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Posted in The Path of Enlightenment on Mar 24th, 2010
Back in January, Orion, myself, and 4 other Vegas friends traveled to central Cali and attended a Vipassana meditation retreat. Vipassana is a very specific meditation technique, taught piece by piece throughout the ten days. Here is the basic framework for this experience: * Takes place in a remote retreat * Men and women [...]
Posted in Aftermaths and In-Betweens on Dec 9th, 2008
A couple of nights ago, if you read the goings on in these parts, you know things got a little ugly. A lot ugly. So ugly I holed myself up in my closet, pounded my head against a wall, and screamed obscenities about myself into a pillow. Ah, yeah. We’re past that now. Mostly. The [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jun 19th, 2007
We all ascended from the Lanzon viewing, full of divinity and transformative power. Night had fallen, and the Chavin valley felt like a cocooned, other-wordly heaven. We shuffled back at a brisk pace, feeling humbled and yet undeniably regal. My head was high, that’s all I knew – with the energy blasting from my heart, [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jun 18th, 2007
Howard led us all to the top of the Temple, stopping to share the wisdom of each brilliant area. Everything about this place was perfectly poetic; planned to an absolute T, remarkably symmetrical and symbolic, and just all kinds of sacred. I couldn’t really ponder the ultimate power of the place, I just had to [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jun 13th, 2007
We took a moment to gather our belongings there at the river’s edge, completely sucked into the Huachuma vortex. This was my fourth dose, and yet, it was like I had never been inside the portal before; it was so bloody strong, so absolutely consuming — I relinquished any semblance of control and just surrendered. [...]
