Síganme los buenos….

El legado de Chespirito.

El lenguaje crea realidades, eso dicen los expertos. Y no dejan de tener razón. Cuando hablamos, hacemos referencia a las cosas que nos importan, a las cosas que nos conmueven y las que nos molestan. La palabra tiene el valor de una caricia y el dolor de una cachetada. A través de este universo oral vamos generando los caminos que nos conducen por la vida.

Chespirito fue un mago de las palabras. Inundó nuestra infancia y la de nuestros hijos con sus clásicas expresiones y lo seguirá haciendo a través del inconmensurable paso del tiempo. Sus personajes nos heredaron frases que circundan nuestro inconsciente colectivo. Los hispanohablantes bien sabemos de eso. El Chapulín Colorado jugaba con su inocencia dándonos lecciones sabias: “Síganme los buenos” retumba como un llamado urgente de atención para este mundo tan convulsionado. Esa premisa dicha al tenor de la comedia encierra la necesidad de instalar en las mentes y en los corazones de todos el deseo del bien, el de salvar a los desvalidos, de dar consuelo al que sufre, de dar aliento al que cae, de sonreírle al mundo.

“Es que no me tienen paciencia”, decía El chavo del 8” cuando una travesura no era del agrado de los adultos. Esa paciencia, que parece tan mezquina entre los que corremos en busca del exitismo fácil y nos ahogamos en la frenética lucha por el dinero; es otro sutil y recurrente llamado de atención. Darnos tiempo, tener la paciencia suficiente para escuchar, para acompañar, para entender y para ver el lado bueno de las cosas es otro de los legados de Chespirito.

La palabra bien puesta es un lujo que solo los genios pueden darse. Y Chespirito lo era. El discurso repetido de capítulo tras capítulo no cansaba. Era casi esperado como un sello indeleble de los diálogos: “Que no panda el cúnico” era la frase tranquilizadora del Chapulín; “Don Ramón” tenia que ser El chavo del ocho; el cliché de la seducción entre doña Florinda y El profesor Jirafales, ese, el de “la tacita de café” se instala como uno de los más recurridos; incluso recuerdo a mi madre, repetirlo al son de los personajes cada vez que aparecía la escena. Doña Florinda siempre, luego de la cachetada, sacaba a la abuela de don Ramón al ruedo y todos esperábamos la inocente pregunta del Chavo, sobre tal o cual tema de la mentada abuela, y la respuesta ingeniosa que remataba. El siempre golpeado flaco de la camiseta negra, aludiendo que su abuela algún mérito tenía sobre el asunto. Esos diálogos de oro parecieran, por sus siempre repetidas ocurrencias, estar ajenos de creatividad; sin embargo ese y no otro era su mérito.

Sin pretender hacer un análisis lingüístico de los aportes de Chespirito, señalaremos que su pluma inundó los rincones de nuestra América. Crecimos con sus frases y las incluimos en nuestros repertorios personales seguros de que nos entenderían, pues pasó a ser una herencia colectiva.

Es innegable que todos los latinos llevamos un pedazo de Chespirito en nuestras vidas; se instaló en nuestro lenguaje como un mandato, el de hacer realidad ese discurso simple, pero colmado de sabiduría. Es nuestro llamado como seguidores de este genio de dar vida al “síganme los buenos” del Chapulín, a “Tener más paciencia”, como nos reclama El Chavo en cada capítulo, que dicho sea en justicia, no nos cansamos ver una y otra vez, tener paciencia con los que nos rodean, a tolerar más el error, a ser solidarios con el que sin intención puede hacernos sentir mal.

En fin, hablar como Chespirito, de manera simple y repetida tal vez sea la solución en parte a este mundo incomunicado y deshumanizado. De tanto repetir las buenas intenciones, tal vez se instalen definitivamente en nuestro actuar cotidiano y logremos, en honor al genio, de hacer de este mundo un lugar mejor, como el siempre lo deseó.

