ABOUT US:
Children of the Seven Rays was created in 2009 with the vision of bringing together ancient wisdom teachings from the great cultures of the world while connecting and strengthening a shared respect for Pachamama (Mother Earth) and a commitment to the next seven generations.
There is a shared understanding in the Andes that the Andes mountain range is not only in South America, but rather that it travels the "spine of the Earth" beginning at the southern tip of Argentina and Chile, traveling up through South America, into Central America and through the United States all the way up to Canada and the Rocky Mountains and completing at the Northern tip of Alaska.
Therefore, we are committed to not only sharing the deep wisdom of the Andean knowledge from Peru but also providing opportunities to bridge the medicine teachings of the North and the South, the Eagle and the Condor in support of the changes and growth that we are all undergoing together during these monumental times of transformation. We believe that we are all brothers and sisters sharing this time and space and that we have a responsibility to one another and to all living beings that share this "big house" together with us called Mother Earth and the Cosmos.
A large part of our community work and mandate is focused on children and youth and therefore we have made a strong commitment to ensuring that the Wisdom Teachings of the Andes be passed down to the next seven generations.
The Whipala Flag:
Sourced from Wikipedia
The Wiphala (Quechua pronunciation: [wɪˈpʰɐlɐ]) is a square emblem, commonly used as a flag, representing the Native peoples of all the Andes
that include today's Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and parts of Argentina,
Chile and Colombia. It exists in several modern varieties, which
represent the Inca Empire (TawantinSuyu) and each of its former four regions (suyus).
The Cusco Wiphala consists of seven horizontal stripes representing the colours of the rainbow.
The suyu wiphalas are composed of a 7-by-7 square patchwork in
seven colours, arranged diagonally. The precise configuration depends
on the particular suyu represented by the emblem. The colour of the longest diagonal line (seven squares) determines which of the four suyus (regions) the flag represents: white for Qullasuyu, yellow for Kuntisuyu, red for Chinchaysuyu, and green for Antisuyu.
The seven colors of the actual Wiphala originate from the visible spectrum.
The significance and meanings for each color are as follows.*
* As shared by Jhaimy Alvarez-Acosta
- Red: Pure love, passion of the earth and the energy of humanity shared between us as brothers and sisters
- Orange: Peace
- Yellow: Your sacred path, journey
- White: Illumination in time and space
- Green: Healing
- Blue: Faith & Protection
- Violet: Transformation & Transmutation
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