(10-10-2011, 11:32 AM)Meerie Wrote:(10-10-2011, 11:16 AM)Icaro Wrote: That plus constant throwing up and diarrhea for no less than an hour. For that reason alone I doubt it will be abused in a social setting.LMAO... only those who are harvestable will be prepared to undergo this experience, right? (really, diarrhea too? Ahem, stupid question, how do people deal with that? put on diapers before taking ayahuasca?)
It's not a stupid question. My personal experience was no diarrhea, but vomiting did occur.
I'm not sure what will happen to me after harvest, when it occurs, but either way, my life now, on earth, living, has been completely changed in many ways, due to the experiences and insight I received from ayahuasca.
However, ultimately, it's just another kind of (intense) catalyst, ultimately YOU have to make the choice what you want to do with the insight. It's like those who've had a out of body/ near death experience ... many of them do feel they are changed - and many of them go on to change the way they live their life. But some don't. This is not a fix-all.
Going out of body and coming back does bring about a very clear knowing, tangibly so, that there is life after this body dies. The vomitting is a small price to pay for these insights (I feel). However, I did hear that mixing in gelatin to the 'tea' made it less likely you'll vomit, as the gelatin absorbs some of the tannins - I tried this on my last tea ceremony, and it worked.
Another way of going out of body I've heard about is extreme fasting, like what Buddha did. However, the idea of going without food for 40 days seems quite difficult :-)
I think there must be others ways to do it as well ...