Remember to Practice Ayni And Honor Our Teachers and Elders
by Virginia LoneSky, ThD – Chinchaysuyu Region – Michigan
Pachakuti Mesa Tradition - Shared Vision, Shared Hearts
Greetings to Our Mesa Community and Friends who have been brought together because of the teachings and vision of don Oscar, and the lineage of the Pachakuti Mesa tradition. As we gather to perform our Solstice and Equinox Ceremonies; dances and celebrations, across this good Earth this year, may we remember our obligations to take care of our teachers and Elders and practice Ayni. Ayni comes in many forms. From praying for them and providing sustenance, to using what they have taught us, to help keep balance within ourselves and Pachamama, in these times of rapid shifts and changes.
In the days when we all lived together and interacted with our teachers on a daily basis, their every need was taken care of. We fed and clothed them. Made sure they had shelter. Took care of their families. Made sure they had all the plants and libations needed for ceremony. 
We’d chop wood and carry water. Prepare their meals and wash their clothes so they could concentrate on holding sacred space and doing their ceremonies for our community, and to hold our cosmic connections open.
Ayni – sacred reciprocity, is something we have all learned about as Mesa carriers. Let us be creative and apply the same “village” concept to our support and service now. We can sustain our teachers and Elders spiritually by praying for them, through our Mesas. We can sustain them financially by attending their classes and workshops. We can support their humanitarian projects by giving donations of time and funding on a regular basis. All these things we do from our hearts with gratitude to keep the balance in our spiritual lives.
But, the greatest gift we can give to our Maestro, don Oscar and Pachamama, is to give Ayni by our actions! Practice what we have been taught by using our Mesa’s daily.
By stepping up and actively doing what we have been taught; using the words, symbols and sounds to create balance in the world, and consequently in our daily lives. That is what, I feel, we are most earnestly being asked to do more of right now!
Move the energy from heavy to light by using these teachings. Assisting Pachamama in her time of extreme purification, as she sheds that which no longer serves in harmony and balance. Our creative prayers can solidify the creation of our new realities. Help to make this transition with love and without fear; less traumatizing for everyone on this planet, by remembering to pray and activate your Mesas everyday.
Another way we can honor our teachers and Elders by supporting each other, as the Cosmic Sisters and Brothers we have come to know we are. Keep meeting and creating your own ceremonies in your Ayllus. Come together on a regular basis to create Despachos and build and maintain Apachetas. These are the ways we give Ayni back as the students, to honor our teachers.
We are the “Heartbeat” of the Heart of The Healer foundation. We are the branches of the same Tree. These teachings have given us roots and now we must give them wings by flying away from our comfort zones, and into a larger sphere of active 
practice. Everything we do, or do not do now, affects the delicate balance of the shifts and changes going on in this turn of the wheel of life.
We can show our gratitude by actively using these teachings; symbols, sounds, artes by sitting at our Mesas and transforming realities back into balance. These are the tools we have prayed for. We are obligated under Ayni for our teachers, to use them! Give back to the universe our pulse and vibrations of harmony. To assist Pachamama in her greatest shift in personal and planetary consciousness, we need to be using everything we know how to do NOW.
If we are the ones we have been praying for – then we have no reason to wait. We are here!
It’s up to all of us now to unite and put aside our differences. It’s up to you and me to give our Ayni to don Oscar, Cindy and THOTH. To help maintain the organization they are nurturing, on our behalf, as their Ayni. Let us be in gratitude for everything these teachings have given to us that has been feeding our spiritual souls, from the first day we laid eyes on don Oscar’s Mesa. By reaffirming today, that we will move into a deeper personal commitment to bring ceremony into our daily lives and walk in sacred service for others on this planet and keep supporting the visions of don Oscar through THOTH.
Volunteer to serve where you can. When a local event is planned for your Region, call and offer your assistance. You are not limited by your Suyu or Ayllu affiliations. Remember it does take a village to stage these events. Be respectful and honor all the hard work and hours put into the planning by keeping the organizers in your prayers.
When you attend, ask again if you can help in any way; listen and pay attention, and hold sacred space for the teacher.
As we move into our next phase of service, now is the time to give don Oscar the greatest gift we can give. Our unified loving heartbeat, in the center of his Mesa. To feed and sustain don Oscar, his lineage, and the vision given to him, to bring to us in our lifetime.
We are on cusp of endless possibilities now to manifest a new human experience, with a more one-hearted, soul infused, awakened spirit, here on Pachamama. All it takes is your active prayers and participation!
“When Self, Nature, and Culture are harmonized,
the Universe reveals its secrets”.
don Oscar Miro-Quesada
For my teachers, these teachings, and all of you, I am truly grateful.
Munay, Virginia
Virginia LoneSky was part of the 1st Michigan Ayllu Apprenticeship program and has served on past Chinchaysuyu Council as Committee member, for Self, Soul, Serenity at Serpent Mound, Ohio; and recently as Treasurer. She has served on many Indigenous Councils and been given Lakota credentials to carry sacred items. Served on Lakota and Cherokee Sundances and is a Canupa Carrier. She mentors villages in the U.S., Canada and Mexico who want to follow a ceremonial path. And has traveled around the world combining the Mesa work, with other modalities, bringing the people onto the land to re-member. She lives in Southeastern Michigan.