Weaving the Tapestry of Love 1 the Place in Colombia Where the United CUSTODIAN of THIS OFFERING Nations of the Spirit Swami B.A

Weaving the Tapestry of Love 1 The place in Colombia where the United CUSTODIAN OF THIS OFFERING Nations of the Spirit Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti Circle of Contents manifested THE BACKGROUND OF THE EDITORIAL TEAM UNITED NATIONS OF THE SPIRIT Heriberto Villaseñor (Mexico) 06 Lwntana Nacoggi (Colombia) THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED NATIONS OF THE SPIRIT Arci Pasanen (Sweden) 08 Rosi Metodieva (Bulgaria) THE 7 AGREEMENTS OF THE UNS Sienna Arpi (U.S.A.) 10 THE 9 PRINCIPLES OF LIFE Thomas Fiedler (Germany) KIVA KUMBHA MELA INDIA, FEBRUARY, 2019 PROOFREADING 12 Dr. Kamayani, Cheryl Giusti (U.S.A.) WEAVING THE TAPESTRY Tom Weber (Sweden) 18 OF LOVE WORLD CONSCIOUS PACT PHOTOGRAPHY 20 AND THE COMMON CAUSES César David Martínez (Colombia) Diana Zambrano (Colombia) THE FOUNDERS OF THE UNS Kavi Karnapurna (Colombia) 24 Adrian Felipe Pera (Colombia) UNS Tor Tuorda (Sweden) 28 COLLABORATORS Arci Pasanen (Sweden) HOW TO DESIGN 31 PARTICIPATE Rosi Metodieva (Bulgaria) ALLIANCES WITH THE UNS CONSULTING AND SUPPORT 34 Sebastián García (Colombia) EVENTS FOR THE RIGHTS Stefan Mikaelsson (Sweden) 36 OF MOTHER EARTH Pedro Pablo Tattay (Colombia) Walter Gómez (Colombia) THE HISTORY OF THE KIVAS Dorian Antuna (Mexico) 40 Gonzalo Guzmán Recart (Chile) THE UNIVERSITY OF Eliseo Franco (Peru) ANCIENT WISDOM Yiva Quintero (Colombia) 44 TRIBUNALS AGAINST ORDERS 48 INJUSTICE 169 Bhut Gali, Gopesvar Road, THE WORLD Vrindavan, Mathura, UP 281121, India IS ONE FAMILY Tel: +91 9927 888 664 | +91 8171 660 403 52 E-mail: [email protected] OUR LAST ORIGINAL NATION OF EUROPE PUBLISHER 54 House of Ancient Wisdom Foundation PROTECT THE SANCTUARIES ISBN 978-619-91020-0-8 62 AND SACRED ROUTES

2 3 United Nations of the Spirit Weaving the Tapestry of Love

Editorial Varsana Eco-Yoga Village, Colombia, December, 2015

The United Nations of the Spirit is We have a true treasure with all the of love through our joint efforts for a spiritual unity around the world that an outcome of a historic gathering ancient knowledge of the original Mother Earth, where our relationships promotes love and compassion for the organized by Roots of the Earth in nations. It is of great importance when to each other and the earth are our earth, humankind, animals, nature and the Eco-Yoga Village in Varsana, facing the forces that have created great strength. Through inspiring, the cosmos. Our position should be as Colombia, on the 15th of December, difficulties between the people and supporting and trusting each other, servants and guardians of the original 2015. Representatives from different the planet. From these deep wells of we create not just a network, but a laws of the cosmos and of nature. We ancient cultures discussed how to wisdom, we can drink the teachings tapestry with beautiful patterns of love welcome everyone to be a part of this unite our strengths to heal the current of Universal Love and the immense and compassion. weaving of love, of being a Guardian of situation that modern man has created. strength of unity in diversity. Instead Mother Earth. Together, in a Kiva temple dug into the of the separation we see between The United Nations of the Spirit is earth, symbolizing the heart of Mother humanity and nature, and among each declaring that we are all united under Earth, the United Nations of the Spirit other, the UNS believes in the strength the same Creator, who cares for each Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam was declared. and beauty of weaving a tapestry and every one of us, and working for The Earth is one family

4 5 The Background of the NaturaGente SalvaVida, 2012 World Conscious Pact, 2012 Sacred Unions of Forming the Loving Defense of Mother Earth 8000 Drums, 2012 the Guardians of A Call for a Shift in Mother Earth Consciousness University of Ancient Wisdom, 2013 Ongoing Research and Teaching

Spoon Revolution, 2006 A Sustainable Diet for Mother Earth

United Nations of the Spirit, 2015 Weaving the Tapestry of Universal Love

Roots of the Earth, 1989 Uniting the Elders of All Nations

Kumbha Mela India’s Millennial Festival of Kiva Spiritual Unity Union of Abya Yala &India Sacred Tradition A Kiva in the Kumbha Mela, 2019 Tigre Pérez, 1968 for 1,000s of Years Pioneers

6 7 The Birth of the

The Revealed Prophecy of Our Ancestors

It is a call for all people It is an invitation to support the rights of Mother Nature, the to come together to original nations and the Ancient Wisdom of the world! experience sacred unity in diversity and learn how to The United Nations of the Spirit (UNS) making their offerings to the United live in peace and harmony is the outcome of a Kiva gathering, Nations of the Spirit. with Nature, all its living organized by Roots of the Earth in the beings and the whole Eco-Yoga Village in Varsana, Colombia, The UNS declares that we are all united universe! on the 15th of December, 2015. under the same Creator, who cares for each and every one of us. It works for After four years of work for peace and a spiritual unity around the world that ancestral knowledge, it was decided to promotes love and compassion for the bring to life this new tapestry of love. earth, for humankind, for animals, for The UNS is the true union in the Spirit nature and for life on earth in many of beings, who still remain connected other ways. The UNS affirms that to the original and divine essence of nature is not a resource, it is our family, our Mother Earth. and therefore it is essential for human beings to become guardians of Mother The ancestral people gathered were Earth. from the Nasa, Panches, Misak, Kogi, Wiwa, U’wa, Yanakuna, Cofan, Embera The unity in diversity declared by the Chami, Huitoto, Quimbaya, Muisca UNS is based on love and respect. It is Chibcha, Wixárikas, Vaisnavas, Maya focused on our collective needs and it Chontal, Maya Quinche, Apache, comes to strengthen the tolerance and Quechua, and mestizo communities. harmony among all peoples.

Finally, a joint declaration was signed inviting all people to also sign and start www.unitednationsofthespirit.org

8 9 7 Agreements of the Founders of the UNS 9 Principles of Life THIS DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE ELDERS THIS DOCUMENT WAS ANNOUNCED TO THE ASSEMBLY

