A Yankwik Mexikayotl's Indigenous Hut in Balboa Canyon Park San Diego--Final Draft

A Yankwik Mexikayotl's Indigenous Hut in Balboa Canyon Park San Diego

(Note the hut resemble this one (http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/ceremonial-artifacts.html) but it was more open top. It also had small boulder type rocks as a foundation, by which he was able to built a window. The entire hut was made from material found in the canyon and is similar or the same as planets/trees in Central Mexico, where the Aztecian Empire overlapped with the Mayan Empire. . The foundation as he referred to it, was very Western Civilization European/WEC as in brink flooring base. With dirt floor.)

Through out my travels (starting 1989): I have made a point of asking some people, if they mind if I utilize the information we talked about, should I ever make something of myself and write a dissertation. All have agreed. I wanted them to understand, that even in my struggle to live, some amazing people (like themselves with their lives) HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. By which their life is so pinnacle to others. This is often unseen and yet as expressed by them there is a higher order (by which all the anger, hurt, pain, disappointment, FAITH, love and pleasant generalization of their lives) which bridge people closer. I sometimes have to explain it, which is difficult for me too. So I've come to just define it as "US" as in we Earth humans are so stratified that it takes repeated events,  that mutates from our social constructed realities (SCR), a single understanding,  by which we can feel the Cosmic Reality of our existences. The Chiespirit. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/what-is-cosmic-consciousn_b_4632277.html

Listening to others and their life story is enjoyable for me. For example, Los Angeles 2016. When questions was risen as to Undocumented persons and representation for  taxation.  http://paulgoree.blogspot.com/2016/07/undocumented-employed-joke.html

This posting is took place in San Diego, California. It is about a Mexican American seeking his indigenous identity. Seeming we never exchanged names, I will refer to him as Yankwik Mexikayotl San Diego (YMSD).   (https://mexikaresistance.com/what-is-yankwik-mexikayotl/)  

This post explains the discussion he and I had alone and the discussion we had with other people (not interested in the subject). The subject would be his soulful desire to build an hut in Balboa Canyon-San Diego, like his indigenous ancestors did. Here is the oral story of a modern day Mexican American: a  Yankwik Mexikayot in Balboa Canyon San Diego, CA.

FIRST ENCOUNTER:

I had just returned from Los Angeles (Mid July, 2016). I was not to happy upon arriving in San Diego for the second time. But something that occurred the first time (May 2015) required me to return. I left San  Diego the first time October 2015, and stay in Los Angeles seeking to continue my REVOLT all the way to Red Russian River in Northern California.  While in Los Angeles (March 2016) on the transportation van to a Winter Shelter. I enjoyed listening to  the Pastor on Christian radio. This particular morning, the pastor stated that..."Shamen get their power from natural environments: mountains, lakes, forest." I immediantly  add CANYONS to that list, seeming my love for them.  The pastor went on to state, "Wheras  Shamen gets thier power from nature: A pastor, minister gets their power from their congregation."  Which is true. The power by which GOD has blessed them is found in either a growing congregation or nature (for Shamen).

Thus day two on the return to San Diego (Mid July 2016) after visiting a "friend" I met during the first visit, I decided to go to the canyon and see if the pastor was correct.  So into the Balboa Canyon Park I went. Just as I use to do on the first visit. But this time I verbalized what the pastor had expressed and wanted to see if I could feel it. I was expecting to feel some type of connection with nature and my love for the Canyon. I did feel that connections and proceed to go about doing a Sociological observations of all factors in the Balboa Canyon Park, that I felt represented what I had defined as a canyon. For me, a Canyon represents the dual nature of life and death. Within a canyon, all that is alive exist in other geographical locations. All that is dead, exist in similar form (depending on HUMANS and BIO-LOVE) or varied forms (depending on several geological variables. ex. Platetonics).  

The observations I worded in qualitative form with a comparison. Thus if I did not notice something first visit, I documented it and as the year proceeds we can see if that is a new event or repeated/cycled event that I am just becoming aware of.  For example I documented bees during pollination in my favorite area of the canyon.  I also decided, to write in large letters, the expression. 'CHIESPIRT...CONSCIOUSLY GOING ABOUT LIFE WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO ALL CREATED BY GOD.'  I wrote this expression on "weathered" parts of planets and rocks that exist through out the canyon park. 

As I walked about the canyon, I came upon an area, that I did not notice last time. The reason I did not notice it, was because there was a rock/small boulder formation that made a large circle. I really focused on this area, because there was so much "weathered" from the Canyon Clearing (which I was use to--seeming during the first visit Summer 2015. My Cal-Work assignment was at Balboa Canyon Park.)

As I noticed the circular formation of small boulders. I felt really comfortable and sat upon a tree stump. And continued my observation from that peaceful location. There was a guy there, doing a mosquito testing. I was so comfortable that I didn't even notice him. About 45 minutes later, YMSD approach with another person. He saw me and immediately rush towards me to see what I was doing. As he approached, he was explaining that he had worked hard moving the small boulders. And that he had created that spot. I informed him, that I was just writting and I felt comfortable in this spot. I told him that I also placed a CHIESPRIT expression on the tree stump and a few branches, and apologized then I left. 

SECOND ENCOUNTER:

Two weeks later I was over at the same friends house, and ended up with one of his friends and in the canyon. This time YMSD knew the person I was with. YMSD had a person with him that I met. They all seemed to know each other.  YMSD looked at me, and stated..."Are you the one that was here before. Chiespirt?' I responded "Yes, and wow you've done an AWESOME job. This is so indigenous and the best part,  you only used what was in the canyon. Beautiful job. It's going to be hard for them to tear this down. Seeming it all comes from the canyon." He was proud of himself and stated, that he tried to read some of the data in books. But it got complicated. Thus he decided to try praying to his ancestors (which either come from the Aztec or  Mayans. The factor he was not sure, was amazing. Seeming both cultures did not always attack neighboring tribes. Some tribes simply by promixity became part of both 'EMPIRES'.  A slow migration of these indigenous tribes north towards the Baja occurred and eventually some of them meet up with Kumeyaay Indian, which entered into the canyon all the way to Mission Beach.) Thus he could have been praying to those ancestors. In hope, that Faith would carry on his internal discourse desire and he would spiritual be able to identify which of those nomad tribes he belonged to.

