I'm not someone who experiments with drugs. I’m cautious about what I eat and I train in a gym somewhat than running around outdoors. While I’m spontaneous and fearless in some ways, I’ve all the time been a bit of a wuss in the case of taking risks with my body. And but, this past September, I boarded a plane, flew to Iquitos, took a bus and boat to the village of Guinardo Herrera, sat in pitch black ceremony room with a bunch of strangers, and drank a brew containing God is aware of what, cooked by a shaman I’d by no means met earlier than and which might affect me in ways I didn’t yet understand. That first night time, I used to be gripped by one thought: "What the hell have I gotten myself into?"

I first read about Ayahuasca about 5 years ago and I instantly knew that this was one thing I might experience someday. I wasn’t ready for it at that time, nevertheless it was undoubtedly in my future. This past July, I all of the sudden acquired the sturdy impulse to book the trip. I just okaynew it was time. I’d discovered Infinite Light Peru, by the internet and immediately resonated with it. This was the place for me.

I participated in a total of ten Ayahuasca ceremonies and I can really say, this has been a life changing experience for me. I met Captain Bill while resting in Iquitos between ceremony groups; I practically lived on the Dawn while there and he requested me if I’d wish to share some of my expertise with his readers. I’m quite completely satisfied to, nevertheless, please needless to say nobody can really tell you what you’ll experience. It’s a very personal and individual thing and everybody experiences it differently. Subsequently, all I can provide is my very own perspective.

I’ve always been an individual with a deep seated want to understand just how everything works. I wanted to know just what was happening when it comes to energy, vibration and quantum physics throughout the ceremony. What was the shaman truly there for? I asked lots of questions throughout ceremony and the following is a compilation of the answers I received, with a bit of extra explanation for context.

The whole lot is energy, vibrating at completely different frequencies. Our brains are translators that allow us to perceive some of this energy, a few of these frequencies, as bodily matter. These physical frequencies are typically simple for us to access; we learn to see, hear, style, contact and scent at a really early age. However there are a lot of different frequencies, which aren’t bodily, that we nonetheless have entry to. And with a bit of training, we are able to teach our brains to entry and translate these frequencies as well.

What Ayahuasca does is open you up to these frequencies. Which of them you’ll access specifically, is the place it gets very personal. We every get exactly what we need in precisely the best way we want it. When you get "attuned" to a frequency, you could have access to data, which involves you within the form of energy. Your mind then interprets that energy into no matter kind is easiest so that you can understand. Some folks obtain messages in the form of words, some see images or visions, others hear sounds and but others have feelings. Your messages may be rich in symbolism or very direct and clear. It differs for everyone but it surely’s at all times excellent for that individual.

Ayahuasca also permits you to easily entry any decrease vibrations you’re carrying inside your self, i.e. fears and unfavorable beliefs. The downside of that's that if you access a worry, for example, you will completely and totally feel it. While the logical part of your thoughts is aware of that you're protected (you stay lucid during the ceremony, you might be at all times aware of where you are), your physical body is experiencing the fear. This may be incredibly uncomfortable. You're fairly actually dealing with your individual worst demons and given a chance to release them. If Addiction you’re willing to put up with this discomfort, though, it can be incredibly price it.

What the Shaman does throughout all of that is hold a very high vibration. Shamans are highly effective energy staff, and what they do is learn to hold their own vibration so strongly, that they can't be affected by others’ vibrations and actually, will convey others up to meet them. If you happen to’ve ever witnessed somebody with a bad mood enter a room and convey everyone down, you’ll have seen how one particular person can have an effect on the energy of an entire room. We will have an effect on one another’s vibrations positively and negatively. But we will additionally train ourselves to not be affected by others. Shamans are masters at this.