We request you to accept and apply: Let us unite under the following UNS principles: 1. We are committed to the healing of the individuals who make up the territory, 1. We recognize, as the Law of Origin, the Mother and Father Creators who as is made possible through the guidance of ancient authorities and original law, manifest and express themselves in the natural order, and that’s why we declare which will be shared through the opening of public spaces such as parks, social ourselves the United Nations of the Spirit. and cultural venues and public squares around cities, to restore them as Ancient Wisdom Learning Centers, where World Circles and exchanges with our Elders will 2. We propose a path, with several steps, to educate true human beings, based allow us to heal ourselves and reinstate our position as children of Mother Earth. on our WAYS OF LIFE. 2. We are committed to ensuring that rural, ancient and urban territories dedicated 3. We invite those human beings who have forgotten their ancestral memory to to life become sacred territories of origin for the protection of native and organic come and drink from this fountain of Ancient Wisdom. seeds, and that the production of these crops can be shared through environmental events and eco-friendly, organic markets to allow communities the right to healthy 4. We recognize that all parts of nature - elements, minerals, animals, plants, food resulting from the work of local inhabitants of the territory, establishing a fair jungles, rivers, mountains, humans, planets and stars, as well as the invisible - are trade network that benefits farmers, native communities and the general population. not resources. They’re our family, and therefore it is essential to live together in harmony. 3. We are committed to ensuring that the ancient communities have materials and spaces for their own expression of their visionary art and culture, and to 5. We state that cultural exchange and dialogue among different bodies of creating festivals with conscious artists who promote recognition of the territory knowledge favor the recognition of our common humanity, regardless of our and the individual as sacred. We are also committed to establishing collective differences, for the creation of Common Agreements based on the Law of Origin work in harmony and solidarity with all the living entities of the world. honored by every one of the ancient peoples. 4. We are committed to making the needs of the population visible through 6. We declare that our spirituality is not an exotic form of religion, but that it is loving and purposeful language, where drums, walks, prayers and offerings are a way to live peacefully in accordance with all beings, nature, and the universe. heard and respected by all people in order to strengthen ancient knowledge and solve the territory’s problems at the root. 7. We recognize in women the Universal Divine Mother, who is more magnificent 5. We are committed to strengthening the health of our population with and enduring than a passing beauty standard originating from the idea that we traditional and conscious, ancient medicine, and to offering spaces for the training can own and control the world. and education of such doctors, who are directly linked to Ancient Wisdom and 8. We are the results of the dreams of our ancestors. Our ancient peoples have who offer everyone an opportunity to experience a healing process free from the silence to know how to listen and the words to know how to speak and personal and commercial interests, a process that protects the life of the territory propose. Our proposal for an education puts BEING and coexistence in harmony and recognizes Mother Earth as our real benefactor in all aspects of life. with all visible and invisible beings at the center. It is urgent for humanity to take 6. We are committed to creating educational systems where our children, the these educational steps. So, with the basis of ancient tradition, this new, ancient seeds of humanity, grow with useful tools for their development as children of society rises, united in the nine corners of the world. Mother Earth, allowing them to recognize their physical and spiritual natures so that the moral and ethical values of the Law of Origin are cultivated in their 9. We announce that our government system is a COSMOGEOCRACY, the order hearts, giving rise to a population that lives in harmony with Mother Nature and the government of the cosmos, which is bound to order the government through a relationship of healthy and conscious consumption. of the earth, where everything is interconnected. To accomplish this, we should extend, share, and prepare territories so that seeds of Universal Love from the 7. We are committed to restoring the constitutional order of the great Mother human heart can germinate, grow and prosper. Earth and her children, the living entities that populate her, such that all peoples consume her resources consciously, according to their own Law of Origin and In the present declaration, reference is made to the children of Mother Earth, the nature of their territories, respecting her processes and cycles without with the understanding that we refer to both the feminine and masculine obstructing them for exploitative reasons, personal or institutional. genders. We do not discriminate by gender. We love and accept everyone just Through the present points, we express the agreements of multiple, ancient as our mothers and fathers who teach us with love and by example. authorities from different territories on the planet as well as the respective local authorities, and commit to developing these projects in our personal lives and inspiring others, by example, to adopt them as well.

10 11 World Union for Protection of the Holy Rivers, 2019

Kumbha Mela Allahabad, 2013

To celebrate the unity of Ancient Wisdom, all Elders Kumbha Mela at Prayag (Allahabad), India, 2019 and members are invited to join the first Kiva in India

Cleaning the Yamuna and Ganga Rivers is a very urgent calling for all sincere We will join all the prayers and calls for awareness. Kumbha Mela is a celebration of Hindus. All the rivers of the world must be crystal clear. That is the urge of the the nectar of immortality brought to the world by the divine healer, Dhanvantari. real guardian of Mother Earth. Praying for the world and action for change - those are our intentions for this Ganga Action Parivar is inviting everyone to the Kiva celebration at the Kumbha event. Mela, 2019, together with tribal leaders from many countries. www.allahabadkumbhyatra.com

12 13 Native Elders from many tribes are joining the Kumbha Mela to pray for Mother Earth’s rights together with the spiritual leaders of India FROM 14TH THE KIVA IN THE KUMBHA MELA FEBRUARY, 2019 INDIA, 2019 ( 5-10 DAYS )

Marakame Alfonso, Mexico

Pat Mccabe, Navajo, USA Abuela Martina Mamani, Peru

LWNTANA NACOGGI CHIDANANDA SARASWATI MUNIJI Loretta Afraid of Bear, USA Coordinator for South America Coordinator for India

THE KIVA CEREMONY THE KIVA IS ACCOMPANIED CONSISTS OF: BY 7 PURIFICATION RITES:

Entering the Kiva to visit the five Sacred chants in various languages Chief Arvol Looking Horse, USA Berito Kuwaru’wa, Colombia altars by leaders and authorities sharing their prayers and requests Sacred dance to unite our hearts and dance together; circle dances AND MANY OTHER CONTACT US FOR Playing a drum beat for world ELDERS... COST AND DETAILS recovery Sacred fire in the Kiva lit by the seniors Saamdu Chetri, Bhutan

Taking a dip in the holy river Temazcal (sweat lodge) with special The 5-10 day program is part of a one-month journey from the Himalayas to the invocation Night prayers around the sacred Ganga confluence at Varanasi, visiting India’s most important places, including: fire Lectures on relevant topics Rishikesh, Dev Prayag, Haridwar, New Delhi, Vrindavan, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Holy river ceremonies such as Cleaning the holy place to set an Allahabad and Varanasi Ganga Artik example Join the Kiva Kumbha Mela or take the full trip! Agni Hotra fire ceremony Distribution of sacred food [email protected]

ORGANIZED BY: There will be a Sacred Women’s Empowerment Workshop, Conscious Theater and a Chaski Music Fest to deliver Mother Bhoomi’s call for love, the young generation’s call to the world where selected youngsters sing and speak.

14 15 Visiting the spiritual leaders in India’s most important places

Vrindavan People interested in participation, contact us for cost and details [email protected] Varanasi

Missions of the Journey Kiva Ceremony in Kumbha Mela

To remind the whole world that Mother Earth is a living being and that her rights must be defended by all governments and legislatures of the world.

To affirm that water is life, like the River Ganges, from which we take her water from the source to the sea. The Ganges symbolically represents The Journey from the Himalayas to the all of the rivers of the world and must be protected from perishable wastes Ganga confluence & the Kumbha Mela and any kind of residues.

To allow the Elders of the original 4th February - 1st March, 2019 nations of Abya Yala (America) join with the sages of India and the rest of the world. RISHIKESH - DEV PRAYAG - HARIDWAR - NEW DELHI - VRINDAVAN - LUCKNOW - AYODHYA - PRAYAG / ALLAHABAD - To let the united prayer of all VARANASI stimulate an attitude against ignorance, hypocrisy and corruption in the world so that love and peace may flourish.

Contact us for volunteer opportunities and discounts! Rishikesh 16 17 All members of the United Nations of the Spirit shall Weaving the Tapestry of Love have this certificate and can also give it to new members A FEATHER OF HONOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ANCIENT WISDOM

For supporting the rights of Mother Nature & embracing the Prominent Supporters of the UNS UNS Declaration

Marta Esteban Who is it for? Sokhrates Every individual person or organization that recognizes the 7 Agreements of the Founders of the UNS and the 9 Principles of Life, declared by the UNS, and the urgent need for their practical application and promotion, CAN and MUST have Natalia Greene this certificate signed. Pella Thiel GARN End Ecocide Sweden The certificate is available in several languages and is free to download José Mujica from unitednationsofthespirit.org. Former President of Uruguay Areas of Activity Protect nature; develop nature consciousness; improve consumption habits Noemi Paymal Pedagogia 3000 Be a representative activist Alejandro Solalinde Hermanos en el Camino Act as a cultural ambassador in your locality; promote and organize conscious events, including music, art and yoga festivals

Be a guardian of territory in the place where you live, on the land you own or Mr. Milon Rene Soo Santiesteban in another place that you protect Bolivian Ambassador to Sweden Promote non-violent spiritual nourishment, vegan or vegetarian food free of chemicals, pesticides and transgenics (GMOs) Offer your research contributions and knowledge in any specific area of investigation of Ancient Wisdom David Jaramillo Chaski Fest Give solid support to disseminating Ancient Wisdom whatever ways you see as most effective Your Name ...... Act as a weaver of the tapestry of love of the UNS; share the certificate with Your Activity ...... other individuals and groups Keep weaving the Direct an establishment and sell goods or provide services with discounts to tapestry of Love! Cormac Cullinan those identified as members of the UNS EnAct International

18 19 For many practical situations, we present A FEW to you the activist platform of the UNS OF OUR COMMON CAUSES

