Sunday, March 10, 2013

Hip-Hop Sampling Is Amazing



I can't tell you how many great artists I have discovered through the use of Hip-Hop sampling.  Some call it stealing but not me.  For the samples I do know, it allows me to reminisce on the good times in my past.  When I was young and had no bills to pay.  My mother would be playing her R&B in the car everywhere we went.  For the samples I don't know of, I search for the sample, and end up discovering an artist I probably never would have found otherwise.  

Big KRIT samples Erykah Badu

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Day 3 - Day after Ceremony, and more

I awake, energized surprisingly.  We all receive our steam baths, given to us by maestra Amelia.  I ask Debbie, who is a hilarious woman, to be please translate for me.  I tell Amelia, Debbie, and Petra my experience.  Amelia says,  "Don't worry.  You don't have too many problems."  She also says that her first three times drinking ayahuasca were scary.  This is comforting.  Also, I notice the traditional Shipibo skirt Amelia is wearing.  It has patterns that I saw in my visions.  Debbie says these are icaros.  (The songs, or the knowledge, ayahuasca gives us.  At breakfast, we share our experiences.  Everybody's trip is so unique.  I feel most were positive.  Mike tells me, "When you were outside blowing your nose, I looked out to see what was out there, and I saw you as a goat man hybrid, with long white horns, as if in Pan's Labryinth.  You shook your body like an animal after a bath"  (maybe I was releasing some bad juju...)  Tucker, who was next to Mike in ceremony, says he saw the same thing.  I laugh at this.  Plus I am amazed.  That was one hell of a night!  The crazy thing is Mike never told Tucker this until breakfast.  I share my night with others, and they give me words of encouragement.  People speak of their past addictions.  One person speaks about bloating.  I tell her about gluten cross reactive foods.  Basically, the human race has been evolving for thousandths, if not millions of years.  Our ancestors 100,000 years ago did not have all the agrarian foods we enjoy now, such as potato, rice, quinoa, cacao, coffee, etc.  So for most of our time on this planet, we have been eating very basic foods, like meat, vegetables, and fruit, sparingly.  So some people in this century do not do well with these "new foods."  As for me, a blood type O POS, I experience bloating, sluggishness, and acne.  I don't hesitate to say that other blood types are better equipped to handle new foods, since their ancestors have been more accustomed to foods like dairy and grains, because they were able to adapt.
Gluten Cross-Reactivity
Speaking of foods, I feel my self control is at a all time high here.  I have no urge to drink energy drinks or coffee like I used to.  I feel like I can do anything.  I have nearly zero stress.  This place is the closest thing to a Utopia I've ever encountered.  I feel more connected to nature.  I give love to the people, animals, and plants.  If I accidently harm a plant, I express sorrow.  This oneness, plus the idea that everything is happening for a reason, allows me to do abs in the dirt, let mosquitoes and grasshoppers land on my body, and deal with certain people that I would avoid back home.  I let myself go, as muslims do.  "Insha'Allah" or God willing.  (It is Gods will.)
A group of approximately six military/police looking men arrive at the Temple.  They are here for me.  I think it is because they need me for my service.  Maybe WW3 has broke out?  
I can't remember if this was a thought, dream, or Ayahuasca vision, but this has been a recurring theme in my dreams.  I am back in the Navy.

DAY 3 CONSULTATION
This is what I told my healers...
I am here because I find little life purpose in the US.  I yearn to live a sustainable life.  I don't like supporting US actions with my taxes.   I want to learn your people's way of life.  I feel the world could use your gifts greatly.  Being in the US Navy for five years helped me grow tremendously well, but I feel somewhat guilty for being a part of a destructive force.
CONSULTATION FOLLOW UP
Dionnes said he could sense my militarism during the first Ceremony.  The three plant medicines(tantirao canella, albaca, and chimi pampana) will help me open my heart and mind.  This is exactly what I need.  I tend to overcomplicate things.  I also put a lot of burden on myself.  The medicines will also help me choose/find a path.  This is the main reason for coming to the Temple.  I am surprised at the curandero's psychic like minds.  This really motivates me to evolve spiritually.  The possibilities are endless.  I also want to heal people.