tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184830317296900832024-03-05T19:18:40.178-08:00Spiritual WarriorsWarrior Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901861308048903954noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418483031729690083.post-20779939938364020472011-08-19T12:36:00.000-07:002011-08-19T12:36:04.888-07:001500 Architects and Engineers want you to know the facts about Sept 11.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM33eQGFeU2yRwFmDnVlLHVIYU9jPaxY2b14xtR1PU4NqzYgJXddsFpu1Q0KVR8fdExzPIimA0dNqDZu2GcDIpmU6-N0v_WDGsSsGdT0kOmGUVEluxz_6BROw9Yu42mNyWbVdSPTdqYs1m/s1600/building+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM33eQGFeU2yRwFmDnVlLHVIYU9jPaxY2b14xtR1PU4NqzYgJXddsFpu1Q0KVR8fdExzPIimA0dNqDZu2GcDIpmU6-N0v_WDGsSsGdT0kOmGUVEluxz_6BROw9Yu42mNyWbVdSPTdqYs1m/s1600/building+7.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZEvA8BCoBw&feature=player_embedded#!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Watch this video.</span> </div>Warrior Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901861308048903954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418483031729690083.post-70216553200011081402011-08-15T18:07:00.000-07:002011-08-15T18:07:23.416-07:00My experience with Ayahuasca ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6ozVjF2Y6TJPlTuxq44RiuxIqNWxIw3sOcS_VTK-hIhDWvEFCvys4WklidiJ9ogeHZ7ainWZoDtd8mKRcm2BA5jp2XEF4OREXKK-pYraEvGv3EQ5FMu50n_2MfLoh7EIEGrZokkaqqkm/s1600/Ayahuasca_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6ozVjF2Y6TJPlTuxq44RiuxIqNWxIw3sOcS_VTK-hIhDWvEFCvys4WklidiJ9ogeHZ7ainWZoDtd8mKRcm2BA5jp2XEF4OREXKK-pYraEvGv3EQ5FMu50n_2MfLoh7EIEGrZokkaqqkm/s320/Ayahuasca_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-style: normal;">A Quick Background on Ayahuasca…</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">Ayahuasca</span></em> has a rich legacy of associated traditions, myths, therapies, rituals and aesthetics, spanning from the primordial roots of the indigenous tribes of South America, to diverse spiritual movements emerging across the planet. </div><div class="MsoNormal">After being virtually ignored by Western civilization for centuries, there has been a huge surge of interest in Ayahuasca recently. There is a growing belief that it is a kind of ‘medicine for our times’, giving hope to people with ‘incurable’ diseases like cancer and HIV, drug addictions and inspiring answers to the big ecological problems of modern civilization.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here’s a quick rundown of what Ayahuasca actually is. <em><span style="font-style: normal;">Ayahuasca</span></em> is a hallucinogenic drink made from the stem of the <em>ayahuasca</em> vine (<em>Banisteriopsis caapi</em>). The <em>ayahuasca</em> drink is sometimes, but rarely; made from the <em>ayahuasca</em> vine alone; almost invariably other plants are added. These additional ingredients are most often the leaves of any of three <em>compañeros</em>, companion plants — the shrub <em>chacruna</em> (<em>Psychotria viridis</em>), the closely related shrub <em>sameruca</em> (<em>Psychotria carthaginensis</em>), or a vine variously called <em>ocoyagé</em>, <em>chalipanga</em>, <em>chagraponga</em>, and <em>huambisa</em> (<em>Diplopterys cabrerana</em>). <span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">The term <em><span style="font-style: normal;">Ayahuasca</span></em> is in the Quechua language. The word <em>huasca</em> is the usual Quechua term for any species of vine. The word <em>aya</em> refers to something like a separable soul, and thus, also, to the spirit of a dead person — hence the two common English translations, “vine of the soul” and “vine of the dead.”</div><div class="MsoNormal">The <em><span style="font-style: normal;">ayahuasca</span></em> drink has several primary actions: it is a hallucinogen, emetic, purgative, and vermifuge. In fact, there is reason to think that the <em><span style="font-style: normal;">ayahuasca</span></em><i> </i>vine was first used for its emetic, purgative, and vermifuge activities. Even today, the <em><span style="font-style: normal;">ayahuasca</span></em><i> </i>drink is often called, simply, <em>la purga</em>, and used to induce violent vomiting, with hallucinations considered side-effects; indeed, <em>ayahuasqueros</em> are sometimes called <em>purgueros</em>. But the emetic effect of the <em><span style="font-style: normal;">ayahuasca</span></em> drink has spiritual resonance as well; vomiting shows that the drinker is being cleansed. <em>La purga misma te enseña</em>, they say; vomiting itself teaches you. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yes, you are going to puke if you take Ayahuasca.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>My Story</b>…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A friend and I were looking to have an Ayahuasca experience, but could not afford to spend the time or money needed to head to South America. Instead, after a little searching, we found a Shaman in our area. She holds many spiritual ceremonies in the summer months before heading back to the Amazon in the winter. We were fortunate enough to attend one of these ceremonies. </div><div class="MsoNormal">There were three of us who attended. I met my two friends with a sleeping bag under my arm and an overnight bag on my shoulder. We were told to bring snacks for the morning and something to lie on. My friends gave me a displeased look on my arrival.Supposedly, we were all supposed to be dressed in white, this info was not passed onto me as I was wearing a black t-shirt and ripped jeans. The whole dressed in white thing felt a little cultish to me anyway. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>A Guide of Sorts</b>…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We arrived at 8PM to the address we were given and walked up to the second floor. It seemed to be a Portuguese community hall of some sort and people were still cleaning up from a party the night before. We introduced ourselves to a few people and went out on the back fire escape for a cigarette. A young man approached us and started telling us about his previous experiences with Ayahuasca. We were all very interested to hear what we might be getting ourselves into and listened intently to his every word. He told us that in his last experience he had a meeting with his deceased father. He told us he was standing by his father’s casket viewing his dead body when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned his head and was surprised to see his father standing there looking alive, healthy and well. His father began started apologizing for his actions when he was alive and was looking for a son’s forgiveness. To my surprise, our storyteller said that he would not accept his father’s apologies and proceeded to move on with his Ayahuasca experience. This seemed pretty cold, but then again, I did not know the dead man he was speaking with. He did say that it was a very emotional experience and it allowed him to remove some emotional baggage from his life. The one thing that did resonate with me from talking with this man about his Ayahuasca experiences was what he said towards the end of our conversation, “There will be obstacles to overcome. Don’t think about them, just move through them without hesitation, so you reach your destination quicker. If there is a wall, climb over it. If there is a hole, go into it. Don’t hesitate.” I did not know it at the time, but this information would prove useful in the journey I was about to undertake.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">To be continued…</div>Warrior Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901861308048903954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418483031729690083.post-69398730445272204862011-08-15T15:01:00.000-07:002011-08-15T15:03:46.635-07:00Working as one. Created by the collective will of an ant colony.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5l5gbuXw5e1YGSkefS12Yom4tBrH-AtHaq7ZvnKuRWUhrTccVzwrhpqMt3fOI7XrOy5FJHLn3HgiJlyD_mKCv5kQFX9O8iIK8vqFSQe1G98ac9GMpVGpaMDa3-SCSpNa9KNtUV2tzEDi/s1600/Ant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5l5gbuXw5e1YGSkefS12Yom4tBrH-AtHaq7ZvnKuRWUhrTccVzwrhpqMt3fOI7XrOy5FJHLn3HgiJlyD_mKCv5kQFX9O8iIK8vqFSQe1G98ac9GMpVGpaMDa3-SCSpNa9KNtUV2tzEDi/s320/Ant.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ZUe54fVHI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ZUe54fVHI</a></div>Warrior Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901861308048903954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418483031729690083.post-7434436553437621282011-08-15T14:23:00.000-07:002011-08-15T22:18:57.634-07:00The clock is ticking...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3Kamgoyh_kZADOjOHIBbVGZU5qg5I_BREEGKMPBZ4JUv-518_Nk1hiNjYj2tjYNdepnurrUj1iRCSjS9wqqCzs12hAO4w6pcEymwyAdNziwee62TiV5VH6P7YM8ra5GAVxExGmO1pv0t/s1600/luminous-being.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3Kamgoyh_kZADOjOHIBbVGZU5qg5I_BREEGKMPBZ4JUv-518_Nk1hiNjYj2tjYNdepnurrUj1iRCSjS9wqqCzs12hAO4w6pcEymwyAdNziwee62TiV5VH6P7YM8ra5GAVxExGmO1pv0t/s320/luminous-being.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>There seems to be a deliberate stunting of our evolution as a species. What and who are the factors behind it? This blog is going to try and make sense of why the power of consciousness is so limited to us and what might be the reasons for not having reached our full potential as humans. Religion, Propaganda in Media, Governments, Economic Corruption, Science, Conspiracies etc... are all factors and all will be explored on a journey to find out where we were led astray and the direction we need to take in order to get back on track. A Spiritual Warrior is a person who challenges fear, lies, false beliefs, and judgments that create suffering and unhappiness for all life. The first and most vital tool of the Spiritual Warrior is awareness. The Spiritual Warrior has the courage to question and challenge his or her own beliefs in order to become more aware. By challenging our own beliefs we can dissolve the lies that cause our suffering. To challenge our own beliefs requires courage because it means the end of our illusion of safety. The Spiritual Warrior must have the commitment to love him/her self. The Warrior then extends that love to humanity and to all life. The commitment is required because in our journey we will certainly fumble and fall many times. It is in having a strong commitment that we get back up again. I hope you join me on this journey for truth, to dissect the lies we've been told. A journey that opens our minds and hearts to new possibilities, to new ways of thinking and a more sustainable future. A journey to become a Spiritual Warrior.Warrior Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901861308048903954noreply@blogger.com0