I explained to him that praying to his ancestors is logical. I recall meeting a Hindu in Seattle, WA. He noticed I was disappointed as I walked across the University of Washington Campus (1994). He probed me and I explained some difficulty I was having with one Professor. By which I am unable to comprehend some assigned literature, which he has determine is below the level of expectation for that institution.  He then explained something clearly to me. Do not let yourself be removed from your existence because of expression like that in the academic environment. Consider this, most literature in the United States is going to be Western Civilization Based and your indigenous ancestors are not Western in that their soul/existences is indigenous to the planet and not deriving from Europe.  He went on to explain,  attempting to assimilate to conditioning of existences, that are not natural to your linage is going to be more difficult to internalize, as the soul may not accept that knowledge. It is foreign to your soul. It is foreign to your lives on earth. And it is foreign to your linage.

He then informed me, that he is going to mention a series of books, termed the VEDAS. Do not try to read them now. Your energy will naturally guide you to them. When you first find them, you won't be able to read them. As time progresses you will read them and understand them and thus you will understand the origin of yours, mines and other indigenous humans upon the earth.  Today I am aware of the Vedas and my journey continues.  YMSD understood that data in books from Western European Civilization was not the only means by which to abstract knowledge. Praying to his ancestors was the best way to utilize his intelligence (intelligence defined as: the ability to collect data, to accomplish a objective). W.E.C. (Western European Civilization) books complicated his spiritual essences and maneuvering to build a hut by hand.

There where two persons with us.  One was from Atlanta, Georgia and represented the modern Southern Caucasian Gentleman of that era.  The other was a native to San Diego and was Caucasian also.  They wanted to advance the conversation. One expressed for me to tone it down. YMBC interrupted and express he wanted to continue discussing indigenous ancestors and the hut. He then stated, so your "Chiespirit, do you mean that I am thinking/feeling Chiespirit by consciously utilizing my ethnicity to help me become more aware of my ancestors: as they lived and existed on this planet during their lives?"  Yes, I responded. "You are becoming aware of their existence, acknowledging them and their rituals of habitation. You also acknowledge this planet as it exist and all creations. You naturally did not find a need to cut down a tree, correct?"  He then thought and expressed. Under any other circumstance, this land would be of his ancestors. He stated, "I feel as if this land is my peoples!"  I agreed. This month in Smithsonian Magazine (10/2016), the article "Myth and Reason on the Mexican Border', clearly explains the history of the San Diego region 1846-1848. 

"...The descendants of all these native peoples remain, and following the border today one encounters the reservations and tribal lands of indigenous folk, from the Cabazon people near Coachella, California, and the Ewiiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians (also known as the Cuyapaipe) near San Diego, to the Cocopah at the Arizona state line, the Tohono O’odham farther east, the Mescalero Apache in southern New Mexico, and in Texas the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo near El Paso and the Kickapoo people in Eagle Pass. Among other things, the borderland is a living repository of native peoples..." Smithsonian Magazine Oct 2016.    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/myth-reason-mexican-border-180960357/

Again the two other persons divided the conversation. Once again YMSD interrupted them and asked me, how do I feel about my indigenous ancestors.  I explained to him, when I was younger (K-12) I protected my ethnicity by not expressing it to others and letting them make decision upon their own. As I got older I decided to let my true emotions evolve. Today I stated it by expressing. "My ethnicity is...I AM A DESCENDANT OF A KIDNAPPED AFRICAN. WHO DID NOT COME TO THE NEW WORLD SEEKING LIBERTY or FREEDOM." One of the other guys, starting choking. I asked him what was wrong. He stated, "I'm sorry, but I have never heard that expressed that way. KIDNAPPED." I explained to him, it true, for me. How other African Americans want to evolve their ethnic mapping, is up to them. Eventually I left and returned the next day. My ethnic mapping is as follows...https://1drv.ms/w/s!Ap60AZ-G3zPrhEN7u-ZPIFjUdto

THIRD ENCOUNTER

I remained in the canyon all that night. The next day, YMSD saw me and invited me to his hut. While we were there, a discussion came up. By which I expressed..."The canyon CLEARS the areas." He replied, "What do you mean, the children CLEAN the canyon." I let it go. But later that night as I and the friend who lives in that neighborhood returned to the canyon. I saw what I thought were people. My friend had forgotten his glasses and did not see them. Thus I went to the section of the canyon I liked to most. I was amazed at what I saw there. My friend eventually left to return home, because he could not see what I was seeing.

What I was observing, was broken up into various visual displays. Some of it was projection video from video projectors. This creates a hologram illusion of people in the canyon. Yet in other  sections, I saw really people. They gathered in several groups under the trees. Some of them were wearing 'the scary movie mask.' The majority of them weren't wearing any mask. From about 1AM -8AM I stood in the area, where real people had gathered. No communication was going on. I went from group to group, simply just looking at them in their eyes. Their ages varied. The majority were older adults to senior citizens. Their ethnicity varied. I saw African American couples. Mexican couples and Senior citizen couples. Which really couldn't be explained.

As I approached some of them, they would move further into the trees. I decided I was not leaving until I felt I understood what was going on. We stood there for hours. Then I decided to walk the trail in the canyon. As I walked the trail towards the steps. I observed more people. At first I thought they had come to clean the canyon. But why at 1AM? Then I thought maybe this is San Diego's version of "COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT" to secure the park from lewd behavior. But none of these thoughts added up. Some attempted to lure me to them. Those I stayed away from them. Those that seem to lure me to them, seemed to be more projected visual images. I returned to the area I am most familiar with (the creek area) and kept observing those around me. No one communicated. 

As the sun rose/twilight hour, I noticed that these people still were present. It seemed that some of them wanted to leave, but they remained. Those with the "scary movie masks" on seemed to be gone. I still couldn't explain what was going on.  In the creek, I observed children (ages 8-10) walking in the creek in a line, with knee high water boots on. They seemed to be carrying boxes. I thought, "Since when does this occur and how did YMSD know about children cleaning the canyon at 4:30-5:00AM."  Everything seemed ridiculous. But then, factors unexplained in nature, suggests man intentional involvement. 

