We have heard it all before –
“BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.” Mahatma Gandhi
“WE CANNOT CHANGE OTHERS, WE CAN ONLY CHANGE OURSELVES.”
“SURRENDER TO THE PROCESS.”
“(even) A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP.” Dao De Jing, Laozi
and…
“AYAHUASCA IS NOT A SILVER BULET NOR IS IT A PANACEA.”
“ALL THINGS WILL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER WHEN WE BECOME AUTHENTIC, SOVEREIGN BEINGS.” gray bird
“I WILL NEVER AGAIN KNOW AS MUCH AS I DID WHEN I WAS 16.”
But, what does this mean? Are we not already all we can be? Successful, Knowledgeable, Strong, Forthright, Honest, In charge, Friendly, Good Citizens, In command of our own destiny? Do we not already do our best, work hard, get along with others, obey the law?
So, why are we not happy?
“UTOPIA IS NOT A DESTINATION, IT IS A JOURNEY.” gray bird
I am absolutely clear that everything good begins from a single point in our own universe – the recognition that “WE ARE BUT ONE DROP OF WATER IN THE OCEAN OF LIFE.” gray bird We are nothing at all, if not intimately connected to everything else. We are Peace, Love, and Light. In balance and vibrating at the frequency of the universe.
“YOU ARE IMPERFECT, PERMANENTLY AND INEVITABLY FLAWED. AND YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.” – Amy Bloom
The only way to affect positive change in our lives is to become humble to everything else. “How small we are!” Indeed! We inflate our collective chests thinking we are ‘something’ only to blunder about the task of living this life in unhappiness and disharmony. Actually, smaller than a grain of sand are we, when compared to the incomprehensible and unknowable expanse of the universe.
Our healing journey begins by ADMITTING THAT WE ARE NOT HAPPY and prepare to do anything and everything possible to change ourselves. SURRENDER TO THE PROCESS.
Love yourself, love others, love the universe, love life.
We cannot wait for, nor can we expect, others to change. We must “BE THE CHANGE…”
“IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, THEN MORE WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH!” gray bird
Ayahuasca, by itself, can not change your way of thinking, your behavior, or your feelings. And, it is foolhardy to believe that simply, by drinking the medicine, positive change will occur; although, it does sometimes happen. Ayahuasca can, and often does, break the hard wired synaptic pathways created during our life’s hardship or trauma. Ayahuasca can unwind the flawed conception and belief that we are greater than thou and money is our god.
But, CHANGE MUST COME FROM WITHIN. And, we must want it, more than life itself.
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Mama Aya asks only one thing of us, “SURRENDER TO THE PROCESS.” Surrender with your body, your mind, your heart, with every fiber of your being. Do that and you will change your life.
Peace, Love, and Forgiveness,
Connected in spirit ❤ gray bird