1. RIGHTS OF NATURE Over the past forty years, legislation has WORLD allowed us to wipe out 50% of the earth’s biodiversity. We need a paradigm shift: CONSCIOUS recognizing the Rights of Nature could be our last chance to survive. Human rights and Nature’s rights are two sides PACT of the same coin. WE SOW CONSCIOUSNESS WITH LOVE 2. SEED PROTECTION Seeds are the womb that gives origin to The World Conscious Pact life, to the very existence of all sentient (WCP) was formed at the beings. Since time immemorial, farmers RIO+20 meeting in Rio de have saved the best of their harvests for Janeiro in 2012 by the world the next year. Nevertheless, this age-old renowned Dr. Vandana Shiva practice is being threatened by the use and Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti. of transgenic (GMO) and suicidal seeds whose fruits don’t produce new seeds. The World Conscious The creation of live seed banks and the Pact is an international interconnection among their guardians network that promotes brings hope to the world. and strengthens multiple collectives, social groups, 3. CARING FOR SACRED WATERS organizations and activists that put forth their energy The rivers and water sources are deities every day in order to worshiped by the ancient cultures of the practice a healthy consumer world, because the life and health of our culture and to respect and Mother Nature and all of us depend on raise awareness about the them. This divine being is at risk from rights of Mother Nature. the damming of rivers for hydroelectric projects, chemical pollution, consumption It campaigns for conscious of meat, monoculture, mining, etc. consumption, the protection Protecting the waters is an urgent need of animals, the rights of and we must take whatever responsibility nature and everything that we can for meeting this challenge. guarantees the well-being of humanity in harmony 4. RESCUING ANCIENT WISDOM with Ancient Wisdom. Ancient Wisdom is the legacy that Its goal is to multiply the the Creator and Nature gave to all interconnections of a living native cultures of the world. It is their network, composed of all fundamental relationship to life. Many beings everywhere, so that communities from the mystical East it can be strengthened. to southern Chile are preserving this wisdom. We connect the ones who wish to learn about the knowledge that ancient www.worldconsciouspact.org authorities want to share.

20 21 5. PROTECTING SACRED SHRINES 8. NATURAL & EMOTIONAL MEDICINE AND ROUTES Good health begins with a good diet, Long before modern transportation and avoiding excess, eating in a clean the internet existed, there were routes environment and living an anxiety- that allowed villages to communicate free life. It includes eating what the and build a network of cooperation in earth offers, without agrochemicals different parts of the world. Examples or genetically-modified food, in India are pilgrimage routes to the maintaining a loving relationship with primary sanctuaries and the Inca trails our environment and being grateful. that connect much of South America. From the moment we think that we WCP teaches us to respect these are not indebted to Mother Earth, the routes and their respective shrines in imbalance begins. The first step toward all possible dimensions. healing is paying close attention to our thoughts and our food.

6. THE IMPORTANCE OF PERENNIAL SPIRITUALITY 9. LISTEN TO WOMEN, OUR MOTHERS Ancient nations remind us about the Women are natural representatives of spiritual dimension within everything: perennial spirituality. Sacred femininity in rivers, mountains, animals, and should lead the new paradigm for certainly in human beings. There is a protection of our Mother Earth. Women universal order, an original law and a in their role as mothers are the ones purpose for the existence of everything. who best understand the emergency This law, passed down by the Supreme facing our planet. They don’t tolerate Creator in many ways, guides our seeing their children destroy their actions and warns us against falling own future. Therefore, women should into an exploitative mentality. The contribute to managing the process of careful performance of ceremonies, change necessary to live in peace and prayers, spiritual cleanses and various coexist in harmony with all beings and rituals keep this vital connection alive. species on earth, to guard the world they will leave to their children.

7. MINING DESTROYS LIFE 10. CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION Mega mining projects are a cause Conscious consumers satisfy their of mass pollution of water, soil and needs, personal or socially-generated, air. They destroy biodiversity and always considering their impact on are a source of disease for humans nature and other beings. They are and animals alike. In addition, they aware that some consumer choices usually generate social issues and lead to the destruction of the planet degradation, aside from the fact that we need to live. Conscious consumers big mining industries have funded the look to buy healthy and organic murder of many innocent people by products, are careful with the waste armed groups or dictatorships in order they produce, protect animals, build to remove communities from their with natural, low-impact materials and territories. Therefore, WCP calls for a do not use products that imply animal peaceful boycott to stop irresponsible suffering and so on. mining.

22 23 The Founders of the UNS Elders, Spiritual Authorities, Representatives of Many Original Nations United Under the 9 Principles and Committed to the 7 Agreements

Heriberto Villaseñor Abuela Martina Mamani Marakame Alfonso Gonzalez Abuela Nelly Rativa Taita Eustorgio Payaguaje Icha Kaká Blanca Nieves Director of Roots of the Earth, Sitwar Q’Oyllur, Quechua Nation, Wixárika Nation, Pilgrim of the Princess of the Muisca Nation, Cofan & Siona Nations, Putumayo Muisca Nation, Cabildo of Suba, Disciple of Tigre Pérez, Mexico Temple of Raqchi, Cusco, Peru Desert of Wirikuta, Mexico Bakatá Region, Colombia Region in the Colombian Amazon Bakatá, Colombia

Abuela Ana Lucía Yagari Swami B.A.P. Mamo Kwibi Abuela Agustina Carlos Jesús Castillejos Daira Quiñones Jate Antonio Daza Kulchavita Embera Chamí Nation, Antioquia, Spiritual Leader of Vrinda Vaisnava Misak Nation, Cauca Territory, Mayan Toltec Tradition, Pilgrim of Tumako Nation, Afro-Colombian Muisca Nation, Balatá Community, Colombia Community; with Kogi Mamo Andean/Pacific Region, Colombia the Desert of Wirikuta, Mexico Protector, Colombia Bakatá, Colombia

Cacique Berito Kuwaru’wa María Aracelli Londoño Lorenzo Seuny Izquierdo Abuela Lourdes Beatriz García Xieguazinsa Ingativa Neusa Nubia Rodríguez Activist and Leader of the U’wa Valley of Cauca, Cali, Colombia, Arhuaca Nation, Sierra Nevada of Muisca Nation from Resguardo de Native Governor of Cabildo Muisca Roots of the Earth, Circle Dance Nation, Northeastern Colombia Carrier of the Sacred Obsidian Pipe Santa Marta, Colombia Cota in Bakatá Region, Colombia Chibcha Boyacá in Tunja, Colombia Teopantli Kalpulli, Colombia/Mexico

24 25 Taita Rodolfo Giagrekudo Misak Spiritual Leader Balam Esteban Morales Nina Curo Taita Julio Muñoz Eustorgio Bahamar Rivera Huitoto Nation, Murui-Muinane Misak Nation, Cauca Region, Wixárika Nation, Pilgrim of the Mestizo Elder from Muisca Cofan Nation, Tucunare Region in Elder from Eco-Yoga Villages in Community, Colombian Amazon Colombia Wirikuta Desert, Mexico Nation, Bakatá Region, Colombia the Colombian Amazon Colombia

Hate José Manuel Pacha K’anchay Swami B.V. Atulananda Hate Ignacio Murillo Suaie Mamo Senshina Lwntana Nacoggi Socha-Chia, Muisca Chasky Yachak, Yanakuna Nation, Spiritual Leader of Vrinda Muisca Nation from Racida, Kogi Nation, Sierra Nevada of Authority from the Wiwa Nation, Community, Colombia Colombian Andean Massif Vaisnava Community, Chile Bakatá Region, Colombia Santa Marta, Colombia Magdalena, Colombia

Spiritual Leader Abuela Blanca Andrade Spiritual Leader Kogi Mamo Luis Yonda Rogelio Rocha Yanakuna Nation, Colombian Nasa Nation, Colombia Nasa Nation, Colombia Spiritual Leader from the Sierra Spiritual Guide, Nasa Community Traditional Doctor from the Nasa Andean Massif Nevada, Colombia in the Cauca Region, Colombia Nation, Colombia

Ana Dharana And also: Deyanira Susa Monroy (Founder of Anthakarana Eco-Yoga Village, Quindío Region, Colombia), Mamá Sebastián García Jacinta Tunubalá (Misak Nation, Guambía, Cauca Region, Colombia), Ana María Hoyos (Co-founder the Atlántida Eco-Yoga Village, Cali, Colombia), Myriam Maria Aranda de Ulluné (Misak Nation), José Antonio Navarro (Roots Collaborators in the Creation of the 7 of the Earth), and other representatives of the Nasa, Panches, Misak, Kogi, Wiwa, U’wa, Yanakuna, Cofan, Embera Agreements of the Founders and the Chami, Huitoto, Quimbaya, Muisca Chibcha, Wixárikas, Vaisnavas, Maya Chontal, Maya Quinche, Apache, Quechua, 9 Principles of Life and mestizo communities. 26 27 SOME OF Become one of us THE UNS Collaborators Weave the tapestry of Love Europe North America South America