FOURTH ENCOUNTER:

By 6AM, the sun rose and all was more visible. The children seem to have been gone, and only the adults remained. By 7:30AM I was fumbling with my jacket to get a pen to write down the presences of a HELLO KITTY stuffed animal in the creek, along with other dumpings. It made no sense as to why people would drive near the canyon and dump items into the canyon intentionally. And if these children and adults were part of a community clean up team, then what did they clean?  As I was fumbling for a pen. A pipe (crystal smoking pipe. Still smoking them clouds and will continue until  R.E.D.U my personal substance use and societal collective behavior project/observation: as started in 1992 regarding Q.C.D.C is complete). I heard a senior citizen lady express....

"I thought I saw...?" her husband responded,..."Don't think, lets go see." As they approached me, they looked me in the eyes and felt comfortable with me. At the same time, another senior citizen across from me, saw it too. She proceeded to call the Sheriff. As I was leaving the canyon, I ran into the Sheriff, who questioned me as to what directions I am coming from. I explained that I had been all over the canyon and was headed to the opposition side (tennis courts). He looked me in my eyes and let me go. The final encounter with YMSD ended on a good , yet sorrow note. He was probing questions as to why people dump trash/items in the canyon? He was questioning why people utilize his hut for activity without him there? He was really concerned that people bring modern items into this indigenous hut and leave them there - interrupting his spiritual flow.

That day he had drawn a Mexican Aztecan Totem of a Jaguar. It was an amazing drawing and it confirmed his true intentions of exploring his indigenous tribe. He explained that he feels that he has to make a decision as to remaining in the hut-full time: thus leaving where he was living with a family member. He wasn't sure if the hut was a good ideal. I assured him never allow other people to remove you from your spiritual/soulful intent. "They will always attempt to prevent that which they do not understand or don't want you to understand. Always follow your heart. I think you did an excellent job. The circumstances by which events happen, are not up to you to control. You accomplished your self driven goal and you can do it again. The fact remains, YOU DID WHAT YOU FELT YOU COULD ACCOMPLISH! So don't be so hard on yourself."

The expressions that later arose from other regarding him, seemed TYPICAL societal rumors created by a  S.C.R. to discredit someone and their greatest. Some express thoughts of his family member, and detailed his mother as that person.  They detailed the huge house that he lives in with his mother near the northern section of the Balboa Park, which is where University Drive runs along the Balboa Canyon and is not part of the park. His grandfather purchased a house in that locations and his family still owns it.  Some questioned his true intent and purpose.  As I listened to these comments. I really had to ask myself, "WOW is it real or not?" They have provided more data about somebody in a state of discovery, than he had himself. It doesn't matter as to the nature of his discovery, he did more spiritually for himself in regards to other issues he may have been confronting. It really irritates me sometimes how people just can't LIVE AND LET LIVE!!!

I left San Diego Oct 2016. Before I left I went to the Balboa Canyon on University Drive. I wanted to met up with two cool American (white) that I met, who I had a general ideal to run from two enforcements: the Park Ranger (Balboa Park)  and the Sheriff (state property/Balboa Canyon). They informed me that I should move to the area of the canyon where they live. Seeming they don't have to deal with the Park Ranger. So I was surprise to find YMSD there and he had decided to rebuild his hut, and this time protect it more. Interesting I found an American flag in that canyon which represented to me, the future this state and nation will face as we deal with homeless citizens encamping on state property. Balboa Canyon is full of homeless collectives from University Drive all the way to Mission Beach. Whether they should be living there is something we shall see turn around. I still believe YMSD when he said that "he thinks this land (the canyon from Mt. Laguana to Mission Beach) belongs to his people." Interesting we shall see if California's Caliexit ( https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-01-26/proposal-would-establish-california-as-separate-nation) ( http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/13/c_136278900.htm) attends to the needs of indigenous natives to California and to homeless citizens.

An Indigenous Hut In Balboa Canyon San Diego, CA: Communication of Folklore First Draft

An Indigenous Hut In Balboa Canyon San Diego, CA: Communication of Folklore

(Note the hut resemble this one (http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/ceremonial-artifacts.html) but it was more open top. It also had small boulder type rocks as a foundation, by which he was able to built a window. The entire hut was made from "weathered-Holy Week Day 3" material found in the canyon and is similar or the same as planets/trees in Central Mexico, where Tenochtitlan. The foundation as he referred to it, was very Western Civilization European/WEC.)

Through out my travels (starting 1989): I have made a point of asking some people, if they mind if I utilize the information we talked about, should I ever make something of myself and write a dissertation. All have agreed. I wanted them to understand, that even in my struggle to live, some amazing people (like themselves with their lives) HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. By which their life is so pinnacle to others. This is often unseen and yet as expressed by them: the anger, hurt, pain, disappointment, FAITH, love and pleasant generalization of their lives, can bridge people closer. I sometimes have to explain it, which is difficult for me. So I've come to just define it as US as in we Earth humans are so stratified that it takes repeated events to mutates from our social constructed reality (SCR).  

Every once in a while (lately 2015 Los Angeles) I've asked a person could I write their story or aspects of their story on the internet. For example:

 http://paulgoree.blogspot.com/2016/07/undocumented-employed-joke.html

I can only promise them what I believe about what they've commented on or expressed as a soul felt fear or pain. And they them know to the best of my ability I will attempt to get the gist of their concern on the internet. I am trusting thus at times I don't believe the internet is as secure and is sometimes censored. I think of it as being cautions (jokingly I think of Sigmund Freud in references to his colleagues).  Yet I have to keep Faith in our GREAT NATION and our very special facility to FREELY COMMUNICATE (1st Amendment). 

