All Discussions Tagged 'Chief' - The Four Worlds International Institute2024-03-28T19:37:27Zhttps://www.fwii.net/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Chief&feed=yes&xn_auth=noPanama - City of Knowledge Bio-cultural Conferancetag:www.fwii.net,2013-12-01:2429082:Topic:1214732013-12-01T18:32:11.332ZWendy Joneshttps://www.fwii.net/profile/WendyJones
<p>This is not a journalistic view of the recent Four Worlds conference in<br></br> Panama. It is, rather, rumblings from the heart and creative mind of<br></br> witnessing and being part of circle.</p>
<p>To that end. Some background is needed. A bio cultural leadership<br></br> conference was recently held at the City of Knowledge (Ciudad del Sabre) in<br></br> Panama City, Panama. It was a collaboration between guest star Jane<br></br> Goodall's Roots and Shoots, EarthTrain, Four Worlds International and…<br></br></p>
<p>This is not a journalistic view of the recent Four Worlds conference in<br/> Panama. It is, rather, rumblings from the heart and creative mind of<br/> witnessing and being part of circle.</p>
<p>To that end. Some background is needed. A bio cultural leadership<br/> conference was recently held at the City of Knowledge (Ciudad del Sabre) in<br/> Panama City, Panama. It was a collaboration between guest star Jane<br/> Goodall's Roots and Shoots, EarthTrain, Four Worlds International and<br/> Biomuseo. Four Worlds Chair, Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr. attended to a<br/> sunrise ceremony the first day and was busy in the background with many<br/> meetings... Not just biodiversity but the unification of tribes here.<br/> Goodall of course, wowed us with her speeches and stories, and we we're<br/> honoured with the presence and blessings of Tata, a Mayan elder and the<br/> protagonist of the award winning documentary ( 4 Worlds), 'Shift of the<br/> Ages'. Many tribal chiefs were in attendance as well as musicians.</p>
<p>And<br/> So<br/> The<br/> Dawn<br/> B<br/> R<br/> O<br/> K<br/> E</p>
<p>Our feet<br/> That which connects us to Mother Earth<br/> Dipped in sacred water<br/> Cleansed before the alter<br/> Before we took our places.</p>
<p>We were so tiny amongst the grass and spirits and grandparents.<br/> We were so tiny but mighty<br/> Brother's chanupa burning<br/> Blowing white smoke against the yellow/green grass the red hill the blue sky</p>
<p>Brother speaking - POW! Spirit enters<br/> Inside expands head to toe<br/> THAT RUSH!</p>
<p>Sacred corn drink passed around<br/> New found kinship<br/> Hope<br/> R<br/> E<br/> S<br/> T<br/> O<br/> R<br/> E<br/> D<br/> Broken? Fixed. Hiy Hiy.</p>
<p>I stayed at the dormitories at the City of Knowledge , the casas belonging<br/> to Goodall's EarthTrain. Volunteers and workers moved like ants, preparing this,<br/> making that , the logistics stunning. More kinships forming . My end of<br/> volunteering started out in the kitchen but ended up doing healings on<br/> Emberra Indians...they were in the dorms across the street and lined up for<br/> me for two days..... This was such an .... what's another word for honour?</p>
<p>Anticipation of seeing/hearing Jane Goodall was high. I did meet her at the<br/> sunrise ceremony but I think I blathered something about a friend in common<br/> instead of starting with the formalities of introduction. Social grace all<br/> went to my older sister.</p>
<p>A stage somewhere, Goodall speaks. A blur now.</p>
<p>The Shift of Ages plays, I later meet the woman in it who helped tell the<br/> tale, with her friend, and offer a tobacco tie... they gave me cocoa leaves.<br/> I tell them I wanted more women in the film and they jump up and say they<br/> are so glad to hear this as feel the same way.</p>
<p>My Spanish sucks and I'm at the mercy of broken phrases, miming, drawing,<br/> google translator. Sometimes i have the mercy of someone who is bilingual<br/> or trilingual (tribal language). People keep telling me, "Practise makes<br/> perfect" but they don't realize I don't have the language gene like my<br/> siblings. I was passed in grade 9 French if I promised not to take it in<br/> grade 10....DEAL!</p>
<p>Here in the jungle in Panama<br/> The heartland<br/> The umbilical cord that connects the Americas Here where Mamma is scarred<br/> Cut open Botched surgery for transport Of commodities to supply An<br/> unsustainable world .<br/> And think, think if the engine had never been invented If the space program<br/> never happened If consumption were local And trade done on sailing ships</p>
<p>The computer would have come about in another way A way we can't imagine -<br/> Because we place stock in how science is conducted And we never imagined<br/> enough So we can't transport by altering our own molecules Like the Kahunas<br/> used to do But We are moving forward by going back.</p>
<p>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Children everywhere at the dorms! Kuna tribe, Emberra, Afro-Caribean. All<br/> in costume, practising to dance and sing for Jane and the audience. A<br/> plethora of musicians; music, the universal language. Guitars, pan flutes ,<br/> drums, each individual band colourful with their own vibes. A wonderful<br/> show, what can top this? Was it the apex? NO! Another night, at the<br/> biocultural museum hits the spike! Children again and then a newly formed<br/> jazz band pushing the limits not in abstraction but in formulated , complex<br/> rhythm and harmony that spilled from the envelope like a cascade of black<br/> notes , all within the context of the most innovative drummers I have ever<br/> heard. Three guitars, a double bass and a drum kit that looked like a sea<br/> of 'been around the world'. Zlijan cymbals played by hand, no sticks on<br/> anything and an amplified seat box producing pounding 'Zows' .</p>
<p>The undercurrent? Cultural unity for political gain for land and self<br/> determination. No longer will the Indians of Panama need to worry if they<br/> can accomplish this. Unity by cultural difference , a paradox, the irony<br/> may be enough to catch the politicians by surprise. The canal is being<br/> expanded to handle the super freighters, Panama is discovering more oil, the<br/> Pan American highway awaits expansion.</p>
<p>But the Prophecies, the indigenous prophecies that Brother Phil keeps<br/> reminding us of, they're here, they're happening, they're seemingly slowly<br/> reaching their apex but the rate of acceleration is phenomenal. More and<br/> more we're all needing grounding and balance because of this . Don't forget<br/> to keep,blue and black kyanite in your medicine pouch! The magnetic polar<br/> shift is on ..... And Creator's feminine side grows bigger and bigger.<br/> She's not really creating an apex as such, but an all surrounding light to<br/> be absorbed...it's the dark that will implode. Buckle up.</p>
<p>Madre Dios<br/> Mamma Earth<br/> Kokoom Moon<br/> The healing starts now<br/> Bring on the Divine Feminine<br/> Copper is the conduit<br/> Forgive all who survive</p>
<p>Biocultural = Key. Thank you, Sister Jane, Brother Phil, Uncle Tata. Thank<br/> you new friends and kin. Thank you Creator.</p>
<p>Panama, you are in my heart. Hiy Hiy!</p>