PERU ~ The Ayahausca experience

We moved to a small town on the outskirts of Lake Titicaca, Chucuito. From there we visited the amazing reed Islands (see photo link, travel log 2) and also did a ceremony honoring the sacred lake. We had known all along that we were going to work with a Shaman from Bolivia, who is an expert in the plant ceremonies. We had several talks about the Plant Ayahausca, it is a blend of two plants but, combined take on a spirit or essence of the plants that works with the person. It is said to be able to heal up to ten past life times, or completely heal diseases that are present in the body. You can't predict how it will work, but it will clear what you need to clear! We had set our intentions for the plant ceremony, mine being ~ To clear all blockages to growth~ to gain total acceptance of myself ~ and to connect the hind brain to the fore brain, or the subconcious to the concious mind. It is common for blockages etc to be removed by purging, or vomitting! Well, it was a very brave me, that agreed to take this plant, mainly because I have had a vomitting phobia due to an illness as a baby. No throwing up in 50 years!! But it felt right to do it so, I enlisted the help of my good friend Emmanuel before I left and he did a theta healing on me and withdrew my phobia. Through theta I was able to see that it was my mothers fear, not mine! OK all ready, all of us had a vessel to use, the lights turned off, one candle lit a big room, there were 14 of us taking the plant. It didn't taste too bad, a small amount. It took about 1/2hr to start working, a few started purging, hmmm, I started to get hot, then very hot, I could feel the plant working its way around my body, burning up negatives, blocks, whatever, and still I got hotter, even my internal organs were sweating, then it stopped. Stillness oh oh, but no I didn't vomit but I did release a lot of fluid another way, luckliy the bathroom was close! When I sat down in the room again, others were doing a lot of releasing, I went into a life review. I saw my life from different perspectives, I was shown that I had always had self esteem, I had left situations that were not supporting me or my spiritual growth, and then saw the same events from a different perspective again, and saw the 'reactions of others' to me, and that they were reactions, theirs, not mine, wow it was sooo different!!!! Relationships came and went, all had been dealt with, I have done a lot of emotional release over the last 10years. It had paid off, nothing that needed to end in the bucket. All other blockages had been burnt off! That left the spiritual~~ The Shaman had been singing and playing all kinds of instruments during this time, it seemed to draw us into our experiences in a deeper manner, I was following one of his songs and all of a sudden I saw a great rolling staircase, going down to a black hole, it was like a big rollercoaster track, but stone steps, like the thousand or so I had climbed at Machu Picchu. I knew it was the brain connection I had been hoping for, I dived down the stairs and through the black hole, just as the shaman came to call me back, 5 hrs had passed!!!!! I knew I had reached the other side, so I came back, the connection, once made, will stay open YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an experience!!! It was sooo amazing, it was like the plant had a life of its own, a sensitivity that gave it a life force! Others were also shaking theirs heads at what had been achieved. The Shaman had done his job well, all had a good experience, some of it was a bit yuk but the results are huge. I new the plant would change my life, I am still feeling the changes happening. I am still intergrating and feeling my way. This was, without a doubt, the highlight of my trip! I am still shaking my head a week later!!! But, there is another ceremony left, A plant called San Pedro, that will take the changes with the Ayahausca into acceptance, could it be any better than this????