I believe this, because I recall once reading (to the best of my ability at the time 1992) in either 'Essays of Human Understanding' or 'A Letter Concerning Toleration' both by John Locke. In one section he explained, that ' a person never really lies. What occurs is they are unable to deal with the disappointment, including punishment  of not meeting somes EXPECTATION.'  Clearly understand what Locke was referring to, I have always questioned, How is it we communicate, considering the ego/self-esteem within a Liberty based environment. I would like to believe that ALL Americans want a Maslow-Theorem ideal of realization. 

http://paulgoree.blogspot.com/2015/08/maslow-theorem-great-society-poverty-in.html

Yet individualism, allows for the struggle to that joyful day. Which won't be joyful for many others. What one believes is in part SENSORY RECEPTION. How those various (6 Sensory Receptors) cognate stimuli/waves depends on many variables. One of the variables is COMMUNICATION SOCIALLY/CULTURALLY.  During indigenous times on the planet. Communities relied upon FOLKLORE or oral communication. Which was usually done by an elder, thus validating the data. Today if I were to simplify it Western Civilizations is divided between Fiction and Non-Fiction.  Causing some confusion when the data is a little of both. I THRIVE on data that is a little bite of fiction and non-ficition.  As Locke expressed, the truth can be irrelevant to the circumstances by which they occur, by which we behavior.  Likewise Wayne Dyer expresses a huge difference between, "CIRCUMSTANCES" which can and always do change. Compared to the "STATE OF MIND" which if stable, defies all other variables, even mislead thoughts. Some where in the persons expression, the TRUTH exist. And that's all that matter to me.  For example. Margret Mitchell's ' Gone With The Wind'. Is that fictional or non-fictional. Would someone from the year 3016 be able to tell the difference. Recall the great Library of Alexandrina  was destroyed, preventing communication of earth cultures from existing.  Thus I take communication seriously, and I especially like the stories/lives people tell me themselves. It's worthless if it is 3rd person expressed in today's modern world of advance communication.

With that brief opening, here is an amazing story. I asked a Yankwik Mexikayotl (https://mexikaresistance.com/what-is-yankwik-mexikayotl/) if he mind, if I post his story on one of my blogs. The story would explain the discussion he and I had alone and the discussion we had with other people (not interested in the subject). The subject would be his soulful desire to build an hut in Balboa Canyon-San Diego, like his indigenous ancestors did.

THE ORAL STORY OF Yankwik Mexikayotl Balboa Canyon San Diego (Seeming I never asked him his name. Nor did he ever tell me it. We both felt it was useless-seeming the subject we discuss. So for this post/story his name is YMBCSD). 

I had just returned from Los Angeles (Mid July, 2016). I was not to happy upon arriving in San Diego for the second time. But something that occurred the first time (May 2015) required me to return. I left San  Diego the first time October 2015, and stay in Los Angeles seeking to continue my REVOLT all the way to Red Russian River in Northern California. The "tour" included San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Redding and final Red Russian River or Kalamath Falls . Why because of events I CHOSE TO FOCUS ON. And seeming this is a free nation of thought and will, then I can HOBO AMERICAN STYLE across the nation. But I prefer my state of growth. While in Los Angeles (March 2016) while on the transportation van to a Winter Shelter. I enjoyed listening to  the Pastor on Christian radio. This particular morning, the pastor stated that..."Shaman get their power from natural environments: mountains, lakes, forest." I immediantly  add CANYONS to that list, seeming my love for them.  The pastor went on to state, "Wheras a Shaman gets his power from nature: A pastor, minister gets their power from their congregation."  Which is true. The power by which GOD has blessed them is found in either a growing congregation or nature (for Shaman).

Thus day two on the return to San Diego (Mid July 2016) after visiting a "friend" I met during the first visit, I decided to go to the canyon and see if the pastor was correct. Which I knew/felt he was, but I wanted to go through the motions. So into the Balboa Canyon I went. Just as I use to do on the first visit. But this time I verbalized what the pastor had expressed and wanted to see if I could feel it. I was expecting to feel some type of connection with nature and my love for the Canyon. I did feel that connections and proceed to go about doing an Sociological observations of all factors in the Balboa Canyon, that I felt represented what I had defined as a canyon. For me, a Canyon represents the dual nature of life and death. Within a canyon, all that is alive exist in other geographical locations. All that is dead, exist in similar form (depending on HUMANS and BIO-LOVE) or varied form (depending on several geological variables. ex. Platetonics).  

The observations I worded in qualitative form with a comparison. Thus if I did not notice something first visit. Then document it and as the year proceeds we can see if that is a new event or repeated/cycled event that I am just becoming aware of. For example I documented bees during pollination in my favorite area of the canyon.  I also decided, to write in large letters, the expression. CHIESPIRT...CONSCIOUSLY GOING ABOUT LIFE WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO ALL CREATED BY GOD. I intentionally on wrote this on "weathered" parts of planets and rocks that exist in the canyon. ( 1 0f 4 encounters occurred between  YMBC and I).

FIRST ENCOUNTER:

As I walked about the canyon, I came upon an area, that I did not notice last time I was in San Diego. The reason I did not notice it, was because there was a rock/small boulder formation that made a large circle. I really focused on this area, because there was so much "weathered" from the Canyon Clearing (which I was use to--seeming during the first visit Summer 2015. My Cal-Work was at Balboa Canyon, which I did apply for an entry level position. But decided not to complete the application for review, by taking a typing test. WHY I AM IN REVOLT!   No Margret Finn this is not pre-Schizophrenia. Just one human who wants and will have the TRUTH told. Recall you made me and Johnny express and commit to our, as you worded it..."WE ALL MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH OF OUR ACTIONS IN THIS TERRIBLE MESS CREATED" mines was in a memo to you, johnny and an other case manager from a different agency. Then you made Johnny express his commitment, then you move right pass yourself and continued the nature of the meeting! WRONG and thus my revolt and life will prove how wrong you were. Unless you had to do what you had to do, because of MIXED AGENCIES OF USA INTELL...)

As I noticed the circular formation of small boulders. I felt really comfortable and sat upon a tree stump. And continued my observation from that peaceful location. There was a guy there, doing a mosquito testing. I was so comfortable that I didn't even notice him. About 45 minutes later, YMBC approach with another person. He saw me and immediately rush towards me to see what I was doing. As he approached, he was explaining that he had worked hard moving the small boulders. And that he had created that spot. I informed him, that I was just writting and I felt comfortable in this spot. I told him that I also placed a CHIESPRIT expression on the tree stump and a few branches, and apologies and then I left. (( 1 0f 4 encounters with YMBC).

SECOND ENCOUNTER:

Two weeks later I was over at the same friends house, and ended up with one of his friends and in the canyon. This time YMBC knew the person I was with. YMBC had a person with him that I met. They all seemed to know each other.  YMBC looked at me, and stated..."Are you the one that was here before. Chiespirt?' I responded "Yes, and wow you've done an AWESOME job. This is so indigenous and the best part,  you only used what was in the canyon. Beautiful job. It's going to be hard for them to tear this down. Seeming it all comes from the canyon." He was proud of himself and stated, that he tried to read some of the data in books. But it got complicated. Thus he decided to try praying to his ancestors (which either come from the Aztec or  Mayans. The factor he was not sure, was amazing. Seeming both cultures did not always attack neighboring tribes. Some tribes simply by promixity became part of both 'EMPIRES' as history explains it. Thus he could have been praying to those ancestors. In hope, that Faith would carry on his internal discourse desire. 

