The Ayahuasca Use Guidelines by Aoi GarasuAfterword by AlisonYou have my deep gratitude for picking up this book.
I also offer gratitude from the heart to the contributor of the article on ayahuasca, Aoi Garasu, as well as Stack Bros. and Stack and everyone from Akatsuki Records who made trippy and beautiful music.
It's been fun doing a buddhist-type drug manga again after all that time.
(although it might be impolite to call Ayahuasca a drug).
Long ago, there was a time when I had admired zazen meditation.
It all started when I came into contact with a book by a Soto school monk Dogen called Shobogenzo.
The way it described the subtlest details of the mental states one can reach by doing zazen was so magnificent and beautiful, I thought to myself "I also want to experience that world!", "I'm gonna abandon the suffering of this transient world!" and earnestly dove into the practice.
Surprisingly, just by sitting and concentrating on one's breath one can start seeing visions in a matter of an hour.
I also did long sessions lasting up to ten hours, but without ever of reaching the self-less not even for a minute,
I was ending up having fun entertaining the worldly thoughts. The bodily sensations also were pleasant.
Although the initial intent of the practice was to alleviate the suffering of this world, without me noticing it shifted to "how do I get myself high?", and the higher I got, the stronger was the weird feeling that I was getting closer to the "truth", so that made me aim even higher. But when I got "there", the lesson I learned was "If you meet Buddha on the road, kill him".
The "fireworks" don't really matter, do they?
I plan to keep on living in the mire of the mundane as an unenlightened person, accepting my worldly desires, like an unenlightened person should.
Thank you very much.
Yours, Alison.What happened to Mokou had occurred often in the fumbling age when people didn't have much information about the brew. To merely witness it happen to another might be amusing; however, experiencing it yourself is no joke.
Naturally, it's good if you go into it mentally and physically prepared, but if you are unable to do so, let's remember to take responsibility and also make preparations by choosing a trustworthy mentor(the one who prepares and gives you the brew, in our case it's Marisa) as well as gathering information about the environment so that you won't go astray.
This year the information accumulation was progressing well so I have finally entered the ayahuasca practitioner license examination. This all is to acquire the fundamental knowledge and the principles of safe practice one must always follow to safely perform a session with multiple individuals.
By the way, in a situation such as that happened to Mokou, one can return by using a technique called grounding. Make sure you learn it. Be like an infant and interpret what happens before you as you see fit, one by one.
Additionally, when your ego disappears, it becomes apparent that "humans have several "tactics modes" in order to be able to adapt to a variety of circumstances. Those are recorded as synesthesia in the median line of the body".
Once that fact is grasped, it even becomes possible to intentionally switch between any of the modes that are complete opposites of those that we call satori states(such as the "money! violence! sex!" nobody is a stranger to).
This makes it overwhelmingly easier to live in the modern world, free from external influences.
In the modern world, it's overwhelmingly easier to live in this way. It's very convenient to be able to be free from the external circumstances. (that said, if it's only done to satisfy one's curiosity, you will only end up in pain).
In case you have no access to a mentor, avoid consumption of the brew at all costs. But if it has come to the situation where you have no other option, gather as much information as possible, obtain the plant material from reliable sources(preferably, grow and prepare them yourself), do the utmost mental preparation and make sure that a sober, knowledgeable person stays with you for the entirety of the day.
Ah, and don't forget diapers!
