"The Gathering"

by Ralph Miller

From the film The Stand, based on the book of the same title by Steven King

There is a gathering that is happening across the planet right now. People from all walks of life are becoming aware of new purpose and inner creativity in an extraordinary way. In the midst of wars, serious environmental problems, fundamental religious mania, energy concerns and political nausea, something truly beautiful is happening. People are waking up and remembering something hidden within their hearts.

The lotus blooms in the mud.

Ayahuasca is a plant medicine that helps us remember a place within that is long forgotten. It strips away ego behaviors that have enslaved us, and allows us to return to our source.

The current human condition has to do with the condition of individual humans. We have all been trying to survive. In order to survive we created an egocentric idea of ourselves that we think is stronger, more capable, and smarter than who we feel we really are. The ego has asserted itself as a false self, while our true nature lay hidden and forgotten.

The only way back to your higher self is to agree to let go of any notion of who you think you are and be willing to make the journey back. This process assails the ego. Shamanic traditions refer to this as the death of ego. Ideas of self-importance fall away naturally. They become irrelevant. The Ayahuasca medicine helps us to find the way back. It is nature’s teacher.

People come to the Ayahuasca temple in Brazil from all walks of life. Many of them have a deep sense of an undiscovered destiny. This destiny has to do with what will ultimately give their life true meaning. Some feel that they will become healers. Others know they have something to teach.

This sense of creativity is manifested in your feelings. It is often not even thought about rationally. As you feel this sense of destiny, no matter how crazy or incongruous with your life it feels, it is a very important to realize that the feeling is a message from your childlike, higher self. It is connected to your soul purpose.

In Brazil, we have seen many people completely revolutionize their perspective. They begin to move towards their destiny no matter what their life situation is. They become the healer ... while still carrying on with their job in the florist shop. They become the teacher ... underneath a car, changing an oil filter. They begin to show others the genuineness of their humanity. They become who they really are!

We all arrived on this earth plane with survival in mind. We were alive and conscious. Our consciousness was part of a greater field of consciousness, which can only be described as complete oneness. Our brains were visionary and telepathic. Each of us held a silent awareness of our own heroic destiny.

Then we all suffered in some way. We were confused by a betrayal or abandonment. We felt misunderstood or not cared for in some way. As this happened, our very young psyches began to shift. We begin to construct a false self. We created ego to help us survive. If we felt abandonment as children, ego helped us survive it. We learned to avoid any future possible abandonment. Rather than being open and vulnerable, we became guarded and skeptical. Ego saved us, but the reward was a bit thin. In avoiding abandonment ... we only gained loneliness.

But we have all paid the ultimate price. We have separated ourselves from our self.

The journey back to the ‘true self’ ... remembering this ‘self’ is a natural process that occurs when the sleeping brain awakens. When the sleeping brain awakens, your point of reference is moved, and you naturally see (remember) who you are. You come back to the silent place of your source. You remember.

The pineal gland is a primary component of the visionary brain. It is now understood that the human pineal goes into an atrophied state in a person’s early teen years. We live in an age where the collective ego has shelved the pineal as old-fashioned and unnecessary. Ayahuasca is a natural plant medicine that reawakens the sleeping brain, because it contains exactly the same biochemistry as the pineal. This plant medicine is like liquid consciousness ... the telepathic, visionary brain awakens ... and the tower of ego falls. All we have to do is be willing to let go.

The feelings of destiny are becoming more pronounced now than ever before. These feelings supercede anything else we are doing in our daily lives. There is a gathering that is taking place. Healers and teachers are waking up. Brave people are resolving their humanity. Listen to the feelings that have been with you for a long time. This is part of something that is utterly fantastic.

Perhaps you are feeling the tug of this undiscovered path within. The Ayahuasca temple in Brazil is in a beautiful and natural setting on the beach in the state of Bahia. The comfortable bungalows and the temple are like a small village for a new tribe. It gives me great hope that many brave people are coming here. You can come too.

Copyright © 2005 Ralph Miller
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