I explained to him that praying to his ancestors is logical. I recall meeting a Hindu in Seattle, WA. He noticed I was disappointed as I walked across the University of Washington Campus (1994). He probed me and I explained some difficulty I was having with one Professor. By which I am unable to comprehend some assigned literature, which he has determine is below the level of expectation for that institution.  He then explained something clearly to me. Do not let yourself be removed from your existence because of expression like that in the academic environment. Consider this, most literature in the United States is going to be Western Civilization Based and your indigenous ancestors are not Western in that soul/existences.  He went on to explain to me, it seem understandable to him that attempting to assimilate to conditioning that is not nature to your linage is going to be more difficult. 

He then informed me, that he is going to mention a series of books, termed the VEDAS. Do not try to read them now. Your energy will naturally guide you to them. When you first find them, you won't be able to read them. As time progresses you will read them and understand them and thus you will understand the origin of yours, mines and other indigenous humans upon the earth.  Today I am aware of the Vedas and my journey continues.  YMBC understood, data in books, is not the only means by which to abstract knowledge. Praying to his ancestors is a the best way to utilize his intelligence (intelligence meaning: ability to collect data, to accomplish a objective).

The two persons with us. Wanted to advance the conversation. One expressed for me to tone it down. YMBC interrupted and express he wanted to continue discussing indigenous ancestors and the hut. He then stated, so your "Chiespirt, do you mean that I am thinking/feeling Chiespirt. By consciously utilizing my ethnicity to help me become more aware of my ancestors: as they lived and existed on this planet?"  Yes, I responded. You are becoming aware of their existence, acknowledging their and your rituals of habitation. You also acknowledge this planet as it exist and all creations. You naturally did not find a need to cut down a tree, correct?"  He then thought and expressed. Under any other circumstance, this land would be of his ancestors and onward. I agreed. This month in Smithsonian Magazine, the article Myth and Reason on the Mexican Border, clearly explains the history of the San Diego region 1846-1848. 

"...The descendants of all these native peoples remain, and following the border today one encounters the reservations and tribal lands of indigenous folk, from the Cabazon people near Coachella, California, and the Ewiiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians (also known as the Cuyapaipe) near San Diego, to the Cocopah at the Arizona state line, the Tohono O’odham farther east, the Mescalero Apache in southern New Mexico, and in Texas the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo near El Paso and the Kickapoo people in Eagle Pass. Among other things, the borderland is a living repository of native peoples..." Smithsonian Magazine Oct 2016. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/myth-reason-mexican-border-180960357/

Again the two other persons divided the conversation. Once again YMSD interrupted them and asked me, how do I feel about my indigenous ancestors.  I explained to him, when I was younger (K-12) I protected my ethnicity by not expressing it to others and letting them make decision upon their own. As I got older I decided to let my true emotions evolve. Today I stated it by expressing. "My ethnicity is...I AM A DESCENDANT OF A KIDNAPPED AFRICAN. WHO DID NOT COME SEEKING LIBERTY or FREEDOM." One of the other guys, starting choking. I asked him what was wrong. He stated, "I'm sorry, but I have never heard that expressed that way. KIDNAPPED." I explained to him, it true, for me. How other African American people want to evolve their ethnic mapping, is up to them. Eventually I left and returned the next day. My ethnic mapping is as follows...https://1drv.ms/w/s!Ap60AZ-G3zPrhEN7u-ZPIFjUdto

THIRD ENCOUNTER

I remained in the canyon all that night. The next day, YMSD saw me and invited me to his hut. While we were there, a discussion came up. By which I expressed..."The canyon CLEARS the areas." He replied, "What do you mean, the children CLEAN the canyon." I let it go. But later that night as I and the friend who lives in that neighborhood returned to the canyon. I saw what I thought were people. My friend had forgotten his glasses and did not see them. Thus I went to the section of the canyon, where I was amazed at what I saw. My friend eventually left to return home, because he could not see what I was seeing.

What I was observing, was broken up into various visual displays. Some of it was projection video from video projectors. This creates a hologram illusion. Yet near that section, I saw really people. They gathered in several groups under the trees. Some of them were wearing 'the scary movie mask.' The majority of them weren't wearing any mask. From about 1AM -8AM I stood in the area, where real people had gathered. No communication was going on. I went from group to group, simply just looking at them in their eyes. Their ages varied. The majority were older adults to senior citizens. Their ethnicity varied. I saw African American couples. Mexican couples and Senior citizen couples. Which really couldn't be explained.

As I approached some of them, they would move further into the trees. I decided I was not leaving until I felt I understood what was going on. We stood there for hours. Then I decided to walk the trail in the canyon. As I walked the trail towards the steps. I observed more people. At first I thought they had come to clean the canyon. But why at 1AM. Then I thought maybe this is San Diego's version of "COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT" to secure the park from lewd behavior. But none of these thoughts added up. Some attempted to lure me to them. Those I stayed away from. They seem to be more projected visual images. I returned to the area (creek area) and kept observing those around me. No one communicated. 

As the sun rose/twilight hour, I noticed that these people still were present. It seemed that some of them wanted to leave, but they remained. Those with the "scary movie masks" on seemed to be gone. I still couldn't explain what was going on.  In the creek, I observed children (ages 8-10) walking in the creek in a line, with knee high water boots on. They seemed to be carrying boxes. I thought, "Since when does this occur and how did YMSD know about children cleaning the canyon at 4:30-5:00AM."  Everything seemed ridiculous. But then, unexplained suggests man intentional involvement. 