Arci Pasanen, Sweden Thomas Fiedler, Germany Guadalupe Cruz, Mexico Michelle Button, Mexico Sebastián García, Colombia Ati Quigua, Colombia Activist for the Rights of Nature Activist, UNS Coordinator WCP Communications World Music and Healing Arts UNS, WCP Coordinator & Facilitator Native Political Leader [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.xicome.org [email protected] www.atiquigua.co

Doris Ragettli, Switzerland Mumta Ito, England Dorian Antuna, Mexico Elias Vidaurre Ulloa Pedro Pablo Tattay, Colombia Adriana Bernal, Brazil Co-founder of Rights of Mother Earth Founder of Nature’s Rights NGO Founder of Paxamama News UNS Coordinator, Canada UNS Coordinator, Film Maker WCP & UNS Coordinator www.rightsofmotherearth.com www.natures-rights.org www.paxamamanews.org [email protected] Visiones de PAZ [email protected]

Rosi Metodieva, Bulgaria Alicia Pakareu, Spain Karla Luévano, Mexico Eliseo Franco, Peru Biskungwi, Colombia Mariana Franco, Paraguay UNS Coordinator, Web, Social Media Activist for Mother Earth Coordinator for Kiva Kumbha Mela, 2019 WCP Coordinator NaturaGente & UOAW Investigator Director of the SUNU Group [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] UNS Coordinator Original Nations’ Representative www.gruposunu.org

28 29 India How to Participate in the UNS WE CAN ALL BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD

1. Form Local Cells UNS is not an organization, but a state of consciousness and you can be the expanding cell of the UNS through your voluntary offering. This is a network of love and respect; remember, keep a high level of transparency and stay free from any kind of violence or abuse. 2. Create Seed Banks Seeds are the very foundation of life. Unfortunately some companies have started to go against this natural law by genetically modifying, patenting and trying to monopolize the right to use and possess seeds. A seed bank is a great way to Gonzalo Guzman Recart Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati Nandini Tripathi resist that and to create a more hopeful future. UOAW & UNS Coordinator in Chile Paramartha Niketan & Ganga Action Paramartha Niketan & Ganga Action [email protected] Parivar | www.gangaaction.org Parivar | www.gangaaction.org 3. Organize Chaski Festivals Organize Chaski music and art festivals to present the UNS and the efforts of the local cell or cells you work in alliance with. 4. Organize Conscious Events For example: awareness encounters, conscious movie nights, discussions, Ancient Wisdom fairs, protest marches against the abuse of Nature and the original nations, poster campaigns, prayer meetings, Kiva encounters with the help of “Roots of the Earth” Mexico, distribution of healthy, environment-friendly and compassionate food, etc. 5. Start a Campaign for the Rights of Nature Start a campaign to get the rights of nature into local law and policy. Report your efforts and results [email protected] . There are no limits on how to weave the heart-to-heart tapestry of conscious activists. Walter Gómez, Colombia Ambika Devi Swami Bhaktivedanta Bon NaturaGente & UOAW Investigator Coordinator for Kiva Kumbha Mela, Coordinator for Kiva Kumbha Mela, 6. Spread the Ancient Wisdom www.naturagente.org India, 2019 India, 2019 Information is the key antidote to ignorance. Spread the message of the ancestors, which is the voice of Mother Earth. Be confident, respectful and honorable because these qualities represent the message of Universal Love. 7. Be a Conscious Consumer The meat industry is one of the largest contributors to climate change and one of the cruelest industries on the planet. Reduce your meat consumption, or better, choose the vegetarian or vegan diet, which is more peaceful and environment- friendly. Reduce or eliminate the avoidable use of plastic. Buy local, organic and handmade products. 8. Share Your Work on the UNS Blog Just email us at [email protected]. It could be a report of your activities or a beautiful artistic offering to the UNS - a poem, a painting, a song, etc. Melanie Rutz, Switzerland Diogo Lopez, Brazil Swami B. Madhusudan UOAW Secretary for Colombia UNS Coordinator Coordinator for Kiva Kumbha Mela, 9. Join Existing UNS Groups [email protected] UOAW Representative India, 2019 Get in contact with the local collaborators of your country or contribute virtually with web and social media, graphic design, text translations and editing, video ... and many others editing, etc.

30 31 Chaski Fest was founded by David Jaramillo and Hector Buitrago who wanted to contribute to the WCP by motivating musicians and other artists to be ambassadors of Universal Love. Everyone who would like to offer their art in service of Mother Earth can organize Chaski Fests following the recommendations in the manual available on www.chaskifest.com.

Many cultural ambassadors have joined this movement, for example:

Gandharvika Riccardo Monti Classical guitar Italian Chaski Chaski Fest Player, composer Musician, Guitar and singer from Player & Composer Austria

Healing Chants Maria Kimdal Conscious music platform founded by Also known as Bulgarian singer Yana Manah Siksa, Papazova, who lives in The language of ART to Swedish Conscious Germany reach everyone’s HEART Musician and Artist Moyenei Valdés

Shakti Rubén Albarrán Representatives of Vocalist from the Mexican Cultural Ambassadors & Messengers of Love Andean music and group, Café Tacvba, activist World Conscious and member of the Jaguar Collective All people who use art to awaken the collective consciousness to become Pact activists protective of Mother Earth are called to be part of this movement. Musicians, filmmakers, cartoonists, painters, writers and all types of artists join this call. Their works are explosions of consciousness to awaken love. Below we present Mario Muñoz Alex Sastoque Vocalist from the Artist, known for some samples of their offerings. group, Dr. Krápula, the spiritual values part of the Jaguar expressed in his work Collective

Héctor Buitrago Member of the band GEPE Aterciopelados, Chilean composer founder of Canto al and singer Agua

Ama-zonas (2014) Voices for Patagonia (2009) Abre Sierra (2009) Roco Pachukote David Jaramillo Vocalist from the Bassist for the group, Mexican group “La Dr. Krápula. Founder This album unites well- A project that unites artists A project in support of the Maldita Vecindad,” of Chaski Fest known artists from around who use their music to native activist Ati Quigua’s advocate for the the world to raise their voices denounce unscrupulous, movement for the defense Rights of Nature in overwhelming defense multinational corporations of water, the Sierra Nevada of the Amazon, territories, for their great damage to of Santa Marta, the ancient Qüirio sacred water sources and ecosystems, water sources, communities of Colombia Chucho Merchán Musicians who support communities threatened by and communities of the and all natural sanctuaries restoration, education, Singer and music and traditional medicine the exploitative mentality. Patagonia. around the world. Produced producer, advocate projects with indigenous for animal rights and communities by David Jaramillo. veganism promoter

32 All people who want to correct the mistakes of materialism are invited to become allies of the UNS. UNS Alliances Please publish our logo/link on your web sites. SOME WEAVERS OF THE TAPESTRY OF LOVE

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Paxamama News End Ecocide Sweden Earth Charter Initiative www.paxamamanews.org www.endecocide.se www.earthcharter.org PAXAMAMA NEWS is an educational End Ecocide Sweden is a Swedish The mission of Earth Charter Initiative AnimaNaturalis platform promoting environmental network working to spread the idea is to actively participate, in a systemic www.animanaturalis.org awareness through an earth-centred of an international law on ecocide and integrated way, in the present Billions of animals suffer in human approach to law and governance, and with bringing together activists transition to sustainable ways of living hands. AnimaNaturalis exists because that transmits the Ancient Wisdom who can work for this to be realized. on the planet. It is founded on a shared these animals need solutions and and facilitates interaction with We are, among other things, working ethical framework that includes respect deserve someone to raise their voice organizations dedicated to protecting to bring awareness about ecocide and care for the community of life, for them. AnimaNaturalis wants to Mother Earth and promoting solutions within Swedish trade and industry ecological integrity, universal human build a more just world for all. for humanity to live in harmony and the academic world. We rights, respect for diversity, social and with Nature, as part of nature, for cooperate with Polly Higgins (www. economic justice, democracy, and a Ganga Action Parivar generations to come. eradicatingecocide.com) and are a culture of peace. www.gangaaction.org part of the global network End Ecocide on Earth (www.endecocide.org). GAP is a global family of professionals, Lodyn Sokhrates www.lodyn.se/english engineers, scientists, activists, spiritual www.sokhrates.com leaders, environmental specialists Lodyn is a network engaged in the Transition Town Gothenburg www.transitionnetwork.org Sokhrates is the first social network and dedicated sevaks (volunteers) healing and deepening of the human- created to fund humanitarian, animal dedicated to the preservation of the nature relationship. We see ourselves Transition Town Gothenburg works welfare and environmental projects River Ganga and Her tributaries in as a part of a multifaceted, worldwide to create a resilient city on many worldwide. It will allocate 70% of the their free-flowing and pristine, natural movement that works for The Great levels. Together with Transition Town profits obtained through ethically state and to the protection of over Turning, a shift from the unsustainable Gothenburg there is a plan to promote conscious advertising to fund those 500 million people who are dependent industrial societies of today to the Local Transition Plan, where rights humanitarian projects that garner the upon Ganga’s clean waters for their life-enhancing and life-sustaining of Nature are included, to the city’s most support amongst its users. lives and livelihoods. communities of tomorrow. politicians.

