The first in-person gathering of representatives from the Union of the Condor, Quetzal, Hummingbird, and Eagle since its Ceremonial and Spiritual formation, June 20, 2022, will be held in Palenque and La Ventana, Heart of the Quetzal, Chiapas, Mexico, March 17-23, 2023.
We are very thankful that after almost 52 years since the prayerful fulfillment of the Prophecy of the Reunion of the Condor and Eagle, July 9, 1971, at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, the first Sacred Council of the Union of the Condor, Quetzal, Hummingbird, and Eagle will be elected.
THE ELECTION OF THE SACRED COUNCIL OF THE UNION OF THE CONDOR, HUMMINGBIRD, QUETZAL, AND EAGLE WILL UTILIZE THESE NON-PARTISAN, PRAYERFUL, COLLABORATIVE, DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL PROCESSES:
Step One – Prayer
Each, in our way, asks the Creator (or however we designate a higher power or source of inspiration) for guidance and direction so that the Creator's Will can guide everyone involved in the election process. Therefore, pray enough, so everyone at the election meeting truly connects heart and mind with the Creator.
Step Two – Consultation
Discuss the qualities of good leaders, particularly those needed in leadership for this time and situation. Do not discuss individual names – only the qualities a leader should have.
Step Three – Reflection, Prayer, and Meditation
Reflect (think deeply) about the qualities needed in those chosen for leaders in the situation. Then think about who best combines those qualities from the circle and community; consider everyone. Finally, ask Creator to guide you to make the best choice without the slightest trace of prejudice and with an open and loving heart.
Step Four – Vote
Write down the names of the people you have been guided to vote for. Do not discuss your choices with anyone before or after the vote. Your choice is between you and the Creator. The number of names you vote for should equal the number of positions on the council. It will not be counted if your ballot has fewer or more names.
Step Five – Count the Vote
Those choose a special committee of four scrutineers (vote counters) at the election meeting. First, the scrutineers count the number of votes each person receives. Then, the people with the most votes are chosen. This is called a "plurality vote."
For example, if the election chooses seven council members, the seven people with the most votes are selected. The person with the most votes is responsible for calling the council's first meeting. Beyond that, how many voices each council member received is not optional.
If there is a tie in the voting for the last position on the council, then a vote is held to break the tie. The vote is between only the people who tied. For example, if the election chooses seven council members and there is a tie between the seventh and eighth votes, then a vote is held to break the tie. If there is a tie between the second and third or fourth and fifth number of votes, no vote is necessary since it is clear they have been selected.
Step Six – Acceptance and Support
Everyone in the community must now give their wholehearted and unreserved support to the chosen. No one should speak secretly against those elected. Instead, everyone should now rally behind the council, pray for them, share their best ideas and insights with them, and cooperate to ensure the success of everyone in promoting the healing and development of the people.
Step Seven – Servant Leadership
The newly chosen council members should show the utmost humility and approach their work in loving service to the community. Furthermore, they should actively solicit (ask for) the views and opinions of community members and work very hard to ensure that the real leaders are the people and the council their servants.
CODE OF ETHICS-UNION OF THE CONDOR, HUMMINGBIRD, QUETZAL, AND EAGLE
Each morning upon rising and each evening before sleeping, give thanks for life within you and all life, for the good things the Creator has given you, and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek the courage and strength to be a better person. Seek the things that will benefit everyone.
Respect. Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem for someone or something; to consider the well-being of, or to treat someone or something with deference or courtesy." Showing respect is a fundamental law of life.
Treat every person, from the tiniest child to the oldest elder, with respect at all times.
Particular respect should be given to Elders, Parents, Teachers, and Community Leaders.
No person should be made to feel "put down" by you; avoid hurting other hearts as you would avoid a deadly poison.
Touch nothing that belongs to someone else (especially Sacred Objects) without permission or an understanding between you.
Respect the privacy of every person, and never intrude on a person's quiet moment or personal space.
Never walk between people that are conversing.
Never interrupt people who are conversing.
Speak in a soft voice, especially in the presence of Elders, strangers, or others to whom special respect is due.
Only speak if invited at gatherings where Elders are present (except to ask what is expected of you, should you be in doubt).
Never negatively speak about others, whether they are present or not.
Treat the earth and all of her aspects as your Mother. Show deep respect for the mineral world, the plant world, and the animal world. Do nothing to pollute our Mother. Instead, rise up with wisdom to defend her.
Show deep respect for the beliefs and religion of others.
Listen courteously to what others say, even if you feel that what they say is worthless. Listen to your heart.
