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Huachuma and Vilca are sacred plant medicines that have been used in the Amazon for thousands of years. Utilizing the psychoactive compounds Mescaline (Huachuma), and DMT/Bufotenin (Vilca).

They both carry the potential to create very powerful psychedelic experiences that have inspired revelations, and the healing of traumatic psychological wounds in those who have taken part in their ceremonies

In this 2nd part of my series on the retreat center "SpiritQuest" I dive into my experience with both medicines and the life changing effect they had on my life.

The plant medicine Ayahuasca has become a popular topic over the past few years, and for good reason.

People are returning from the jungles of South America having made recoveries from mental illnesses that western medicine and therapy had no answers for. Or are coming back feeling much more centered and in love with themselves and life.

Back in 2017 I felt the call to go and try it for myself.  After hearing so many remarkable stories of entities and visions, I had to see for myself. I was in a dark place in life, and hoped I would also find that healing and self love that I heard so much about.

What I ended up finding was not at all what I was expecting, but was exactly what I needed.

SpiritQuest Sanctuary is a brilliant retreat center for those looking to dance with the plant medicines Ayahuasca and Huachuma.

Visit their website for more information @ www.biopark.org

How do you respond to intimacy? 
Is it something you fear? Something you crave? 
Or something you feel comfortable with?

In this episode I talk about the different styles of attachment that we act out in our relationships, and how those set the framework for how we behave when we begin to become intimate with another human being.

I pull from my own past to give real examples of these attachment styles in action, as well as a break down of the 3 most common styles we act out

Anxious, Avoidant, and Secure

With awareness of your specific style of attachment, you will be able to get a better understanding of your relationship insecurities as well as those of your partner or date.

Which will help you to be able to love more authentically, heal wounds from the past, grow closer in your connection, or see that this person is not right for you.

Why do we seek to control our outer reality?

Whether its fear, power or comfort we all seek to enact our will over the chaotic forces of reality. 

Life holds within it terrifying potential. Even if we are feeling safe and comfortable, there always lies the possibility of it all falling apart.

The fear of that, conscious or not, cuts us off from our connecting emotions and pushes us further into our Ego.

And an unchecked Ego holds within it a lot of traits that closely resemble the extreme disorders of psychopathy and sociopathy.

In this episode, the 3rd in a series of explorations into the Ego, I look into the internal forces that promote connection or separation. Honesty or Deception.
Using examples from the cult NXIVM and its leader Keith Raniere to shine some light on those forces within each of us. 

With the hope that by bringing awareness to these parts of ourselves, we can begin to act more consciously and reduce the potential for unnecessary pain and negativity in our lives. Acted out against us, or by us.

What parts of your personality do you show the world?
Which ones do you bury in your shadow?

We all have a Persona, a collection of our personality traits that we have deemed acceptable and safe to show to other people. But there are many other parts of us that we hide from the world for all kinds of reasons.

Maybe we were raised in a situation where we chose to hide our softer side to avoid being ridiculed. Or maybe we grew up in a hostile environment and we learned to bury those parts because showing them could come with painful consequences.

Or on the converse side, if we learned to bury our aggressive tendencies. Yet find that we blow up at people for no reason, feeling like something "came over me"

Our own life, in conglomeration with our family,  friends, and culture all play a role in what parts of us come out and which ones do not.

But if we do not bring awareness to our shadow and seek to uncover those parts of us, and form a relationship to them, then they will act upon us through our subconscious. Causing us to act in ways we don't intend, and potentially creating pain in our lives or those around us.

In this episode I want to help to shine a light on those buried elements of us, so that we can learn to express them in healthy ways, or direct that energy into other parts of our lives.

What do you think of when you hear the word Ego?

It is a word that is used regularly in our culture today but seldom do people understand fully what it is. And use it in ways to usually describe arrogant behavior or self centeredness.

But in this episode of the Moonz Podcast I attempt to gather as many views as possible to help give us a better understanding of the Ego, as well as our other psychological forces such as the Personality, the Intuition, our Biological Drives, and Consciousness.
And how each of those forces either work together or are at odds with each other within our psyche.

I also touch on ideas such as the collective ego, group identity, humility vs arrogance, and much more.

To see where these phenomena develop, and how we can learn to track their tendencies and have them work for us, instead of against us.