34 35 Nature’s Rights is a non-profit organization with an Other events promoting the ideas of international network on a mission to establish legal the United Nations of the Spirit personality and rights for ecosystems and species in law and to transform our inner and outer relationship with Nature.

Nature’s Rights, based in Scotland, was initiated by the lawyer 1st WORLD FORUM FOR THE Mumta Ito, and it aims to make Nature’s Rights into EU law. RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH A draft EU directive is worked out, which can be found on: Mexico City, Mexico, 1st-5th June, 2016

The Tlatelolco University Cultural www.natures-rights.org Center, where the foundation of an ancient native temple, destroyed by colonists, can still be seen, was the site of this historic event.

It brought together international NATURE’S RIGHTS THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE scientists, philosophers, ecologists, th artists, legislators, representatives, EU Parliament, Brussels, 29 March, 2017 activists and keepers of ancient The Nature’s Rights NGO, together with the Socialists & Democrats and the traditions, as well as social and Greens of the EU Parliament, organized the first-of-its-kind seminar in Brussels, spiritual leaders who shared aimed at proposing a systematic change where Nature would be considered a strategic and legal ideas about the legal personality. fight for the rights of Mother Earth. Activists from the United Nations The forum included a great festival of the Spirit, together with the UNS where ideas and people were woven cofounder Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti, together in the tapestry of love for came to take part in the conference Mother Earth. Workshops, lectures, and to share the declaration of the UNS. concerts and an inauguration Mumta Ito from the Nature’s Rights ceremony filled the five days NGO was one of the key speakers. between 1st-5th June where also a ritual planting of a tree took place in She pointed out, order to show gratitude to the earth and “a spiritual return of those who have disappeared physically but now “The Earth is an interdependent encourage our spirits.” community of life and the well-being of each member is www.derechosdelamadretierra.org dependent on the well-being of www.paxamamanews.org the whole.”

36 37 UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE RIGHTS OF NATURE

Objectif Sciences International (OSI) is a non-profit organization, recognized as an international NGO and dedicated to science education. OSI has Special Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

From left to right: Martin Hultman, Åsa Every year the OSI organizes an event Simma, Cormac Cullinan, Niklas Högberg, EARTH RIGHTS CONFERENCE at the United Nations in Geneva, Patricia Gualinga, Alf Linderman, Marie NATIONAL NETWORK FOR RON Switzerland - the Geneva Forum. Since Persson Njajta Sigtuna, Sweden, 21st-22nd April, 2017 2012, Rights of Nature have been part of the program, and on the 11th and 12th of December, 2017, the conference for Held in the oldest city of Sweden, the “Rights of Nature for Peace and Sigtuna, the conference was organized SDGs” was held for the sixth time. by the Lodyn Think Tank, End Ecocide Sweden, WWF Sweden and others. The United Nations of the Spirit was presented in a public talk to the Keynote speakers were Cormac Culinan, participants and a greeting video from lawyer and author of Wild Law, Patricia five Colombian original nations was Gualinga from Sarayaku, Mari Margill shown. from CELDF and Femke Wijdekop from End Ecocide Europe. Representatives The presentations of the UNS were from the Sámi Parliament were present, very well received and an invitation to Thomas Fiedler, coordinator of Ceremony for Mother Earth, opened by and much space was given to the next year’s conference has been issued Sámi struggle to protect their land the UNS, delivers the Certificate Milon Rene Soo Santiesteban from the already. of Recognition to Thomas Egli, the Bolivian Embassy and Carmen Blanco from ongoing colonization by mining organizer of the OSI conference Valer of Quechua origin, a defender of companies and the Swedish state. Mother Earth based in Sweden In August, a national network for Earth Day, and the member states the Rights of Nature (RON) was affirmed that the earth and its founded. Organizations and groups ecosystems are our common home. working on the issue met to discuss Harmony with Nature is the UN the forthcoming efforts such as a department working as a platform for They expressed the necessity of seminal project called Earth Rights global, sustainable development. promoting Harmony with Nature to Conversations which will invite achieve a just balance among the national and international guests to We recognize that planet Earth and economic, social and environmental give talks. its ecosystems are our home and needs of present and future that “Mother Earth” is a common generations. The same year, the Organizations working for the Rights expression in a number of countries General Assembly adopted its first of Nature in Sweden are Lodyn, End and regions. resolution on Harmony with Nature. Ecocide Sweden, Solidarity Sweden- RoN seminar in the University of Latin America and the Swedish Earth In 2009, the UN General Assembly www.osi-genevaforum.org Gothenburg, October, 2017 Rights Lawyers. proclaimed April 22nd as International www.harmonywithnatureun.org

38 39 The history of the Kivas Raymundo Tigre Pérez (1946 - 1995)

Raymundo Tigre Pérez, a medicine colors, coming together to pray and man of the “Red Road,” was raised transform Mother Earth´s sadness into in Texas and was involved with the joy by beating drums and emanating spiritual way of life of the Navajo Dine vibrations of peace, healing and Nation, located in the Native American prosperity. reservation of Big Mountain and the Lakota Sioux Nation from South Raymundo Tigre Pérez has dedicated Dakota. his life to teaching the essence and importance of Native American It was during a ceremony in 1968 that spirituality and to being a unifying link Raymundo Tigre Pérez had his first between the original nations and the visions that the Earth was sad. mestizo people.

He saw how a Kiva was born with He fought passionately for the rights a fire inside. He saw beings of of the native peoples and of Latin- different languages and sounds, American immigrants in the United wearing garments of many different States of America. Kiva The Temple of the Heart of Mother Earth The Vision

The Kiva is a sacred, circular excavation Chihuahua. The Anasazi are part of the within the earth. It has four main ancestry of several original nations, altars to honor the elements and among which are the Hopi people. In directions of creation and a fire burns their territory, there are Kivas more continuously in the center during four- than 1,000. years old, which serve day ceremonies held in it. to accept and connect the prayers, songs and offerings of different, native The Kiva is used as a sacred instrument peoples for the well-being of our to receive prayers from representatives ancestral cultures and the balance of of different ancient cultures that our Mother Earth. generate a vibration of healing on many dimensions. As a consequence of the meeting of indigenous culture with the more The Kiva comes from the ancient recent cultures of Europe and America, Anasazi, an Amerindian culture of the Kiva sadly fell into disuse for 70-80 the territory known as Oasis America, years. which is today part of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and northern

40 41 The Kiva Ceremony

The heart of the Roots of the Earth ROOTS ceremony takes place inside a Kiva OF THE EARTH temple, a circular excavation, an altar in the earth, where the Elders gather to pray and to raise their The Dream and Vision of Raymundo Tigre Pérez invocations of healing and gratitude to Mother Earth around the holy Thanks to the legacy of Tigre Pérez, fire, which is kept burning during for more than 45 years in North the four days of prayer. and South America and since 2009 in Europe, Roots of the Earth has The Temazcal (Sweat Lodge) fulfilled a great duty by serving as a bridge to establish a global The sweat lodge (inipi) is the oldest inter-tribal alliance between the ceremony known on the American native cultures and modern society continent. In ancient times, it was around the world. a common purification practice for keeping a healthy body, a still mind According to the perception of and a strong spirit. Tigre Pérez, this work has opened a new window to the universal In North American Ancient Wisdom, conscience of humankind. It has the inipi represents the womb of HERIBERTO VILLASEÑOR also reinforced the geomagnetic Mother Earth. We enter the inipi to net of planet Earth, which facilitates let go of what we don’t need in our lives - our fears, anger, depression, Director of Roots of the Earth, Mexico, the generation of sustainable and Chile, Austria and Colombia, disciple of conscious life and the integration of etc. We go out reborn as brand new Raymundo Tigre Pérez the mineral, vegetable and animal people, as brothers and sisters from realms with the four basic elements our same mother... We are all one NUBIA RODRIGUEZ of Mother Earth: fire, water, wind family. and earth. This state has come about thanks to the Elders, who The Sanctuaries around the World have worked together as one spirit, mind and heart, holding a ceremony that Invited the Kiva Ceremony of healing for Mother Earth and humanity during four days and three nights. Mexico Italy Chile Netherlands Roots of the Earth has managed to bring together in love people of the Peru Spain/Portugal four races on the five continents, Colombia Austria creating bonds of unity and peace Brazil India Director of Roots of the Earth, from among various tribes and nations, Colombia, based in Mexico, trainer in even ones that were against each Circle Dance on Teopantli Kalpulli other historically. www.raicesdelatierra.org www.roots-of-the-earth.eu www.familiaraicesdelatierra.org kiva-netherlands1.weebly.com

