty, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, were sent down to Earth by the Sun.

There is a legend that says at the time when the island of Lemuria was sinking, one of the seven Great Masters of Lemuria, Lord Aramu Muru, was given the mission of bringing the sacred Golden Solar Disc from the Temple of Illumination on Lemuria, to Lake Titicaca for safe keeping. During the time of the Incas, the Solar Disc was transferred to Cusco, and placed in the Qorikancha, the main Temple of the Sun, where it stayed until the coming of the Spanish. At that time, it was returned to Lake Titicaca and placed for safe keeping in the etheric city inside the Lake.  In the legend of their origin, this is the place where the first Incas, M'anko Qapak and Mama Oqllo, entered onto the Earth.

ACTIVATING THE SOLAR DISK
Tentative Daily Agenda

DAY 01: FEB 11: ARRIVE IN PUNO.
    
AM:  You have two options for travel to Puno.  You can fly overnight from any International Airport to Lima and arriving in the early morning on the 11th. Then a few hours later, you can make a connecting flight to Puno.  Lima Airport is not very large and it fairly easy to pickup your luggage and transfer to a local flight.  The second option for this leg of the journey is to fly to Lima and spend the night at a Hotel close to the airport, then returning to the airport on the 11th for a flight to Puno. The staff at Kontiki will be happy to assist you in arranging your in country flights and transfer from the Airport to the Hotel in Chuquito.

PM:  In the afternoon, we will participate in our first ceremony - Opening of the Portal - with the spiritual elders.  We will prepare ourselves energetically, physically, and spiritually for the work we will be doing over the next five days. The ceremony will include a Sacred Fire Ceremony for purification of our souls.   We will enjoy dinner at the hotel.  After dinner we will again join together and take part in a Sunset celebration.

Included - Lunch / Dinner

Overnight at Taypikala Hotel - Chuquito

DAY 02: FEB 12:  AM LECTURE - AFTERNOON CUTIMBO AND SILISTANI

AM: The day begins with a Buffet breakfast. Then we will spend the morning learning about “Wiñaymarca – The Eternal City and the Solar Disk.”

PM: CUTIMBO: After lunch, we will take a short ride to Cutimbo, which is the site of Inca burial Chullpas.   It is here that we can find “the secret of immortality, the secret of life, and the life after physical death”.  We will participate in a ceremony for reconnecting our essence to the Universe.  This work supports the intention of being in touch with our powers of love, creativity and wisdom.

The Cemetery Temple of Sillustani, a place of remarkable force, located on a small plateau where it is possible to see Umayo Lake and the mountains.  At Sillustani we will work at the Temple of Fire, connection with Cosmic Spiral; we will visit the Chullpas (Burial Towers) which hold the secret of reincarnation.   Later in the afternoon, we will experience a Wayra Ceremony. In Quechua, one of the traditional native languages of the Inca culture, wayra is the word for wind.

Lunch / Dinner

Overnight at Taypikala Hotel - Chuquito   

DAY 03: FEB 13:  ARAMU MURU DOORWAY / AMANTANI ISLAND

EARLY AM: Buffet breakfast.  After breakfast we will pack up to leave Chuquito and travel to Willka Uta - Doorway of Lord Aramu Muru.  We will arrive before the sun comes up so we can participate in a Sunrise Ceremony and Greeting of the Day   with the “Sun’s Children” at the drinking place of the Father Sun.  Wilka Uta means the Sun’s home.  Here it is possible to cross trough the Doorway to another dimension.  The Doorway is a point of reverence and connection with our Father Sun.

After our Ceremony at Wilka Uta, we will continue on to the port in Puno and catch a boat to go to Amantani Island. We have around a three hour boat ride on the Lake as we head to the Island of Amantani. Along the way we will give offerings to Mamchocha, the Spirit of the Lake.  Once on the Island of Amantani, we will meditate and then connect with the Solar Disk and the Temple of Illumination.

Dinner will be prepared by the Islanders, which will give us an opportunity to have a firsthand experience for understanding the Andean way of life.

Lunch/Dinner

Overnight in the adobe homes of the Islanders 

DAY 04: FEB 14: THE ZENITH – AMANTINI ISLAND/UROS ISLAND/CHUQUITO
 
AM: Breakfast with be provided by the host families.  This morning is a very important time.  We will hike to the top of Amantini Island and go to the Temple of Pachatata and Pachamama.  We have two important ceremonies. One will be to the Cosmic Father and another to the Cosmic Mother. We will harmonize the energies at the juncture (unification place) where the zenith is at the top of the Island and we will REACTIVATE THE SOLAR DISK.  Here, we will feel and recognize in our hearts that we are the Sun’s Children and feel our inner-self that is ready to be expanded.  We will be in touch with the knowledge that is recorded in the Solar Disk and that now is offered for us to share in service to our bothers and sisters since.  This is our birthright.

