The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers (Paperback)

by Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. (Author)
Key Phrases: luminous warrior, four insights, journey statement, Way of the Hero, Way of the Seer, Way of the Luminous Warrior (more...)

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The Four Insights are the wisdom teachings that have been protected by secret societies of Earthkeepers, the medicine men and women of the Americas. The Insights state that all creation—humans, whales, and even stars—is made from light manifest through the power of intention. The Earthkeepers mastered the Insights, and used them to heal disease, eliminate emotional suffering, and even grow new bodies that age and heal differently. Mastery of the Insights allows you to reinform your DNA and participate consciously in your biological, emotional, and spiritual evolution. According to the prophecies of the Maya, Hopi, and Inka Earthkeepers, we’re at a turning point in human history, when a new species of human will give birth to itself. We’re going to take a quantum leap into what we’re becoming and will no longer be Homo sapiens but Homo luminouos. The Four Insights reveal ancient technologies we can practice for becoming beings of light with the ability to perceive the energy and vibration that make up the physical universe at a much higher level.  

About the Author

Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., a psychologist and medical anthropologist, has studied the healing practices of the Amazon and Inka shamans for more than 25 years. While at San Francisco State University, he founded the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory to study how the mind creates psychosomatic health and disease. Dr. Villoldo directs The Four Winds Society, where he trains individuals in the U.S. and Europe in the practice of energy medicine and soul retrieval.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Hay House; illustrated edition edition (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401910467
• ISBN-13: 978-1401910464
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,651 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Luminous!, March 2, 2007

By	Louisa (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers (Hardcover)

I have just finished reading this book, and my plan is to read through it again, slowly, and work with the exercises associated with each insight. I know that I have only begun to absorb the lessons, and that this will take more study and practice. This is some of what I have gleaned so far:

Insight #1: The Way Of The Hero.
This is a concept I relate to, since the book I wrote is in the form of a (shamanic) hero's journey.
We can be the heroes of our own journeys, regardless of the stories we have been telling ourselves up to this point; we can re-write our own myths. To begin again from a new paradigm, that of the hero, and to look at our journeys in this empowered way, we will heal, by recognizing that we have triumphed by surviving our challenges. As spiritual adults, we can honor our ancestors, without having to repeat their karmic patterns; we can learn to do our own journeys, the ones we originally incarnated for. With a new perspective, we begin to respect the heroes that we are; the ones who learned, adapted, & evolved as we walked our paths.

Insight #2: The Way Of The Luminous Warrior--the power of fearlessness.
To practice fearlessness is to simply be what we truly are, which is love. This is the only way out of the dark and into the light. When fear settles into the body, the lifeforce is clouded & darkened to the point of affecting our DNA. We're essentially inviting death to come visit that much earlier, by holding fear inside our bodies.
In this insight, the exercise given is to look at three former lifetimes; the one where we suffered the most, the one where we misused our power, and the one where we used our wisdom to serve others. This practice helps to clarify & release old patterns.
The path to fearlessness requires that we let go of the war within, and the way to do this is through the practice of Nonengagement. It is not necessary to engage in outside battles, which of course only reflect inside battles. What needs to be healed is our inner woundedness.
I agree with the Practice of Certainty; if we do not fully commit to a path, we will not succeed. I also agree with the concept of Nondoing; we're not machines that run the world, we're human beings moving through life.

Insight #3: The Way Of The Seer
This insight is about being aware of the dreams we are dreaming. What have we bought into, from the media & from other people's standards, that we have incorporated into our own dreams? And how do we each view the dream that is our life? This insight is about visioning, manifesting and the law of attraction. The energy we carry around determines what we will encounter in our respective dreams. So if we let go of expectations and our own current mindset, there is no telling what the universe might offer to us. Villoldo used the example of Nicola Tesla and the expression of his own genius, which was only possible because he wasn't stuck in what had already been "proven" to be real.

Insight #4: The Way Of The Sage
I take this insight to be about wisdom & the responsibility of knowing that we have designed our own paths to learn from. I think that by working with the first 3 insights, we will energetically come to a new place inside ourselves, a type of surrender, knowing that we are love, peace & abundance--we don't need to create these attributes, we just need to BE them.
This is also about paying attention to what the dream is telling us, because the dream is paying attention, too! Witnessing our thougths, the constant running commentary that occupies our minds, witnessing our reactions to physical pain and/or inconvenience and recognizing these as projections, is the work of the sage.
I found the part about owning our projections to be very interesting. I did shadow work a few years back, which was transformative, and out of which came several chapters in the book that I wrote.

There is much wisdom in this book, far more than can be covered in one review, and I am looking forward to rereading The Four Insights and doing the exercises. The first book I read by Mr. Villoldo was Shaman, Healer, Sage, wherein he describes healing methods for the luminous body. Since then I have been reading all of his work, and anything else I can find that talks about our evolution into Homo Luminous.

Blessings to Mr. Villoldo for performing the sacred task of bringing these insights to us.

Louise Teresa StrongBear, author of: Journey By Night: A Solitary Journey
Journey by Night: A Solitary Journey

50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening Path , September 24, 2006

By	K. L. Sturgis (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers (Hardcover)

I LOVE this book. The direction and explanation of the Four Insights are multi-layered and clearly put. Powerful exercises are included, and are worth their weight in gold as they train the sub-conscious to a unique and enlightening perspective. As we practice our ability to know and experience these universal insights, our inner world heals, and the outer world follows. Many thanks to the author who took the time to share his wisdom.

35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Four Insights, February 19, 2007

By	S. Desany - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers (Hardcover)

I found the introduction to be the most interesting and informative section of the book. The facts of the Laika shamans coming out of seclusion and the cover ups of the conquistadors are fascinating. Throughout the book, the author continually refers to shifting perceptions between levels of serpent, jaguar, hummingbird, and eagle which I found a little convoluted. The insights are valuable though and include the practices of nonjudgement, beauty, nondoing, certainty, living consequently, and owning your projections. Villoldo's personal accounts throughout the book are entertaining.