42 43 This offering to the United Nations of the Spirit is to research and teach Ancient Wisdom

UOAW University of Ancient Wisdom

The Main Center of the UOAW in Colombia The prophecy of the condor and the The curriculum of the university eagle says, “When the eagle of the ranges from the most basic education North and the condor of the South for children on how to be guardians Faculties How to Participate? meet in the nest of the colibri, only of Mother Earth to more advanced then will we experience the insights courses in the healing sciences and Sacred Art teaches various ancestral Visit the UOAW centers in that can teach us how to face the in the Ancient Wisdom traditions we techniques for expressing the soul, Colombia, Peru, Chile or India difficulties of the world.” have inherited from our ancestors. using the arts as a multi-purpose and take the live courses tool. Verbal and body language are offered. To bring about this shift, the While the university is still under examples of these manifestations. University of Ancient Wisdom development, we encourage all Take advantage of the virtual (UOAW) was founded to provide a cultural ambassadors, researchers and Mother Earth brings together courses available on the website. space for this kind of education to guardians of the treasures of Ancient the ancestral knowledge necessary be made available through online Wisdom to participate spontaneously. for people to recognize our great Join the volunteer programs to and classroom courses. We invite you to unite with other well- Mother and to understand our dive into the daily activities of wishers to share the responsibility for close relationship of exchange and the UOAW and its departments. This pivotal project started with a creating awareness of and protecting dependence on her generous and sacred meeting held with native and these sacred treasures, especially abundant nature. Share ancestral knowledge spiritual leaders from all over the Mother Earth herself. collected from your locality and world, where the local native chiefs Original People brings together culture. gave their blessings. A piece of land Over sixty Mamos, or wise Elders, knowledge about administration: the relationship between communities and was donated for establishing the have joined this project, offering Become a permanent Patron of people for loving exchange and living university near the original university their support and blessings. With the UOAW - support financially, in harmony. of the Tayronas. A branch campus has contributions from different ancient or with services or goods in the been built in Peru at Eco-Truly Park. cultures and their wisdom, the area of activity that inspires you collects the There is a lot of enthusiasm about the university intends to expand in the Ancestral Healing the most. project developing in Chile, Peru and future and to focus on the healing arts knowledge available to rebuild our own knowledge and relationship India. Many other places have offered and cultural education. Contribute to our crowdfunding with the Great Spirit, so that we heal their facilities for local meetings. programs. relationships in all fields and become guides capable of inspiring others. universityofancientwisdom.org university.of.ancient.wisdom

44 45 A course in Ancient Wisdom of the Sierra Nevada opens to the world humans may pay attention to the call that NaturaGente SalvaVida are making. And also to invite humanity The History of the to understand its mission to be of service to the Spirit of Nature, that is Union of the Guardians of Mother Earth to say, to NaturaGente. It should be NaturaGente SalvaVida understood that to be at peace with One year after the participation the totality of life, humanity must of the revolutionary monk, Swami recognize the rights of NaturaGente. B.A. Paramadvaiti, in Rio+20, Brazil, 2012, and after the revelation of the The University of Ancient Wisdom, abuses of ancestral communities and situated in Bonda, Sierra Nevada of of the environment on the part of Santa Marta, has offered its facilities the multinationals and consumerist to the teaching of the courses of philosophies, he was invited to a new, NaturaGente both live and on line. transcendental, international meeting This is a complementary service of spiritual leaders and activists from NaturaGente SalvaVida in alliance with to the purpose of NaturaGente the UOAW offers a transition process all over the world. SalvaVida, to promote the practical called Children of Mother Earth and active raising of consciousness This meeting was held in the Sagthe in people in order to bring about the Lwntana Nacoggi and Mamo Palia Territory of the Sierra Nevada of Santa coherent development of human Marta, Colombia. At this meeting, behavior in service to the rights of Lwntana Nacoggi and his father, In agreement with the above, Nature. Objectives of the Course Mamo Palia, natives and messengers NaturaGente SalvaVida brings us of Ancient Wisdom and of the rights a supremely profound message, It is in the best, universal interest of To establish a clear and coherent of Mother Nature, delivered a humble which lovingly invites us to abandon every generation to remain united commitment to life, through a process of or message full of transcendence to the the competitive lifestyle that we and to protect the seeds of creation. self-training self- recognition, in which one learns western world for the guidance and have adopted as a result of certain Lwntana Nacoggi travels to different with Nature. education of humanity. ideologies, which have permeated our communities to demonstrate the mind, reason, intellect and imagination. necessity of understanding our 1. To educate and train people to It was about NaturaGente SalvaVida. relationship with NaturaGente understand and protect Nature From the knowledge provided by Therefore, the first thing we must do is SalvaVida, the Living Entity. It is our and its vital processes in the NaturaGente, Spiritual Authorities for to accept and recognize how we have duty to protect it. designated Ancestral Territory. the universe itself had sent a message, incorporated all these competitive and now was the time to make it public. and anti-natural elements into our 2. To start a process of personal healing, which is interrelated with NaturaGente is a call for respect and lives in order to start down a new Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, the processes and vital cycles of the development of consciousness so Colombia, 2013 road of regeneration and natural Mother Earth. that humanity may come to recognize reconstruction. In other words, we are the right to Life as well as order and talking about reprogramming in which 3. To recover the value and balance in general. NaturaGente SalvaVida allow us to stop respect towards the temples being cancerous cells in nature and to and sacred places that are in the NaturaGente is a Universal Entity of become healthy and healing cells. particular Ancestral Territory; the Universal Being so that man may through the Four Principles of . develop awareness of what it really Lwntana Nacoggi has the service of Harmonization means to be human and for this representing and serving the Assistant awareness to be integrated into the Spiritual Lawyer of the body of the general consciousness. universe, Ikwatwndwna, in order that www.naturagente.org

46 47 Most Important Goals of the United Nations of the Spirit Tribunals Against Injustice WHEN THE GOVERNMENTS DO NOT PROTECT US, THE NATURE’S TRIBUNAL PUTS REALITY IN SIGHT

Imagine if there were an international topics of these cases ranged from tribunal that concerned itself with causes for climate change, financial the fundamental rights of all beings, exploitation of nature, industrial including humans, and decided mining, violations against native matters on the basis of what would people and their protected areas, be best for the Earth community as a water deprivation and threats against whole, respected the laws of nature the Amazon to the negative impact of and was not beholden to governments trade agreements on the protection or corporations. The International of nature. The judges and prosecutors Rights of Nature Tribunal, established are prominent activists from different by members of the Global Alliance for environmental organizations leading the Rights of Nature (GARN), intends the way of Rights of Nature. to make this dream a reality. The tribunals provide a systematic Its purpose is to serve as an example alternative to environmental of the legal application of the rights protection laws by acknowledging of nature, establishing them in law. that ecosystems have the inherent At every tribunal, different cases of right to exist, persist, maintain and severe violations against the rights regenerate their vital cycles by virtue of nature as well as human rights are of their own legal standing in a court presented to the panel of judges. The of law.

petition.rightsofmotherearth.com therightsofnature.org

Uniting for the Rights of Mother Earth NATURE’S RIGHTS ARE OUR RIGHTS

In recent years, we have seen how are all contributing to raising the level the movement to recognize Mother of consciousness globally. Earth as a legal entity has grown on an international level. It is simply an idea The United Nations of the Spirit wants whose time has come. to recognize and thank all of you who are working with love and devotion The tribunals and conferences to protect and honor our common together with bigger and smaller Mother. Together we keep weaving the seminars, gatherings and ceremonies tapestry of love.

