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The first three ceremonies are typically cleanses of the three levels of self. Each ceremony goes deeper and deeper, cleansing from the outside in. The belief is that while we can see our physical bodies, we also possess and emotional body and a spiritual body. Our emotional body, when healthy, allows us to feel beyond our physical body, and a healthy spiritual body allows us to feel even further beyond that. To begin healing all of these bodies, we must first clean them thoroughly. Wounds must be clean to heal. Otherwise, even a small cut can turn into a dangerous ailment. |
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Physical self is usually cleansed in the first ceremony. It is necessary
to purge the physical body in order to cleanse the deeper levels. Vomiting
once, or several times and sometimes diarrhea are common effects. Some people have intense
visions during their first ceremony, but most receive only fleeting
glimpses. Some people experience no visionary effects at all the first
time they drink ayahuasca, but feel tremendous connections to the spiritual dimension. |
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willingness to let go becomes a necessity, at many levels. From a physical
point of view, one must be willing to expel the toxins that have accumulated
in the body. For more healing to take place, one needs to be willing
to let go of emotional attachments, feelings of guilt or resentment,
everything that has been causing any sorrow or pain. |
The
second ceremony is often a cleanse of the emotional self. This is a
deeper cleanse. It is still common to vomit, but usually it is just
once. Working with the spirits called by Don Juan, each participant
will typically experience vivid, highly detailed memories of events
from their past, powerful moments that influenced their emotional state
of being, sometimes causing illness. These life experiences can be viewed with your current wisdom and understood in a whole new way. |
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Flashes
of color and light and dreamlike visions are common. An emerging comprehension
of one's place and purpose in life arises. One begins to realize "the
meaning of life", their family, the community, society, the earth,
the universe. One begins to understand the past and the present, to
know the self completely. The healing has begun. |
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is during the third ceremony that the spiritual realm is discovered
by most people. The purpose of one's life is clearly understood and
the feeling of being "complete" is often accompanied by visions
as real as a dream. Often these visions convey messages that have great
personal significance. |
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After three ceremonies, the entire body has often been fully cleansed. The body, mind, and spirit are now ready to heal. Sometimes just cleaning a wound is enough for it to heal on its own, but deeper wounds require more attention, beyond the necessary cleansing. For many people, a fourth ceremony is needed to further stimulate the healing process towards complete and total health. The opportunity is always available to stay with the retreat for a longer period of time if you want to or feel it is necessary.
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