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Journeying with Mother Aya, as well as other entheogens such as iboga, psilocybin, and Bufo alvarius, has become a mainstream and accepted way to transform one’s life. These medicines are so powerful they are said to “reset” your brain or “wipe your hard drive clean,” giving you a new lease on life.
When all other traditionally accepted Western mental health treatments have failed to bring relief or resolution from whichever flavor of darkness resides within you, working with plant medicines are the last stop on the train to real healing. When all else fails, we run to Mother Aya to help us.
While preparing for my ninth and tenth ceremonies with Mother Aya, I could not help but think and feel that putting all of the healing responsibility on this great plant Spirit was awfully irresponsible of me. She must be overwhelmed and tired by this point. So many people from all over the world are looking to her for healing…what an arduous task.
Additionally, I began feeling I was giving away my personal power and putting the responsibility of healing myself on an outside entity.
In the personal development world, we are told not to depend on others for our salvation or self-worth…
