My 5-day-retreat with Octavio Rettig

[el_duderino]

Hey you mental masturbators,

I want to share my experience of a 5-day Retreat with Octavio Rettig one week ago. Not because I want your opinion on it, not because I want you to do it, not because I think everybody should do it. I want to share it because out of a very deep sense of gratitude for the work Leo has been doing here with actualized.org, and I want to share how his advice and content changed my life forever. And also out of deep gratitude for the work of Octavio Rettig and his team. I'm 21 and feel incredibly blessed and privileged for having been able to do this kind of work, for having had so much time for it, for the pioneers who are making this kind of work possible for kids like me, for the crazy amount of high-quality books, for all those world-class teachers and mentors, ... Maan, don't get me started on all those other people ...

 

My Background:

I've been following Leo for a bit over 2 years I think. I've read over a hundred books on different topics. I've done 2 Vispassana retreats, Workshops, and some solo retreats. I've been meditating consistently, trying different techniques, experimenting with psychedelics, learning with a one-note-Commonplacebook, ... I've got supporting friends and a healthy environment. I'm studying at University. To make it short, my life is in order.

 

The retreat:

The retreat consisted of a Kambô session, of an optional Wim-Hof Workshop and of at least one Bufo-Session, which were done over the course of 4 days. Kambô is basically a frog poison used to clean and heal your body. Very hard on the body, very effective, very uncomfortable. Bufo is basically "natural" 5-MeO-DMT. The medicines were provided and there was a big, huge, loving team of experienced people committed to serving the attendants.

 

My experience:

It's not really possible to put my medicine-experiences into words and it's not important for the purpose of this post. All I want to say is how grateful I am for Leo's work, for Octavio's work, for the books I've read, for the people working their asses off in order to create the opportunity for our generation to do this kind of inner work. The retreat was probably the best experience of my life so far, the group and team as well was loving and caring, the atmosphere perfect for this type of work. I'm happy for having done this retreat with Octavio and took these strong medicines in this kind of setting. My body is incredibly lighter, my mind clearer, authentic behavior comes more and more effortlessly, creative energy is on overpower, gratitude/love/happiness is at a peak.

 

Integration:

There's a lot of stuff to integrate after such a retreat. Firstly I need to give rest and love to my body as the medicines were very strong. Then there are lots of fears coming up I can now face from a position of love, trust, and inner strength. There are a lot of things I'm going to change in my life during the course of the next weeks, basically aligning it more with love/truth, moving my body more, eating clean, try some new healing techniques, laughing and hugging with people, enjoying this wave I'm riding on at the moment. And then I'll see. I don't feel stressed, I'm relaxed, I am. I have a deeper to source/light, which I can intuitively feel into after I had my first Bufo-experience. I see life as a game to enjoy. I want to express myself creatively. Life truly becomes a gift once you become more conscious.

 

 

Damn, writing this was more fun than I initially thought.

Anyway, don't overthink brothers and sisters, take it slow, enjoy, and trust your heart :-) Trust deeply, there's nothing to fear, there's nothing to do wrong, there's no wrong path, there's nothing wrong with you, life or reality. Oh, the energy got me started again   So far, so good.

Feel free to ask questions you fellow mental masturbators   

 

[Arthur]

Thank you for sharing!

I wish there were more people like Leo and Octavio, who open our eyes to the truth and beauty of existence.

[PsiloPutty]

Good deal!! Gratitude abounds! I'm happy you got a lot out of your retreat.

[aurum]

@el_duderino

Awesome man!

[Nahm]

@el_duderino Excellent. 

[archi]

@el_duderino So brother, as I understand it was once kambo, wim-hof and once bufo?! Well, I wonder what was the cost?

You need to repeat kambo at least 3x within month(2months) to have long term effect, I believe.

Did you hear wim-hof method actually shortens life expectancy ? (rumor)

Also, you did not even try to share any of your experiences brother, kind of egoic :).

 

[Leo Gura]

@el_duderino Namaste

[JustinS]

My first one was with Octavio, kicked my ass good. 

[moon777light]

@JustinS how did you get in contact with him? i cant find anything on his webpage or fb regarding events

[JustinS]

@moon777light add him on fb and message him where he'll be next. 

[legendary]

On 01/11/2018 at 9:38 PM, archi said:

You need to repeat kambo at least 3x within month(2months) to have long term effect, I believe.

@archi are you sure about this?

I read a bit about Kambo online, but I could not find any mention of this

[Lynnel]

@el_duderino

Have you ever done any psychedelics previous to that experience ?

Also, wouldn't you be able to do bufo two or three times ?

Edited November 3, 2018 by Lynnel

[el_duderino]

On 11/4/2018 at 0:15 AM, Lynnel said:

@el_duderino

Have you ever done any psychedelics previous to that experience ?

Also, wouldn't you be able to do bufo two or three times ?

Yes, but there were other people as well who haven't. Experience with psychedelics is not as important as your desire for truth/love/healing I'd say.

Yes, when your heart wants to and your body lets you do it again and again, you can take it three times a day and more.

[archi]

@legendary yep, I had kambo and was told by shamans to repeat it few times for long term effect, lets say 3 times every second week . To believe or not is another story. 

What is/was more relevant for me was a testimony: I met a guy who did kambo because he had some parasite in his belly and western medicine did not work. He told me that it is miracle for him because every time he takes kambo parasite gets weaker and weaker and he can function for extended period in normal life.  He took 9 or 11 dots (don't remember) just to make this parasite weaker. 

I believe (not proven) that we are going to hear about kambo in the future. It might be very useful for some internal diseases as it is quite toxic and it is pure purge, so I go for it again.