PM: We will return to Puno by boat enjoying the beauty of the Lake.  Along the ay, we will visit Uros - Floating Islands.  Not far off shores from Puno live the remnants of an ancient people, the Uru.   We will visit the village where the Uru have lived for hundreds of years.  Their homes and schools and stores are on built on floating mats of dried totora, a reed like papyrus that grows in the marshy shallows of the lake. From the totora, the Uru and other lake dwellers make their famed balsas, boats made from bundles of dried reeds, lashed together that resemble the crescent-shaped papyrus craft pictured on ancient Egyptian monuments. Here, we will take the last step in our Ceremony and complete the “Great Reactivation”, meditating in on a reed boat, feeling the peace of the place. 

Later in the afternoon, we will return to the Hotel.

In the evening, we will all join in a big Fiesta at the hotel which will include our Farewell Dinner and Closing Ceremony.

Lunch / Dinner

Overnight at Taypikala Hotel - Chuquito   

DAY 05: FEB 15:  PUNO / LIMA / HOME. 

AM:  Start the day with Breakfast.  This is our last morning together.  After five intense days of spiritual ceremony and personal work, we begin our return trip home renewed and reenergized.  Transportation will be provided to the airport for return flights

Pricing and Other Details

The price for this event is US $450.00 per person for Double occupancy.  For a single supplement, add US $120.00.   The price includes what is mentioned in the program above, all meals, overnight accommodations, and group transportation by bus and boat, entrance fees to sites and special guides and ceremonies. 

The price does not include, what is not mentioned in the program - airline tickets, domestic or international – airport departure taxes, travel insurance, items of a personal nature, tips and any other extras.
 

CUSCO – THE SACRED VALLEY – MACHU PICCHU EXTENSION

This extension is being offered for those pilgrims who would like to continue their journey beyond the Lake Titicaca event and include Cusco, The Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.  Pricing information is at the end of these details.

DAY 01: FEB 15: BY BUS FROM PUNO TO CUSCO.

After a buffet breakfast, we will depart the Hotel for Cusco and travel by bus.  Along the way you will see how the scenery changes as we leave the Altiplano.  There will plenty of mountains and hills, gorgeous scenery where we can see the majesty of all of creation. On the route, we will visit the Temple of Raqchi, which was built by the Inkas to remember the presence of Wiracocha and the message he received about the importance of The Solar Disk.  Ceremony at the Temple.  We will arrive in Cusco late in the afternoon.  There will be free time to enjoy the city.

Situated at 11,000 feet above sea level, Cusco is the oldest inhabited city in the Western Hemisphere. Cusco, (population 350,000) was once the proud capital of the Inca Empire. The Empire was created in the shape of a Puma. In Quechua, the language of the people of the Andes, Cusco means "navel of the Universe.”  Today it retains much of that pride. Inca architecture, now shadowed by colonial Spanish buildings, holds up the foundations for a majority of the city. The Quechua people, the present-day ancestors of the Incas, are also the foundation for the city and bring the charm, humility and beauty to Cusco.
 
Dinner
Overnight at Taypikala Hotel - Cusco

DAY 02: FEB 16: CUSCO AND THE FOUR ELEMENTS

Buffet breakfast.  In Cusco is possible to feel a power in the air of this sacred city, comparable to vibrations felt in other holy cities.  We will start our day going to the Temple of the Heart, where heart to heart, we will surrender to Love, and to be able to experience the potency of this energy.

We will also connect with the four elements in these temples which are nearby.

• Tambomachay – One of the favorite resting, watering places of the Inca’s and also one of the pillars of the defense system of the Valley of Cusco. The area is composed of a set of stone structures, finely carved, aqueducts and water falls originating from nearby springs and thermal sources.  This is the basis of the belief that Tambomachay was related to the worship of water, a pillar of the Andean conception of the world.  Here we will connect with that belief and the element of water
• Amaru Machay: The Temple of Rebirth and connection with Mother Earth.  It is believed to be the Incan place for worshiping of the land (earth).and the place of the serpent.  In Andean cosmology, the serpent is a powerful symbol of transformation and rebirth.  The snake sheds its skin each year and is reborn.
• Illapata:  Here we will connect with the element air.
• Sacsayhuamán is one of the most amazing of Incan constructions. The Quechua name means "satisfied falcon.” Here was the falcon that guarded the capital of the Empire, since it was possible to overlook Cusco from the hill on which it was erected. Sacsayhuamán is usually described as a fortress because it is practically enclosed by three slopes. However, the fact that the Incas constructed a fortress in that place is considered unusual, since at the time of its construction, there were no major threats to the Empire. Anthropologists suggest the shape and location could have corresponded with other principles, such as the harmony between architecture and landscape.  Current investigations are suggesting that it must have been a temple devoted to the worship of the Sun, for which both the construction and the surrounding landscape were important.  This is a special place where rocks contain messages and lessons for a new Era.  Through geometrical symbols, we will connect with element of Fire.
• Kenko: This site is a series of limestone outcrops on which intricate mythical representations had been carved. The Quechua name means zigzag, probably due to the labyrinthine underground galleries, or the small channels carved on rocks with that shape. Behind that stone is a rocky headland with a staircase carved on the bare rock that leads to the top. A zigzag channel begins here that as of a minor hole, descends and splits into two branches.  One follows the slope and a second one goes up to the underground chamber.  Anthropologists theorize the second channel could have been used to transport the blood of llamas sacrificed in some rituals.  At the very top there are carved remains of what could have been a condor, whose head was broken, and a puma.  Our ceremony here will focus on awakening the altar of the Puma. 

