Article by Ralph Miller

Life is uncertain and unpredictable. There are times in our lives when we experience difficulties or crisis. When we see chaos around us, our minds become uneasy. We think about all kinds of possibilities. Danger. Uncertainty. Actually this is the way that life is. To hope for anything else is to be endlessly projected into an idyllic future that will never arrive.

In other words, in the midst of everyday life, we still have to live our lives. We have to choose everyday a course that will guide us through our highest evolution. This is what life is all about. It was never about where we are eventually going. It has always been about the journey itself.

We are right in the middle of our individual heroic quests. Right now. Real time.

Article by Ralph Miller

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.