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Ayni: Living in Balance
by Jeffre TallTrees Ph.D.
The Q'ero of the Andes in Peru have a concept they call Ayni. Is it at the very heart of their teachings. It is the foundation of their mores and it lives strongly in their hearts and minds.
Ayni is the way to live one's life. Live your life in balance. It is the way of nature, the way of the Pacha Mama (mother earth). It isn't so you will go to heaven, it is simply the way it is. When you give, you will receive, or must receive, because it is an energetic law of the cosmos.
Similarly if you receive, you give. It is done without question. For example, if you take something from the Pacha Mama, consider it a gift. It then becomes your responsibility to give something back: a piece of hair, a coin, a prayer. It is a consciousness of every act.