Lepillan

Mapuche, secret knowledge of nature

Throughout history, different cultures and civilizations, beings from other worlds if would be applicable, we found something in common, Respect. The authentic core concept within the laws of the entire universe, eminently to survive, from a philosophical view, i dare to say that all relates to the respect, from the beginning of time, which is uncertain, from the existence of any intelligent being, in a certain way, according to universal laws, every being exist for revere, honor, admire to something superior and beloved.

During our lives as human beings, we must accept and acknowledge the reality, essential for the developed of human being, our environment, people ,the intelligent elements , comprehend and understand the qualities of every being, the essence and their existence, the importance of the value of respect is critical in order to live in harmony.

Evidently as intelligent beings of high category, the acceptance of ourselves is paramount, respect and love for us, is something that logically it develops since we have use of reason, unconscious application of unconditional respect for us should be also for our environment.

Before its own existence to becoming Che ( people ) my ancestors had and have a magical  love with  the    intelligences  of the universe, with Mother Earth , a deep and unique respect, that is why they are called Mapuche ( people of the land ). The Mapuche knew that mother land and nature would do everything needed for their existence and survival, that is why from immemorial times, the Mapuche learned to live together with respect and harmony with the nature and mother earth, its for this very reason that they understood and anticipated natural disasters. A traditional knowledge, socialized closely with our ancestors from generation to generation, by experience of life .

The Mapuche language, Mapudungun, is the sacred language of the land. It says that the same mother earth taught us to speak, so that we speak the language of the land . The Mapuche connection with the  Mother Earth was unique and sacred , respect was just as essential. Regularly Mapuche gave thanks to the earth through sacred  rites  (nguillatún) , were devoted to nature, had to be thankful and ask for wisdom, a good crops or weather, however Mother Nature got angry from time to time, and had natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis, It was just when an established law was not  respected.

The Mapuche connection with the nature has been decaying throughout time. Already 130 years have passed, and the Mapuche people have suffered endless calamities caused mostly by man or winka (non-Mapuche ). A natural disaster is added the genocide, ethnic cleansing and confiscation of our resources and of our territory; which condemned the poverty, hunger and misery to hundreds of thousands of indigenous families throughout the history.

In January 6, 1641. The Mapuche nation was the first independent state in the American continent,  recognized by the Crown of Spain in the Treaty of Quilin , the border was established between the two countries. The emerging states of Argentina and Chile also recognized the independence of our nation, through  the signed of treated and  the fortification of  the frontier .

However, between the Republic of Chile from 1862 to 1885 and subsequently the first republic Argentina embarked on an aggressive war that ended in 1885 with the occupation of our territory.

Since then the Mapuche people in Chile and Argentina, have been subjected to a relentless forced incorporation of both states, whose aim was to make us disappear as a people. Under conditions of subordination or as second-class citizens where racism , discrimination , abuse and contempt for our culture have been the rule rather than the exception. The history of our people was distorted and our heroes and heroines unknown in the educational system imposed ; also our spirituality and collective memory for coping with natural disasters have been eroded by the process of acculturation, including contempt of our cultural values ​​and traditional knowledge.

At present, the situation of the Mapuche people remains dire. Our traditional territory is exploited by logging companies, fishing, mining and hydrocarbons. Programs "modernization" which include construction of roads, airports, hydroelectric, etc., are made at the expense of the rights and interests of indigenous peoples. These programs are ongoing continuously without count with the participation of affected communities as national and international trademark laws. Deforestation of native trees and replacement with massive eucalyptus and pine plantations now cover more than ¾ of our ancestral lands in southern Chile, which has disastrous effects on ecosystems, biodiversity and the environment in general.

It is important to note that both programs and infrastructure development, as well as mining, forestry and aquaculture operation carried out in contravention of indigenous laws of both states and the OIT Convenio 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. Pollution and water pollution caused by chemical waste, the establishment of landfills and sewage tanks, carried out deliberately in indigenous communities. This government policy has been classified by environmental organizations as 'environmental racism', considering that take effect in those communities for their state of helplessness and because they represent the most vulnerable segment of society.

Naturally all these harmful actions on the environment of the indigenous population have caused the rejection and resistance of the various communities affected. However, the government respond criminalizing their demands and violent repression of peaceful protests  applying the Terrorism Act. 