48 49 2nd Rights of Nature Tribunal 4th Rights of Nature Tribunal Lima, Peru, 5th-6th December, 2014 Bonn, Germany, 7th-8th November, 2017

The second tribunal was held in In the fourth international tribunal, December, 2014, in Lima, Peru, native representatives from the Sámi parallel to the UN Framework people, Sweden, were present for the Convention on Climate Change. first time. Stefan Mikaelsson, former During the second tribunal, 12 president of the Sámi Parliament in cases were presented where the Sweden, shared a historic overview enormous violations to the Rights of Swedish colonialism, a history of Nature and repeated violations to shared with other original nations defenders of the Earth were heard. around the world. It is important to The Lima Tribunal was dedicated to paint the true picture of Sweden, Jose Tendetza, a Shuar leader from which has the international image of Ecuador, who was found murdered a righteous and sustainable country. just a few days before he was scheduled to present the Condor It was also the first time that the Mine Case to the tribunal. United Nations of the Spirit was present at the tribunal, and on the 1st Rights of Nature Tribunal During the press conference 3rd Rights of Nature Tribunal second day the judges received the Quito, Ecuador, 13th-17th January, 2014 following the tribunal, Osprey Orielle Paris, France, 4th-5th December, 2015 Feather of Honor from the UNS. Lake of the Women’s Earth and “We the people assume the authority Climate Action Network concluded, During the COP21 in Paris, the Later, the UNS was presented as to conduct an International Tribunal “We need to change the DNA of Global Alliance for the Rights for the spiritual foundation for working for the Rights of Nature. We will legal systems in order to recognize Nature organized together with End together with “Unity in Diversity” as investigate cases of environmental the Rights of Nature ~ the Rights of Ecocide on Earth, Nature’s Rights the basis for cooperation among all destruction, which violate the Rights Mother Earth.” and Attac France, the third tribunal peoples of this planet. of Nature.” for the first time in Europe.

Prosecutor for the Earth, Ramiro It was formally established as a Avila during the opening of the permanent peoples’ tribunal, with world’s 1st Tribunal on the Rights of a huge amount of support from Nature & Mother Earth. the native representatives and civil, society organizations from around In conjunction with the tribunal, there the globe. was a summit with over sixty experts from different fields that examined Cormac Cullinan, president of the the existing implementation of Tribunal, invited Chief Raoni and Rights of Nature legal systems in all native leaders present to join in different parts of the world. The signing the agreement to establish overarching intent was to identify the Tribunal. Chief Raoni invited the most fundamental principles all parties to sign the Defenders of of a governance system based on Mother Earth Alliance agreement. the Rights of Nature and define a Judge Tom Goldtooth characterised framework for action to expand the the mutual signing as representing global acceptance, implementation “an alliance for the sacredness of and integration of it. nature”.

50 51 6th ICCS

International Conference 1st-4th Feb, 2018, Mumbai, & Gathering of the Elders India EXPLORING DIVINITY THROUGH THE FEMININE IN ANCIENT CULTURES

ICCS is inviting everyone to Elders and other participants from all participate in the 6th gathering on around the globe will gather. People the topic “Exploring Divinity through from over 40 different countries and the Feminine in Ancient Cultures.” various tribes are coming together The conference aims to explore the to cherish life, cultures and traditions depiction and expression of the where diverse perspectives and world feminine in relation to the Divine. views are valued and celebrated. While it is understood that the nature of divinity as depicted in many ancient The conference aims to: traditions includes both masculine and feminine, the feminine will be the • Explore the ancient cultures central focus of discussion during this Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam The World is One Family conference. • Facilitate relationships • Cross-pollinate ideas and experiences India holds meetings of the Elders empower themselves and preserve The purpose of the conference is to and Mohan Bhagavat, leader of India’s their cultures and traditions. ICCS • Inspire and encourage the delegates provide a safe and warm environment Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), works to network on a global level to spread their influence across their of celebration and a platform for welcomes the delegates of Adivasis with leaders who share the vision of native lands networking, learning and sharing. from around the world in Mysore. Universal Well-Being. By different Protecting Mother Earth is the main kinds of publications, the ICCS works priority and native territories have to to preserve knowledge and empower be protected. The people from the the creation of new knowledge for oldest cultures confirm the Indian, future generations. Vedic wisdom of seeing the whole world as one family. ICCS has organized International gatherings of Elders since 2003 with “The International Center for Cultural a sincere prayer to the Divine to: Studies (ICCS) is a non-profit organization with a mission to facilitate 1. Bestow on us a life of peace, the revitalization of diverse ancient prosperity, freedom and amicable traditions and cultures of the world living. by fostering a forum for learning, 2. Let the crookedness, hate and understanding, and networking.” anger in the minds of fellow human beings vanish. Since 2002, ICCS has organized more 3. Give us the strength of mind and than 27 conferences around the world. body to work for making our Mother The aim of the organization is to Earth Your abode of peace, divinity function as a platform to bring like- and sublime love. minded people together and to support projects and community gatherings, so that native and local communities can www.iccsglobal.org

52 53 Historically, the Sámi have been All Original Nations struggling with colonialism for several The People of the centuries, ever since the first Christian and Their Territories Sun and Wind missionaries and priests, as well as the Must Be Protected Swedish state, came to steal their lands and culture and replace their beliefs. In the northernmost part of Colonialism is not only a question of Europe, stretching from central physical land and to whom it belongs, Norway past Sweden, Finland but it is also - and maybe more so - a and all the way to the Kola question of the loss of an existential Peninsula of Russia, is the land sense of belonging. of the Sámi, - Sápmi. Due to years of OPPRESSION by the prohibition of the practice of their own culture and spirituality, much of the ancient culture fell into oblivion.

Most historical records are written by the oppressors from their point of view, but it is clear that the Sámi had and to some extent still have a profound relationship to the spiritual and natural worlds. The Sámi cosmo-vision was not at all a patriarchal one.

Like many other ancient cultures, they believe in the sacredness of Nature and According to their creation story, originally not only in one male god. They the Sámi descended from the Sun saw divine personalities within the sun, THE SÁMI Goddess and the God of Wind and are the earth, the wind, etc. Interestingly, one of the very few, remaining original one can find similarities even with the nations of Europe. Their culture and Vedic world view, where the highest Our Last Original lifestyle are under constant threat from authorities are not, as mentioned, the continuing colonialism of today as looked upon as one lone male, but as Nation of Europe is the case globally with most ancestral two - the divine God and Goddess. The people. names Rádienáhttje and Rádienáhkká are also very similar to the Vedic names The history of colonialism in northern of the divine couple: Radhanath and Europe is not as well known as the Radhika. colonialism in the rest of the world. Still it is something that the Sámi Important traditional Sámi people live with on a daily basis in the practices are the DRUMMING form of racism, loss of language and an and the YOIK (singing), which Gállok resistance, 2013 ongoing battle for their rights to their were strongly despised by the land. church.

54 55 To possess a drum or to perform a As we are standing as yoik, as was the custom of the Noaidi witnesses to the continuing (shaman), the Sámi spiritual leader, was ETHNOCIDE of ancestral against the law. Drums were collected cultures worldwide, at the and burned. The Noaidi was the main same time we see a courageous target of persecution by the church, because he or she personified the UPRISING RESISTANCE within cosmo-vision of the Sámi. these same communities.

The yoik today, as well as the drum, are In Sápmi, the fight for rights to the being used again, and in many ways it lands that still carry names in the Sámi has been an instrument of expression language, remnants of history, is as against the neo-colonial culture of alive as the fights going on in North capitalism. Dakota, in Brazil and in other parts of the world.

