quiksilver98
Mike Tripporty
This is a long read. Essentially this is what I sent to a shamanic center as an inquiry. But this is my biggest problem, I ahve a VERY hard time letting go and accepting loss of controlI feel that my ego feels challenged. Anyways here is my story.
I am currently practicing to become a shaman practitioner, although I believe I might have the genuine shaman's call. I started out when I was 16 smoking marijuana and wanted to experience Magic Mushrooms (back the I knew nothing of shamans or spirits), and when I turned 17 I finally got hold of some. When I took them the first time it was just a fun time, I can barely recall it. The second time I took them. I got showered in knowledge about the spirit realm and how babies in a mothers stomach got their spirit I also learned about the tree of life(divides physical and Spirit realms). I also learned about the way people choose to run their life and how oblivious they can be toward certain aspects of life. It completely changed my beliefs and outlooks! I loved my new way of seeing. When I took them the third time I realized that life in western culture is a complete failure and that the reality that these people bring on themselves is fake and just leeches from mother earth. I also learned that just because what percieve as reality isnt necessarily actualality and that mdoern culture is just a closed up group of people disconnected to the earth. Then I took them again about a week later. As the trip came up 2 of my friends showed up at my house drunk and beat up from a terrible bail on his skateboard. They were argueing with each as to who caused it and I had to kick the one guy out. Then my friend asked if I could buy him some smoke and just as I was about to walk out the door I passed out while I was standing. I was flying through hallways until my trip (he was there since the beginning, we were tripping together) friend slapped me until I was awake and the other friend had 911 dialed on the phone ready to press talk. I instantly started freaking out and bad tripping. I felt poisoned and felt loss of control. Sick to my stomach and scarred. I eventually got out of it and managed to sleep. The next time I took it was Canada Day and it was shear impulse. It was mushrooms tea and I thought i would jsut trip alone and before they even came up I realized all the OTHER possbilities of what I could do that day and thought maybe I could get out of it by throwing it up. I tried to and instantly I started getting a panic reaction and felt I had made myself trapped. My skin went white and I was sweating profusely. About 2 weeks after this I developed general anxiety disorder (what westerners call it) and get random bouts of fear. I get fear especially when I get weird feeling around my body or when I feel vulnerable.Its a feeling of impending doom and loosing control and being envelopped in reality, I think I have angered the plant spirits with my abuse of mushrooms. I understand to this day that the world in modern culture is a fake paradise and that there reality is only percieved to be real but is slowly killing the earth. I get very psychic moments where ill think about something with a friend and the phone will ring and it will be that friend concerning the matter I was thinking about. Or I will think I see sometin out the corner of my eye and it quickly goes away. Or I will be thinking the same thing as someone else randomly, but constantly. I recently stopped smoking pot because im aware that a good shaman is also grounded when he needs to be and pot leaves residual effects for days after. So I gave up my joyeus habit for my spiritual growth as a man of knowledge.
During my childhood I was always told what to and not do and my parents acted very paranoid and strict towards certain aspects of my life. My dad is a alcoholic and I have to deal with many fights in our household due to his drunkardness. 10-12 beers a day. If its of any relevance
So this was 3 summers ago.... And here I am today with the same problem. I have been over a month and a half without marijuana.
Does anyone have any insight as to how I can learn to voyage again and break the resistence and fears. Taking a psychedelic is impossible for me now because whenever I think about it Ig et scarred and get afraid of being trapped and soo on. I realize its for spirituality but if you want to stop the trip u cant and this is what caused my problem on Canada day.
I am currently practicing to become a shaman practitioner, although I believe I might have the genuine shaman's call. I started out when I was 16 smoking marijuana and wanted to experience Magic Mushrooms (back the I knew nothing of shamans or spirits), and when I turned 17 I finally got hold of some. When I took them the first time it was just a fun time, I can barely recall it. The second time I took them. I got showered in knowledge about the spirit realm and how babies in a mothers stomach got their spirit I also learned about the tree of life(divides physical and Spirit realms). I also learned about the way people choose to run their life and how oblivious they can be toward certain aspects of life. It completely changed my beliefs and outlooks! I loved my new way of seeing. When I took them the third time I realized that life in western culture is a complete failure and that the reality that these people bring on themselves is fake and just leeches from mother earth. I also learned that just because what percieve as reality isnt necessarily actualality and that mdoern culture is just a closed up group of people disconnected to the earth. Then I took them again about a week later. As the trip came up 2 of my friends showed up at my house drunk and beat up from a terrible bail on his skateboard. They were argueing with each as to who caused it and I had to kick the one guy out. Then my friend asked if I could buy him some smoke and just as I was about to walk out the door I passed out while I was standing. I was flying through hallways until my trip (he was there since the beginning, we were tripping together) friend slapped me until I was awake and the other friend had 911 dialed on the phone ready to press talk. I instantly started freaking out and bad tripping. I felt poisoned and felt loss of control. Sick to my stomach and scarred. I eventually got out of it and managed to sleep. The next time I took it was Canada Day and it was shear impulse. It was mushrooms tea and I thought i would jsut trip alone and before they even came up I realized all the OTHER possbilities of what I could do that day and thought maybe I could get out of it by throwing it up. I tried to and instantly I started getting a panic reaction and felt I had made myself trapped. My skin went white and I was sweating profusely. About 2 weeks after this I developed general anxiety disorder (what westerners call it) and get random bouts of fear. I get fear especially when I get weird feeling around my body or when I feel vulnerable.Its a feeling of impending doom and loosing control and being envelopped in reality, I think I have angered the plant spirits with my abuse of mushrooms. I understand to this day that the world in modern culture is a fake paradise and that there reality is only percieved to be real but is slowly killing the earth. I get very psychic moments where ill think about something with a friend and the phone will ring and it will be that friend concerning the matter I was thinking about. Or I will think I see sometin out the corner of my eye and it quickly goes away. Or I will be thinking the same thing as someone else randomly, but constantly. I recently stopped smoking pot because im aware that a good shaman is also grounded when he needs to be and pot leaves residual effects for days after. So I gave up my joyeus habit for my spiritual growth as a man of knowledge.
During my childhood I was always told what to and not do and my parents acted very paranoid and strict towards certain aspects of my life. My dad is a alcoholic and I have to deal with many fights in our household due to his drunkardness. 10-12 beers a day. If its of any relevance
So this was 3 summers ago.... And here I am today with the same problem. I have been over a month and a half without marijuana.
Does anyone have any insight as to how I can learn to voyage again and break the resistence and fears. Taking a psychedelic is impossible for me now because whenever I think about it Ig et scarred and get afraid of being trapped and soo on. I realize its for spirituality but if you want to stop the trip u cant and this is what caused my problem on Canada day.