We will then return to the city to relax and connect with the Puma, which is the shape of the town. This animal represents the world of here and now. In his presence we can release the heavy energy (HUCHA) and absorb and expand the refined energy (SAMI) through our Q’osqo (navel) using the courage that the Puma gives to us.

Dinner
Overnight at Taypikala Hotel - Cusco    

DAY 03: FEB 17: SACRED VALLEY
Buffet breakfast.  We will drive to Pisac, where will have the opportunity to greet and talk with the Spirits of the Mountains (Apucunas) through the Mama Cuca (Mother Coca). Then having the Coca leaves in our hands, we will send our best intensions from our inner centre out to the spiritual world.  From there, we will continue following the Inka power places and travel by the energetic lines, called Tunupa’s Route to Ollantaytambo.  This is the power place of the Llama, the Condor, the Puma and the snake. Then, we will learn to fly like the Condor.

Dinner
Overnight at Taypikala Cusco Hotel.
 
DAY 04: FEB 18: MACHU PICCHU

After breakfast, we will transfer to the train station.  Here we will board a train and travel a beautiful and scenic route to Aguas Calinetes.  The town is located at the base of the mountain, which contain the ruins of the sacred city Machu Picchu.  Our pilgrimage is taking us to Machu Picchu among the sacred Apus and the clouds, on top of the world and away from civilization, for the explosion of our being, as the Sun’s Children.  As a part of our tour, we will visit the seven points of power and later participate in a ceremony on the grounds.  We visit the Temples of the Sun & Moon, the Temple of the Condor, the Temple of the Three Windows, and finally the world-famous spiritual center of the site, the Intihuatana, or the Hitching Post of the Sun. The intent of our work at this time will be to connect with the entities of Machu Picchu, the Puma, the Condor and the Light Spirits that reside here. Asking for permission from the guardians and entities of the place, we will surrender in spirit and expand our attributes, the ones which as the same of the Mother and the Father: Munay (love), Llancay (service), Yachay (wisdom). 
  
Machu Picchu (Quechua: Old Peak; sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge. Forgotten for centuries by the outside world, although not by locals. Machu Picchu was brought back to international attention by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham who rediscovered it in 1911, and wrote a best-selling work about it, entitled Inca Land, which can be found on many sites of the internet. Fantastic green peaks loom up and around the ancient city above the Rio Urubamba below. Around 200 houses, palaces and temples built from large and small perfectly fitted stone blocks surround the central court.  The entire stone complex is considered a high voltage and magnetic focal point; every invocation made at Machu Picchu is amplified to incalculable proportions.

Late in the afternoon, we will return to Cusco by train.

Dinner
Overnight Taypikala Hotel - Cusco.

DAY 05: FEB 19: TO LIMA / HOME

After a buffet breakfast we will transfers from the hotel to the airport for the flight to Lima and connect ion to International flights.

PRICE FOR THE 5 DAY / 4 NIGHT PROGRAM:   US $ 650.00
Price per person in Double Occupancy - Single Supplement:  ADD: US $ 140.00

Price Includes: What is mentioned in the program above, accommodation at hotels, daily breakfast and dinner, group transportation by bus, round trip train (Back Packer) to Machu Picchu, 1 Day Entrance fee to Machu Picchu plus the bus up/down from the site, other entrance fees to archaeological sites, specialized guides, ceremonies.
 
Price does not include: What is not mentioned in the program, meals which are not specified, Flight tickets - neither domestic nor international - airport departure taxes, travel insurance, personal items, tips, extras. The air travel within Peru is not included in any of the pricing below.  You should plan to spend an additional $300.00 to cover this part of the program.

For questions or to sign up for this trip, contact Charo at Kontiki@Kontikiperu.com