"Altai
must be preserved. The preservation of Altai is the preservation of
the planet. Globalization must be kept out of here. Tourism must be
carefully managed...
for this reason we propose that an International Center for Peace through
Culture be established in Altai to promote understanding and research
in an alternative future,
one that preserves the biosphere and the cultural values
that still make Altai unique on this planet today..."
José Arguelles Speech, Republic of Altai, the House of Parliament
In 2001, José Arguelles visited Altai. When I read his ALTAI MISSION report I decided to meet him and put together our visions and actions for the future of Altai and the planet. All our dreams become reality if we really are focused on that. So, our meeting happened this year in Brazil.
We have been getting ready for the 2nd planetary congress for eons of ages... It was a really planetary event where people from all over the world presented their visions on the ways of facilitating biosphere-noosphere transition for our Earth. We, the Russian delegation, had our goal to bring our collective energy - ideas and actions - what we had been doing in Russia and Eurasia in the direction of the new noospheric world. One of our intents was to present Altai-Planet project of creating an international peace village at Altai.
Our taking part in this congress was unforgettable. We did the "EARTH IS THE PLANET OF EDUCATION" presentation, by Talgat Akbashev and "PLANET EARTH 3000: Earth is Our Common Home" presentation, by me. Altai was presented as a territory for the future and a model for new Education and Culture. I also sang my Altai song for people from all over the world to feel the energy of Altai. People came up to us expressing their wish to take part in the Altai project. One of them was MARK CUMMINGS who is greatly interested in creating self sufficient communities and ALTERNATIVE REALITIES. And it happened that we belong to one and the same KIN family according to the Mayan Calendar.
Altai man BRONTOY BEDYUROV made his "ALTAI, THE FIRST NOOSPHERICALLY PRESERVED AREA OF THE WORLD" presentation. It was very symbolic that Brontoy presented an Altai dress to José Arguelles, as Jose visited Altai in 2001 and made a great work for the future of Altai. He declared the idea of a Peace through Culture center to be created at Altai. Our delegation put our proposals to a Rescue commission: -To open an annual "Earth is a Garden of Peoples" forum at Altai. -To conduct the initial international meeting at Altai Republic and create a coordination council of the project. --To elaborate a program of annual international "We are children of the Earth" forums.
After the congress was over, we had three days to take part in the PAN youth meeting and visit Alto Paraiso town. We visited the two places for future communities, land for the future Crest center and Vita park near Alto Paraiso (High Paradise). This was a living example of how people can work for the future. They use the lands of owners who realize what the creation of such kind of communities mean at this transition process. I realized that this IS a model to be used at Altai. We had a loving meeting with José Arguelles in Vita Park. We were really happy to hear José's proposal to create a Crest center in Altai together. This was my personal wish and task at this congress. It was a great joy for us to know that he also has a crystal from Arkaim (this is the place where we started a Network of Future Communities centers program) and we really felt that now we will create this planetary network together.
When we were leaving Alto Paraiso we had a Heaven Sign - there were two wonderful sky ray flowers creating a kind of a gate through which our car went, to leave Brazil the next day. We felt our mission to be fulfilled. The next day we left for Russia...
During our last meting José presented us these decorations,
made by hand by American Indians...