Inner Shaman Adventures - Cacao Ceremony 11

I walked back into the Shaman's circle - I started to notice that I am making friends with the people who hear the call of cacao, all of us searching for more... We greeted each other and asked how we had been and I love that I am becoming a part of a larger community. 

The Shaman asked me my intention and I requested further help from cacao to support me in my journey of surrender. Aho.

I picked the card 'Travelling' and saw a person walking on their path in the mountains, and although there is cloud around the figure, the sun is also shining. Somehow I have started to reconnect with the feeling that every step of my life is sacred and this journey between life and death is a pilgrimage. I could also see that my next stage is becoming clearer and I have started to surrender to life as it really is rather than how I would like it to be.

After drinking as much as I can of her bitterness, I laid down to journey. She came into the clearing and I sat calmly in front of her - woman to woman.

  'You have closed a door. Now is the time to let the new in. Allow yourself to be in the flow.'

She showed me a new wardrobe filled with clothes I hadn't seen before, for me to wear. As I put on the clothes I realised I felt different, yet more authentic, as they reflected who I am at this stage in my life. 

  'You're a woman now. Feel womanly and dress like a woman. Be proud of your feminine spirit.'

I saw myself getting rid of old clothes that no longer served or represented me in this stage of my journey.

  'I can see you have let go of fear, anxiety and confusion; now you have space to create anew. Now you have surrendered, the world can open up to you. It has been waiting for you to make space in your heart.'

  'All the plans you are creating are starting to come to fruition. You are saving, building on connections and exploring the world around you. Now you can concentrate on your vision and what you want to create in your life - your writing, trip to Peru, yoga teacher training, studying for your job and this ongoing spiritual journey you embarked on lifetimes ago...

 

 ...And there is more, so much more, the world wants to give you. Surrender to this process and allow beautiful changes to take place.'

I felt intense tingling at the back of my head for a long period of time, it felt wonderful and clearing.

After the journey, I pulled the card, 'Projections' and was confused by this. The Shaman said, 'Now is the time to let go of how I see others and how others see me.' I realised I needed to remain committed to seeing life as it really is.

This is a little of what Osho says about projections: 'Surrender is always total. That is why trust was required and always will be required in initiation. Trust is required as a total condition, as a total requirement. And the moment you surrender totally, things begin to change; now you cannot go back to your dream life. This surrendering shatters the whole projection, the whole projecting mind, because this projecting mind is tethered to the ego, it cannot live without the ego. The ego is the main centre of it, the base. If you surrender, you have surrendered the very base. You have given up completely.' Osho

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