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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/community/redemption-songs/ayahuasca-experience&quot;&gt;Ayahuasca Experience&lt;/a&gt; by Lee V.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had to surrender any expectations I had regarding my experience.  I had allowed the plant medicine to enter me and she had begun her healing work. I felt myself going in deeper, and all of a sudden came face to face with my Goddess. I recognized her immediately, as I have known her all my life. She was beautiful.  I was left feeling light, peaceful, and totally high on love.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;/community/redemption-songs/my-journey-on-aya&quot;&gt;My Journey on Ayahuasca&lt;/a&gt; by Anthony Brown&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The journeys showed me that healing happens through presence and that consciousness is in the now, not the past or the future. It told me to feel into my body and helped me open my heart. It showed me my inner being and how I create my reality. And the biggest insight it gave me was that love of self and others is the only answer, &lt;em&gt;&#039;nothing else BUT love&#039;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:51:06 -0500</pubDate>
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Journey on Ayahuasca&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;by Anthony Brown&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.heartoftheinitiate.com/images/community/my-journey01.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Ayahuasca shaman&quot; /&gt;I had recently diverted a trip from India to Brasil after hearing about an Ancient Plant Medicine used by the Amazonians of South America called Ayahuasca. This &amp;acute;brew&amp;acute; was used for thousands of years to heal and journey into the unknown to seek universal knowledge and to expand consciousness. I felt a strong desire to search and seek out this natural medicine.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;Ayahuasca - My Healer&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Ayahuasca - My Healer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;by Susie Bibby&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Ayahuasca: Nature&#039;s Teacher</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many people hope that humanity is at the very doorstep of an extraordinary shift. This &#039;shift&#039; is really about the return of the feminine and healing is coming to humanity from nature; from mother-earth; from Gaia. Nature is working towards healing herself. Ayahuasca is nature&#039;s teacher.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/files/media_natures-teacher.pdf&quot;&gt;Click here to download Ayahuasca: Nature&#039;s Teacher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, an article by Ralph Miller published in this month&#039;s edition of Four Corners Magazine.*&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fourcornersmagazine.com/&quot;&gt;Four Corners Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is an internationally read and distributed media resource for the southwestern United States. The publication is motivated to provide its readers with quality information on Natural Health &amp;amp; Medicine, Healing Retreats &amp;amp; Spas, Spirituality, and Interviews with prominent authors such as David Icke, James Redfield, Graham Hancock. Visit their website for this month&#039;s full edition of the magazine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We&#039;d be happy to send you a free copy of the magazine!&lt;/strong&gt; We have obtained several dozen copies of this edition of Four Corners Magazine where Ralph&#039;s article appears on page 9. There is a small charge to cover the cost of priority shipping and we can send it off to you within 24 hours of the request.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please be sure to include your shipping address with your order and let us know if you&#039;d like to receive more than one copy. Shipping &amp;amp; handling costs are in Euros (€) but we can ship to anywhere in world.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:03:24 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Ayahuasca: The University of Gaia</title>
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&lt;strong&gt;Traduzido artigo:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;ayahuasca-universidade-gaia&quot;&gt;Ayahuasca: A Universidade Gaia&lt;/a&gt; por Ralph Miller (Português)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h4&gt;Article by Ralph Miller&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For 20-years I raised a family and worked as a travel agent. In recent years I have conducted workshops in Brazil using an ancient plant &#039;medicine&#039; or brew which has been used in Amazonia for thousands of years by indigenous tribes. The brew is called Ayahuasca and contains the very powerful psychoactive and visionary substance called Dimethyltryptamine (DMT). DMT is found in all living things including humans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When I discovered Ayahuasca, I guess I remained being a travel agent; but am now showing people how to make inter-dimensional journeys instead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DMT is likely produced in the pineal gland, and recent research indicates that the pineal will produce DMT in large amounts at least 2 times in the life of a human; at birth and at death. Perhaps it heralds the entry and departure of the soul. Persons having &#039;near death&#039; experiences ... seeing bright lights ... seeing portals ... seeing religious icons ... are most definitely experiencing the effects of DMT.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h5&gt;Ayahuasca Medicine&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/ayahuasca-healing-ceremony.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ayahuasca healing ceremony&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;In the shamanic world, all human condition of sickness is considered a result of a spiritual imbalance or energetic blockage in the body. True healing comes from a place of integration simultaneously on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. From this viewpoint the ego based western societies are in a spiritual sickness, out of balance and in great need of healing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ayahuasca medicine is a tea brewed from the thick woody stems of the Banisteriopsis Caapi vine and the big bushy leaves of the Chacruna (Psychotria viridis) plant, a member of the coffee family. With great reverence, intention and prayer, the plants are prepared and cooked for several days. All the while the shaman sings his sacred songs of healing making this tea into a medicine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For even greater detail on the rich and complex pharmacology of the ayahuasca plants read the article in our Library: &lt;a href=&quot;/library/articles/ayahuasca-university-of-gaia&quot;&gt;Ayahuasca: The University of Gaia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ayahuasca ceremony in the traditional sense is a time when the tribe would gather together in an evening to drink the medicine for it&#039;s healing, visionary and spiritual transformation. Each person&#039;s experience is highly individual and is a direct communication with the deepest parts of who they are. The heightened sensitivity by the plant unlocks a state of consciousness where the person is fully awake yet aware of the inner subconscious mind. The shamans refer to this state as dreaming while you are awake.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/ecolodge11.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ecolodge photo&quot; width=&quot;200px&quot; height=&quot;150px&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Our own first experiences with Brazilian shamanism were a new beginning and opened up a whole new world of experience to us. Brazil indeed holds secrets that can only be approached and experienced first hand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even as we departed Brazil on that first trip, we knew that we would return and decided to create a way for others to share in this experience. There is such an incredible sacredness to the teachings and medicines of the Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We offer one and two week workshops in an extraordinarily beautiful setting along the coast of Bahia, located approximately 700 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. This is where modern Brazilian history began. When the Portuguese first arrived in Brazil, April 22nd 1500, they landed on the soil known today as Bahia. In many ways, Bahia could also be characterized as the cultural heart of Brazil. Samba music has its roots in here. Caipoera, both a dance and a martial art is a pure expression of Bahian culture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/ecolodge09.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ecolodge photo&quot; width=&quot;145px&quot; height=&quot;84px&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;We invite you to experience a powerful week of inner exploration and healing. We will spend our time exploring and opening the subtle doorway through the heart energy. This is the path back to remembering your true divinity and awakening of the true self. As we work through our old, limiting patterns, we begin to heal and reclaim our lost power.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h5&gt;Ayahuasca: The Medicine&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/consciousness03.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;shaman image 2&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;For thousands of years the shamans of the Amazonian rainforest have used a sacred plant brew, known as ayahuasca or yahé, for healing and spiritual awakening. This ancient medicine, referred to as &lt;em&gt;el remedio&lt;/em&gt; or &quot;the medicine&quot;, is a very powerful visionary tool to awaken the inner sight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is a truth teller and a doorway which opens inside to a place that is you, beyond the 3D sphere, that you may have caught glimpses of in your dreams and visions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the first step in opening to the whole multi-dimensional reality that is all around us. Its profound physical and energetic healing properties work with the body&#039;s own natural systems to literally regenerate our physical and spiritual bodies.&lt;/p&gt;
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