12-12-12 Peru Portal Conference Tour Announced

Aramu Muru’s Portal (or Doorway) near Lake Titicaca in Peru is without a doubt one of the strangest and most powerfully eerie places I have ever visited. According to legend, this sacred site is associated with the founder of the Inca empire, Aramu Muru, who became known later as Manco Kapac. He escaped from the sinking continent of Mu, bringing with him a wondrous solar disk.

The area is near the city of Puno, near Peru’s border with Bolivia, and it abounds with rock formations that look like a puma, caterpillar, butterfly and other creatures from legends. Just before we arrived at the Portal, we passed the Valley of Spirits. We were told this place is associated with shamans, and the locals are afraid to venture into its depths.

Of the portal itself, it is said a band of musicians once managed to find their way through it and went into another dimension, never to be seen again. It is associated with the “Monastery of the Seven Rays” written about by George Hunt Williamson.

There are some who say the shaped rocks were fashioned by nature eroding the stones. Others believe the area was an ancient Mystery School more than 10,000 years ago, much like Marcahuasi north of Lima, where there are stone sculptures resembling dinosaurs, faces of people of many different races, and animals that are not native to Peru.

My tour group was fortunate to be led by Jorge Luis Delgado, who re-discovered the portal after being guided by a series of visions. And it is Jorge who will be leading a new tour of the Portal and other sacred sites and power places in Peru on the 12th of December. Yes, that date is 12-12-12!

Body Mind Spirit Journeys yesterday announced details of the 12-12-12 Peru tour. The main body of the tour features the Lake Titicaca area and the Portal Conference that culminates on December 12, 2012. There is also a post-Conference extension that goes to Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Pisac, and Ollyantaytambo — some of the most powerful sacred sites on the planet.

Simply to visit these places of power is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but to be led by an expert in ancient wisdom such as Jorge Luis can make such a journey a truly life-changing event.

Here is a link to the Peru Portal 12-12-12 itinerary.

New Member for Tibetan Buddhist India Tour Team

Lama Buga, Lisa Tully, Lama Kalden

The team that hosts our Dalai Lama tours in India’s Himalayan foothills has a new member.  Originally these tours were led by just Lisa Tully and Lama Buga.  Lisa – after quitting her job in the corporate world – founded these tours and her reasons were two fold.  The first being that after spending time in Dharamsala, India where she witnessed first hand the plight of the Tibetan refugee community based there, a desire to help them grew within her fast and strong.  Secondly, the impact this sacred place and heartfelt people had on her personally was so magical that she wanted to share the experience with as many people as possible from what Lisa calls “the spiritually starved West.”

Lama Buga has been a Tibetan monk since he was six years old.  Having lived in both Delhi and Dharamsala for many years, and being a dear friend of Lisa’s, he was the natural choice to help her host her Tibetan Buddhist meditation tours.  His insider knowledge and local contacts both within and outside the local monastery ensure that the people who come on these tours get into the local ancient culture immediately.

Over time Lisa began to study all the monks she knew to see if any of them had something unique to bring to the tour offering, and that was when she decided to approach Lama Kalden for his kind assistance.  Not only does Lama Kalden have a very good command of the English language, he also has  a sense of humour to beat the band. As a result he has proven to be an entertaining host who can communicate about the local customs and ways that has participants laughing just like the Buddha himself.  Kalden also has been a monk for many years and comes all the way up from his monastery in South India to help ensure that participants have a memorable experience in India.

Anyone who is seeking a truly authentic Tibetan Buddhist meditation retreat will find they are in good hands with Lisa and her two lamas.

Please click for the Tibetan Path in India Tour and Retreat web page.