One Who Puts Order in their Misha Walks Higher than the Angels

Mother Nature has an organic structure that is the foundation for her power and sustainability.

Surprisingly, many students of the Q’ero tradition are not taught the essentials concerning the structure of the Misha, the structure of offerings (including despachos – or haywarikuy, meaning to offer by one's own hand), and how they are energetically created and organized.

An ancient Quechua song recorded at Qollori’ti Festival in the early 1930’s speaks of the importance of organizing your Mesa:

MISHA MASTASKA RUNA KUNAPAQ ANGEL PATANTAN KAMARISKANIA
Translates to: One who puts order in their Misha walks higher than the Angels

Khuyas are the power objects that make up your Misha. They are usually stones and are gifts of love from your Nature Being teachers and occasionally human teachers. Each one of us has a Nature Mother (Paqarina) and Nature Father (Itu Apu) and 10 more RUAL that are the Nature Beings that surround you where you live. These are your 12 sources of energy for your life. Khuyas are gifts from each of those Nature Beings that hold their living energy and empower a Paqo in their work and life.

 Most things in the Andean worldview are organized in threes, like the three worlds (Hanaq Pacha, Kai Pacha, Ukhu Pacha, or Upper, Middle and Lower), the three powers of the human being, Munay, Yachay, Llanqay, and such is the case with Mishas and sacred offerings. The three powers of the Misha and  the three powers of the path are: Right, Left and Chaupi (middle).

 The Right side power of the Misha (the energetic power of the right hand side of the Path — not the literal physical right side of your Misha as that changes if you move it around;-) has to do with structure, ritual, initiation, logic, order, the masculine radiant force, and is held in the Apu Khuyas of your Misha.

 The Left Side of the path and thus Left Side Power of the Misha, has to do with spontaneity, creativity, chaos, intuition, magic, the feminine magnetic force, and comes from your Pachamama Khuyas.

 The Chaupi Misha, or middle Misha is called the Ñust`a Misha, and the healing forces of Nature are in the Nust`a Khuyas of the Chaupi Misha.