As many of you know, in March/April 2008 I went to Brazil along with my husband and son. It was a fantastic trip. The main purpose of the trip, though, was to be a part of a workshop that involved the ceremonial use of the plant medicine, ayahuasca. This medicine has been used by native Amazonians for thousands of years for healing of all types (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, etc.). Each of the 3 ceremonies that I attended during the week was overseen by an ayahuasquero (a type of shaman) and his assistant. They brew the medicine prior to the ceremony, which is done by combining 2 different plants that are native to the Amazon jungle and cooking them together. One plant contains the DMT molecule, which is a naturally occurring substance that floods our brains both at birth and death (and there is a theory that it floods the brain of a woman giving birth as well, but it is not known for sure). The other plant contains an MAO inhibitor that allows the DMT to be absorbed by the stomach and then into the bloodstream where it passes through the blood-brain barrier.

We have just added six new videos to the video section of the site!

Videos with Terence McKenna, David Bohm, Alex Grey and Stanislav Grof have all be added.

Here is a list of what has been added:

• Terence McKenna: Culture is not Your Friend
• Stanislav Grof on Holotropic Breathing
• Terence McKenna on the Purpose of Psychedelics
• David Bohm on Fragmentation Theory
• Alex Grey on His Work
• Terence McKenna: Reclaim Your Mind

Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio) is an artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (or visionary art) that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement. His oeuvre spans a variety of forms including performance art, installation art, sculpture, and most significantly, painting. Grey is a member of the Integral Institute. He is also on the board of advisors for the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.

Article by Ralph Miller

Ancient religious traditions and esoteric thought speak of how everything is connected to everything else. This is the concept of oneness, where duality and separateness break down and become irrelevant, and only a perfect unity remains. Our real nature is that we are not separate; we are all one. Our human experience feels lonely and isolated only because we have forgotten our true nature.

The renowned Swiss scientist, Jean Paiget wrote about human intelligence in his book Origins of Intelligence in the Child. His observations were that for an infant … all is one. Infants are unable to determine where they end, and the world or universe begins. They cannot distinguish their 'inner world' from their 'outer world'. They perceive their reality as One.

When we are born, we begin with this true understanding. We begin with a visionary mind. As we grow up, we begin to forget.

There is a grand paradox that has continued for eons now. We have evolved in our mastery of technology, but we have forgotten our true nature. As human intelligence has increased so has our 'forgetfulness'. We have forgotten and become disconnected from ourselves. A part of our minds has de-evolved. We no longer can perceive the beauty of the infinite realms that are woven into our 3D consensual reality we call time-space.