FOURTH ENCOUNTER:

By 6AM, the sun has risen more and all was more visible clearly. The children seem to have been gone, and only the adults remained. By 7:30AM I was fumbling with my jacket to get a pen to write down the presences of a HELLO KITTY stuffed animal in the creek, along with other dumpings. It made no sense as to why people would drive near the canyon and dump items into the canyon intentionally. And if the children and adults were part of a community clean up team. Then what did they clean up.  As I was fumbling for a pen. A pipe (smoking pipe. Still and will continue R.E.D.U as started in 1992 regarding Q.C.D.C). I heard a senior citizen lady express....
"I thought I saw...?" her husband responded,..."Don't think, lets go see." As they approached me, they looked me in the eyes and felt comfortable with me. At the same time, another senior citizen across from me, saw it too. She proceeded to call the Sheriff. As I was leaving the canyon, I ran into the Sheriff, who questioned me as to what directions I am coming from. I explained that I had been all over the canyon and was headed to the opposition side (tennis courts). He looked me in my eyes and let me go.

 The final encounter with YMSD ended on a good, yet sorrow note. He was probing questions as to why people dump trash/items in the canyon. He was questioning why people utilize his hut for activity without him there. He was really concerned that people bring modern items into this indigenous hut and leave those items. Interrupting his spiritual flow. That day he had drawn a Mexican Aztecan Totem of a Jaguar. It was an amazing drawing and it confirmed his true intentions of exploring his indigenous tribe. He explained that he feels that he has to make a decision as to remaining in the hut-full time: thus leaving where he was living with a family member. He wasn't sure if the hut was a good ideal. I assured him never allow other people to remove you from your spiritual/soulful intent. They will always attempt to prevent that which they do not understand or don't want you to understand. Allows follow your heart. I think you did an excellent job. The circumstances by which events happen, are not up to you to control. You accomplished your self driven goal and you can do it again. The fact remains, YOU DID WHAT YOU FELT YOU COULD ACCOMPLISH! So don't be so hard on yourself.

The expressions that later arose from other regarding him, seemed TYPICAL S.C.R. created. Some express thoughts of his family member, and detailed his mother as that person.  They detailed the huge house that he lives in with his mother near the northern section of the Balboa Park. Some questioned his true intent and purpose.  As I listened to these comments. I really had to ask myself, "WOW is it real or not?" They have provided more data about somebody in a state of discovery. It doesn't matter as to the nature of his discovery, he did more spiritually for himself in regards to other issues he may have been confronting. It really irritates me sometimes how people just can't LIVE AND LET LIVE!!!

Shamanism and Transmuting Energy (work in progress: reference material)

  Shamanism: Healing of Individuals and the Planet   
by Sandra Ingerman 

                                               
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Shamanism: A Brief Overview
   Shamanism is the most ancient spiritual practice known to humankind. We know from the archaeological evidence the practice dates back at least 40,000 years. Some anthropologists believe that the practice dates back over 100,000 years.
   The word “shaman” comes from the Tungus tribe in Siberia and it means spiritual healer or one who sees in the dark. Shamanism has been practiced in Siberia, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Greenland, and native North and South America.
   A shaman is a man or woman who uses the ability to see “with the strong eye” or “with the heart” to travel into hidden realms. The shaman interacts directly with the spirits to address the spiritual aspect of illness and perform soul retrievals, retrieve lost power, as well as remove spiritual blockages.  The shaman also divines information for the community. Shamans have and still act as healers, doctors, priests and priestesses, psychotherapists, mystics, and storytellers.
   Shamanism teaches us that everything that exists is alive and has a spirit. Shamans speak of a web of life that connects all of life and the spirit that lives in all things. Everything on earth is interconnected and any belief that we are separate from other life forms including the earth, stars, wind, etc is purely an illusion. And it is the shaman’s role in the community to keep harmony and balance between humankind and the forces of nature.
   There are a variety of ceremonies that shamans perform. They lead ceremonies to welcome children into the world, perform marriages, and help people transition to a good place at the time of death. They lead ceremonies to mourn the death of loved ones. There are important initiation ceremonies performed to mark certain transitions in a person’s life such as from moving from childhood into being an adult.
   One of the major ceremonies a shaman performs is called a shamanic journey. A shaman is a man or woman who goes into an altered state of consciousness and travels outside of time into the hidden realms that many term non-ordinary. I see non-ordinary reality as a parallel universe to ours. The Australian aborigines call non-ordinary the Dreamtime. It is also referred to as the Other World in Celtic traditions.
   In these hidden realities there are helping spirits, compassionate spirits who offer their guidance and also their healing help in behalf of all life on earth.
   Typically shamans use some form of percussion, especially drumming or rattling, to go into an altered state that allows the free soul of the shaman to journey into the invisible worlds.  In Australia you also see shamans use the didgeridoo and/or click sticks. Some traditions use sticks or bells.  The Sami people of Lapland and Norway also use monotonous chanting called “joiking”.
   When one looks at shamanic traditions around the world there are three common levels that are spoken about and also depicted through different paintings and other forms of artwork. The hidden worlds that the shaman travels to are known as the Under World or Lower World, the Middle World, and the Upper World. There are numerous levels in both the Lower World and also in the Upper World and they are outside of time.
   We live in an unlimited universe. Although descriptions of non-ordinary reality are subject to mental limitations I will describe some of the more common shamanic experiences of these worlds.
   Shamanism is a system of direct revelation. All shamans might describe experiences differently. And how the different experiences are interpreted and seen by others is how beautiful they all are.
   The Lower World is reached by journeying through a tunnel that leads into the earth. This world seems very earthy and tangible to the shaman and is characterized by caves, seas, dense jungles, forests, and deserts. The beings inhabiting the Lower World are the spirits of animals, trees, plants, and rocks as well as human spirits that are connected with the mysteries of the earth.