One event that gained a lot of attention and spawned the network Gruvfritt Jokkmokk (mine-free Jokkmokk) was the arrogant statement of the CEO of Beowulf Mining. During an Gállok resistance, summer, 2013 international mining conference in Stockholm, he showed a picture of a clear-cut area and said that his answer to the common question about what Colonialism has not had an end the local people think about the mining date. It is still going on, and we Gállok Resistance plans, is, “What local people?” urgently need to recognize the effect it has had on us and on In the summer of 2013, both our sense of identity. Simply put, native and Swedish activists Today, the response to this we have a duty to decolonize question is that we know gathered in Gállok, in the ourselves. Swedish Sápmi region, to these people Sofia Jannok, Sámi artist and activist WHO LOCAL protest against the mining are. We know who the WATER prospecting done by Beowulf DEFENDERS are, the WISDOM Mining. Artists, poets and activists like Nils-Aslak KEEPERS and the SAGES of Mother Earth Defenders Valkeapää and Mari Boine paved the today. The protesters wanted to raise way in the last century for the cultural The Sámi community is an awareness about the fact that revival we are seeing today within the This callous response itself mirrors for important voice defending the ancestral lands of the Sámis Sámi community. us the majority culture, demanding Mother Earth or Máttaráhkká are still under colonial attack. that we look at our part in this history. in Sámi. Due to the resistance, the Sofia Jannok, Anders Sunna, Åsa Simma Colonialism is not only the history county of Norrbotten said “NO” and Amanda Kernell are just some of the of Sámi or other Original Nation Through its activism and to more mining in the area. It names of the people who, through their communities, it is our story today organizations such as those in was overruled by the Swedish art and their activism, have become involving all of us to an equal degree. Gállok, it has acted politically by government’s geological important figures raising awareness of It asks us to reflect upon the structures introducing a motion regarding decision-making body. It is now the historical and current situation of of mainstream society and culture, Rights of Nature in the Sámi up to the Swedish government Sápmi and the Sámi culture. the mindset we were brought up with. Parliament. to make the final decision.

56 57 Political and Cultural Organization Yoik In the Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden and Finland), Yoik is said to be the oldest form of music in the Sámi have their own parliaments, organized Europe and an important part of traditional, differently in each country and with different potential, Sámi culture. It is their way of connecting political influence. emotionally to the natural world.

The countries are also working together through SPR A part of the tradition has been that (Samiskt Parlamentariskt Råd - Sámi Parliamentary everyone has one or more yoiks, and it is a Council) with members of the different parliaments and cusom to yoik the yoiks of ancestors, places with Russian Sámi as observers. This council works to and memories to keep them alive. strengthen the cooperation among Sámi parliaments in the various countries and to publicize the common The yoik has been illegal, persecuted cause internationally. The SPR worked hard to get the and considered sinful. It was once even UN to approve the Declaration on the Rights of the Mother Earth ceremony in punishable by death. Indigenous People in the general assembly. Sigtuna, Sweden, 22nd April, 2017 In 1953, the Northern Saami Council was established to work for the Sámi to be recognized as a people, to strengthen the communities and ‘to ensure that the There is also a youth organization, Sáminuorra, and one Sámi economic, social and cultural rights are established organization, Sámi Ätnam, that work for the development in the individual countries’ legislation. and conservation of traditional handicrafts. In 1992, during the Helsinki Sámi conference, the Sámi organization from the Kola Peninsula was accepted as a member organization in the council and thus the whole Sámi family was reunited. The council renamed it the ILO 169 and The Truth and Sámi Council in honor of that unity. Reconciliation Commission Neither Sweden, Finland nor Russia has ratified the ILO 169, as has Norway, where the largest population of Sámis live.

The Sámis are working to convince the different governments to agree on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission whose mission would be to “compile and describe the abuse and wrongdoing that took place as well as to provide recommendations and suggestions for actions that make an impact.”

(sametinget.se) Young Sámis in Gállok

Gállok resistance, 2013

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THE WORLD CITIZEN’S PASSPORT

It is surprising that many only a vegetarian lifestyle can save The World Citizen’s Passport project The World Citizen’s Passport organizations that claim to our world from the many dangers was adopted by the World Conscious is now also available in digital work for the welfare of Mother approaching us, for example the Pact and the United Nations of the format through the Woco App Earth and the sustainability of scarcity of drinking water and the Spirit so that we would have a passport, in Google Playstore. humanity do not touch on the widespread contamination that is a a unique ID that connects us all as result of raising animals for slaughter members who support environmental subject of the meat industry The Woco Passport and ID can and meat-eating. projects for the protection of our be used by all participants to get and the harm it causes to the Mother Earth. planet and to human health. various discounts in different projects affiliated with other members, HIPPOCRATES This can connect us all, and we hope The United Nations of the Spirit (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) including restaurants, stores, yoga to inspire all environmentalists to centers, eco farms and so on. recommends a vegetarian lifestyle to The Father of Western Medicine reassess their attitudes about eating thus help the animals who are suffering a sustainable, compassionate diet for due to the thoughtlessness, brutality “The soul is the same in the sake of our world. and greed of human beings. all living beings, though As part of the work of Guardians of the Earth, the UNS is now actively the bodies are different.” proposing better eating and healthier living for the benefit of all humanity and of the environment.

Many of our allies have been cooking and providing sumptuous, vegetarian meals to the Kivas and to many gatherings of those who belong to the UNS and the World Conscious Pact.

It is now so well accepted that even the United Nations has predicted that

60 61 - Adivasis - will meet with leaders of world. The activists trying to protect Vedic culture. them face dangers in many countries. Protect the Sanctuaries Thus it is necessary that we become and Sacred Routes The United Nations of the Spirit can so many that our defense of Mother open the hearts of all to strengthen the Nature cannot be stopped by killing a We all feel peace and joy when we voices and actions of love. Be part of it. few activists. visit places where Nature shows its Do not lose this or any opportunity to be special beauty and abundance. Often part of the change. Seeking immortality The outstanding Aymara sacred these are places where our original brings us together in this quest, and Tr u l y s mountain, Uschu Machi, in Coroico and ancestors held their prayers and made selfless service is the method to get the Sahama on the way to Chile mark offerings to Mother Earth. Many are there. along the coast of South America, the importance of a unique heritage, lost to concrete. Others are in danger. we can find many spectacular, lost which is connected by sacred routes. Water ways are sacred routes. Nobody civilizations such as Pachakamac and should touch them or deforest the Vrindavan the Nasca lines, Chancay culture and area. We need to open our eyes and be even a modern, Vedic sanctuary called Sierra Nevada bold enough to defend our sources of the Yoga Planetarium, located at Eco life and our values. Truly Park.

The places inhabited by original Billboards, junk food, agrochemical tribes are the first that should get poisoning and lack of education put our unanimous support when under all sanctuaries in danger. Therefore, attack. If we remain silent, we approve we need unity to help protect each the aggression against our own well- other, especially when the guardians being as a great Earth family. of a sanctuary are a minority. The annual Inti Raymi festival in Cusco has Vrindavan and Varsana in Uttar become a unifying, spiritual mela with Kumbha Mela Pradesh have been declared places of participants in the Vedic Ratha Yatra, The Sierra Nevada on the Caribbean pilgrimage, and this gives new hope to performed yearly in Jaganath Puri coast, with snowy peaks rising to 5,700 the lovers of these sanctuaries. Utterly as well as in many places around the meters, is generally considered the neglected by previous governments, world. heart of the world. The local Mamos they were in great need. are famous spiritual leaders. It was here in Tejumake that the union of the The Braj Mandal Parikrama is a 30-45 Titicaca guardians of Mother Earth manifested. day journey to the land of Krishna, With its beautiful rivers threatened with which attracts many thousands of being dammed for more hydroelectric pilgrims from all over the world. These power, it is a constant struggle to visits are a great help for finding peace protect the ancient cultures. and motivation to live a good life in Fortunately, the famous Kumbha Mela service to God and humanity. Braj This sanctuary is also the site of the festival was declared a World Heritage Mandal has thousands of temples, Tayrona University. There, native Event. Association and vows mark the lakes, mountains and plenty of lectures leaders gave their blessing to start the events when spiritual seekers meet. for the seekers. It is very easy to lose University of Ancient Wisdom. Regular For many, it is the beginning of their your heart in Vrindavan. courses about the protection of native soul’s commitment to the eternal sanctuaries are given. realms. Small or huge, such spiritual The holy Lake Titicaca between Peru “get togethers” must be protected. Inca Trail and Bolivia is the biggest lake at such a high elevation. It is connected with the We MUST unite and use existing Weaving the tapestry of love is the The Sacred route of the Andes, the Inca trail, we can visit the sacred Sun, laws to defend our sanctuaries, main focus. The 2019 Kumbha Mela Inca Trail, takes us to temples of the Moon and Peace islands. However, the water sources and sacred routes. in Prayag is the unique moment past as well as new sanctuaries for water is increasingly contaminated That is our main duty, if we want to where leaders of the original nations spiritual searching. On the other hand, just like most water bodies around the save whatever is left of them.

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