Vladimir

So what's the reason you put discovering what's absolutely true as a top value when it has nothing to do with your health? How is it going to improve your life?

Okay, how many times have you realized you are God Leo? Yet...you still have your health problems and after all these years of self development, it looks like your health and energy level has gotten worse. So why would anybody want awakening? Also, I think telling people "to awaken is to realize your are God" is misleading and causes more harm than good. I would suggest that what you and most people actually want is not awakening, but healing. Healing means, getting your life force back, becoming whole, pain free and fully alive. Very few people understand what skillful and effective process of healing looks like. Probably the best book on trauma and how to heal it that has ever been written is called Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, and this is from the book: "The disconnection between body and soul is one of the most important effects of trauma." We all want to feel fully alive, period. For that you want healing, and for healing you need to understand trauma.

And that's exactly what they talk about in the podcast and what the ICEERS has been created for - to attempt to solve the issues that will inevitably come up with the globalization of these medicines. I was never intending to present this as an easy solution. But at least, we know what the right direction is to restore the balance. Knowing the value of ceremonial approach, community and ancestral wisdom comes from direct experience. It took me more than 3 months to understand what "dieta" is and that's actually possible to connect with "master plants" for healing and guidance - try explaining the value of "connecting with master plants" to somebody who never had that experience, I had very big resistance to this myself even though I've had many mushroom trips before doing a dieta. Also, the most important component of healing with Ayahuasca are the medicine songs which shamans learn from dieting different master plants. They are then able to channel these energies of love and harmony through singing to align and harmonize people on physical, mental, energetic and spiritual levels. So it's not just Ayahuasca, it's the intention of using Ayahuasca for healing and that comes with mastery of plants that you build relationships with over years which all have unique properties to heal different illnesses. Making people understand the importance of connecting with plants and the power of medicine songs is the difficult part.

https://evolvingearthpodcast.com/2019/11/21/10-benjamin-de-loenen-on-ancestral-wisdom-ayahuasca-and-remembering-who-we-are/ "ICEERS is dedicated to transforming society’s relationship with psychoactive plants. We do so by engaging with some of the fundamental issues resulting from the globalization of ayahuasca, iboga, and other ethnobotanicals" This is the most intelligent conversation I found that actually proposes solid Stage Yellow solutions for addressing the root cause of humanity's suffering . They talk about reviving of plant medicine ceremonies within a community, together in a group. Community is the key ingredient, you can't separate individual health from public health and environment, we all know these are interconnected. "Plants are connections to ancestral wisdom that still lives on in the cultures around Amazon and abroad." I think this is one point actualized.org seems to miss. These are not just "psychedelics pills" to be swallowed by yourself in a closet. There are entire cultural / ancestral wisdom systems that allowed the Shipibo shamans of Peru, for example, to preserve that wisdom, when most cultures have failed. We need ancestral wisdom in order to be a flourishing community on the planet - this is the condor (the heart) and the actualized.org is the eagle (the mind). This is an ancient prophecy that when the two come together there will be peace on Earth. And the catalyst here is "psychedelics / plant medicines in a community." I'm surprised this isn't much talked about here at actualized.org, I think this is the most important thing for helping humanity to raise consciousness and creating flourishing communities that care about the environment.

If this is true, then how is it possible that I care and respect their traditions, belief systems, their survival and their love? Of course this is tricky, it's never been done before and that's why the guy in the podcast created his organization, to try to offer solutions for these very challenges and that's why I feel hopeful that somebody is actually taking steps for making this happen. Globalization of plant medicines is inevitable, it's the medicine our world needs and we need to learn from people that have preserved the wisdom of working with them properly and efficiently. The key part of it all being the return of a living community, not virtual. This place is fine for starting a dialogue, but not building a real community. We need to see, hear and feel each other in person to bond and remember what it means to connect with other people.

Words can harm or heal. The return of cultural medicine songs is what I think our world needs the most to heal. Shipibo is one of the few traditions that have been able to preserve their ancestral wisdom because they work directly with plants. I analyzed some of their medicine songs, and it's obvious how the words and intention in the song is a key ingredient. They are literally singing what they are intending to do: (eg: cleaning bad energy, straightening the mind, calling up good visions, connecting to the senses, clearing bad visions and energy etc.) Shipibo has no grammar so the words are very flexible when weaving them into songs, so the intentions can be sung very melodically and beautifully. I'm researching medicine songs in Russian because that's where I grew up, but I still haven't found any information about medicine songs specifically in a ceremonial context, so I've been coming up with my own. This made me wonder about the original "English medicine songs", they had to exist. I think, what we all need to do to heal is to go back to our ancestral roots, that's our medicine.

To me, the whole point of spirituality is to find a harbor in the ocean of infinity.

