Walking Ayahuasca

The path of ayahuasca usually unfolds through stages of growth that many drinkers share.

Growth toward what? It is more a process of purification in which we become empty, transparent to the natural radiance of the Being we are.

It can start with expectation. Something is calling us, we don't know what. A scent that says yes, but we'd rather play with fear a while. At exactly the right moment, we try the medicine.

The first thing that happens in a body dulled by the routine life spent in the city is detoxification. It clears out the sludge of stupor that builds up in the channels of the physical systems. Then come sweating, weeping, yawning, sometimes uncomfortable cramps and, almost always, trips to the bathroom. If there are serious illnesses, the healing can be powerful too, or it may need a longer treatment. These sessions almost always come with colorful visions. At first they are the impression a clear sky leaves on the retinas of a drowsy eye, but they are also the unfolding of ever deeper reflections that set change in motion. Addictions are wrung out under new lights of freedom.

Changing happens by opening doors. Emotions sometimes need to be expressed in order to come unstuck. Excuses lose their power, and a fresh energy examines the ways we think and straightens the voice. There is nothing to understand in life, only everything to feel. Watching the needless thrashing that is suffering, the mind begins to fall silent.

When, during a ceremony, the disciple begins to open their eyes, to stand up, to greet others and look at the world more calmly, the basic matters of life return to their original course. Beliefs fall before the evidence of Truth. Something has awakened before it, and now that something can clearly choose its path.

From that perspective, there is no choice but to live conscious, to live present. Discipline becomes a way of allowing oneself to be. Every relationship is now guided by the Principle of love and brotherhood. The singer's voice explores its well-earned gifts. Life builds joy at every chance we give it.

Awakening brings harmony, first to the invisible muscles that make up a will, and then to the very actions the individual carries out. They walk straighter, mindful of their steps, weighing every word. Presence announces itself through moments of peace and inner understanding. Every conscious movement exudes healing.

Gradually, the expression of Being becomes more authentic. As useless tension leaves the muscles, relaxation smells of Peace. The muscles no longer have power over the One who moves them. Stories are now just stories. Then He Himself acts. And if what He does is to allow, the way an empty flute allows itself to be played, then Divine Grace flows through all that exists.

Here, Science is our tool for deciphering life. Behind the science of diplomas and shallow marketing, behind even the science that does know how to question the reality of things, there is the Science of knowing the essence of nature directly and practically. Everything is natural, everything follows a principle. Studying not with imagination but with inquiry, the secrets reveal themselves. They were never so secret. We just didn't want to hear them. The Principle of Creation is here, individualizing itself in every existing thing. The simplicity of all this towering existence is that, however convincing the world looks to our eyes, it is still only a fictional comedy, dreamed, that cannot be explained but is here.

Where can we walk? Wherever our heart longs to go. Toward here and toward the firmament, the world seems to drift away, and all that remains is the discerned vibration of eternity.