   The Upper World is experienced as more ethereal than the Lower World. The lighting is bright and can go from pastels, to gray, to complete darkness.  In the Upper World I might know I am standing on something but what is holding me might seem vague.  The landscape here is also very varied. There are crystal cities and cities of clouds. This level also inhabits a variety of spirits.
   The Middle World is the hidden reality of the world we live in. In the Middle World the shaman can travel back and forth in time. It is also a place where the shaman can journey in looking for lost and stolen objects.
   As I already mentioned to the shaman everything is alive. The Middle World is one place where the shaman can speak to the spirit of the rocks, trees, plants, wind, water, fire, earth, etc. The shaman can speak to the spirit that lives in all things here.
   The Middle World is also inhabited by a variety of spirits such as “the hidden folk”. The hidden folk are the fairies, elves, dwarves, trolls, and forest guardians that are present in so many myths and stories. The hidden folk remind us of a magical time in our lives before, through cultural conditioning, we closed the veils between the worlds.
   In the Lower World and Upper Worlds there are a variety of helping spirits that can help the shaman with healing individuals, the community, and the planet.
   The two most common types of spirits who work in partnership with the shaman are power animals also called guardian spirits as well as there are teachers in human form.
   Shamanic cultures believe that when we are born the spirit of at least two power animals volunteer to remain with us to keep us healthy emotionally and physically and also protect us from harm. These animals are akin to the Christian belief in guardian angels.
   The other form of helping spirit that shamans work with is a teacher in human form. These typically were the gods and goddesses of the culture, religious figures, and ancestors who wished to help.
   These helping spirits work with the shaman to bring healing to individuals, the community, and the environment. The helping spirits are also consulted with when information is needed.

