Surviving past 2012

When the Spaniards arrived in South America Colombia 500 years ago, they went about an ethnic cleansing, “in the name of God”. What incredible things we do in God’s name. Only a few indigenous tribes that could tolerate the heights of the Andes survived the Spanish onslaughts. Many Incas in Peru escaped and then we have the Kogi tribe of Northern Colombia who fled high into the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. A tribe we once thought obliterated all of a sudden return: to tell us about 2012?  

The Kogi have surprised us. They’ve lived at elevations above 18,000 feet (5,700 meters) in what they call the “Mother” and the “Heart of the World.” The Sierra Nevada, in the shape of a pyramid, rises from the sunny coasts of the Caribbean tropics to the chilly, snow-capped peaks, all in only 30 vertical miles. It is isolated from the Andes range, but can be viewed spiritually as the crown chakra of the Andes. Why did they come down from the snow-capped mountains that have hidden them for 500+ years- in 1992?

They brought the message that their mountain was sick and dying!

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta which gives birth to more than three dozen rivers was losing its health. The snow caps were melting, the trees were sick, the leaves were unhealthy, and so the Kogi came with a message to the world. The Kogi are the direct descendants of the Tairona civilization. The Tairona culture flourished in Northern Colombia around 1,000 AD.  They survived as a culture because the Kogi focus all their energy on the life of the mind as opposed to the life of a body or an individual. Wonder how we’ve gotten so far off course, and can we make a course correction?

Fundamental their survival is the maintenance of physical separation from their world and our own. The Kogi do not allow anyone into their land. They are very protective of their sacred space and the dense jungle is not kind to tourists. Very few Colombians dare enter into their territory.

The snow has stopped falling and they see the end to our planet in less than two decades unless we change. They came out of hiding and delivered that message in 1992. Add two decades and one gets 2012- maybe 12.21.2012? Everything about their history and religion is passed down through oral instructions and their lives are run by the spiritual leaders or Shamans named “Mamas.” The Kogi are a deeply spiritual people who are in sync with Mother Earth and Mother Earth is saying catastrophe is not far down the road.

They never grow grey hair and have no facial hair. They can spend 9 days awake without sleep during their ceremonial rites. Could we Americans produce a lot more if we could stay awake that long?  ?

The Kogi call our world Aluna, and they see a reflection of the physical world first in the spiritual world. If Aluna is the Mother, then the Kogi listen to the Mother by divining. This lost technique of divination is what keeps the Kogi world in balance and order. The Mamas are worried that the “Younger Brother” (that would be you and I) have not heeded the first warning. If the Sierra Nevada or the Mother dies, the world will also die. Is anyone really listening? Can so many indigenous cultures be wrong about these times, especially the year 2012?

Or, are the Kogi just people with crazy ideas?