Saturday September 16th, 2017
This particular event was by far the most interesting in regards to vibe. Not so much on the visuals and the trip, but the people and the energy. We had a group of 13 and it was the second time I brought a friend. There was a lot of positive energy and laughter among the group. So here we go...
Participants: Jarvis (the shaman), May (assistant), John (Caucasian early 30s), my friend Danny (Vietnamese Mid 30s), Andor, Erika (Black in her late 30s), a young recovering heroin addict, two guys in their early 20s from Latin America, Steven (Caucasian early 40s), Blondie (Caucasian mid 30s)
Initially the group gathered and got situated and settled. There was 13 people in the studio, the most we've ever had. One corner, there was a bunch of dudes and Jarvis felt the energy was off in that area so shifted folks around. We were waiting on two stragglers, the recovering heroin addict and my friend Danny who was running late. This would be his first time. When they both finally arrived, Jarvis handed out the shots and gave his general orientation. Danny had brought in a huge blow up bed that elevated him above everyone else. It was quite funny to see.
1st Dose
As usual, I took my dose and proceeded to sit half lotus. I took one last glance at all the people in the room and went into meditation. About 30 minutes, I started getting my inner world visuals but they were not very memorable. I do recall seeing chakra colors surface regularly. Not too long after, I decided to open my eyes and relax to look around. The color of the room was very different this time. It wasn't the usual purplish cosmic looking color. Instead, there was an orange yellowish hue that made the room seem relatively warm and easy going. To my left, I looked at my buddy Danny and I could tell he was definitely feeling it, so I left him alone.
As the Ayahuasca second wave started kicking in, I began to feel the cosmic energy life force surging through me again. I couldn't help myself but to stretch and flex. It just felt like the natural thing to do. My arms were wide and spread, chest puffed, and just feeling super energetic and light like a spirit. So I decided to go outside since I was feeling expansive. As soon as I stepped outside, John who was sitting in front of the gate suddenly felt the chills and intensity as I came out. He was like "Whoa what's going on here, as soon as you stepped out, I just got all tense." We had a little chat about it and I was amazed at the fact that he could pick up on or feel that energy presence. That was really interesting. We all hung outside for quite some time with various participants coming in and out to have a brief chat about their experiences.
Like my 4th journey when I was with May, mid conversation I would feel surges of energy where my arms would expand on it's own and I'd get into a flex or stretched state. It was as if Mother Aya was channeling her energy through me. It was pretty weird as the other participants looked on. I would drop in deep silence and feel this expansive ball of energy in me and they would pick up on it. I was radiating Ayahuasca energy.
After staying outside for a bit, I decided to check up on my friend Danny. He definitely was tripping and was pretty confused and disoriented like my first time. At one point, I had asked him to describe what he felt, and he happened to stumble over some words that rolled of his tongue in his description. From that, I felt his energy and burst into hysterical laughter. That moment, a laughter bomb took off and May, who was in the center of the room started laughing too. Seconds later, the whole room, all 13 people were laughing in joy and having a blast. This would happen again not too long after. At one point during the night, Danny expressed how good it felt to exist! Amen to that my brother.
I did have a visual encounter in my purge this time around. When it was time, I stepped outside to the edge of the parking lot, went ahead and had a normal purge. After puking, I noticed dark entities or energies. Superimposed over the wall and floor, was an image of the inside of subway train. Sitting on one of the seats was a creepy fat man in his 40s wearing glasses. Next to him was a little girl. It seemed like he had intention to molest her, I immediately recognized him as a pedophile. Come to think of it now, he looked a lot like pedophile I encountered in court years ago where I found a way to excuse myself from the case as a juror. Then I shifted my attention to the little girl. Guess what, it was the same one with the pink dress with the monster face I mentioned in journey four. Not feeling too comfortable with these darker images, I went back inside. Perhaps, Mother Aya showing me justice was never served.
2nd Dose
About 2-3 hours into our first shot, it was time for the 2nd shot. I went ahead and took it and proceeded into my meditative state in the center of the room. As it kicked in, my close eyed visuals began. This time it wasn't the "cool dudes", it wasn't the little demon girl, but a new character showed up in mind. It was a very sexual seductive temptress. As I saw this beautiful naked girl dance before my mind, I actually tried to make her go away. It reminded me of the Buddha's story with Mara's daughters. How Mara tempted the Buddha with his three daughters but the Buddha was not phased by the distraction in his meditation. So I thought this was a test on my path to liberation. Focused on my breath, I was able to ignore her and she disappeared. Then I proceeded to open my eyes, and you know what, she was there again. Dancing seductively and tempting me in between the plastic centerpiece tree. She was to stick with me for most of the night. It's possible she appeared as a result of my effort in approaching 60 days of celibacy, but who knows.
During the trip, I would have these peak braingasms in my mind where light was concentrated in my forehead with rainbow colors. And at the very peak and edges where the light was the brightest in the center, hanging on the edges next to the light was the temptress, smiling, winking, and looking damn hot. She just would not leave me alone that night, it was strange. It was lust staring at my face while I was attempting to be spiritual. Quite the inner turmoil.
I then got out of full lotus because I mindfully wanted to give others the opportunity to sit in front of the candles. Behind me, aligned to me, was May performing yoga postures. Next up, was John to sit there and meditate. May continued to stay behind aligned and I decided to meditate on the opposite side of John. Still feeling the Ayahuasca power surge from the second dose and feeling uplifted, I sat there humming and singing the song Jarvis was playing (Deva Premal - Moola Mantra, my favorite). One of the guys from Latin America was tripping out in that area. Later he mentioned to me, he was going through the hell realm until he felt my presence in the back of the room when I was singing and channeling Aya's energy. He said I pulled him out of the hell realm, which he was thankful for. That was really interesting to hear.
After this, I went back to my spot, I was in such joy and happiness. Singing and just having fun. For some reason, I burst out in hysterical laughter, and once again, triggered a chain reaction across the room. I even bellowed like a monkey as I did on my fourth journey. The whole room thought it was funny and burst into laughter. We had a laughing bout for five minutes. I guess I have an infectious laugh. Danny mentioned that the whole room felt like it was vibrating when everyone was laughing. That was pretty cool.
Other than that, really fun night with a lot of interesting people and interactions. We got to hear about each other's experiences and recollect the various events that occurred throughout the night. The overall feeling across the group was highly positive. Everyone's positive energy feeding off of one another.
I had no death experience this time around. I wouldn't feel death again until journey eight.
https://www.meetup.com/AyahuascaDTLA/events/243259762/