Not be left to say , respect for our history and our sacred lands , across southern Chile, has been corrupted , does not exist,  the knowledge and the importance of the relationship between the Mapuche and the nature, the eternal intelligence as elements, the essence of existence has been corrupted. We call the world to respect and support indigenous Mapuche , to respect nature and Mother Earth.

Lepillan

RESISTANCE

Chile suffers evil societies transplanted, those born from the conquest of native peoples. Never conquerors recognized the primal possession of the territories to indigenous peoples. On the contrary, they have been stripped of all they had, and embarked on a policy extermination. They have committed genocide and ethnocide.

The Spanish empire was not the first. In its overseas expansion articulated the new laws of the Indies, to ensure continuity of labor and regulating the conditions of forced labor in mines and mills to not stall the production of gold and silver work.

There was no humanity in them, only interest. The rest is philosophical discussion. Modern racism is part of colonial capitalism of the sixteenth century, where slavery became the core of the process of capital accumulation. After independence, in Latin America there was no change; the Creoles they converted to the new masters of the countries and territories, took over the mainland. There were no peace or freedom for the native indigenous people, just blood and destruction.

Of course under the euphemism of "civilizational wars." So the agricultural frontier and the power of the landowning oligarchies expanded. The dominant mono-ethnic society, with their culture and world imposed the yoke of exploitation by adopting the formula of internal colonialism, a condition "sine qua non" to keep harvesting them, their wealth  and heritage.

The myth of racial superiority ethnic force in Chile and Latin America expressed daily. Not yet known, the limits of racial capitalism.

Mapuche, Maya, Cunas, Aymara, Tupi-Guarani are considered enemies of progress and country. In the XXI century are faced with policies of neoliberal  extermination. The expansion of the agricultural frontier, the transgenic soya monoculture, plantations of eucalyptus, the mining megaprojects,hydraulic, whose destination is the old Europe and China, and increased violence and yearning of the transnational corporations to appropriate the last spaces which were relegated to the late nineteenth century.

A death war has been declared against indigenous peoples. Natural resources in their territories make them prey to the new masters of the world. Water, minerals, flora and fauna, equivalent to gold and silver sixteenth century. Attended a date that has nothing to envy to that practiced by their counterparts in the nineteenth century version. The difference is found in the deployment of forces, war technology and legal ways to justify extermination. An international community deaf, dumb, preferring to look the other side of the table full of ethnocide.

At the end of the day, everyone gains in the medium and long term. Speculators, multinational corporations and landowners. In southern Chile it practiced all and every one of the guidelines to end the Mapuche people.

Michelle Bachelet's government has increased harassment policies with low-flying raids, evictions and burning of communal lands, keeping the militarization of the southern regions; at par, explores the dismantling of organizations, criminalizes their demands, consents torture and imprison Mapuche leaders.

For political leaders who have ruled the country after the end of dictatorship, whether emócratacristianos, socialists or right party, the Mapuche are a nuisance,whose existence should be reduced to a few pages of the books of history and anthropology.

The war of extermination, which has for centuries been submitted to the Mapuche as worthless, soulless without patriotic sense, treacherous, drunk, violent and dangerous. Best finish them once and for all. Pinochet tried it for 17 years by taking away their land, and tender these lands to companies and landowners, who were rubbing their hands with their new acquisitions. The crackdown on Lonko (Mapuche community leaders) involved the dismantling of decades of struggles and demands on their territories.

The Mapuche people suffering the consequences of a society, Chile as a whole, which despises. There is nothing worse than the colonial paternalism, constant treatment to which they were subjected. Former Socialist President Ricardo Lagos took this situation to a head inaugurating "policy of the new treatment of Mapuche". In short, they had to accept the terms offered by the State or suffer the consequences of rejecting them. Unexpectedly, shortly after, state violence against the Mapuche people was increasing, which prevails today and currently it maintains.

Winkul 

The Araucania Araucana or Pewen.

Araucaria is one of the sacred trees for the Native Mapuche people, and is called in our mapudungun language Pewen. The fruit of this tree, it is called pinon, in mapudungun = nguilliu.

The exquisite life of the Pewen or Araucaria, holds a profound mystic for the Native Mapuche people.

