John Perkins: The Prophecy of the Condor and the Eagle

John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man has a side to it that calls you to look at this troubled world with a new perspective. His book is a MUST READ for anyone who cares about our world. It is in many ways scary, because it puts pieces of a very complex, frightening puzzle together that we've seen in the world vividly in recent years. However, the visionary part of his message brings with it a new hope and responsibility for each of us. This is demonstrated in one specific place when he shares the Prophecy of the Condor and the Eagle (Page 209):

Nearly every culture I know prophesies that in the late 1990's we entered a period of remarkable transition. At monasteries in the Himalayas, ceremonial sites in Indonesia, and indigenous reservations in North America, from the depths of the Amazon to the peaks of the Andes, and into the ancient Mayan cities of Central America, I have heard that ours is a special moment in human history, and that each of us was born at this time because we have a mission to accomplish.

The titles and the words of the prophecies differ slightly. They tell variously of a New Age, the Third Millennium, the Age of Aquarius, the Beginning of the Fifth Sun, or the end of old calendars and the commencement of new ones. Despite the varying terminologies, however, they have a great deal in common, and “The Prophecy of the Condor and Eagle” is typical. It states that back in the mists of history, human societies divided and took different paths: that of the condor (representing the heart, intuitive and mystical) and that of the eagle (representing the brain, rational and material). In the 1490's, the prophesy said, the two paths would converge and the eagle would drive the condor to the verge of extinction. Then, five hundred years later, in the 1990's a new epoch would begin, one in which the condor and the eagle will have the opportunity to reunite ad fly together in the same sky, along the same path. If the condor and eagle accept this opportunity, they will create a most remarkable offspring, unlike any seen before.

“The Prophecy of the Condor and Eagle” can be taken at many levels — the standard interpretation is that it foretells the sharing of indigenous knowledge with the technologies of science, the balancing of yin and yang, and the bridging of northern and southern cultures. However, most powerful is the message it offers about consciousness; it says the we have entered a time when we can benefit from the many diverse was of seeing ourselves and the world, and that we can use these as a springboard to higher levels of awareness. As human beings we can truly wake up and evolve into a more conscious species.

...We who live in the most powerful nation history has ever known must stop worrying so much about the outcome of soap operas, football games, quarterly balance sheets, and the daily Dow Jones averages, and must instead re-evaluate who we are and where we want our children to end up.

With so many things out of control, see a new VISION of our existence becomes a more challenging calling, but we can begin this process. Each one of us can begin today through our own re-evaluations and change in consciousness.

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Comments

[Joanne Tweed]

Dear Friends,
Please take a look at a new website:
An Adaptation of The Eagle and the Condor Prophecy is accompanied by tradition Hopi flute music. This story give Hope for the World and Peace for our children
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Joanne Tweed
www.achildswishes.com

[debbe kennedy]

Dear Joanne,
Thank you for sharing this rendition. I will make sure it gets a little more prominent promotion in upcoming blogs.

Best...
Debbe Kennedy

[Ray Tapajna]

We suggest reading The Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins before reading The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman.
You will not only save alot of time but will see why the so called flatteners of Thomas Friedman which supposedly were periods in history which paved the way for Globalization and Free Trade are nonsensical. Friedman has a flare for taking the obivous and making it something else.
Friedman reverses cause and effect in many cases but worst yet he leaves out the most important events of our times with The Confessions of an Economic Hit Man proving this in a piercing way.
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[Debbe Kennedy, New World Vision BLOG]

Ray,
I totally agree! Have you read John Perkins newest book? The Secret History of the American Empire ... Excellent!

Thanks for sharing your perspective.

Go here http://www.globaldialoguecenter.com/johnperkins