Leo, just listen to the podcast please. The point is to develop healthy relationships with people that you live around and have ways to share wisdom with other communities. Integration, as you probably know, is the most important thing, having a supporting community is key to integrating these "peak" mystical experiences. "A community model for ceremonial use of plants. Where people can come together, have ceremonies, celebrate life together, grief together, connect, bond, laugh. Having accountability in all directions of the members that participate. This approach can avoid a lot of the problems that can come with globalization of plant medicines."

The point is not to "spread awakening". It's to remind people about their humanity and develop a sense of belonging. We are disconnected from our bodies, the Earth and we're destroying our home. There needs to be a coming together of ancient ancestral wisdom and modern technology. This is not an easy thing, and a tricky thing for sure. If you listen to the podcast Benjamin mentions that they have to work "in-between the worlds": "Indigenous world - everything is interconnected, plants are spiritual teachers. Psychedelic medicalization - psychedelics, therapy, integrating psychedelics into modern health care system. United nations - ivory tower, people are deciding how the world will be handled. Grassroots - drug monitoring authorities. Different worldviews and knowledge. In this space, uncomfortable clashes happen." I'm really inspired that something like this actually exists and I can vouch for the importance of the ceremonial approach to plant medicines like Ayahuasca as I have spent 5 months in the jungle last year, dieting plants and building relationships and learning medicines songs of 6 different master plants.

My personal insights from more than 100 plant medicine journeys, mostly Mushrooms, Ayahuasca and Shamburi. These are truths that I found to be true in my personal experience. I really hope it will help someone on their journey home. Soul Soul is home. The most important thing in life is to stay connected to your Soul. Feelings are the Soul. To reconnect with your soul's song is to discover who you really are. Your Soul's song is calling you home. Plants expand consciousness and allow you to experience the connection to your Soul. Plant medicine dieta is one of the best ways to connect to your Soul and receive healing, guidance and wisdom for the Earthly and spiritual realms Plant medicine dieta is the best way to receive guidance for the time after the soul departs the physical body Consciousness "Word made flesh". I'm an immaculate, pristine consciousness beyond the body and mind. Consciousness is not linear. It's swirling, spiraling, and multidimensional. Each human is a unique version of the Universe Reality is made of intelligent consciousness. Rational, logical, masculine, cerebral mind is one perception in the infinite ocean of feminine, cerebellar consciousness Beyond logical mind's stories, symbols and images, there is consciousness. Mind Color is the most powerful symbol. I'm not my thoughts The idea of Unity was entwined with many fearful stories of the mind Reading "Womb Awakening" is one of the best ways to integrate mystical experiences Stories and emotions are strongly associated with different colors and color combinations. Take great care what stories you believe, they become your reality. Most religious stories that people believe are not true The most important thing during shamanic ceremony is to keep the mind centered Healing with Plant Medicines Pain and suffering are transformed into ecstasy and joy in the process of healing Fear is transformed into ecstatic laughter The deepest healing is opening to love, ecstasy and joy Joy and laughter is the best medicine Opening up the heart to love is a very delicate process that shouldn't be rushed Breath-heart connection is a very powerful way to open and release pain and grief accumulated in the heart Body sensation, rather than intense emotion, is the key to healing trauma. Large doses of psychedelics are not necessary to heal Shamburi is the best medicine to re-program fearful stories of the mind, it works in the gentlest ways and is best for beginners It's most likely impossible to gain wisdom and understanding about the true nature of reality without plant medicines It's most likely impossible to heal root cause of traumas without plant medicines Looking at medicine art designs (eg: Shipibo tapestry) is one of the best ways to keep the mind focused and centered during shamanic journey and is a very powerful way to heal, especially good for beginners Tarot cards that resonate most with your soul are very helpful in the process of spiritual healing and awakening Smudging the self and space with palo santo or sage is very helpful before the shamanic journey - calms emotional body and mind, purifies negative energies Gentle breathing awareness technique (gently blowing out the air on exhale and gently sucking the air in on inhale) is the best way to keep the mind centered, while connecting to emotions and focusing on healing the body during the plant medicine journey Connecting to body's feelings through gentle breathing during the shamanic journey is one of the best ways to heal with plant medicines Adding gentlest humming possible to the gentle breathing technique by blending the breath with the sound of the hum, while connecting to emotions is one way to reconnect with the "Soul's song" and heal physical and emotional trauma Humming and singing during the ceremony is one of the most powerful ways to unlock the natural, authentic voice. Opening your voice is one of the most powerful ways to heal yourself and heal other people Learning plant medicine songs is one of the most powerful ways to heal physical, emotional and spiritual body and become your own healer Inhaling essential oils releases body's tension and removes other uncomfortable body load sensations which makes the journey a lot more pleasant and healing Spiritual model of Fire, Water, Earth, Air is the best way to stay calm with potent body energies during shamanic journey Listen to your body's intelligence, it's always speaking to you, learn it's needs and wants. Opening of the third eye during the shamanic journey can feel like a "loss of consciousness" and "insanity", because it's beyond the rational mind Keeping the hands on the body helps to stay grounded in the body during the plant medicine journey Keeping the hands on the body helps to focus the healing on those parts of the body It's possible to navigate plant medicine journeys effectively without getting stuck in confusion, fear and mind loops Singing to the plant that you're taking for dieting reasons is the best way to create strong relationship with that plant for healing, guidance and wisdom Putting the hands together in prayer position while resting the arms on the body is a very powerful way to balance the energy, get grounded in the body and and center the mind during the journey Healing takes time Fear The greatest fear is created from the masculine, logical, cerebral mind thinking he is God and that true self is a physical body in a mechanic Universe Fear of death is - logical mind disconnected from the Source of creation. Stories about death. Fear of losing the body. Fear of losing the mind. Fear of Unity. Truth The most important book for humanity at this time is called "Womb Awakening" Womb is the source of life Beauty is a road map home Love is joy Life is a love story