Respect the wisdom of the people in the council. Once you give an idea to a council meeting, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs to the people. Respect demands that you listen intently to others' ideas in council and do not insist that your idea prevails. Indeed, you should freely support others' opinions if they are accurate and sound, even if those ideas are quite different from the ones you have contributed.
With love and compassion, the clash of different perspectives brings forth the Spark of Truth.
Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands that no one speak secretly against what is decided. If the council has made an error, it will become apparent to everyone in its own time.
Be truthful at all times and under all conditions.
Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give your best food, blankets, the best part of your house, and your best service to your guests.
The hurt of one is the hurt of all. The honor of one is the honor of all.
Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as members of the human family.
All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator, they must all be respected.
To serve others and be helpful to family, community, nation, and the world is one of the primary purposes for which human beings have been created. Therefore, refrain from filling yourself with your affairs and remembering your most essential tasks. True happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the service of others.
Observe moderation and balance in all things.
Know those things that lead to your well-being and those things that lead to your destruction.
Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart. Expect guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise elders and friends.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSULTATION -UNION OF THE CONDOR, HUMMINGBIRD, QUETZAL, AND EAGLE
Purpose:
• Create understanding, commitment, and trust among diverse members of the Human Family
• Identify opportunities and solve problems
• Determine the best course of unified action
Ten Principles for Success
1. Respect each participant and appreciate each other's diversity. This is the prime requisite for consultation.
2. Value and consider all contributions. Belittle none. Withhold evaluation until sufficient information has been gathered.
3. Contribute and express opinions with complete freedom.
4. Carefully consider the views of others --- if a valid point of view has been offered, accept it as your own.
5. Keep to the vision at hand. An extraneous conversation is essential to community building, but it is not consultation, which is solution-driven.
6. Share in the unified purpose community --- desire for the success of all concerned.
7. Expect the truth, with love and respect, to emerge from the clash of differing opinions. Instead, optimum solutions emerge from a diversity of views.
8. Once stated, let go of opinions. Don't try to "defend" your position, but rather let it go. Ownership causes disharmony in the circle and almost always gets in the way of finding the truth.
9. Contribute to maintaining a friendly atmosphere by speaking with respect, courtesy, dignity, care, and moderation. This will promote unity and openness.
10. Seek consensus with dedication and prayer. But if consensus is impossible, let the majority rule. Remember, though, that decisions, once made, become the decision of every participant.
After the Sacred Councils have decided, dissenting opinions are destructive to and undermine the success of the communities' unified action and desired outcome.
When decisions are undertaken with total community unity and support, wrong choices can be more fully observed and corrected. This can't happen with disunity.
STEPS FOR CONSULTATION
Define the problem clearly. Make sure everyone has the same understanding of what is being discussed. It may help to write down the question or issue so everyone can see it.
Identify the human values or spiritual principles that are related to the issue. It can be helpful to think about the principles and values that should be part of the solution and the values/principles whose violation has helped to cause the problem.
Gather information that might help you make a good decision. The group members may hold this information as common knowledge and must be explicit. Other times research may need to be undertaken by consulting relevant literature or talking to various people (both "experts" and "ordinary citizens "). Do not try to make a decision or evaluate the information while gathering it.
Make sure everyone in the group understands all the information gathered.
Allow everyone to express their opinion about what should be done based on the guiding principles which have been identified. Everyone should have the opportunity to speak once before anyone speaks twice.
Avoid taking offense at the point of view put forward by someone else. It is out of the clash of differing points of view that a creative solution is found. In the same spirit, please don't speak in ways that will be offensive to others.
Refrain from holding onto your point of view. Once it has been given to the circle, it no longer belongs to you. So you don't have to keep defending it.
After all, participants have contributed their ideas, the facilitator (or any other group member) should try to synthesize what has been said into a course of action that everyone can agree on.
Anyone who feels a critical point has not been considered in this synthesis should be allowed to speak again.
Steps 5 to 9 can be repeated several times until a consensus is reached. If, during this process, it becomes evident that a vital piece of information needs to be added, be sure to get it before proceeding.
11. Use a majority vote as a last resort if a consensus can't be reached.
12. Once a decision has been reached, everyone needs to support it wholeheartedly, even if you are not in complete agreement. Through this type of united action, any flaws in the plan will be revealed and can be remedied without hard feelings or conflict.
SUGGESTED QUALITIES OF SERVANT LEADERS OF THE UNION OF THE CONDOR, HUMMINGBIRD, QUETZAL, AND EAGLE.
Spiritually centered – actively in a relationship with the Creator.
Morally strong – lives a good moral life, suitable to stand as a role model (particular attention to the issues of addictions, relationships, and honesty regarding money should be considered).