It is an extinction tree and from time of the Mesozioca period, more than 200 years ago. A millennial tree that coexisted with dinosaurs. There is 19 different species of Araucarians, the origin, the south part of the globe, Chile and Argentina.

The Pewen and the pinion fruit, have a great medicinal and nutritional value, as we know the Mapuche use this fruit as a high protein source and the tree extract for heal injuries.

Lawentun, the Mapuche ceremony, where the MACHI (Native Mapuche Healer) using herbs and the knowledge on the nature have the power to heal.

In the Lawentun ceremony, the sick person recibe the right medicine to survive, through knowledge and connection with the ancestors, the MACHI is the only person who knows what the sick person needs, the medicine comes from different plants and herbs, mostly of the time, from sacred plants for the Mapuche, and it could cure many unknown diseases.The Pewen and Maqui, are some used in these rites.

Does really exist the cure of any sickness? Do you think that the cure for any sickness could be hidden in the mother nature?

Are the Mapuche the ones, who has the secrets of heal with the knowledge of the nature that they know, or is just the sacred elements on the Mapuche land? that could one of reason why the Native Mapuche were take caring to much their territories and boundaries.

For the natives Mapuche, there are bad and good trees, all the environment of the native Mapuche is life, and everything that have a life is eternal, every being that coexist with them has a mystic meaning, they can communicate with them, respect and love each other.

The trees with the good spirit, those ones produce good  food for you and prosperity, and the ones with bad spirit, bad fruit and sickness.

There was a secret reason that nobody knows why the Native Mapuche warrior fought so many years and they were never conquered for anyone. why they were so strong? Could be the food or maybe the sacred place where they live? 

Lepillan

The American Sacred Fruit

From the beginning of time people have deemed certain plants and fruits as having extraordinary characteristics and as sacred. Generally it is accepted that anything of a religious nature is sacred, when not connected to religion sacred is anything possessing special properties. In Christianity we hear mention of the tree of good and evil (the forbidden fruit) and of the tree of life; which was guarded by cherubim with flaming swords.

The Bible makes several other references. For example Rachel believed that mandrake would make her fertile and thus enable her to conceive the child she longed for. It is alluded that King Solomon used mandrake as well to cast out demons. Although it is possible that the mandrake could not and can not eradicate infertility and that Rachel's usage of it was an act of personal belief; King Solomon's use of it speaks of mandrake as the go to plant. Likewise, during the Middle Ages mandrake was used as a cure, as an anesthetic; in magical terms it made flying possible.

"Mediterranean gold" also known as olive oil, was used by Mythical gods. Olive oil played an important role in the Greek economy as it was used as a light source. The Greeks also valued it for its nutritional value and curative properties, but beyond this they accredit it with a quality of purity, and a vehicle of purification. It was used religiously as a healing balm.

In the Americas the Native people also had their sacred plants and fruits. The Mayas had the Ceiba or Yaxche tree, which they taught was the doorway to the underworld and the sky. Undoubtedly the earth provides nutritional plants and trees necessary for the sustenance of men; in like manner the earth provides for the other necessities of men.

The Native Mapuche credited the food of the earth for their great strength. Particularly the Maqui berry, which was said to give warriors supernatural powers bordering on the magical. The Mapuche go down in history as one of the native American people who conquistadors were unable to conquer. Inca warriors and Spanish conquistadors were no match for the people of the land. Maqui berry has been used for centuries as a symbol of strength, in sacred ceremonies, for its curative properties and highly regarded for it nutritional content.

It wasn't until recently that the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) deemed Maqui berry as the best super fruit, better than Acai Berries, Mangosteen, Noni,etc. Whereas the Mapuche have treasured the maqui berry for centuries; including it in religious ceremonies. Thus this fruit has been used ceremoniously as a symbol of power, good health, energy, strength and courage for the Mapuche warriors. The maqui berry use in religious worship cemented the belief that the earth, when revered, will unleash rare powers for the deliverance and protection of man.

Partaking of Maqui berry Mapuche traditionally links you to ancestral guardians and reconnects you to mother earth.

  Lepillan