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Welcome back!

In this podcast, we invite you to listen to a variety show with segments from various lectures from our March 2007 Brazil Ayahuasca Workshops.

Lectures by Shaman Warinei Wanare (translated by his assistant Sara Ñusta), Ralph Miller and Peter Richardson, with music by Chapman.

The final ten minutes of the podcast consists of a testimonial by Professor Bill Blake who was with us for several weeks in March of this year. Bill does a great job of relating his thoughts and feelings after an intensive Heart of the Initiate workshop experience.

The podcast closes with a few final words from Ralph.

News for the Soul Live Radio Interview (February 14th, 2007)

Listen to our second live interview with News for the Soul radio. Show host Nicole Whitney speaks with Peter Richardson about the ayahuasca medicine experience but takes us in a different direction from our original interview 4 years ago. When we speak during our Brazil ayahuasca workshops the talks are always dynamic and spontaneous, about connecting with the present moment. So in Nicole's words "let's just talk and see where it goes!"

Join us to hear more about our workshops, how we came to take people from all over the world to this sacred medicine, and ideas about how this medicine helps people to understand who they really are. They key question in approaching this sacred journey is to ask yourself "why"?

News for the Soul radio show is host to the largest free life changing media resource on the world wide web. Hosted by Nichole Whitney, their Vancouver based radio is an internationally syndicated radio and internet broadcasting show.

At the age of 19, Peter caught the wave of an exploding industry and started his own computer consulting company in 1996. He very quickly found himself pursuing the American dream in corporate America. He was a computer systems engineer among the top ranking executives of several multi-national corporations. He achieved what most would consider a remarkable career and lavish lifestyle but ultimately found it all to be completely unfulfilling.

Story by Peter Richardson

Nestled in the remote mountains of Dominica, an island in the Caribbean, lives a man of great wisdom and love. His name is Moses and he is the keeper of the White River. The island itself is about 200 sq miles and is home to only about 78k people due to the magnificent mountain range that occupies most of the land.

Mountains of four and five thousand feet tower above the lush rainforest below. They literally suck water out of the clouds creating a land that is so fertile, so green that every corner is growing. So I flew to this land without much more information than this man's name and the general area that he and the rest of the Rastafarian community lived. But I knew in my heart that he had something to teach me, and I him if I may humbly say so, and need not worry about such minor details. So I made my way and finally the van driver says "down there" pointing to a dirt road disappearing into the bush.

It wasn't long before the road opened up to a huge valley littered with small cabins, crops and fruit trees. At the bottom of the road, which switched back down the side of the mountain, I saw a beautiful rasta man pulling the bark off of a cinnamon tree branch. I asked for Moses and he smiled, pointing to the small wood cabin beyond. I tried not to imagine what such a man would look like or have any expectations but I cannot imagine a more fitting appearance for such a man. His energy is very strong and very natural and grounded.

by Peter Richardson

Infinity

Imagine that you are sitting down with your hands cupped together and you are holding the whole of the universe. You have the ability to see all in minute detail. You look through the different galaxies and find our solar system. You are able to look infinitely deep so you continue to zoom down to earth and finally to the place where you are. You see yourself holding the whole of the universe in the palm of your hands.

The above reminds me of the Mandelbrot fractal where you see the familiar pattern and zoom in only to eventually find another Mandelbrot among all the swirls and twists. Realizing that it goes infinitely in both directions, small and large becomes totally irrelevant, or rather, totally relative. Each of us contains the whole of creation within ourselves. This is the infinite fractal nature of life and god...no beginning, no end.