I suppose the whole higher consciousness and rebirth part is somewhat of the appeal but there are obviously a myriad of other reasons I have chosen Ayahuasca - or perhaps I should say, Ayahuasca chose me.
Without getting too personal, I've just reached a point in my life where enough is enough and some things have to change. Certain behavioural patterns, emotional reactions, thoughts, anxieties that I have been riddled with for so long and are so deeply entrenched in my person that I can't help but feel I need a solid kick right up in my sub-conscious. I've struggled for quite a long time to change bad habits - I even saw a therapist once and he told me it was going to take a LONG time to deprogram the emotional and cognitive behavioural patterns I had developed and groomed for such a long time. There's a whole lot of repression buried deep down inside that Freud or Jung would have a field day with and - whilst I'm sure psychotherapy has its benefits over the span of many years and much money - frankly, I have neither patience or time to dedicate myself to weekly sessions sitting across from someone with glasses and a checklist. Besides, for all I know they'd probably just try to put me on some medication I don't believe in - a "once-size-fits-all" pill that will just numb the pain instead of actually dealing with the causes.
Enter Ayahuasca.
Without getting too personal, I've just reached a point in my life where enough is enough and some things have to change. Certain behavioural patterns, emotional reactions, thoughts, anxieties that I have been riddled with for so long and are so deeply entrenched in my person that I can't help but feel I need a solid kick right up in my sub-conscious. I've struggled for quite a long time to change bad habits - I even saw a therapist once and he told me it was going to take a LONG time to deprogram the emotional and cognitive behavioural patterns I had developed and groomed for such a long time. There's a whole lot of repression buried deep down inside that Freud or Jung would have a field day with and - whilst I'm sure psychotherapy has its benefits over the span of many years and much money - frankly, I have neither patience or time to dedicate myself to weekly sessions sitting across from someone with glasses and a checklist. Besides, for all I know they'd probably just try to put me on some medication I don't believe in - a "once-size-fits-all" pill that will just numb the pain instead of actually dealing with the causes.
Enter Ayahuasca.
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