Calixto smiling-optimisedCalixto Suarez Villafañe

 

I am Calixto Suarez Villafañe, an Arhuaco of the Sierra Nevada in the north of Colombia.

I was born high up on the mountain, at about 3000 meters over sea level. At the moment of my birth İ was not physically well, İ had problems and illnesses, for this reason my mother thought ‘this one has no future’ and left me to my grandmothers care.

İt was then that I started being trained with the elders (Mamos).

With them İ came to understand and comprehend life in general, I learnt about the four worlds, about the earth and the universe.
Personally İ was born with a very strong extrasensory perception, but İ was very shy. For this reason many times I stayed alone in the mountain, cultıvating corn and other species. The elders told me about he living beings, nature and the sacred sites, which today I call energy points, where the Mamos do their spiritual payments ın order to harmonize.
There are many sacred sites throughout the Arhuaco territory, and this is how İ began to understand that one single point (site) is connected to everything. The Mamos say that the Sierra Nevada in Colombia is like the Heart of the Earth. Then İ began to analize why it might be the Heart.

My conclusion was that the sacred sites in the Sierra  are connected with other sacred points of the planet. And that they are part of a network which is connected to the universe.


The Sierra Spokesman

Calixto at sunset-optimisedNowadays I spend most of my time traveling, learning of the different cultures of the world, traditions and states. Always as an investigation: to see, to feel the invisible strength of the sacred places of the planet, because they are everywhere. And İ have been dedicated to making an energy exchange at those places.

And at the same time I have traveled giving talks, conferences to all people: children, adolescents, adults, associations, foundations, institutions other cultures, religions, politics and spiritual masters.
For me, what matters the most is that the lands are healthy, the water is pure, the wind is free from viruses and the human beings are at peace with themselves.

This is my passion and my intention: to speak of the importance of the sacred places and of how sacred we are.


Disclosure of ancestral knowledge 
The ARHUACO PEOPLE

The Arhuaco comunity is one of the 4 İndigenous Community (Arhuaco, Kogui, Wiwa & Kankuamo) that live to the north of the Colombian snowy mountain (Sierra Nevada) of Santa Marta. We descend from the Tayronas. They left us in this space, caring for and harmonizing the Earth and Humanity. We live in harmony with all natures beings: water, earth, fire, wind, the sun, humans and also animals and plants which are essence of the divine.Calixto and Arhuaco gathering-optimised

The primary prinicples that we teach our children and community are to live with, look after and harmonize. We believe that all people have the right to a piece of land to care and cultivate. We believe in equality.

Everyone takes part in the communities decisions. Even the young girls and boys. Our tradition is that of meeting, talking, thinking and deciding together; we always try to be connected. This is where our strength dwells and this is how we take and manage the conflicts that appear on or territory.


The Mamos

The Mamos are people who have an energetic spiritual elevation. They are the spiritual leaders of the community that act as doctors, psychologists, priests and/or judges. Since a very early age they are tought to perceive the vıbration and energy of all natural beings.
This knowledge of the laws of nature has been nurtured for many generations and we do not want it to cease or be lost.The wisdom of Arhuaco people is not just of one person, we are a unity of ancestral culture.

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Mamo Kuncha and his son

For that the Mamos don’t manifest themselves as wise men, healers or curanderos. We are harmonizers and guidance counselors, fundamental principles of any culture of our planet.

The Mamos are doing a call in order to have a radical change, a transformation concerning all human knowledge. Until now, what the human beings have reached is self-destruction , the destruction of mother earth, of mountains, have reached the poisoning of the sea, of rivers, of the lakes, the reduction of the flora and fauna. This means that we are seeing how we are impoverishing the planet and those who live there.

In our way of thinking is nothing in nature is considered evil, everthing is good. What is causing all of this is becoming wicked, are human’s laws. The humans have changed another direction having strayed from their path and are accelerating their self-destruction.

The natural law is simple: humility to take from nature, to maintain balance spiritually and physically. For us, the Arhuaco, the humility is a signal of wisdom.

That’s what we want to pass to future generations. The Mamos invite us to discover again our truthful identity, our ancestors, our roots and taking care of these roots, and of the knowledge of the Mamos.

In this way we can arrive into the deepest aspects of this knowledge and transmit it to someone else.In the holy and snowy lands of Santa Marta.

There is valuable knowledge to share on philosophy, medicine, and the interpretation of the phenomena that occur in and around us. 

We are willing to share it.

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