What I noticed in my own experience of opening up my natural, authentic voice that I have been disconnected from most of my life is that I have blockages and stagnant emotional energy that is not easy to break through and release. And this is where the magic of essential oils comes in to the rescue. It is so much easier to get to those wounded places and be able to heal them with the help of essential oils, and with the combination of gently humming, singing and the intention of sending healing, loving energy to those emotionally hurt places is a very powerful way to heal. Remember to be gentle to yourself and don't rush this process. The best approach is gradual and gentle. Remember to also be aware of the body, emotions and breath, let the emotions be your guide in what sounds you make and with what intensity. To make this practice even more powerful, you may choose to combine this technique with Cacao which works well for connecting to emotions and opening up the heart or other plant medicines of your choice.

How did it go?

This is probably the most important point to realize in spiritual awakening. THANK YOU for pointing this out.

During my 5 month Ayahuasca retreat in the jungle, I was only eating very simple food - no sugar, oil or salt. I was disconnected from the "real world" of social media, phone, internet, TV and most of the other modern daily distractions. As a result, my five senses got reset back to "default". I became very sensitive and aware of tastes, smells, sounds and I also started to see beauty in nature and all around me, I became more sensitive to touch, all of my senses got a reboot and I started to feel more alive. This video demonstrates one of the benefits I got from this kind of sense reboot. I learned to enjoy eating simple food, I could actually taste what potato tastes like on it's own without any spices or salt. Mixing ingredients in my mouth became a fun experiment to see how different flavors interact with each other and then I could learn what food my body actually likes and prefers, instead of what my mind constantly used to crave. By learning to eat consciously, with awareness, by appreciating and being grateful for the food that is grown from the mother Earth that keeps us nourished and alive, the food starts to taste good, we can learn to enjoy food by being fully in the presence with it with all 5 senses engaged, and at the same time get nourished by it's nutrients, food becomes medicine for our mind, body and soul, only if we are able to increase the quality of our consciousness to realize that food is literally life and understand how important it is to build healthy relationship with it so that we don't look at it as just "fuel" that needs to be "swallowed". Eating food is a sacred process, it's an act of unconditional love, it's a reminder that Earth provides everything we need for free we just need to remember to be grateful and appreciate all the gifts offered, so that we can have a loving symbiotic relationship with Nature and bring our lives back to harmony.

Yet here you are Leo, typing up these responses as if it mattered, spending your life in front of the computer, every response you made it here negates life. How long are you going to torture yourself being stuck in your own is/isn't, nowhere/everywhere, nothing/everything mind loop, don't you see your hypocrisy?

I got a video for you, haha cheers!

I have been dealing with severe social anxiety in the past, the solution is to accept everything that you think "sucks" about your social self, there is literally nothing wrong with you.

Nailed it

@Leo Gura Why are you still playing this survival game?

@Sahil Pandit I've taken these ideas from a couple of books: The Humming Effect where they talk about healing with humming and how powerful it is and Messages From Water and the Universe. The two are very closely related, Humming Effect actually mentioned the Water book. Basically humming itself is very powerful, but humming with added intention is even more powerful to the point of being able to literally change reality. I just scratched the surface in the video because I wanted to keep it very simple and practical, but there is huge science and direct experience evidence behind these powerful techniques. I've also been using them to reprogram my subconscious mind by doing all kinds of visualizations during humming, so I can remind myself to think the right, holistic thoughts instead of slipping back into old patterns. This technique helped me get through the worst, scariest, darkest times of my soul during this process of self evolution, so I feel passionate sharing it with others.

@Leo Gura when are you going to realize that "ego" is a child that is longing to be loved?

Awesome brother! Let me know how it works out for you

Спасибо дорогая!