Believes in the people's capacity to heal and develop and shows this belief in how they work with the people.
Is engaged in their healing journey and relatively healthy.
Has a good mind and heart and clearly understands the process of healing and development and the issues the people are facing.
Has demonstrated devotion to the people's healing and development through hard work and a good attitude over time.
Shows true respect for the Creator, Mother Earth, and all members of our Human Family. (does not show disrespect for anyone, including women, men, youth, the poor, other races, etc.).
Can work well with others in a team.
Strives to work from a position of forgiveness, unity, and harmony with everyone.
VISION AND GOALS-UNION OF THE CONDOR, HUMMINGBIRD, QUETZAL, AND EAGLE
Basic Physical Needs - Adequate nutrition, clothing, shelter, pure drinking water, sanitary waste disposal, and access to medical services.
Spirituality and a Sense of Purpose - connection to the Creator and a clear sense of purpose and direction in individual, family, and community life and the collective energy of the nation.
Life-sustaining Values, Morals, and Ethics - guiding principles and a code of conduct that informs choices in all aspects of life so that at the level of individuals, families, institutions, and whole communities, people know which pathways lead to human well-being and which to misery, harm, and death.
Safety and Security - freedom from fear, intimidation, threats, violence, criminal victimization, and abuse within families, homes, and other aspects of the people's collective life.
Adequate Income and Sustainable Economies - access to the resources needed to sustain life at a level that permits the continued development of human well-being and processes of economic engagement capable of producing sustainable prosperity.
Adequate Power - a reasonable level of control and voice in shaping one's life and the environment through processes of meaningful participation in the political, social, and economic vitality of one's community and nation.
Social Justice and Equity - a fair and equitable distribution of opportunities for all and sustainable mechanisms and processes for re-balancing inequities, injustices, and injuries that have or are occurring.
Cultural Integrity and Identity - pride in heritage and traditions, access to and utilization of the wisdom and knowledge of the past, and a healthy identification with the living processes of one's own culture as a distinct and viable way of life for individuals, families, institutions, communities, and nations.
Community Solidarity and Social Support - to live within a unified community with a strong sense of common oneness. As a result, each person receives the love, care, and support they need from others.
Strong Families and Healthy Child Development - spiritually centered, loving, unified, free from addictions and abuse, and strongly focus on supporting the developmental needs of children from conception through the early years and through the time of childhood and youth.
Healthy Ecosystem and a Sustainable Relationship Between Human Beings and the Natural World - the natural world is held precious and honored as sacred by the people. It is understood that human beings live within nature as fish live within water.
The air we breathe, the water we drink, the earth that grows our food, and the creatures we dwell among and depend on for our lives are free from poisons, disease, and all other dangers.
Economic prosperity is never sought after at the expense of environmental destruction. Instead, human beings work hand-in-hand with nature to protect, preserve, and nurture the gifts the Creator has given.
Critical Learning Opportunities - consistent and systematic opportunities for continuous learning and improvement in all aspects of life, especially those connected to essential personal, social, and economic challenges facing communities and those that will enhance participation in civil society.
Adequate Human Services and Social Safety Net - programs and processes to promote, support, and enhance human healing and social development and protect and enable the most vulnerable to lead lives of dignity and achieve adequate levels of well-being.
Meaningful Work and Service to Others - Opportunities for all to contribute meaningfully to the well-being and progress of their families, communities, nations, and the global human family.
FROM THE FOUNDATION DOCUMENTS OF THE UNION OF THE CONDOR, HUMMINGBIRD, QUETZAL, AND EAGLE- CEREMONIALLY AND SPIRITUALLY INITIATED, JUNE 20, 2020.
The Union of the Condor, the Quetzal, Hummingbird, and Eagle include more than 78 million Indigenous Peoples in the process of being connected digitally across the Americas, the Pacific to Aotearoa, with Indigenous Networks joining daily. This number does not include the growing number of Allies and relatives spiritually awakening to their Indigenous roots.
This growing Digital Union constitutes the 4th largest Nation-State in the Americas, including our Indigenous relatives across the Pacific and Aotearoa, with the youngest and the fastest-growing population, not only in the Americas but also on Mother Earth. The Union's natural resources, including an untold wealth of plant-based medicines, surpass every comparable Nation-State on Mother Earth.
The Union of the Condor, the Quetzal, the Hummingbird, and the Eagle are united through a shared history, Sacred Teachings and Prophecies of the Four Directions, and the shared vision and dedication to Unifying our Human Family, Ending War, and Beginning Peace on Earth by 2030.
