The Nature of the Unifying Ancestral New Fire in Europe

In a sacred fire ceremony, if we pay attention, we will notice that there are people who always arrive first. Before the fire. Before work. Before everyone else wakes up. Before everything starts. And they almost never do it to get attention. They do it because they know what it means to hold something up. To prepare. To carry. To organize. To clean. To solve problems. To help. Because those who truly hold things up are often the ones who talk about it the least. 

In a sacred fire ceremony, if we are present, we will also notice that there are people who keep on going despite the criticism and egoic claims. Because while everyone else rests and judges, they keep going: carrying firewood, tending the embers, making sure everything stays alive. And they almost always do it without saying a word. After a while, you understand that many of the things that most sustain life… come from people who learned to serve in silence.

And in the most humbling of ways, if we are grateful, we will see that in a sacred fire ceremony, there are people who always stay until the end. When everyone else has already left. When the noise has stopped. When the fire starts to die down. They stay: tidying up, cleaning, putting out embers, asking if everyone arrived safely, or simply keeping company with those who can’t leave yet. And they almost never talk about it. Because those who truly know how to hold on… often learned to stay when others could not.

Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ — All my relations

That’s what some ancient peoples would say before praying. Because they understood that nothing exists in isolation. Not the earth from the rain. Not the river from the mountain. Not the wind from the trees. Not us from the life that surrounds us. That’s why some learned to listen. To feel the earth beneath their feet. To remember the water. To recognize the animals, the plants, the mountains, and all forms of life as part of the same family. 

But perhaps they also understood something more. That one of the most important relationships is the one we have with ourselves. Because it’s difficult to walk in harmony with the world when we remain distant from our own hearts. And perhaps that’s why the path never ends outside. It always ends by returning us to ourselves.

This is why in a sacred fire ceremony, the keepers of the fire always watch what they think, what they say, what they choose, and ultimately, how they behave. 

In life, many believe that words only repeat sounds. But in ancient paths, the echo, the things we said, was also a lesson. Because the mountain doesn’t return exactly what you say. It returns what truly came from within you. What you truly vibrates through your action and your way of life. That’s why some words return softly. And others come back like a stone. 

There are people who think they’re fighting the world… when in reality, they’re only listening to their own voice returning. The elders used to say that you can deceive others for a while. But not the echo. Because sooner or later, life always responds in the same tone with which you walk. With which you act. And that’s why, before speaking, before you act in a certain way, before you hurt others, before swearing anything… there were those who first listened to the silence. Because they understood that everything that comes from us one day finds its way back. 

Be wary of attention and making a scene, the elders say… don’t forget that there are people that almost no one sees in a sacred ceremony. Remember that real wisdom is not the loudest. It needs not to be in the spotlight, or seeking recognition. The keepers of fire arrive first and stay last. They are the ones who carry. The ones who prepare. The ones who help. The ones who hold things up. And even though many times no one says their name… without them, many things would simply fall apart and would simply not be. 

The jaguar doesn’t need to announce itself. It doesn’t run loudly. It doesn’t try to convince the jungle of its strength. It simply appears. And perhaps that’s why there are presences and people in ceremony that after a certain time also stop needing to explain to the world who they are. Because some forces no longer need to impose themselves. They simply are. 

These people have learned that there are paths that can’t be explained. They can only be walked.

The Unifying Ancestral New Fire In Europe was born from the practice of silent contemplation, of observation of self, and the realizations of the mirror of honest self assessment and discernment. Observing the fire. Observing the symbols. Observing the path. But above all… observing ourselves and how we express who we say we are in actions. 

Many people came to the ceremony seeking answers. Seeking attention. Seeking importance. Seeking salvation. Seeking to feel good. But it is not what we offer. What is offered is a doorway, an opportunity to see yourself as you are so that you may learn and transform, so that the wisdom of your heart can arise and find its way to its shared humanity. So that through this, real unification could be possible. 

The ceremony offers you the opportunity to ask yourself:

How do I truly live what I say? 

How do I understand and transform my limiting life patterns? 

How do I feed the victim within?

How do I make myself responsible for my own reality?

How do I cultivate the attitude of gratitude and resolution?

How do I walk when no one is watching? 

I am coherent? Is what I think, feel, say, choose, and do the same or are there incongruent? 

The Universal Fire Mandala does not seek followers. It seeks presence, honesty, respect, connection, compassionate living kindness, the wisdom of your heart, and continuity. That’s why it was offered as a free event. Not to become bigger. But deeper. More human. More alive. More congruent. More coherent. 

What is offered is a different way of seeing, observing, understanding, and transforming. 

What is offered is an opportunity to be present. To see.. and to be grateful. 

There are things so small… that most people never even notice them. A bee. A root. A fungus underground. A tiny sprout pushing its way through the mud. And yet… often, they are the ones that sustain life. While the world chases after the big picture, nature continues to rely on the invisible. Because the forest doesn’t begin at the top. It begins below. In silence. In networks that almost no one sees. In work that almost no one appreciates. Perhaps that’s why life breaks down when we stop noticing the small things. Because not everything that matters makes noise. Not everything that sustains life seeks recognition. And perhaps… learning to observe the small things and be present with them, can also transform and nourish something within you.

Great Spirit,

I don’t come to ask you to take away my pain. I come to ask you not to make me forget who I am. Because there were nights when my spirit wanted to break. And yet… I kept breathing. There were silences in which I was lost. And yet… something inside me kept praying. Remind me that strength doesn’t always shout. Sometimes… it simply remains. That there are prayers that are born not from need… but from memory. And if ever my fear speaks louder than my truth… may fire, wind, water, earth, and sky… bring me back to myself. Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ.

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