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In Permaculture they talk about ‘Zones’ referring to zones
of activity, from zone 5 to zone 00 for
example Zone 5 would be a zone that is not used or visited very often such as
wild land surrounding a farm, zone 4 might be an area that is used to grow long
term materials, building timber for example. Zone 3 might have some cattle etc
ect, Zone 0 is the home, the place that see’s most of the day’s activity . This categorization
is a useful, practical tool used in Permaculture design in order to help
organise a piece of land efficiently. The most important zone it could be said
however is zone 00; your mind, thought, consciousness. Without a change in zone
00, nothing happens . In these times of
change this Hippie talk of consciousness is becoming a common topic, as more and more
people are becoming aware that their reality is somehow not right; there is
something wrong, a disconnection, a misalignment.
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| Ayahuasca |
Last week I met up with a friend who is studying and exploring the world of Shamanic medicine, I was invited to spend a few days on a beautiful piece of
land belonging to a practicing ‘neo shaman’ a few hours south of Bogota . During these days I was invited to take part
in a traditional native American ceremony centred around a medicine named Ayahausca,
In combination with another plant called Mimosa, when these two plants are combined a chemical is
released named DMT . That this discovery ever happened is a mystery, the
process is very complex and was unlikely stumbled upon by pure coincidence ,
many indigenous Amazonian people say that these instructions were received directly
from the spirits of the plants themselves . DMT is a chemical found in many
species of flora and fauna, including us , it is found in the Pineal gland , in
the centre of our brains . It is thought to be the chemical that is responsible
for our dreams; It is also thought that this chemical is released in larger
quantities at birth and at Death. It has been used as medicine in many indigenous
cultures all over the world for thousands of generations and It is quite
possible that the discovery of medicines such as this one may have been
responsible for rapid growth spurts in the evolution of the human brain . The Ayahuasca
is very difficult for the human system to digest and is very common for it to
induce vomiting during the experience, many cultures believe this is an
important part of the process as it symbolises a release of negative emotions
and energy built up over the period of one’s life. It has positive effects both
physically, by cleansing and detoxifying the body and mentally, by cleansing
and detoxifying the mind . There are no
known long term effects from this substance . In the west DMT is categorized as a class A drug, essentially you are experiencing this substance every
night when you sleep, It is obviously not dangerous, or addictive, it makes
absolutely no sense that this should be illegal. Except maybe to prevent the
general public from a spiritual awakening and rebellion to this complex system
of slavery we are all unwittingly trapped in.
I don’t think I am capable of effectively describing my experience with
this medicine in words, even if I could conjure up every word in existence from every language under the sun I would have a hard time . Some words given to me
before taking the medicine resonated with me during my experience and do a good
job of describing the purpose of this medicine; from the time we are born we
are being conditioned, conditioned by our parents, by society, by religion, TV,
magazines... Everything . We develop certain methods for coping with situations
based on this conditioning, which become reactionary and habitual and prevent
us from seeing and experiencing things how they truly are . Right now your
conditioning is probably telling you that everything I am saying is a bunch of
hippie nonsense and you are probably reacting with denial. This ancient
medicine helps to break this conditioning and helps you to see everything a new,
allows you to react purely . A necessary process for the evolution of the human consciousness,
something that many people are trying to achieve through many different methods
and this is just one of those methods. Anyhow my experience certainly had a
positive effect.
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| a waterfall on the land |
When the medicine kicked in I started feeling an intense admiration
for everything, at first I noticed a blade of grass, as if I had never seen it
before, my vision was impressively sharp, like I was viewing life in super high
definition. The way the light interacted with the fibres on the blade was infinitely
beautiful, and filled me with absolute awe. After an indeterminable amount of
time a beetle crossed the path of my vision, my heart almost stopped, I felt so
privileged to witness such beauty, the
array of colours reflecting from its back were infinite and reflected all of
existence back into my eyes. It’s easy to say such things but I don’t know how
to describe how genuine these feelings really were . For hours I experienced
reality as if I had never before , I could talk for ever in detail of the whole
afternoon and everything I saw and experienced but I will bore the hell out of
you I’m sure . In conclusion, what needs to be said is this; I felt more
connected to nature than ever before, I was made of the same fabric and I was only
experiencing myself in a different form, I felt overwhelming love for
everything, every plant, every creature, every sensation. I even watched lovingly
as a mosquito bit me, I admired the mark it left behind, and the sensation I received
from it . Everything was new to me, as a child does, I could react to everything
with a fresh thought process, without prejudice, without preconceptions,
without any of those reactions caused by my 24 years of conditioning . In
essence I was experiencing life in its purest form, no hallucinations, just
reality but from a pure perspective. It was beautiful.
If we are to elevate our collective consciousness we need to
break our conditioning, we need to unlearn rather than learn and this kind of
thing is a very effective tool in order to experience what that actually means.
Until next time!
