Travel day. Early in the morning Andrea goes with German and Levis to the Covid-test. I talk a bit with Magarita, where we have found a wonderful hostel. Nobody would believe that we are here in the middle of Bogota. The courtyard with its many flowers and small trees guards …
A restless night with many dreams. Early in the morning I do the Ring of Power in the inner courtyard. I usually always wake up at 4:00, so I don’t need an alarm clock. It is nice to tend the Agnihotra fire after my meditation, just before I take the …
A day of soul-searching. Once again a meeting with Gloria Guartas and some of her friends. Interesting that on this trip there were no meetings with the indigenous people. Instead, another resie seems to call, with much more slowness. Instead, I participate in the “Sacred infinite Fire festival”. It is …
What a day! At 4.30 the cab is waiting for us at the door. We decided to visit Taita Édgar Orlando Gaitán Camacho, whom we met in 2008 at a ceremony with the sacred medicine they call yagé (ayahuasca) here. He impressed us very much at that time in the …
Back in Bogota. We feel as if we have been in a movie. The changes are quite fast and our soul has to digest. The conversation with Padre Javier Giraldo helped us today. He is something like the father figure of the peace community, in whom they have absolute trust. …
Early in the morning at six o’clock we meet in front of the small chapel by the stone placements that we have placed here together. The cosmograms represent the ethical values of the community. We explain a little bit why the 9th of November has such a meaning for us, …
Slowly it becomes challenging to keep a clear mind. I already know the process, every time I have been here, there comes a moment when it becomes difficult to digest all the stories. There comes such a cry from the soul: “My God why do you allow all this!”, to …
An eventful night is behind us! Between two and three o’clock there were shots in the neighborhood. It is like feeling the pressure that the community is constantly under on your own soul. It is a huge upheaval, the old system of violence collides with a new system. It is …
Most people from the Consejo (the elected council of the community) are still on the road in Mulatos. What the real occasion was, we will know tomorrow, because they are careful about spreading the news. So we spend a lot of time talking to individual members of the community. Our …
The peace community of San José de Apartadó is located in the northern region of Urabá, in a region that has been and still is heavily contested by different armed groups because of its strategic location and natural resources. The peasants of San José de Apartadó came together on March …
