Power of CombinedBy Gary Scott Heart and Soul Mind and Body Diet and Exercise Service and Savings East and West North and South Earth and Sun Combine any of these and you have a whole that’s worth more than the sum of its parts. The wise ancients realized that never ending blending was the nature of reality, good for society, production and health. So the story below about a 500 year old prophesy should not be a surprise. A bite of chilled wind swept the broad Andean marsh where diamond sunrays sparkled and danced on a frying pan lake below. Damp odors of ooze, mud and grass were mixed in harmony to the taste of my blood, my senses concocting strange mixtures in the altitude-thinned air. High on a mountain slope overlooking the LLanganatis Valley, the sun filled the Amazonian Valley below. Who was to know that the discovery of one of South America's most ancient secrets for vitality and good health lay just ahead? Breathing heavily in the 14,000 feet rarified air, we rethought how this trip has evolved. My wife, Merri, and I, along with two medical doctors who specialize in anti aging and friends, walked toward a sacred valley where western man had never been invited before. Years earlier while working in the Andes and Amazon, we had met healers who were from lineages of many healers that received such intensive training they became Taita Yachaks, (Father of Fathers or healers of great purity). We became involved in creating a foundation to help the poor people of Ecuador and because of this the Taita Yatchaks asked us to help them fulfill a task to bring secrets from the South to the North and bring important knowledge from the North to the South. The yatchaks told us there was a 500 year old prophesy that states when the Eagle of the North and the Condor of the South flew in the skies together, a greater equilibrium would exits for mankind. They asked if we could help fulfill this prophesy. To be part of a prophesy unveiled five hundred years ago is humbling at the least. Scary is probably a better word. Yet we felt compelled to accept and so with several friends, we started helping these healers meet people from the North, not knowing the best was yet to come. The Yatchaks explained there was an unoccupied valley where no westerner or outsider had ever been invited. The Yatchaks were protectors and kept it carefully guarded. But part of their prophesy was when the time was right they would take a westerner to open secrets from this valley to the rest of the world. We were told that our efforts to help them were signals that we should go into the valley. We had no idea then how special this valley was. Only later did we learn that even in colonial times the Spanish had heard of this valley and believed it contained the fountain of youth. The valley is considered a spiritual center for the people in the Andes. This valley was also said to contain a hidden treasure of the assassinated Incan emperor Atahaulpa. The Spanish had tried to find this valley but the natives would not reveal its location. Hundreds accepted enslavement, torture and even death, rather than disclose its secrets. This was to be the first time these protectors had ever taken an outsider into the valley. We did not know this when Merri and I arrived with several friends including Jay Glaser and his wife Danielle and another medical doctor who also was studying longevity. This was a good thing because our arrival was with a sense of foreboding. We felt almost frightened rather than thrilled. Several villages held a special meeting of the protectors to perform a rite of permission. Only then did we discover that even native Ecuadorians had never been allowed to know the location of this valley. Only the healers and spiritual leaders of the Andes went there. The other M.D. researching longevity traveled with us but rather than visit the valley visited another valley where there are healing thermal pools. While there he told the owner of the hotel where we were going and was told we would never be seen again alive! The owner told our friend he had once tried sneaking into the valley, had been caught, stripped naked, hogtied and dumped on a lonely road. The man's effects had all been dumped in a bundle at the hotel with a note saying where to find him with a warning not to return to the valley. Merri, Danielle, Jay and I didn't know this as we headed into the valley. We started our journey at 4:30 a.m. riding up into the mountains to a hiking point with six llamas that carried our food, two young boys to herd the llamas, a cook, a Taita Yatchak and his son and daughter. We began hiking at about 10,500 feet, tramping through deep Alpine marsh for six hours as we ascended to 14,000 feet. Here we drank from a spring that formed part of the head waters of the Amazon Basin and then descended straight down (4,000') a hidden mud animal trail for three hours into a virtually impenetrable cloud forest, ripped by thorns, cut by razor grass, soaked, and caked in mud. By the time we arrived in the valley, it was just minutes before dark. We were fatigued more than I can describe, by the high altitude, bone weary from our heavy packs, every muscle aching from fighting all day, in the altitude thinned air, the sucking mud (which had regularly pulled off our boots). We stayed in a floorless, leaky thatch hut, sleeping on dirt, no heat except the cooking fire, no running water, no nothing. The next morning, to our surprise we all felt wonderful! We explored the valley which is perpetually wrapped in mist and fog. We swam in small icy, deep blue lagoons and did ancient exercises while the Taita Yatchak talked with us about longevity and health. We were continually cold, wet, dirty and cramped-all 12 of us in this tiny hut with its earthen floor. None of us had ever had so much fun! There is something about the valley that one cannot explain, an abounding energy and peacefulness. Even at times when we were really worried about some of the party who had gone into shock from fatigue, there was never a moment of regret. We discovered a magical quality to this Sacred Valley and after our return found powerful emotional and physical evolutions happening to all of us. Merri and I, along with the others, felt physically stronger, more alert, more positive, more active and yet more serene than ever before in our lives. This feeling of well-being was physical as well as emotional. We found that though our stay had been short we lost weight, increased muscle mass and were stronger, more balanced and our bodies felt better in almost every way. Because of this trip and the remarkable 500-year-old prophecy we knew there were secrets that could help us live longer and feel more vital. Diet, exercise, living in the right climate at the right altitude are all important. Yet there is more and this is the of this web site. The seek and share natural health secrets with you. For more pictures of Jay, Danielle, Merri and me on our way to the sacred valley see below: Gary and Merri with Dr Jay Glaser at entrance to sacred valley Group meet Goucho on way to sacred valley Group stay at shaman's hut in sacred valley Gary & Merri with Taita Yatchak in sacred Now one of our delegates has blended this sacred philosophy with business. He shared the prophesy with an Ecuadorian artist (Nativo) and asked him to create a work of art that reflects this ideal. The result, shown below is impression #2 that sits in our home. Learn more about this at successguidelines.com/ecuador_real_estate/ecuador_real_estate_94.htm
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