Soul Retrieval: How Shamans Heal Trauma
   Shamans look at the spiritual form of illness which might manifest on an emotional or physical level. When I was doing the research for my book Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self, I found that most shamanic cultures around the world believe that illness is due to the loss of the soul.
   It is believed that whenever we suffer an emotional or physical trauma a piece of our soul flees the body in order to survive the experience. The definition of soul that I am using is soul is our essence, life force, the part of our vitality that keeps us alive and thriving.
   The types of trauma that could cause soul loss in our culture would be any kind of abuse: sexual, physical, or emotional. Other causes could be an accident, being in a war, being a victim of a terrorist act, acting against our morals, being in a natural disaster (a fire, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, etc.), surgery, addictions, divorce, or death of a loved one. Any event that causes shock could cause soul loss. And what might cause soul loss in one person might not cause soul loss in another. Shamans believe that alarm clocks can cause soul loss. I think we all know what they mean.
   It is important to understand that soul loss is a good thing that happens to us. It is how we survive pain. If I were going to be in a head-on car collision the last place I would want to be at the point of impact is in my body. My psyche could not endure that kind of pain. So our psyches have this brilliant self protect mechanism where a part of our essence or soul leaves the body so that we do not feel the full impact of the pain.
   In psychology we talk about this as dissociation. But in psychology we don’t talk about what disassociates and where that part goes. In shamanism we know that a piece of the soul leaves the body and goes to a territory in what shamans call non ordinary reality where it waits until someone intervenes in the spiritual realms and facilitates its return.
   Although soul loss is a survival mechanism the problem from a shamanic point of view is that the soul part that left usually does not come back on its own. The soul might be lost, or stolen by another person, or doesn’t know the trauma has passed and it is safe to return.
   It has always been the role of the shaman to go into an altered state of consciousness and track down where the soul fled to in the alternate realities and return it to the body of the client.
   There are many common symptoms of soul loss. Some of the more common ones would be dissociation where a person does not feel fully in his or her body, alive and fully engaged in life. Other symptoms include chronic depression, suicidal tendencies, post traumatic stress syndrome, immune deficiency problems, and grief that just does not heal. Addictions are also a sign of soul loss as we seek external sources to fill up the empty spaces inside of us whether through substances, food, relationships, work, or buying material objects. Anytime someone says” I have never been the same since” a certain event and they don’t mean this in a good way, soul loss has probably occurred.
   You can really see how much soul loss there is today as we put money over life. Anytime someone says that we have to kill other life forms for material gain that person must be suffering from soul loss. Anytime someone feels that buying one more car or that gathering material objects will bring happiness that person is suffering from the loss of soul. As you can see we are looking at a great deal of planetary soul loss today as you watch how we behave towards each other and the rest of life.
   Coma is also soul loss. But in coma there is more of the soul out of body than in the body. Coma is very complicated to work with today for many reasons. It takes skill on behalf of the shaman to find out which way the soul is trying to go. Does the soul want to re-enter the body? Or does it need help moving on which would lead to the death of the patient? There is a lot to say about this topic and it beyond the scope of this article.
   Today there has been a resurgence in the interest of the practice of shamanism. We now have many hundreds of wonderful shamanic practitioners reintroducing the practice of soul retrievals into our culture.
   It is interesting to note that as soul loss was so understood in shamanic cultures people who suffered traumas were given a soul retrieval within three days after a trauma occurred. Today as we have not been practicing soul retrieval, modern day practitioners are going back ten, twenty, thirty, or forty years or even more looking for lost soul parts.
   Also in a shamanic culture the individuals knew what was out of balance in their lives that might have caused an illness or issue to occur.
   In our culture we are unaware of what is out of spiritual harmony that is creating illness. And because often our soul loss happened so young we are unaware of the unconscious patterns we are living out due to our first soul loss. We are always trying to retrieve our soul. And how we do this is by repeating the same trauma over and over again. The names might change of the people involved in our life story, but the story is often the same.
   The effects of having a soul retrieval vary from person to person. Some people feel that they are more grounded in their body and feel more solid. Some people feel lighter and a joyful way of being returns to them. For some memories of the past traumas might be triggered bringing up a variety of feelings that must be worked through. And for some people the effects are too subtle to notice a change until further work to integrate the soul is done.
   As people feel more present in their bodies and in the world, they become more conscious of behavior that might be out of balance and disharmonious. When we are numb we might be aware that things in the world are not right but we can easily distract ourselves from feeling a need to change. When we are fully “inspirited” there is no place to retreat to and we are more inspired to change our lives.
   I believe that once a person has his or her soul brought back the client now has to do some work. If the person has done a lot of personal work the soul retrieval might be the end of the work. If not the soul retrieval would be the beginning of the work.
   Now it is up to the client to look at how to create a healthy life style and attract healthy relationships that will support wholeness and a life filled with healing. How do we want to use the energy that was returned from the soul retrieval and our returned vitality to create a positive present and future for ourselves? And how do we bring passion and meaning back into our lives again so that we thrive instead of just survive? All these issues I call “life after healing” and are crucial to create long term healing after a soul retrieval.
   I write about spiritual practices we can bring into our lives to create a positive present and future in my books Welcome Home: Following Your Soul’s Journey Home and Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
   This is vital work for the times we live in. The earth wants her children home and she wants them home now. It is time to come back home again and take our rightful place on the earth. It is our birthright to fully express our souls and create the world we want to live in. And it is our birthright to shine as brightly as the stars above us. It is time to share our light again in the world.
Medicine for the Earth: Healing Our Planet
   I started practicing shamanism in 1980 and my own personal practice led me to explore with the spirits the issue of reversing environmental pollution.  One of the most important messages I was to receive over my twenty years of journeying on this was it is who we become that changes the world and our environment not what we do.  Harmony within will create harmony without.  So the true work is learning how to change our thoughts, attitudes and belief systems.  We actually have to work with “ the alchemy of the soul” to really be able to change our inner environment as our inner state of being will be reflected in the outer world. The literal definition of alchemy is “working within and through the dense darkness inside.” This is big work and involves committing to spiritual practices that we must engage in daily and throughout the day.
   Stories that come from the Bible, from the Kabbalah, and from various Taoist, Hindu, yogic, alchemical, Egyptian, and shamanic works show that miracles were once an everyday occurrence.  I researched different spiritual traditions to give me clues to how miracles were performed by ancient cultures, mystics, and saints.  As I read about miracles a formula of elements that seem to be part of all miracles started to form.  The formula that came to me is a hologram.  The elements cannot be taken separately but combined with each other create transmutation.  The definition of transmutation I am using is the ability to change the nature of a substance.  The work of effecting environmental change is how to change toxic substances into neutral substances.
   The formula I arrived at is intention + union + love + focus + concentration + harmony +imagination = transmutation. Although we cannot use these elements as separate entities I would like to explain them separately.
   For all miracles to happen we must hold a strong intention of what we want to see happen. Intention creates action.  This involves concentration.  We know that a key to the success of spiritual practice is the ability to concentrate.  We must also be able to maintain a focus on our short term and long term goals.
   All miracles involve union with a divine force.  In the bible when Jesus says to heal in my name the true Aramaic translation of this is to know God and heal as God does.  This means having union with the creative force of life is essential for true healing to take place.  Sai Baba, a guru in India, is known for his miraculous acts and healing abilities. He says: “The only difference between me and you is I know who I am and you don’t” (meaning he knows he is divine).   These are just a couple of examples of what different mystics say about union.
   Love is an essential ingredient in all miracles as it is only love that heals.  Techniques don’t heal.  Where there is an open heart there is the energy to bring through miraculous and magical energy.  Love is the great transformer.
   I have already mentioned harmony as it is known in the practice of alchemy that harmony within will create harmony without.  Disharmony creates disease; harmony creates beauty and health.
   Imagination is another key in performing the miracle of transmutation in that we must be able to envision an environment that is pure and clean and which supports all of life.  Caroline Casey, an American astrologer, says:  “Imagination lays the tracks for the reality train to drive down.”  With our imagination we have to ability to sculpt our world.
   To add to this formula there are more principles to remember.  As we change our perception we change our reality.  To change our perception to create a reality of a clean environment we must be able to see the beauty in all things.  To see the beauty in all things, we must live in a state of appreciation and gratefulness.
   There are two phases of the work. One phase of the work is to learn how to recognize that we are more than a body, our thoughts, and our past experiences. We are spiritual light and we are divine at all times.
   We are not separate rather we are connected to one source and to a web of life. Imagine a hand where one of the fingers drops to the floor and thinks it can have an independent life without being connected to the body. That is what is happening today. Humankind is acting like separate fingers that have forgotten the connection to the original source of life.
   In our egoic states we perceive ourselves as separate from each other and the rest of life. Life circumstances and our relationships with others trigger negative thoughts and feelings. As human beings it is important to acknowledge our thoughts and feelings. It is also important to acknowledge that there is energy behind our thoughts and feelings that we can send out to others and into the environment. In shamanic cultures it is understood that there is a difference between expressing anger and sending anger.
   It is healthy to have a range of thoughts and emotions. The work we must do is to learn how to transmute or transform the energy behind our thoughts and emotions into love and light. In this way we can feel the depth of our feelings but not create any harm by doing so.
   We must again recognize as all ancient cultures did that words are vibration. And when we speak out loud we send a vibration out into the universe that will manifest back down on others and us.
   You might remember when you were a child saying the phrase abracadabra. This is actually an Aramaic phrase “abraq ad habra” and it literally translates to “I will create as I speak”.
   I write about how to transmute the energy of our negative thoughts into an energy embracing love and light and how to work with the power of words in my book How to Heal Toxic Thoughts: Simple Tools for Personal Transformation.
   The second phase of the work is gathering together in community to do ceremonies to reverse the pollution that we have created.
   My book, Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins goes into detail about this material.  After I wrote the book I started some scientific experiments to check out if the practices I wrote about will truly transmute toxins.  I have been working with intentionally polluting de-ionized water (pure water with no minerals in it) with ammonium hydroxide, a common and dangerous pollutant in our environment. As ammonium hydroxide is a strong base it is easy to check its presence with the use of pH strips.  I have worked with many groups of students at this point.  With every group I have worked with using the principles I wrote about, the water has changed a pH of 1-3 points toward neutral. We have prepared for days but once we begin the ceremony work it has only taken approximately 15-20 minutes before the water changes.  From a scientific point of view this would be seen as impossible.
   Since these initial experiments I started using a gas discharge visualization camera which is based on the Kirlian effect. We can now take pictures of the change in energy of the substances present in our circle. Besides water we have put in the circle a peach, some soil from a road that has a lot of cars driving on it, and some cheddar cheese crackers. To see some of the pictures we have gotten you can visit www.medicinefortheearth.com and click on “Results”.
   It is important to note that in our ceremonies we have not tried to manipulate the environment. We have not focused on the substances on the altar of our circle. We change ourselves with the understanding that our outer world will reflect back to us the inner changes that we make. This way of perception goes back to the ancient and esoteric principle of “as above, so below; as within, so without”.
   Alchemists did not actually change lead into gold.  The practice of alchemy was about changing lead consciousness into gold light consciousness.  As we begin to change our consciousness and get in touch with the light inside of us we can effect great changes in our outer world.  It is who we become that changes the world not what we do. The world changes by how we change.
   All life is made of light.  We are all light.  Everything is light.  In remembering this we can transmute everything in our outer environment and what we take in to pure healing light.
   All spiritual traditions teach that everything manifests on a spiritual level before manifesting on the physical. Where we have power right now to create change on the planet is by incorporating spiritual practices into our lives.