Monday, April 02, 2012

Another Ayahuasca Question I Tried to Answer

Someone wrote me today saying that he/she was suffering very bad pain in their solar plexus for a full day or two following the drinking of ayahuasca. I don't know the person and don't even know if they are drinking traditional ayahuasca or some syrian rue analogue. Still, I tried to come up with a reason they might be suffering so deeply following medicine sessions. Here's what I wrote:

Hello. First off, are you drinking traditional ayahuasca or something else? If it's traditional, do you know what any admixtures are, like lupuna negro, chiric sanango, catawa or what have you? Now, you say you get sick after eating food. How long after ceremony do you eat? I'm assuming your stomach is empty for at least say, 8 hours before ceremony--except for some simple sugarless tea perhaps. I let my guests eat after ceremony but limit it to a couple of small slices of fresh papaya with lime juice and maybe two or three bland crackers, nothing more. If you are eating something else, that might be the cause. Now, if it's traditional medicine, it will have some basic woody residue in it. Even if you don't vomit during ceremony you need to eliminate that before going to bed. You can't digest it, so puke it up with fingers down your throat. Also, in the AM after a ceremony, it's very important, in my world, anyway, to get to a stream or river and get your head under it three distinct times to close up your corona--which prohibits unwanted spirits from seeing the opening and coming inside. All that aside: The key think will probably be that your solar plexus is where you store your pent up pain, anguish, fear, desires and so forth. It holds things we don't know we're holding--like the time (and pardon me but this is an example that works for most people) when your mother cut you off from breast feeding. For the first few days/months you were alive there was this beautiful creature near you who nurtured you warmly. And then one day she said "no more" and never again nurtured you that way. You don't think most of us humans suffered from that? Got confused by that absolute rejection? Worse, we couldn't put it into words, and anything we couldn't put into words as a baby, we cannot put into words as an adult. But we were freaking rejected. That's the sort of pain we hold in our solar plexus and need to eliminate by vomiting it up on ayahuasca. That pain serves no purpose for who we are as adults. And since we can't even explain it and don't even know we have it, it's just dead weight. So the pain in your solar plexus might be from the need to eliminate some serious pain/dashed dreams/guilt over things you've done to people but which you have not vomited up. Now there is no blame in not vomiting. Not everyone does it, so no sweat. But you should know that an awful lot of people do not allow themselves to eliminate those pains. They hold them closely as if they remain important to us. I don't know you so I certainly am not suggesting you are doing that. But check in with yourself to see if you might be doing that. Because if for one reason or another there is bile in your life that you need to eliminate and that is not being eliminated, if there is bile that is coming up to the forefront and not leaving for one reason or another, well, that could well be a cause of the pain following the medicine. Does any of this make sense or resonate? I hope it does, even if it doesn't directly apply. I hope it suggests something to you to look into and that on subsequent visits with the medicine you can avoid prolonged physical pain afterward. Peter G

4 comments:

james said...

I suggest people who have really serious karmic congestion or have had negative experiences with other pschotropics not to take Ayahuasca.
those with serious neurochemical problems like bipolar and who take SSRIs or people taking MAOIs also abstain. Because of the MAOI issue, and others, fasting for at least 24hrs. is right. Because of the MAOI I suggest a participant not take red wine, cheeses, aparagus, yogurt, buttermilk or kefir for at least 7-10 days before. Allergic reactions have occured with Ayahuasca ingestion which may result in anaphylactic shock. A bad trip can result in seizures. I won't go anymore downhill. To me, the best preparation for a spiritual experience is a prior period of gentle contemplation and positive anticipation. A degree of acceptance and trust must be achieved. Go in happy. Come out with some enlightenment. I've had seven communions and they have all been entirely positive, a couple even funny. But your experience will be your own and as special and unique as you are. Bless you.

kell said...

i'm new to this stuff and i just wanted to know, i heard ayahuasca is connected to the seven major chakra networks in hinduism...is it true?

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